November 2016
Goddard College President Robert Kenny was among more than 100 college and university presidents to sign a joint letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to forcefully “condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate and acts of violence that are being perpetrated across our nation, sometimes in your name, which is now synonymous with […]
Goddard MFA faculty member Sherri L. Smith received the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association’s 2016 Middle Grade Award for The Toymaker’s Apprentice (Penguin/Random House, 2015), a “gorgeously imagined retelling of the Nutcracker.” SCIBA, as the group is known, is a non-profit trade association of independent booksellers, book wholesalers, publishers and other industry professionals located primarily […]
October 2016
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Goddard College is pleased to announce a new $10,000 scholarship that will provide writers from anywhere in North America with a pathway to earning an MFA in Creative Writing. The Goddard/PEN North American Centers Scholarship expands upon the Goddard/PEN Center USA Scholarship, which was awarded to Erik Rodgers, a student in Goddard […]
September 2016
The Goddard College Board of Trustees voted alumna Elissa Sloan Perry (MFA ’97) and faculty advisor Aimee Liu into its membership in September and July, respectively. Perry is an organizational leader, consultant and coach working with individuals, organizations and multi-sector networks in the areas of change leadership, equity, education and the arts. Currently and for […]
August 2016
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. — Goddard College President Robert Kenny will posthumously present Priscilla Ruth Davis Backman with the Presidential Award for Activism during the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, August 21, at 4:00 p.m. in the Haybarn Theatre on Goddard’s Plainfield campus. The Goddard Presidential Award for Activism recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions in the field of social […]
July 2016
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 […]
June 2016
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Goddard College would like to congratulate Erik Rodgers, recipient of the 2016 Goddard/PEN Center USA Scholarship. Rodgers received a bachelor’s in theater and English from the University of New Mexico. He has written and directed two independent films, Disappearing in America (2009) and Carrier (2011). As a student in Goddard’s MFA program, Rodgers will […]
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, […]
May 2016
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Goddard College today announced it has signed teach-out agreements that allows Goddard to accept Burlington College’s currently enrolled bachelor’s and master’s degree students who are displaced by its closing. “We are sad to see Burlington College, a fellow liberal arts school with a similar mission to honor the individuality of each student […]