2014 Fall/Winter Clockworks

 

Goddard CLOCKWORKS

Reflections on Learning Learning Radical, purposeful education is still at the heart of Goddard College’s mission. 

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fall | winter calendar  OCTOBER 3-10 BFAW and UGP2 (BAS, HAS, 3-10 BFAW IBA) Residency, Plainfield 5 BFAW and UGP2 Commencement,  Plainfield 6 Visiting Writer: Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Plainfield 18 Discover 18  Discover Goddard Day: Fall Open House,  Plainfield 20 Last 20  Last day of “Al- Mutanabbi Street Starts Here” exhibit,  Plainfield 23-25 Board 23-25  Board of Trustees Meeting,  Plainfield 31 Grottoblaster, 31  Grottoblaster, Plainfield

NOVEMBER 1 Grottoblaster, Plainfield 7 Concert: Ben Sollee, w/opener Jim and Sam, Plainfield 15 Concert: 15  Concert: Jonathan Richman,  Plainfield

DECEMBER

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 JANUARY  5-12 MFAW Residency, Plainfield 5-12 MFAW 11 MFAW 11  MFAW Commencement, Plainfield   16-23 EDU 16-23  EDU Residency,  Plainfield 18 EDU 18  EDU Commencement, Plainfield   30-Feb. 6 MFAIA 6 MFAIA Residency, Plainfield 31-Feb. 7 EDU 7 EDU Residency, Seattle 31 Fifth 31  Fifth Annual Dual Language Conference, Seattle 

MARCH 1 UGP1 Commencement, Plainfield 13-20 PSY 13-20  PSY Residency,  Plainfield 15 PSY 15  PSY Commencement,  Plainfield 20-28 MFAIA 20-28  MFAIA Residency,  Port Townsend 27-Apr. 3 BFAW 3 BFAW and UGP2 (BAS, HAS, IBA) Residency,  Plainfield 30 Sara 30  Sara MichasMartin Poetry Reading,  Plainfield »

FEBRUARY  1 EDU Commencement, Seattle 1 MFAIA Commencement,  Plainfield 6-8 Governor’s 6-8  Governor’s Institute, Plainfield 13-20 GGI 13-20  GGI Residency, Plainfield 13-21 MFAW 13-21  MFAW Residency,  Port Townsend 15 GGI 15  GGI Commencement, Plainfield 15 MFAW 15  MFAW Commencement, Port Townsen d 20-22 Governor’s 20-22  Governor’s Institute, Plainfield 27-Mar. 6 UGP1 6 UGP1 (BAS, HAS, IBA) Residency,  Plainfield 28 UGP 28  UGP Visiting Day,  Plainfield

12 Concert: 12  Concert: Session Americana,  Plainfield

Live! On Stage » Jonathan Richman performs Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Haybarn Theatre, featuring Tommy Larkins on the drums.

 

Goddard CLOCKWORKS

from the president 

Fall |Winter 2014

MANAGING EDITOR 

Samantha Kolber DESIGNER 

Kelly Collar EDITORIAL BOARD

Dustin Byerly Meg Hammond Michele Clark  Steven James Kelly Collar Samantha Kolber Gariot Louima PHOTOGRAPHY 

David Halé Stefan Hard

 

Samantha Kolber Gale Zucker

FEATURE WRITERS

Robert Buchanan Dustin Byerly Merry Gangemi Elena Georgiou Samantha Kolber Hillary Montgomery BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Avram Patt, Chair Hubert Tino O’Brien, Co-Vice Chair Wayne Fawbush, Co-Vice Chair Mario Borunda Kelly Hedglin Bowen Dustin Byerly Lucinda Garthwaite Mike Hardee Nicola Morris Caleb Pitkin Richard Schramm Jill Mattuck Tarule Carey Turnbull TRUSTEES EMERITI

