In first grade, Bárbara Martínez-Griego received Ds and Fs on her report card while in other areas, such as effort, courtesy, and conduct, she always got A’s. “The only comment made -every grading period- was, “Needs to speak more English at home,” always written in red ink.” While she may not have known it in… Continue reading Transformative Educator is a Leader in Dual Language Higher Education
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A List of Awards Granted to Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing Faculty
The writers who teach in the Goddard MFA in Creative Writing Program have been published and produced internationally, and are recognized in their fields. They are active writers. Collectively, current and recent faculty members have published more than 150 books, had plays produced around the world, and won most of the major U.S. literary awards.… Continue reading A List of Awards Granted to Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing Faculty
BITING THROUGH: In recognition and celebration of Juneteenth
by Elena Georgiou “I think we often think of freedom as a destination. Freedom as a noun, freedom as a settled place, freedom as being settled. And this image to me is very much in line with, I think what my understanding of freedom is. That it is constantly in motion. It’s constantly shifting. There is… Continue reading BITING THROUGH: In recognition and celebration of Juneteenth
A Radical Alternative to Online Instruction
The sudden shift to remote instruction has caused a needed moment of critical interrogation in higher education. Colleges, universities, and the students that attend them are all making difficult choices about the Fall semester. At the heart of these decisions lies a question about the fundamental nature of education. Goddard College, a well-kept secret in the… Continue reading A Radical Alternative to Online Instruction
Circle of Councils’ Social Justice Statement
We are a diverse learning community founded in the belief that democratic education creates positive change. We are committed to social justice, to human rights, to agency and protection for all people, and to thoughtful action to save our earth. We stand on land that has been usurped, exploited and occupied. We stand together because… Continue reading Circle of Councils’ Social Justice Statement
Interdisciplinary Arts MFA Alums are Still Resonating
Pugs (Daniel Seung) Pugliese, along with a couple of his peers, reflects on his his experience at Goddard’s low residency MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program. All photographs were taken by Pugs during graduating weekend, which took place in January 2020. Three months out from receiving my MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College, I find… Continue reading Interdisciplinary Arts MFA Alums are Still Resonating
Digitally Remastered: Theater in the Pandemic
Fran Sillau in Conversation with Ruth Wallen This interview with Fran Sillau one of several with Goddard alums exploring how they are adapting teaching and collaborative practices to the social isolation in which we find ourselves. This interview with MFAIA-VT Lead Faculty, Ruth Wallen, was conducted remotely in early May 2020. Fran Sillau graduated from Goddard College’s… Continue reading Digitally Remastered: Theater in the Pandemic
Teaching Pottery Online: Art Practices in a Pandemic
Willi Singleton in Conversation with MFAIA Lead Faculty, Ruth Wallen Willi Singleton has been wood-firing his climbing kiln in Kempton, Pennsylvania for thirty-three years, using mostly clay taken from Hawk Mountain mixed with Stancill’s clay from the northern Chesapeake coast. Willi studied Visual Art at The Evergreen State College 1981 before pursuing wood-fired ceramics in Japan… Continue reading Teaching Pottery Online: Art Practices in a Pandemic
A Garifuna Journeys to Goddard
by Martha David, (EDU – Seattle Dual Language Concentration- Early Childhood Education ’19) BEGINNINGS OF AN EDUCATOR At age of 5 years old my mother registered me in school. She walked me to school and left me in front of the school and I had to find my way to the classroom. I spoke my… Continue reading A Garifuna Journeys to Goddard
Ten Things I’ve Learned from Unschooling
By Kathleen Kesson, former Director of Education at Goddard College. Families who unschool, or home school (at least 2 million kids in the U.S.) usually reach this decision after much deliberation, and after weighing innumerable factors: available time and energy, capacity, desire, and finances. Now, overnight we have hundreds of thousands of young people with… Continue reading Ten Things I’ve Learned from Unschooling
What Uncertainty Teaches
By Polly Young-Eisendrath Originally published on March 30, 2020 Republished with permission from the author Living in the time of COVID-19 gives all of us a strong and clear taste of uncertainty. Our welfare is on the line and we are trapped at home with our questions, our vulnerabilities, and the vulnerabilities of others. Even… Continue reading What Uncertainty Teaches
$200k Gift Announced for MFAW Student Emergency Fund
We are delighted to announce that Goddard recently received an anonymous gift of $200,000 (plus an additional $30,000 to cover grant administration costs) to establish an emergency fund for students in the MFA in Writing Program. MFAW students will be able to apply for a grant of up to $3,000 per semester to help with unforeseen financial… Continue reading $200k Gift Announced for MFAW Student Emergency Fund
Tommie Smith’s Long Stride to the Olympic Hall of Fame
It would become an iconic moment in sports history and the American Civil Rights Movement. Tommie Smith ascended the dais at the 19th Olympiad in Mexico City to receive the gold medal for the Men’s 200 meters. As the Star-Spangled Banner played, he raised one black gloved fist. Bronze medalist John Carlos did the same.… Continue reading Tommie Smith’s Long Stride to the Olympic Hall of Fame
The Fight for the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation
A conversation with Goddard alum Hartman Deetz In the end of March, Secretary David Bernhardt of the Department of the Interior ordered the Bureau of Indian Affairs to take the Mashpee Wampanoag’s 321-acre reservation out of trust. This removed it from the federal reservation system. This federal action uses a legal loophole, arguing that the Mashpee… Continue reading The Fight for the Mashpee Wampanoag Reservation
Principios de un Educador
Escrito por Martha David, (EDU – Seattle La concentración de Educación en la Primera Infancia en Dos Idiomas ’19) A la edad de 5 años, mi madre me inscribió en la escuela. Ella me acompañó y me dejó frente a la escuela y tuve que encontrar mi camino al aula. Solo hablaba el idioma de… Continue reading Principios de un Educador
Goddard College Announces Athletics Dome, Mascot, and Interdisciplinary Sports League
April 1, 2021 Goddard College is pleased to unveil its new plans for a sports complex. “Doolin’s Dome”, which will house leagues of student learner-athletes, is set to break ground today and continue on this day every year until 2030 or longer depending on, you know, factors. Goddard’s sports teams also unveiled the new mascot:… Continue reading Goddard College Announces Athletics Dome, Mascot, and Interdisciplinary Sports League
The Soft Parade: A Writer’s Response to COVID-19
While we all are destined to reach a point of stop-breath finality, our routes towards this summit traverse different topographies, navigate different twists of watercourse, and feel different illuminations of heat. Still, we mark similar paths: we all are, simply, in time, going to die. I think of this truth, in one way, as belonging… Continue reading The Soft Parade: A Writer’s Response to COVID-19
The Long Walk of a Teacher
Everyday, when I get home from student teaching, I silently bring in my bag to the house. Without saying a word, I put on a hat and head back outside for a walk. I watch the bus pull up across the road, students hopping out and into the arms of their family members. I walk… Continue reading The Long Walk of a Teacher
Manifesting Goddard in Your Life
I was like many Goddard students. I discovered this remarkable student-centered pathway in the 1990’s but did not enroll until 2006. It took that long to manifest Goddard in my life, but it was well worth the discovery. I was an artist, educator and social worker in the midwest growing my tribe of five beautiful… Continue reading Manifesting Goddard in Your Life
Coronavirus Basic Protective Measures from the World Health Organization
Basic protective measures against the new coronavirus Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. COVID-19 is still affecting mostly people in China with some outbreaks in other countries. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover,… Continue reading Coronavirus Basic Protective Measures from the World Health Organization