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PLAINFIELD, Vt. — The Goddard Art Gallery at 54 Main in Montpelier is opening its third art show on December 7. The show, titled “An Unfamiliar Picnic,” features metal and hand-worked sculpture by Kat Clear of Burlington, Vt. and Torin Porter of Glover, Vt. Clear and Porter both have experience making sculptural environments for music festival audiences and bands… Continue reading Large Sculpture Exhibit & Events Coming to Downtown Montpelier

In December, I was part of a “Philosophy and Ecology of Mind” panel at the American Anthropological Assn. Annual Meeting in San Francisco (themed Borders and Crossings). Among those in our group were Jason Wirth, Timothy Morton, and Sarah Williams. My paper, “Global Ecological Mind,” extended my work on geodesic universal vector geometry (UVG) in Plato and… Continue reading Bethe Hagens and Global Ecological Mind

Plainfield, Vt.  — Goddard College today announced it received a $25,035 grant from the Vermont Department of Labor to support internships for students in its Master of Arts in Psychology and Counseling program. Funds from the grant will provide Goddard College students who live and carry out their internships in Vermont with need-based stipends for… Continue reading Goddard Awarded Grant to Help Bolster Vermont Internships

Plainfield, Vt. – Goddard College today announced that Bread and Puppet Theater will present a special November 30th performance at Goddard’s Plainfield campus. The celebratory revival show will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bread and Puppet’s distinctive brand of artistry – combining towering puppets and insurgent political narratives in stunning visual performances. The show will take place at… Continue reading Bread and Puppet Theater Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Goddard College

The fourth annual Science and Nonduality (SAND) conference took place in San Rafael, California in late October, and I had the good fortune to attend for the second year in a row. In its magnificent interdisciplinarity, the event had some of the flavor of an IBA residency, with presentations by cosmologists, therapists, Vedantists, neurobiologists, Buddhists,… Continue reading A report from Science and Nonduality (SAND) conference

Plainfield, VT — Goddard College Concerts and WGDR Community Radio present San Francisco-based songwriter Sean Hayes and Chicago-based duo Birds of Chicago on Saturday, November 3rd. Sean Hayes is currently on a major U.S. fall tour to present his newly released album, “Before We Turn to Dust.” Born in New York City and raised in North… Continue reading Sean Hayes’ Major U.S. Fall Tour Comes to Plainfield

Maya Angelou once said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”  The stories that live in silence very often have the greatest power to transform our world and our understanding of it, when we are given an opportunity to share them and to listen to them. Each of our lives… Continue reading Evalyn Bates awarded degree of Doctorate of Humane Letters

I had the privilege of representing Goddard at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) conference this October. I was invited to the conference in Los Angeles by the Chronicle of Higher Education to speak as one of a four- person panel about sustainability in higher education.  Approximately 150 people–faculty, students,… Continue reading Goddard at the AASHE Conference: A Leader in Sustainability

Port Townsend, Wash. — Goddard College, the national leader in low-residency education, is expanding its offerings in Port Townsend with three, new low-residency bachelor’s degree programs. To inaugurate these programs at their Fort Worden residency site, the College will host a launch celebration on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012, from 10 a.m. to Noon at JFK Hall in… Continue reading Goddard College Kicks-Off New Bachelor’s Degree Programs at Celebratory Event

Plainfield, Vt.— Saturday, September 1st, Goddard College Concerts presents Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars at the Haybarn Theatre at Goddard College. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars (SLRAS), originally from Freetown, formed in the late 1990s at a time when the West African country of Sierra Leone was in a war that forced millions to flee their… Continue reading Goddard Concert Series presents Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars

MONTPELIER, VT – Sunday, July 29, Goddard College hosted the Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. The concert was hosted under an outdoor pavilion on the beautiful campus of Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. The event, presented by WGDR/WGDH Radio and part of the Goddard College Concert Series. Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters… Continue reading Grammy Award Winner Suzanne Vega Performed a Goddard College

Plainfield, Vt. — Peter Schumann, the founder of the Internationally renowned Bread & Puppet Theater, will be honored at Goddard College with a special award to recognize his life and work in the arts and the social justice movement. Goddard President Barbara Vacarr will present Schumann with the Second Annual Presidential Award for Activism at… Continue reading Bread & Puppet Founder Receives Presidential Award for Activism

Port Townsend, WA — By the time Nicole J. Persun graduated from high school, she had signed a book contract for her debut novel A Kingdom’s Obsession. A graduate of Jefferson Community School in Port Townsend, she had spent a few productive quarters at Peninsula Community College and the book came out in August 2011.… Continue reading Goddard College Launches New Bachelor of Arts Degrees

Plainfield, Vt. — International award-winning pianist Ang Li is appearing live in concert on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at the historic Haybarn Theatre at Goddard College, presented by WGDR/WGDH Goddard College Community Radio. Li is among the top 30 pianists in the world as ranked by the Van Cliburn Foundation in 2009. She has appeared at… Continue reading Internationally Acclaimed Piano Virtuoso Ang Li to Play at Goddard College

Plainfield, Vt. – Goddard College today announced the hiring of Lauren Geiger Moye as chief advancement officer at the iconic low-residency college. “Lauren brings a remarkable performance history of driving institutional fundraising, and we are thrilled to have her join our leadership team,” said Goddard College President, Dr. Barbara Vacarr. “She has a clear passion… Continue reading Goddard College Appoints New Advancement Officer

Plainfield, Vt. – Goddard College today announced significant additions to the college’s board of trustees. At a recent board meeting, the nominations for Suzanne Forsyth, Carole Marks, and Carl Taylor were unanimously approved. “We are honored to welcome these trustees to the board,” said Barbara Vacarr, president of Goddard College. “We appreciate their experience, expertise, and commitment… Continue reading Goddard College Names Three Trustees

Goddard College Presents Alchemy of the Word: Writers Talk About Writing One collection. Six genres. Twenty-five authors. A book by writers, for writers, that will teach, provoke, enlighten, and, above all, inspire. Alchemy of the Word: Writers Talk About Writing is a book like no other, from an MFA in Creative Writing program like no… Continue reading Darcey Steinke reads Kyle Bass