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Alternative Education Enters the Mainstream

by Bernard Bull People often tell me that at one point in their lives they wanted to be a teacher. Well, what happened? Usually, I find that their reasons for not pursuing education came from a limited view of what was available and possible in education. Or else they thought they missed their chance. If… Continue reading Alternative Education Enters the Mainstream

Sustainability School in Guatemala is Inspired by Goddard

By Matt Paneitz I spent over a decade in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala helping to transform 500 tons of trash (including 15,000 used tires) into a school campus. Many would call it “a crazy endeavor”. Through this work I started an NGO called Long Way Home with a mission “to use sustainable design and materials to construct… Continue reading Sustainability School in Guatemala is Inspired by Goddard

Radical Love: Q&A with Gina Forbes, Director of One Tree Center

Gina Forbes is the Director of One Tree Center in South Portland, ME. The Center includes a preschool that holds the phrase Radical Love at the center of its principles. Radical, in the true meaning of the word, meaning “at the root”. This rooted focus on love informs Gina’s work and manifested itself through her… Continue reading Radical Love: Q&A with Gina Forbes, Director of One Tree Center

UGP Faculty Karen Werner’s “Goddard moment”

UGP Faculty Karen Werner

I was in a master’s program in education when I felt a wave of wanting to be in spiritual practice. A gifted professor wove together Toni Morrison, Freud, the myth of Psyche and Cupid, and the professor’s own interviews with 9-13 year old girls. Voice, resonance, relationship, democracy. “The honesty of things is where they… Continue reading UGP Faculty Karen Werner’s “Goddard moment”

BFA Student protests deportation and family separation

In Philadelphia, the “Salute to America” Independence Day parade, with its cohort of Founding Fathers came to a halt. In his tallit and kippah, Goddard student, Mordecai Martin sat calmly alongside about 30 other protesters, their arms linked and their voices in song, preventing the parade from moving forward. The movement Never Again Action, which… Continue reading BFA Student protests deportation and family separation

What Takes Root: Socially Engaged Art

A powerful and positive reenvisioning of education that can only happen in art

August 9, 2019 The last time I sat at this table, it was a place where things got stuck: an expanse of oak in a stuffy room where we sat across from a president that sheepishly told us no action was possible, the recommendations of the diversity workgroup were unrealistic, of course he agreed in… Continue reading What Takes Root: Socially Engaged Art

Learning Alliance: Partnerships & Grants for Students with a Sustainability Focus

As a Goddard College student, you can earn credits with a network of dynamic organizations that have partnership agreements with Goddard. You can complete courses and programs of study with these partners during the semester and on between semester breaks, in some cases earning additional credits directly applicable towards your Goddard degree and satisfying some… Continue reading Learning Alliance: Partnerships & Grants for Students with a Sustainability Focus

WHY SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART?

July 5, 2019 Creative practice for collective liberation This is the beginning of a conversation about how art could be something different altogether. The Situation: These are times of rising fascism, ecological destruction, spiraling inequity, and a culture of collapse. We need art, because the systems of conquest and oppression are so pervasive that the act of… Continue reading WHY SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART?

“The Human Compass” – An Expressive Arts Practice by Casey Jakubowski

VIDEO: Casey Jakubowski’s Multimodal Expressive Arts Process, “The Human Compass.” Casey created a new Multimodal Expressive Process as a component of her coursework this semester in the Expressive Arts Therapy Concentration at Goddard College that incorporates movement, music, and drawing. The individually designed course is called “Crisis Intervention: Expressive Arts Crisis Intervention With Adolescents.” Her… Continue reading “The Human Compass” – An Expressive Arts Practice by Casey Jakubowski

Alum John Eichenberger Uses Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed in Counseling Practice

A young man shook his head in shame and embarrassment. An offhand remark to a client had resulted in a rift in the therapeutic relationship. He wanted with all his being to repair it. Now, among peers, he explored the event. Not a single person said, “Well, this is what you should do.” No need.… Continue reading Alum John Eichenberger Uses Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed in Counseling Practice

Is Activism Dead? ‘Story as Activism’ and Goddard’s Conversation with the World

by Karla Haas Moskowitz, PhD As individuals and communities navigate their own sense of power, how and when stories are released into the world become critical forces that shape quests for both protection and influence. As activists and storytellers, our knowing what to say, when to say it, and to whom becomes pivotal in our… Continue reading Is Activism Dead? ‘Story as Activism’ and Goddard’s Conversation with the World

Caleb Pitkin Continues Family Legacy at Goddard

Dustin Byerly (BA RUP ’01) had the honor of sitting down with Caleb Pitkin (BA ’80), grandson of Founding President Tim Pitkin, at his home to discuss the long history of the Pitkin family and his own experience at Goddard College. DB: How did you find Goddard? CP: My family has been involved with Goddard… Continue reading Caleb Pitkin Continues Family Legacy at Goddard

New Sexuality Studies Concentration in Undergraduate Programs

Goddard College has launched a new Sexuality Studies Concentration within the Undergraduate Studies Program. Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary field ranging from gender studies to biology, ethnic studies to public policy, and theology to economics. Founded by Drs. H. “Herukhuti” Sharif Williams and Zelaika Hepworth Clarke, we are the only sexological program specifically designed to… Continue reading New Sexuality Studies Concentration in Undergraduate Programs

Goddard College and North American PEN Centers Partner for Creative Writing Scholarships

The Goddard College / PEN North America partnership provides one $10,000 scholarship to an MFA applicant in Creative Writing who is a member of PEN America, PEN Canada, or PEN Mexico. Additionally, North American PEN members who are admitted to Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, but who do not receive the Goddard/PEN North American… Continue reading Goddard College and North American PEN Centers Partner for Creative Writing Scholarships

Alumni Respond to the Global Refugee Crisis

Margaret Hosmer Martens (BA ADP ’81, MA CMHC) spent 15 years living in French-speaking Africa with her family. These were formative years that shaped her lifelong concern for refugees. Here is her story: “A Personal Experience with Refugees” I had my first contact with Angolan refugees who fled to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo… Continue reading Alumni Respond to the Global Refugee Crisis

Goddard faculty member Arisa White a Lambda Literary Award finalist

PLAINFIELD, Vt. – Arisa White, a faculty member in Goddard’s BFA in Creative Writing Program, is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Her collection, You’re the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened (Augury, 2016), is one eight books nominated for the Lesbian Poetry prize. Lambda Literary, the nation’s oldest and largest literary arts organization advancing… Continue reading Goddard faculty member Arisa White a Lambda Literary Award finalist

The Expressive Arts Are Abundant at the Psychology and Counseling Residency

The Expressive Arts abound during Residency in the Psychology and Counseling Program. There are Expressive Arts workshops, the sharing of students’ Creative Theses and Capstone work at our Poster Session, student led open studio times, and informal jam sessions. Our Expressive Arts Opening is a very important event. In our Haybarn Art Gallery, students present… Continue reading The Expressive Arts Are Abundant at the Psychology and Counseling Residency

Sophia Maravell earns Goddard Entrepreneur Sustainability grant

Sophia Maravell (MA ’15) received the Goddard Entrepreneur Sustainability grant for starting her business Ecología Rising. Sophia writes: “Ecología Rising grew out of my work in Community Education at Goddard College with the guidance of key faculty members Jackie Fischer and Karla Haas-Moskowitz.” The word ‘ecología’ expresses a Greek philosophy that Sophia adopted and encountered… Continue reading Sophia Maravell earns Goddard Entrepreneur Sustainability grant