Thanks to our Goddard community, including faculty members Sara Norton and Bobby Buchanan (seen in the photo below), for being part of the October 24th March Against the Pipeline in Montpelier, Vermont. It was a great turn-out! In Bill McKibben’s words, the protest “ramps up the remarkable three-year-old fight against the plans by Vermont Gas… Continue reading Marching Against the Pipeline and for a Greener World
Category: Bachelor’s Degree
A Note from Malawi
Porter Witsell (IBA ‘16) sent us this note from Malawi, where she is living this semester as part of her Goddard studies: “I am learning tailoring from a bunch of teenage boys at a center that teaches vocational skills to ‘street children’. We use old singer sewing machines with foot peddles and mostly make school… Continue reading A Note from Malawi
Vermont Farmers Adapting to Climate Change
BA in Sustainability Program faculty member Catherine Lowther has been collecting stories from VT farmers about how they are adapting to climate change. Here are some of the stories. Rogers Farmstead, Berlin, VT Nate and Jessie Rogers grow grains and keep a small herd of Jersey cows at their farm on the Dog River in Berlin.… Continue reading Vermont Farmers Adapting to Climate Change
Writing From Home
This blog post was prompted by the following question asked by alumna Kat Richardson (BFAW ’15): Q: [What are] the benefits of writing from home (which I’m not feeling right now)? The reason I chose Knox over Goddard initially was because I wanted the experience of living in the middle of all those resources. I… Continue reading Writing From Home
The Birth of “From Packets to Practice”
Two Goddard Undergraduate students, Jay Masika (IBA ’16) and Kristin Schwab (IBA ’16), have joined forces to design and co-facilitate powerful Justice & Inclusion trainings for the Spring 2015 and Fall 2015 UGP residencies. From Jay and Kristin’s description of their workshops, which they call, “From Packets to Practice: An All Community Workshop Exploring the… Continue reading The Birth of “From Packets to Practice”
Student Melissa Sivvy Shares Her Expressive Arts Work
In my experience as a child from a middle class white family with a psychologist as a father, assessment testing was a game for me. I was my dad’s guinea pig, solving WISC puzzles and word problems as his students gathered around to watch. It was a kind of performance, really. This semester, I have… Continue reading Student Melissa Sivvy Shares Her Expressive Arts Work
Jonathan Katz receives honorary doctorate; 15 earn master’s in psychology and counseling
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Comedian and actor Jonathan Katz received an honorary doctorate and 15 graduates earned master’s degrees in psychology and clinical mental health counseling at Goddard College’s Sept. 6 commencement ceremony. Goddard President Robert P. Kenny presented Katz with the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in… Continue reading Jonathan Katz receives honorary doctorate; 15 earn master’s in psychology and counseling
Goddard is first in Vermont to offer Bilingual Education Endorsement for Teachers
PLAINFIELD, Vt. — Goddard College is the first college or university in Vermont to gain state approval to add bilingual education to its teacher education program. The U.S. Department of Education identifies bilingual education as a high-need field in schools that serve low-income students. The Latino population in the U.S. grew by 43 percent between… Continue reading Goddard is first in Vermont to offer Bilingual Education Endorsement for Teachers
Congressional recognition awarded to Goddard faculty for her empowerment work
Dr. Kristal C. Owens Gayle, a faculty member in the Psychology & Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, received a Congressional Recognition from the U.S. House of Representatives on June 22nd for “improving the quality of life of men, women, and families” through the work she does at the Empowerment Center, a non-profit she founded in 2004.
Goddard’s 2015 Sustainability Progress Report
Background The sustainability team was formed in 2007 when Goddard’s then president Marc Schulman 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 emissions. Our goal is to be carbon neutral in fuels burned on campus and… Continue reading Goddard’s 2015 Sustainability Progress Report
Senior Study: Making a Shipping Container Home
For his senior study, Devin Mason (BAS ’15) has been steadily building a house out of a shipping container in Albany, Vermont. Devin will be sharing his process and insights about shipping containers and living off-the-grid at his graduating student presentation at the Fall ’15 Undergraduate Program-Option 1 residency. For a wonderful and detailed description of… Continue reading Senior Study: Making a Shipping Container Home
Visiting Soul Fire Farm!
