Since Goddard’s early days in the 1940s, the community has upheld a work program where members of the community – students, faculty, staff and administration – share operational duties and pitch in on maintenance projects around campus. For Goddard’s annual spring community work day this year, Plainfield staff and administrators were joined by students from […]
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Six new graduates will earn the Bachelor of Arts degree from Goddard College Undergraduate Program at Commencement Exercises at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, August 21, in the Haybarn Theatre. During the ceremony, Goddard President Robert Kenny will posthumously present Priscilla Ruth Davis Backman with the Presidential Award for Activism. Graduates earning Bachelor of Arts degrees […]
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Students applying to Goddard College’s undergraduate programs will now have the ability to do so through the Common Application, an online system used by nearly 700 colleges and universities in the United States and around the world to manage the college admission process. By joining the Common Application, Goddard College gains the […]
by Glenn C. Koenig (BA RUP ’75) In 1973, when I first arrived at Goddard, there were already a few student published periodicals. One was called simply “The Paper,” and came out on newsprint. Some time later, a group of students published “The Pig Farmers’ Almanac,” which was more of an occasional vehicle for stories, […]
PLAINFIELD, Vt. – Goddard College’s Board of Trustees welcomed three new members at its March meeting. Retired professor and researcher Dr. Christopher W. Lovell; writer, empath and conscious channel Paul Selig; and nonprofit executive and former chief nursing officer Dr. Gloria J. Willingham-Touré join 14 continuing members of the College’s governing board. Christopher W. Lovell, […]
On Friday, March 25, the UGP2 Residency Opening Session launched in the Haybarn Theatre with an open mic sharing on the theme of Freeing Speech/ Speaking Freedom. Then, as in UGP1’s Opening Session, we transitioned into a World Cafe reflection about Goddard College’s draft Social Justice and Anti-Oppression Statement. The energy in the room was […]
Some lovely images of the closing session of the Spring semester Undergraduate Residency cycle (UGP1) that ended on March 3, 2016. It was a very moving circle bringing closure to a powerful week. And now we embark on Spring residency of UGP2, which begins on March 24, 2016.
Embodied, experiential learning with Undergraduate Program’s Guest Artist, the incomparable poet and performer, Magdalena Gomez. A Sunday morning of active listening, taking risks, speaking, playing, laughing, and learning physical forms for building trust, relationship, and organizing with others. “Our intuitive powers are the entry way to empathy and unconditional love, We need those arrows in […]
A sampling of this weekend’s graduating student presentations in the Undergraduate Studies Program 1 Residency. Each student presents the work of their senior thesis/project for 45 minutes to a rapt audience of students, faculty, and guests. Mackenzie Schonback presents, “Decolonizing Altruism: International Aid and the Dangers of Good Intentions.” Vincent Seadler presents, “BMore Collective: How […]
Educator, farmer, and food justice advocate Leah Penniman to lead conversation with students and the public PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Educator, farmer and food justice advocate Leah Penniman will lead a conversation on the Black farming community and food sovereignty at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, in Goddard’s Haybarn Theatre, 123 Pitkin Road. The event, titled […]
