Film Industry Veterans Christine Vachon and Todd Haynes Visit Port Townsend

Port Townsend, Wash. – On February 22nd, Goddard College and the Port Townsend Film Institute will co‐host a screening of the first two episodes of the HBO miniseries, Mildred Pierce, at 7pm at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend. A Q&A with the writer/director Todd Haynes and producer Christine Vachon of the award‐winning drama will follow. Co‐sponsored… Continue reading Film Industry Veterans Christine Vachon and Todd Haynes Visit Port Townsend

Occupy! – Goddard: The Conference

Plainfield, Vt. — Goddard College will host a first-in-the-nation conference to explore the ramifications of the Occupy Wall Street movement for higher education and the nation. Les Leopold, author of “The Looting of America,” will kick off the conference as keynote speaker, followed by three discussion panels featuring activists who have shaped the movement. A “General Assembly’’… Continue reading Occupy! – Goddard: The Conference

The Occupy movement is right

“Students should not only be trained to live in a democracy when they grow up; they should have the chance to live in one today.”– Alfie Kohn, writer and education activist UC Davis, UC Berkeley and Penn State. At two of these institutions, they called the police when they shouldn’t have. At another, they failed… Continue reading The Occupy movement is right

Goddard Hires New Director of BFA in Creative Writing Program

Plainfield, Vt. ‐‐‐ Goddard College today announced the hiring of Janet Sylvester as the new director of the college’s Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Creative Writing Program. Sylvester is a Goddard alumna who has authored three books of poems. Her writings have appeared in renowned publications including The Best American Poetry, TriQuarterly, Boulevard, Harvard Review, The… Continue reading Goddard Hires New Director of BFA in Creative Writing Program

Goddard College Appoints New Board Chair

Plainfield, Vt. ‐‐‐ Goddard College announced today the appointment of Andrea Leebron‐Clay as the new chair of the board of trustees, and the addition of three new members to the board. Leebron‐Clay succeeds Stephen B. Friedman, who served as chair of the board since October of 2010, and as a board member since 2000. “This an exciting time for… Continue reading Goddard College Appoints New Board Chair

Goddard Hosts Interdisciplinary Arts Conference

Plainfield, Vt. — More than 60 presenters will convene at Goddard College for three days of performances, installations, roundtable conversations, workshops, and presentations for a new conference called Making, Meaning & Context: A Radical Reconsideration of Art’s Work. The new conference is a forum for artists and activists to investigate the intersections of practice and… Continue reading Goddard Hosts Interdisciplinary Arts Conference

Goddard College Welcomes Three New Trustees

Plainfield, Vt. — Goddard College announced today the addition of three new members to its Board of Trustees. Mario Borunda, Hubert “Tino” O’Brien and Jane Vella will oversee activity at the activist college in rural Vermont through 2014. “These three individuals have varied professional experiences, but share a commitment to lifelong learning,” Goddard College President… Continue reading Goddard College Welcomes Three New Trustees

Evalyn Bates, Founder of the Adult Degree Program at Goddard College

Doug North interviews Evalyn Bates, circa 1988. The Adult Degree Program (ADP) was created by Evalyn Bates, the Assistant to the President, and adopted by the faculty in 1963. It was the first low-residency adult education program in the country and forms the basis for Goddard’s current low-residency model.