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 Céspedes was interviewed by Renée Almatierra for Goddard College in May 2021. They discussed her […]
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 “to gender equity and feminist discourse to challenge perceptions and inspire social change.” Chad was […]
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 in his development as an author. Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author […]
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 her college to move to remote learning. The article talked about how the students present […]
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 show never officially opened, and Suli was suddenly left wondering what to do when her […]
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 school offers a free education to its students, operating under a cooperative model, where the […]
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 Goddard learning journey. In the article, titled What I Learned Photographing Death, she wrote about […]
50 Years Ago…. In the Winter of 1971, nineteen year old Jay Craven (MA GGP ‘78) visited Goddard’s historic campus in Plainfield, VT. One of several stops of his tour of college campuses throughout the country, Craven sought to raise awareness about Vietnamese opposition to the Vietnam war. As part of a delegation of college […]
Goddard students seeking the path of rigorous, cultural inquiry hail from across the world. Mamadou Traore (BA EDU ’14), whose family and friends know him as “Papi,” embodies Goddard’s holistic approach to education. Originally from Senegal in West Africa, he traversed the globe to attend the Vermont campus where he earned his Bachelor of Arts […]
By Russell Neufeld, BA RUP ’69 In the Spring of 1967, Stokely Carmichael spoke at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont and at the University of Vermont in Burlington. At the time, Carmichael was the chairman of SNCC – The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. SNCC was a leading organization of the Civil Rights Movement and Carmichael […]