In the introduction to his stunning book of essays, Known and Strange Things, Teju Cole comments on how his journalism and essay writing have allowed him to explore his passions. He says, “Through the act of writing, I was able to find out what I knew…, what I was able to know, and where the… Continue reading Fall 2016 Newsletter
Author: Goddard Staff
September Achievements
Faculty: “Takimi-no-chaya, Rikugien,” the seventh of eight poems in MFAW- VT faculty member Kenny Fries‘s “In the Gardens of Japan” cycle set by Japanese composer Kumiko Takahashi had its world premiere on September 16 as part of “The Traditional in the Contemporary — Ninety Years of Japanese Compositions,” at Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawaii – Manoa,… Continue reading September Achievements
October 2016 Community News and Events
Hanna Satterlee and Eliot Gray Fisher, recipients of the Fall 2016 Goddard Alumni Art Project Awards. Photos courtesy of the artists Goddard Alumni Art Project Awards We are proud to announce alumna Hanna Satterlee (MFAIA-VT & WA ’16) and alumnus Eliot Gray Fisher (MFAIA–WA ’15), are the Fall 2016 recipients of the Goddard Alumni Art… Continue reading October 2016 Community News and Events
Elissa Sloan Perry and Aimee Liu join Goddard Board
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… Continue reading Elissa Sloan Perry and Aimee Liu join Goddard Board
Fall 2016 Commencement Address by Arisa White
“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” – Cornel West Faculty member Arisa White delivered this commencement address to the Fall 2016 graduates of the Undergraduate Studies and BFA in Creative Writing programs on September 18th, 2016. Thank you to the graduating class for inviting me to be your commencement speaker.… Continue reading Fall 2016 Commencement Address by Arisa White
2016 Goddard Annual Sustainability Progress Report
Background The sustainability team was formed in 2007 when Goddard’s president signed the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. We conducted a carbon inventory, created a climate action plan, and began working to reduce energy use and carbon emissions with a goal to become carbon neutral in fuels burned on campus and electricity usage… Continue reading 2016 Goddard Annual Sustainability Progress Report
First MFAIA Group Study in Decolonial and Indigenous Art Practices
by JuPong Lin MFAIA faculty advisor Devora Neumark and I offered a group study in Decolonial and Indigenous Art practice last semester. The co-learning experience was truly collaborative, transformative, and inspiring in the depth of the work of co-constructing collective knowledge. Participants engaged deeply with questions of decolonial practice and the challenges to indigenous well-being; we… Continue reading First MFAIA Group Study in Decolonial and Indigenous Art Practices
VIDEO: Petra Kuppers | Detroit Performs Clip
MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts advisor Petra Kuppers was featured on Detroit Public TV’s show, Detroit Performs, for her community art work about disability and dance at the Northville Art House. “Art is the transformation of everyday into something else,” she says. Watch the 8-minute video clip above.
August Achievements
Faculty: MFAW-WA faculty member Bhanu Kapil‘s July Commencement Speech, which was posted on the MFAW blog, was featured on Literary Hub: The Best of the Literary Internet. Read her speech here. MFAW-WA faculty member Beatrix Gates read “from Orlando: Make Beautiful in Maine” at The Cannery in South Penobscott, Maine. Bea also participated in the event sponsored by Reversing Falls Sanctuary, in collaboration with the… Continue reading August Achievements
Community Work Day – May 5, 2016
Since Goddard’s early days in the 1940s, the community has upheld a work program where members of the community – students, faculty, staff and administration – share operational duties and pitch in on maintenance projects around campus. For Goddard’s annual spring community work day this year, Plainfield staff and administrators were joined by students from… Continue reading Community Work Day – May 5, 2016
Goddard congratulates the new graduates of its Undergraduate Program
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… Continue reading Goddard congratulates the new graduates of its Undergraduate Program
Alumna Priscilla Backman to receive Goddard Presidential Award
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… Continue reading Alumna Priscilla Backman to receive Goddard Presidential Award
August 2016 Community News and Events
Diego Piñón. Photo credit left: Rafael Perez Evans; right: courtesy of Diego Piñón. Diego Piñón, Upcoming MFAIA-WA Guest Artist and Centrum Artist-in-Resident We are pleased and privileged to welcome internationally renowned movement/dance artist Diego Piñón as our upcoming guest artist for the fall 2016 MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts residency at Fort Worden, Port Townsend (September 16-24, 2016).… Continue reading August 2016 Community News and Events
July Achievements
Faculty: MFAW-VT faculty member Douglas A. Martin read from his novel Branwell and discussed the construction of historical characters with OUT magazine editor Aaron Hicklin at One Grand Books, a store whose inventory is curated by various folks selecting the 10 books they’d take with them to a deserted island. You can read an interview with Douglas on… Continue reading July Achievements
Goddard College joins the Common Application
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… Continue reading Goddard College joins the Common Application
Goddard Poets in the House in July
Goddard MFA alumna Teresa Mei Chuc writes, “If you’re in NYC on Sat., July 30th, I hope you can join us for a poetry reading at Poets House. Several Goddard College MFA in Creative Writing alumni will be there: Drew Dillhunt (Port Townsend, WA), David Giver (Plainfield, VT), Susan Deer Cloud (Plainfield, VT) and Teresa Mei Chuc… Continue reading Goddard Poets in the House in July
June Achievements
Faculty: MFAW-VT faculty member Deborah Brevoort was a Featured Artist at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska. The MFAW program has a new libretto writing degree concentration. Read Deborah’s take on writing an updated libretto for a Mozart opera on the program blog. Alumni and Students: MFAW-VT student Anaïs Mitchell received a beautiful review,“Anaïs Mitchell Hopes to Change the World… Continue reading June Achievements
Goddard announces first Goddard/PEN Center USA Scholarship award
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… Continue reading Goddard announces first Goddard/PEN Center USA Scholarship award
History of The Rooster
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,… Continue reading History of The Rooster
May Achievements
Alumni and Students: MFAW-WA alumna Katharine English’s memoir Salvation: A Judge’s Memoir of a Mormon Childhood is now available. MFAW-VT Student Lucy Snyder’s fiction collection While The Black Stars Burn won a Bram Stoker Award. MFAW-VT student Christine Kalafus was the keynote speaker for Day Kimball Hospital’s National Nurses Week dinner: “Behind You All the Way,” where the theme of… Continue reading May Achievements