At our fall residency, Expressive Arts Therapy Concentration student Natalie Hogge and faculty member Wendy Phillips collaborated in the creation of a six-hour Multimodal Expressive Arts workshop held in segments over three days. Our goal was to offer students and colleagues an opportunity to experience Multimodal Processes and to reflect on these experiences in preparation… Continue reading A Collaborative Multimodal Expressive Arts Workshop at Residency
Category: Master’s Degree
Donnelle McGee Book Launch
MFAW-VT alumnus Donnelle McGee has a new novel Ghost Man. You can order his book and/or catch Donnelle reading at the venues listed below. Donnelle stopped by the Goddard MFA in Creative Writing’s blog, The Writer in the World, to talk about the new novel, which Chris Abani praised as: “Donnelle McGee writes with an incisive… Continue reading Donnelle McGee Book Launch
Marching Against the Pipeline and for a Greener World
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
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
The Launch of a New Alumni Gathering
Alumna Imani Uzuri (MFAIA-VT ’12) conducts the Revolutionary Choir at the Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, to launch the pilot MFAIA Alumni Gathering that was held concurrent to the July 2015 residency in Plainfield, Vermont. Photos: Goddard College by Tyson Pease (MFAIA-VT ’15) In the spirit of its residency theme, “Artist in the World: Working Collectives,” the… Continue reading The Launch of a New Alumni Gathering
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”
Goddard Faculty Member Deborah Brevoort Wins 2015 Liberty Live Commission
Deborah Brevoort, a faculty member in Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, is the winner of the 2015 Liberty Live commission, a partnership between Premiere Stages and the Liberty Hall Museum in Union, New Jersey, to commission a new play that celebrates some aspect of New Jersey history. Brevoort’s play My Lord, What a Night… Continue reading Goddard Faculty Member Deborah Brevoort Wins 2015 Liberty Live Commission
Goddard Faculty Member Deborah Brevoort Wins 2015 Liberty Live Commission
Deborah Brevoort, a faculty member in Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, is the winner of the 2015 Liberty Live commission, a partnership between Premiere Stages and the Liberty Hall Museum in Union, New Jersey, to commission a new play that celebrates some aspect of New Jersey history. Brevoort’s play My Lord, What a Night… Continue reading Goddard Faculty Member Deborah Brevoort Wins 2015 Liberty Live Commission
October 2015 Community News and Events
MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Washington group visit Learning from Orcas: The Story of Hope, Port Townsend Marine Science Center. Photo: Laiwan VISITING HOPE Sue Long, Port Townsend Marine Science Center Board Member and Port Townsend Community Life Staff Member at Goddard opened the Center for a personalized visit by MFAIA-WA Workgroups and Faculty Advisors Sharon Siskin, Devora Neumark… Continue reading October 2015 Community News and Events
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
June, July and August 2015 Achievements
Faculty Deborah Brevoort and Stephanie Salzman have been awarded a grant from the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust for Crossing Over, their Amish Hip Hip musical. The trust was founded in 2001 to assist musical theatre writers launch new projects. The grant will help pay for a demo recording of the musical. Jan Clausen has just published Part II of… Continue reading June, July and August 2015 Achievements
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
Goddard Announces the Recipients of the Spring/Summer ’15 Alumni Arts Project Award
PLAINFIELD, Vt. – Goddard College is proud to announce the recipients of the Spring/Summer 2015 Alumni Arts Project Award, a bi-annual grant that aims to bring the arts to communities by supporting new work by graduates of the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts Program. Three alumni artists with collaborative community art projects received $500 each to… Continue reading Goddard Announces the Recipients of the Spring/Summer ’15 Alumni Arts Project Award
MFA Alumni Portrait and Commencement Speech – Jessica Plumb
Jessica Plumb is a 2010 graduate of Goddard’s MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts (MFAIA) program in Port Townsend, Washington. She is a writer, co-director and producer of the film, Return of the River, which documents the plight of wild salmon and the fight to un-dam the Elwha river in the Olympic Peninsula. The film has received ten international and… Continue reading MFA Alumni Portrait and Commencement Speech – Jessica Plumb
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.
Alumni Portrait — Anjali Austin
Video podcast profile of Anjali Austin upon graduation in Spring 2015. Anjali Austin is an alumna of Goddard College’s MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts (MFAIA ’15) program and was a returning professional to our program. A former member of Dance Theatre of Harlem for 13 years, she has worked with noted teachers and choreographers such as Agnes de Mille, Louis… Continue reading Alumni Portrait — Anjali Austin
Community News and Events, August 2015
Still from Baba Israel’s upcoming project The Spinning Wheel. Photo: Joel Chester Fildes The Spinning Wheel: a Son Remixes a Father’s Radical Archive Steve Ben Israel was a New York jazz musician, poet, stand-up comic, political activist and core member of the iconic ensemble ‘The Living Theatre’. He passed away in 2012, leaving behind a legacy of… Continue reading Community News and Events, August 2015
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