Annie Abdalla is immersing in a creative project she calls, “The Process of Abstracting: Searching for Essence.” In Annie’s words: “I’m curious about the parallels between the habits of mind and the habits of mark-making. My work is turning to landscape – stimulated by my years of living in two very different landscapes each year,… Continue reading Notes from the Field: Faculty News
Category: MA Health Arts & Sciences
Notes from the Field: Alumni Notes
Aly Simpson (IBA ’14) joined faculty members Suzanne Richman and Bobby Buchanan at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) conference in New York City in November. Aly, who studied at IIN before coming to Goddard, performed and spoke about his educational experiences at Goddard in front of a huge audience of 1,200 people with 5,000-7,000… Continue reading Notes from the Field: Alumni Notes
Goddard in the World – Black Lives Matter
Goddard College asks, what can be done in response to the recent violence against our black citizens? A number of Goddard students, alumni and faculty shared news of their involvement with #Blacklivesmatter and related anti-racist organizing efforts around the country: Ya-Ping Douglass (IBA ’16) and Nikhil Goyal (IBA ‘16) have been involved in various… Continue reading Goddard in the World – Black Lives Matter
“To Know More Ways to Heal” Grace Asagra Stanley
By Kim Pereira Grace Asagra Stanley, a 2013 graduate of the MA in Health Arts and Sciences program at Goddard, radiates calm yet luminous energy as she tells me about her upbringing and its relationship to interdisciplinary approaches to health. Born in the Philippines, she was raised with what she calls a “cultural community type… Continue reading “To Know More Ways to Heal” Grace Asagra Stanley
"Why I Love Goddard!" Juanita Martin (BA HAS '14)
BA in Health Arts & Sciences student Juanita Martin, entering her Level 8 semester, on what makes Goddard College special: “I landed at Goddard at the ripe age of 51 with more college experience than a graduating PhD student, but I had not completed any one degree. I had credits in various fields, from… Continue reading "Why I Love Goddard!" Juanita Martin (BA HAS '14)
One Student's Amazing Work With Midwives for Haiti
In the fall of 2010, six months after Haiti’s devastating earthquake, Jenna Schmitz (BA HAS ‘13) moved to Hinche in Haiti’s Central Plateau, 37 miles north of Port-au-Prince. Trained as a Certified Professional Midwife at Birthwise Midwifery School (which has a credit-bearing partnership with Goddard College), Jenna volunteered with a Haitian-led organization called Midwives for… Continue reading One Student's Amazing Work With Midwives for Haiti
Twinkling Genius
In July 2012, Neely Cohen (BA HAS ’12) reached the final round of Food Network’s “Sweet Genius”– a dessert competition. Neely and the other remaining contestants awaited instructions on what mystery ingredients they would need to include in their dessert stand-off. The winner of the challenge would get $10,000 and national recognition. The host, pastry… Continue reading Twinkling Genius
Making a Safe and Empowering Birth Culture: Interview with Alumna Amy Chavez
17 years ago, Amy Chavez (BA HAS ’11, MA HAS ’13) paused her college career in order to raise her two daughters, now 16 and 13. While raising her children, Amy became a doula, studied herbalism, received her associate degree in science, a massage therapy license, and became a childbirth educator and prenatal yoga instructor. In the… Continue reading Making a Safe and Empowering Birth Culture: Interview with Alumna Amy Chavez
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