Hillary Melville‘s (IBA ’16) daughter Shante Melville, and recent alumna GaBrilla Ballard (IBA ’15) joined Goddard faculty members Pamela Booker and Bobby Buchanan for a work party at Soul Fire Farm in Fall 2014. Also in the photograph are farmer Jonah Vitale-Wolff and his son Emet. Alumnus Gaetano Vaccaro (IBA ’09) and his family also… Continue reading Visiting Soul Fire Farm!
Sustainable-Healthy Dietary Shifts for Human and Environmental Health
Individualized Bachelor of Arts graduate Christiana Wyly (IBA ’15) is a leader in educating people about the impacts of their dietary choices and promoting sustainable-healthy eating patterns to support human and environmental health. She is the coordinator of the My Plate My Planet initiative, an informal aggregation of groups supporting sustainability in the 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines.… Continue reading Sustainable-Healthy Dietary Shifts for Human and Environmental Health
A Cauldron of Fermented Foods
Brian Lyman (IBA ’15) is the co-founder and marketing manager of Cauldron Fermented Foods in Boston. Cauldron follows traditional fermentation practices, using salt brine in an anaerobic environment at the correct temperature. They are currently marketing three products: Black and White Sauerkraut, Firecracker Carrots, and Dilly Green Beans. They also have prototypes for cucumber pickles,… Continue reading A Cauldron of Fermented Foods
Students Make a Better World Through Activism
ACTIVISM & ORGANIZING Hartman Deetz (IBA ’15) spoke in March at a Solidarity event in support of US Steelworkers striking over health and safety concerns. Hartman is also a teacher at Deecolonize Academy, “a multi-generational skool 4 the people by the people,” based in Oakland, Calif. Ya-Ping Douglass (IBA ’16) was arrested in April in… Continue reading Students Make a Better World Through Activism
Undergraduate Program Updates: Jobs, Teaching, Presenting
Spring ’15 updates from the Undergraduate Program about jobs, teaching, and academic offerings. Carina Antonino DiMare (BA HAS ’14) (formerly Carina Rockland) launched and now has a thriving bodywork practice in Amherst and Greenfield, Massachusetts. Carina specializes in therapeutic Swedish massage, deep tissue, Ayurvedic bodywork and massage for chronic pain, injury, illness and cancer. Making… Continue reading Undergraduate Program Updates: Jobs, Teaching, Presenting
The Mediocre Meditator Turns toward Fear and Includes a Lesson in the History of Psychology
When I was coming up, professionally, in the middle of the 1970s, my colleagues and I at The Women’s Mental Health Collective in Somerville, Massachusetts had this idea (or maybe we didn’t have this idea ourselves but rather there was an idea around, part of the zeitgeist, the cultural atmosphere). The idea was that in… Continue reading The Mediocre Meditator Turns toward Fear and Includes a Lesson in the History of Psychology
Speaking Truth in the World
The following students, alumni, and faculty of the Goddard Undergraduate program shared these exciting accomplishments -being invited to speak publicly about issues close to their hearts. Melanie Goodman Dante (IBA ’03, MA HAS ’06) was an invited speaker on May 8th at Philadelphia SEXx Interactive. Melanie’s talk was entitled, “The Romance of Erotic Labor: Intimacy… Continue reading Speaking Truth in the World
Graduate School Updates from Recent Alumni
It’s a treat to hear from some of our Goddard Undergraduate alumni about graduate studies they are in the midst of or recently completed. Here are some Spring ’15 updates: Jordan Bosse (IBA ‘06) sent in this exciting news from his Ph.D. program in Nursing at University of Massachusetts-Amherst: I’ve just completed my coursework and… Continue reading Graduate School Updates from Recent Alumni
More Spring ’15 News: CREATING!
News of recent creative projects by Goddard Undergraduate Students, Alumni, and Faculty. As you’ll see, lots of exciting news! This winter, Matt Hogan (IBA ’16) was artist-in-residence at Generator Makerspace in Burlington, Vermont. While at Generator Makerspace, Matt created the lighting design for portraits that he took during the recent UGP2 residency, including this stunning… Continue reading More Spring ’15 News: CREATING!