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  • Pandemic Theater? A Goddard Playwright Adjusts

    • Categories Featured Posts, MFA in Creative Writing

    Jake Shore’s newest play, Adjust The Procedure, is a work for the times. Held over a Zoom call, the four character play takes place within the bureaucratic infrastructure of a university. The summary: It’s early Fall 2020 and the pandemic …

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    A Closer Zoom on Paul Zaloom

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    Paul Zaloom graduated from Goddard College in 1973. His degree, he says, was in puppetry, though he had no professors who taught him that specific subject. So how did he do it?  OPENING ACT Zaloom, like many Goddard graduates, followed …

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    Decolonization: What’s Love Got to Do With It?

    • Categories BA Education, Featured Posts, Indigenous and Decolonial Art, MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Undergraduate Studies Program

    “Decolonization: What’s Love Got to Do With It?” is a day-long festival that takes place September 25, 2021 at Goddard College. The program examines the ongoing impact of settler colonialism, and asks how we at Goddard can contribute to movements …

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    Ten Reasons why Goddard is Distinctly Different

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    For its 150 year history, Goddard College established early on that it was going to be a bold experiment in education. Using its smallness to its advantage, Goddard continues to innovate and thrive as the landscape of higher education itself …

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    How College Students Can Earn Credits and Save Money from Prior Learning and Experiences

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    Do you consider yourself a lifelong learner, but don’t yet have a college degree? If so, here’s a hot tip for you: You may be able to earn credits based on your previous life experiences and learning. It’s called Assessment …

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    Progressive Education as Embodied by Evalyn Bates

    • Categories awards, Featured Posts, Historical

    The story of the evolution of progressive education owes its debts to a woman from Vermont, who embodied the type of education that she later championed. Evalyn Cora Bates was born in Williamstown, Vermont in 1916 to Vermont subsistence farmers, …

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    Celebrating Goddard’s LGBTQ2+ Community of Scholars & Artists

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    To celebrate Pride Month, Goddard College is pleased to highlight the stories from LGBTQ+ alumni, students, and faculty. If you’d like to recommend or share a story for us to highlight from the Goddard College community, please contact news@goddard.edu.  Howard …

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    Goddard College Announces Dr. Dan Hocoy as President-Elect

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    Goddard College has been at the forefront of social change from its very inception. It has long been recognized for its leadership in progressive education, its inventive pedagogy, as well as its transformational impact on both its students and society. …

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    Juneteenth: Stories to Celebrate and Inspire

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    Tommie Smith wasn’t just protesting the National Anthem when he raised his gloved hand into a fist at the 1968 Olympics. He was sounding the call for Black Power and an end to racist policies in professional sports and around …

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    Goddard Gifts WGDR/WGDH to Central Vermont Community Radio

    • Categories Featured Posts, Historical, WGDR

    In an historic gesture, Goddard College has gifted its beloved 1600 watt radio station WGDR/WGDH to the community of Central Vermont. The nonprofit organization Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR), made up of dedicated WGDR/WGDH programmers and listeners, was formed for …

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    Family Comes First for Candelaria Norma Silva, Children’s Book Author

    • Categories Alumni News, Bachelor's Degree, Featured Posts

    Candelaria Norma Silva is the type of writer that is always working. Even when not writing, she’s working (or reworking) some fresh idea in her imagination.  An encounter with fellow author Delanda Coleman, who had self-published her first children’s book, …

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    Welcome Dr. Danita Berg, MFA in Creative Writing Program Director

    • Categories Featured Posts, MFA in Creative Writing

    Welcome home, Dr. Danita Berg. Danita will assume the position of MFAW program director starting on May 3, 2021. She holds both an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from the University …

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    The Passionate Voice of Bobi Céspedes, Goddard alum

    • Categories Bilingual Education, Dual Language Early Childhood Education, Featured Posts

    Bobi Céspedes is an Afro-Cuban singer and international recording artist. She is also a graduate of Goddard’s BA in Education in Seattle in 2009.  The bilingual education program was a good fit for the composer, band leader and educator.   Bobi …

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    Spotlight: Chad Amos Self, MFA in Interdisciplinary Art

    • Categories Featured Posts, Master's Degree, MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Student Spotlight

    Chad Amos Self, is a Goddard student in the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program. He is a sculpture artist living in Rhode Island and is the Vice President of Hera Gallery, an art gallery who’s mission statement includes a dedication …

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    Q&A with author Matthew Quick

    • Categories Alumni News, Clockworks, Featured Posts, MFA in Creative Writing

    In 2018 Matthew Quick (MFAW ’07) was interviewed by Dustin Byerly (BA RUP ’01) for Clockworks magazine. Recently, I spoke with Matthew Quick (MFAW ’07) about his journey from high school teacher to award-winning author and the role Goddard played …

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    Goddard Leads Trend Thanks to Long-Established Pedagogy

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    I recently read an article in the Chronicle of Higher education titled When One-on-One Learning Can’t be Side by Side.  In the article, the author expounds upon the creative way that one faculty member created engagement when the pandemic forced …

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    Spotlight: Suli Holum, MFA in Creative Writing

    • Categories Featured Posts, MFA in Creative Writing, Student News, Student Spotlight

    Suli Holum was playing the role of Emilia in a production of Othello at the Lantern Theatre in Philadelphia when the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns began. After just two preview performances, the entire crew packed up and the curtain fell. The …

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    Secondary School in Kenya Inspired by Goddard

    • Categories Alumni News, Featured Posts, Master's Degree

    Originally founded in 2005 by Andrea (Andy) Leebron-Clay (MFAW ’02, MA SBC ’09) and Jim Clay (MA SBC ’09), the Clay International Secondary School is a free, co-educational, rural high school serving the region of Makueni County in Kenya. The …

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    Spotlight: Caroline Catlin, MFA in Creative Writing

    • Categories Featured Posts, Student Spotlight

    One year before she became an MFA student at Goddard College, Caroline Catlin had her writing published in The New York Times. For many writers, this would be a capstone achievement. But for Catlin, it was the foundation of her …

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    Mike Alvarez’s Goddard Journey- The Paradox of Suicide & Creativity

    • Categories Alumni News, Individualized Bachelor of Arts, MFA in Creative Writing, Together For Goddard Stories

    Two-time Goddard graduate Mike Alvarez (IMA ’10, MFAW ’13) was awarded the prestigious Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. The fellowship honors and supports young New Americans – immigrants and children of immigrants—to use their graduate training in …

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