Goddard College alumnus Alex Rodriguez was recently featured in the Boston Globe about how the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shaped his community activism and public service career. Rodriguez helped organize the 1965 civil rights march from Roxbury to Boston Common alongside MLK. Being in charge of security, Rodriguez ensured King safely led […]
The Goddard College community mourns the passing of alumnus Robert I. Brainard III on February 4, 2024. Known fondly as “Bobby” or “Bob” by friends, Robert graduated from Goddard College in 2002 with a degree in sociology after completing a post-graduate residency at The Dublin House. Originally from Rumson, New Jersey, Robert was a gifted […]
The Goddard College community mourns the loss of Reuben Jackson (RUP ’78), an accomplished poet, jazz historian, music critic, and educator who died on February 16th at the age of 67. Reuben came to Vermont in 1975 to study writing at Goddard College, and has often spoke of the profound impact it had upon him. He […]
Stefanie Batten Bland, a 2023 Creative Capital Awardee, exhibits a fusion of African American and European influences in her dance-theatre, film, and installation work. Recently featured at the Guggenheim, Batten Bland investigates cultural symbols with emotional yet accessible choreography carrying a powerful message. She established her dance company in France while at the Paris Opéra […]
Goddard College is immensely grateful and proud of our alumni Jon Fishman, Trey Anastasio, and Page McConnell, along with their bandmate Mike Gordon, for supporting flood victims in Vermont and upper New York. Phish will play two special benefit concerts on August 25 and 26, 2023 at the Broadview Stage at SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts […]
Participating in an admissions roundtable, Maya Kraus, Cameron Caley Michalak, Chad Amos Self and Danielle L. Reddick shared their reasons for initiating study in the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College as well as some of the highlights of their Goddard experience. Maya Krauss (MFAIA VT ’22): I’ve introduced myself about 512 times at […]
Pugs (Daniel Seung) Pugliese, along with a couple of his peers, reflects on his his experience at Goddard’s low residency MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program. All photographs were taken by Pugs during graduating weekend, which took place in January 2020. Three months out from receiving my MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College, I find […]
MFAW-VT alumnus Charlie Bondhus‘s second poetry collection, Divining Bones, has just been accepted for publication by Sundress publications.
MFAW-VT alumn Lizz Schumer has just been offered a full-time job as staff writer at the Hearst Lifestyle group, writing for Good Housekeeping, Redbook Magazine, and Woman’s Day Magazine‘s print editions. And, at the beginning of August, Lizz;s personal essay “The Ravine” is featured in The Rumpus’s series: Enough*
MFAW alumna Nita Sweeney’s unpublished memoir, Twenty-Six Point Freaking Two: How a Sedentary, Middle-Aged Manic Depressive Became a Marathoner (with the help of her dog), was short-listed for the 2018 William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition nonfiction category. Read Nita’s blog, to see more about the news created by her unpublished memoir and advice for […]