Plainfield, Vt. – Visiting writer Justin Torres, author of the novel We the Animals, will read from his fiction, answer questions, and sign books on April 14th at 7:30pm at the Haybarn Theatre at Goddard College. This event is free and open to the public as presented by Goddard’s BFA in Creative Writing Program. Justin Torres’ We […]
ALUMNI Maryanne Bartzen-Murray (IBA ‘12) is graduating this spring from the New School University in New York with an MA in Media Studies and Media Management. Maryanne got married in March 2013. Ryan Brown (IBA ‘12) accepted a job with the National ACLU to serve as the Marriage Campaign Strategist. He will be advising ACLU […]
Undergraduate Program Faculty member Sara Norton was invited by graduating students to deliver the March 2014 Undergraduate Program Commencement Address, transcribed below. I want to thank the graduating students, for inviting me to speak today. It is a privilege to celebrate with you your achievement. Here at Goddard, each graduating class is unique and […]
“I dropped out of high school when I was seventeen and had filled years with autodidactic learning by the time I arrived at Goddard at age twenty-four. Because much of my experience of formal education until that point had been disastrous, I came to the residency in a state of terror, and I would […]
Plainfield, Vt. – Goddard College’s chief academic officer, Steven James, PhD, will join academics from Yale, Princeton, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a conversation about college grading during the Yale Teaching Center’s 16th Annual Spring Teaching Forum on March 28, 2014, in New Haven, Conn. The forum, which will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. […]
“Goddard! Shivers up my spine like fingertips, the name does rouse me like a life. The place has given me no less than life, in fact – and a life of the kind I thought was out of the question. “I came to Goddard in 2010 at a younger age than many these days, […]
Plainfield, Vt. – Goddard College is the recipient of a $30,000 Cultural Facilities Grant from the Vermont Arts Council. With this award, Goddard plans to increase the comfort, accessibility, safety, and functionality of the Haybarn Theatre, which is currently a venue for national and international performers, community members, and students. Specifically, this grant money will renovate […]
Plainfield, Vt.– Robert Kenny has been appointed interim president of Goddard College. The Goddard Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the hiring of Kenny, according to Board Chair Avram Patt. Kenny officially begins work April 30. Kenny, a native of Vermont, returns to Goddard after serving as vice president of finance and administration at […]
FACULTY Kyle Bass has been commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Association to write a play based on events of 1839 involving a fugitive enslaved woman, abolitionist Gerrit Smith, and a young Elizabeth Cady (Stanton). Deborah Brevoort was invited in February to teach three playwriting workshops at the San Miguel Writer’s Conference in San Miguel de […]
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — Goddard College’s MFA in Creative Writing Program will host a free screening of critically acclaimed documentary West of Memphis, followed by a Q&A with first-time filmmaker Damien Echols on Monday, February 17, at 2:45 p.m. at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend. Doors open at 2:15 p.m. Written and directed by Academy Award […]