Goddard College hosted a dynamic panel on reimagining community safety and justice without police and prisons. Following a screening of “Reimagining Safety,” Dr. H. “Herukhuti” Sharif Williams moderated a discussion with Matthew Solomon, director of “Reimagining Safety,” Dr. Randall Harp of UVM’s Burlington Community Justice Center, Jayna Ahsaf of the National Council for Incarcerated and […]
On August 10th, 2023, Goddard College hosted a psychology round table discussion during the psychology residency. The panel consisted of three esteemed faculty members: Melissa Trevathan-Minnis, PhD, Tracy O. Garrett, PhD, and Greta Enriquez, PhD. These leading psychologists engaged in thoughtful dialogue about the field, their research, and real-world applications of psychological concepts. The diverse […]
Last week, activist and writer Dharna Noor delivered a powerful keynote address to open the Fall ’23 MFAW residency at Goddard College. Noor’s speech, titled “The World We Need,” highlighted the urgent threats posed by climate change and put forth a bold vision for how we can build a more just and sustainable future. Noor […]
Goddard College celebrates 85 years since its charter on March 13th. This slideshow, created using audio and photographs from the Goddard College Archives, documents some of the history of the College. The audio consists of excerpts from a talk Goddard’s long-time president, Royce “Tim” Pitkin, gave in 1973. The talk was called, “The Ideas Upon […]
The Goddard College of today took shape in earnest in 1938, when a group of educators led by Royce “Tim” Pitkin proposed a Vermont “College for Living” to be located on a Plainfield sheep farm purchased from the Martin family. This new college would provide the environment for students and faculty together to build a […]
James “SoSoon” Gantt graduated from Goddard College Individualized Bachelor of Arts in 2015. He is a hip hop artist-intellectual-activist-speaker. James’ work combines skillful MC lyricism with a critical, yet compassionate, commentary on the world as it is and as he believes it could be. You can find out more about him and his music here […]
Afro-Cuban singer and international recording artist Bobi Céspedes interviewed by Renée Almatierra for Goddard College. Find out more about Goddard’s unique bilingual education program based in Seattle Washington
The Alternative Media Conference took place at Goddard College from June 17th through June 20 in 1970. The original Alternative Media Conference brought over 1,700 innovative FM radio DJs, a new breed of record company promoters, underground newspaper reporters, Freak Brothers cartoonist Gilbert Shelton, Baba Ram Dass, Rolling Stone photographer Robert Altman, 60s radical Jerry […]
This slideshow, created using audio and photographs from the Goddard College Archives, documents the early history of the College. The audio consists of excerpts from a talk Goddard’s founding president, Royce “Tim” Pitkin, gave in 1973. The talk was called, “The Ideas Upon Which Goddard Was Founded.”
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