In an historic gesture, Goddard College has gifted its beloved 1600 watt radio station WGDR/WGDH to the community of Central Vermont. The nonprofit organization Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR), made up of dedicated WGDR/WGDH programmers and listeners, was formed for the explicit purpose of accepting the gift of the station. Goddard President Bernard Bull, the… Continue reading Goddard Gifts WGDR/WGDH to Central Vermont Community Radio
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The Passionate Voice of Bobi Céspedes, Goddard alum
Bobi Céspedes is an Afro-Cuban singer and international recording artist. She is also a graduate of Goddard’s BA in Education in Seattle in 2009. The bilingual education program was a good fit for the composer, band leader and educator. Bobi Céspedes was interviewed by Renée Almatierra for Goddard College in May 2021. They discussed her… Continue reading The Passionate Voice of Bobi Céspedes, Goddard alum
Secondary School in Kenya Inspired by Goddard
Originally founded in 2005 by Andrea (Andy) Leebron-Clay (MFAW ’02, MA SBC ’09) and Jim Clay (MA SBC ’09), the Clay International Secondary School is a free, co-educational, rural high school serving the region of Makueni County in Kenya. The school offers a free education to its students, operating under a cooperative model, where the… Continue reading Secondary School in Kenya Inspired by Goddard
Spotlight: Caroline Catlin, MFA in Creative Writing
One year before she became an MFA student at Goddard College, Caroline Catlin had her writing published in The New York Times. For many writers, this would be a capstone achievement. But for Catlin, it was the foundation of her Goddard learning journey. In the article, titled What I Learned Photographing Death, she wrote about… Continue reading Spotlight: Caroline Catlin, MFA in Creative Writing
Tim Pitkin’s Maple Sugar Time
In 1934, Goddard’s founding president Royce “Tim” Pitkin, prior to moving back to Vermont to help guide the Goddard Seminary to a Junior College, was serving as headmaster in the New London, New Hampshire public school system. In that year he published a book for young adults titled Maple Sugar Time that describes the entire… Continue reading Tim Pitkin’s Maple Sugar Time
Accreditation Vote Re-Invigorates Goddard College
Greetings to the Goddard community, I’m writing to you with wonderful news from our recent meeting with the New England Commission for Higher Education (NECHE) this Thursday, September 24. While I don’t have an official letter or details to share yet, I have received notification from the President of NECHE that the Commission voted to… Continue reading Accreditation Vote Re-Invigorates Goddard College
Revolutionary Presence: Technologies, Collective Imagination, and Transformative Engagement
A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind. –Grace Lee Boggs A Shifting Landscape Amid pandemic the world is changing in ways that we are still learning to identify. Whether we are pixelated on screens, intertwined in global networks,… Continue reading Revolutionary Presence: Technologies, Collective Imagination, and Transformative Engagement
Goddard College Ranks #1 for Master’s Degrees
The Measures of Success When it comes to getting the most for your money in higher education, Goddard College ranks third in the Northeast just under Harvard and Yale and above MIT, according to a new report released from Washington Monthly recently. The same study looked at Masters Degree programs, ranking the colleges “based on… Continue reading Goddard College Ranks #1 for Master’s Degrees
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
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