FACULTY NEWS Richard Panek has won the 2012 American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award for his book The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality. Jeanne Mackin (aka Anna Maclean) was invited to be the guest speaker at the annual meeting for “The Friends of Dickens New York,” a… Continue reading October 2012 Achievements
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Creative Final Products in the Psychology and Counseling Program
The last work of the Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Goddard College is the “Final Product.” This work represents a culmination and integration of coursework, and may take the form of a thesis or a Capstone Product. Each student makes his or her own decision about which of the… Continue reading Creative Final Products in the Psychology and Counseling Program
A report from Science and Nonduality (SAND) conference
The fourth annual Science and Nonduality (SAND) conference took place in San Rafael, California in late October, and I had the good fortune to attend for the second year in a row. In its magnificent interdisciplinarity, the event had some of the flavor of an IBA residency, with presentations by cosmologists, therapists, Vedantists, neurobiologists, Buddhists,… Continue reading A report from Science and Nonduality (SAND) conference
An Interview with Laurie Foos in The Writer's Chronicle
Jorge Armenteros | October/November 2012 Reprinted from The Writer’s Chronicle and www.awpwriter.org EXCERPTI’ll be perfectly honest and tell you that I have no adequate answer to why I write the way that I do. Writing fiction that departs from reality in some way is not intentional for me; it’s not a precept I impose upon… Continue reading An Interview with Laurie Foos in The Writer's Chronicle
Character-driven Fiction: Toward Believabilty
The novelist Paul Auster has written, “As long as there’s one person to believe it, there’s no story that can’t be true.” And what compels that one reader to believe, especially if the narrative consists of characters that might be difficult to identify with? The challenge here is to create characters in a way that… Continue reading Character-driven Fiction: Toward Believabilty
On Sandy and Natural Disasters: A Garbage Man's Perspective
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation, Paul Gordon (MFAIA ’13) has published on the Huffington Post his reflections on cleaning up after a natural disaster. As a garbage man in Binghamton, NY during flooding in 2006 and 2011, Paul witnessed the damage, loss, and range of human reactions that emerged in the days and… Continue reading On Sandy and Natural Disasters: A Garbage Man's Perspective
Writing Schedules and Inspiration
by Ryan Boudinot I get asked a lot of questions about how to develop good writing habits. Mostly this boils down to the idea of keeping a schedule. Depending on what stage I’m in with whatever novel I happen to be working on, I’ve found that my writing schedule changes. When I’m writing a… Continue reading Writing Schedules and Inspiration
An Integrative Approach to Crohn's Disease
Four years ago, Carina Rockland (BA HAS ’13) was hospitalized for six weeks with an unknown diagnosis. She had severe abdominal pains and was malnourished, vulnerable to septic shock, and showing no signs of improvement. Just after Carina’s last surgery, weak and perilously underweight, a gifted acupuncturist visited her hospital room and helped Carina feel… Continue reading An Integrative Approach to Crohn's Disease
Bricks and Mortar
It’s late 2012, and the long-promised death of print (predicted somewhere on a Mayan calendar, I’m told), has yet to happen. I live in Seattle, birthplace of Amazon and the Kindle (full disclosure: I worked for Amazon twice, once from 1998-2000, again from 2004-2007), and yet I still see people leaning against bus stop posts… Continue reading Bricks and Mortar
Sean Hayes’ Major U.S. Fall Tour Comes to Plainfield
Plainfield, VT — Goddard College Concerts and WGDR Community Radio present San Francisco-based songwriter Sean Hayes and Chicago-based duo Birds of Chicago on Saturday, November 3rd. Sean Hayes is currently on a major U.S. fall tour to present his newly released album, “Before We Turn to Dust.” Born in New York City and raised in North… Continue reading Sean Hayes’ Major U.S. Fall Tour Comes to Plainfield
Evalyn Bates awarded degree of Doctorate of Humane Letters
Maya Angelou once said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” The stories that live in silence very often have the greatest power to transform our world and our understanding of it, when we are given an opportunity to share them and to listen to them. Each of our lives… Continue reading Evalyn Bates awarded degree of Doctorate of Humane Letters
Goddard at the AASHE Conference: A Leader in Sustainability
I had the privilege of representing Goddard at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) conference this October. I was invited to the conference in Los Angeles by the Chronicle of Higher Education to speak as one of a four- person panel about sustainability in higher education. Approximately 150 people–faculty, students,… Continue reading Goddard at the AASHE Conference: A Leader in Sustainability
"Temporary Home:" A Residency Performance by MFAIA student, Misha Penton
Using one of the abandoned military bunkers on the bluffs of Fort Worden State Park, Misha Penton (MFAIA ’13) created a site-specific performance during the fall 2012 residency for the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program at our Port Townsend, Washington site. Watch the beautiful video below. Temporary Home (edit 5’44”): A contemplative monodrama exploring the… Continue reading "Temporary Home:" A Residency Performance by MFAIA student, Misha Penton
The Mediocre Meditator: First Encounter
I discovered meditation about fifteen years ago. It was not something I expected and it happened like this: I was at a day-long Continuing Education workshop designed for mental health professionals like myself, Counselors, Social Workers and Psychologists. All of us need a certain amount of hours of formal learning every two years to keep… Continue reading The Mediocre Meditator: First Encounter
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Meets the Buddha
At the end of my self-compassion workshop this semester in the Psychology & Counseling Program I overheard a student saying, “I’m so glad to hear I could just meditate for ten minutes. I always thought it had to be a whole long thing.” This blog is for those who thought they could never meditate,… Continue reading Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Meets the Buddha
Fall 2012 Achievements
The faculty, alumni and students of the Goddard College MFAW program are enjoying great success in the publishing, literary and theatrical worlds. Here are their recent accomplishments. Faculty Audio versions of two of Rachel Pollack’s novels “Temporary Agency” and “Godmother Night” will be produced by Audible Books. Rachel also gave a reading at the… Continue reading Fall 2012 Achievements
MFAIA Port Townsend Residency Workshop
Scene from the MFAIA Port Townsend Residency
Program Director Paul Selig’s October 2012 Events and Appearances
New interview on the cable show Waking Universe: Paul Selig will be on a new episode of the BIO channel’s “The uneXplained” this Saturday, Oct. 6th at 10:00 PM ET/9:00c. Upcoming workshops and book signings for The Book of Love and Creation (Tarcher/Penguin 2012): Heart and Soul Center of Light in Oakland, CA on Friday,… Continue reading Program Director Paul Selig’s October 2012 Events and Appearances
MFAIA Alumna Portrait: Roslyn Tate
MFAIA alumna and interdisciplinary performance artist Roslyn Tate (MFAIA ’10), was recently interviewed by faculty member Laiwan regarding how her work at Goddard has advanced her professional practice. Roslyn Tate, aka Chicava HoneyChild, is a burlesque dancer, actor and producer. She is the Creative Producer of New York City’s Brown Girls Burlesque and teacher at… Continue reading MFAIA Alumna Portrait: Roslyn Tate