Cliff Coleman Peter Donovan Stephen Friedman

Clotilde Pitkin Joan Shafran Lois Sontag

Mary McCullough

Robert Wax 

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s of this writing I have conferred degrees in five of the six residencies of the new academic year. Being present at these commencements has been a solid reminder of the significant value of the Goddard educational model. I can honestly say that no two final products described  were the same. Most were not even similar. simi lar. In spite of the differences in topics and approaches, I heard commonalities: the incredible investment of both the author and reviewers in the process; the high quality of work; and the relevance of the final product to each student, and to the rest of us. Our learning-c learn ing-centered, entered, experiential-based experiential-based system—informed by the works of  John Dewey—works. This Th is system was wa s put in place over 75 years ago with wit h the reimagini reimag ining ng of Goddard as a four-year college, and morphed into the intensive, low-residency style that originated over 50 years ago and that we use today. It has stood the test of time, and has improved with that testing. In its present configuration it depends heavily, though not exclusively, on the relationship between the student-learner and the faculty-advisor. The system thereby places a hefty amount of reliance on these relationships. Each student-faculty relationship has to make its way from initiation to a final product. The path is informed by past practices and expectations, but is not prescriptive. The refrain often heard on campus and throughout a semester’s study is “trust the process.” That process is one in which trust and commitment are given permission to influence and lead Bob Kenny confers degrees the work to to its fruition. As I think thin k of it, the College College functions a during the July MFAW bit in that way, too. It is a learning-centered, experience-based graduation ceremony in organization. Periomoments Periodically dically wewe must rely on the to “trust the Port Townsend, Wash. process.” In those must allow thatcall commitment to tru st and some amount of hope to work as we trust we move through a tough patch. We are in such a moment, momen t, and as I fi nd a widespread willingness to follow our creed, I am infinitely i nfinitely grateful.  At Goddard commencements we are fond of pointing pointi ng out that each student serves serve s as her or his own valedictorian. valedictoria n. It is clear from the student student’s ’s introductor y comments that others—faculty or fellow cohorts, cohorts, perhaps—contributed significantly to their culmination, but they—the student—were the conduit and leading player in the work. I see the same phenomenon playing out in the College’s operation. Each player is the “author of her or his own successful work,” yet we all need the support and high quality  work of others to construct a successf ul outcome for the College. It is happening.  With sincere admiration adm iration and thank t hank s, trust, trust , and commitment,

Bob Kenny, Interim President

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Features   7  Reections on Learning  

Goddard continues its tradition of progressive education in a world of growing hierarchy.

 

BY ROBERT BUCHANAN, IBA FACULTY 

  10 10   Rooted, But Not “Root Bound” Bound”  

An interview with Interim President Bob Kenny.

 

BY ELENA GEORGIOU, MFAW FACULTY & STUDENT

  13 13   Making Her Own Path  

One graduate’s success story with the Department of Labor and Goddard College.

 

BY H ILLA R Y MONTG OME R Y (MA P SY ’14)

  14  Q&A with Celeste Mergens (MFAW ’06)   An interview with Celeste A. Mergens, executive director and founder of Days for Girls International.  

INTE R V IE W BY D U STIN BYE R LY LY (BA R U P ’01)

 30   LGBTQ Civil Rights  30

 

An academic look at the progress of civil rights for LGBTQ communities in America. BY ME R R Y G A NG E MI, WG D R P R OG R A MME R

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 At the MFAIA M FAIA Ar t Crawl at Goddard Go ddard on o n July 30, Alexy A lexy L anza (MFAIA-VT) of Chicago, Ill., showcased “Migration to Chicago,” a 200-foot-long woodcut print carved by a collecti ve of immigrant artists. The piece depicts the histor y of U.S. immigration.

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Departments   2 Events Calendar

20 Alumni Portfolio

  3 From the President

22 Class Notes

  5 College Briefs

30 Faculty/Staff Notes

 12 12 On Air: WGDR Briefs

33 In Memoriam

 16 16 List of Donors

34 Goddard in the World World

Errata: In the last issue of Clockworks, we incorrectly stated that the late Calvin Hicks was founder of the Third World Studies Program. The program actually was founded by Ken Wibecan (BA ADP ’73) and the late Ernest Boaten, both former faculty members. In addition, on page 6 of the last issue, we published a photo of students and staff at the AWP Conference but neglected to credit the photographer, Laurence Wensel (MFAW student). Our apologies for these errors.

 

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BOOK ART  A few

of the al-Mutanabbi exhibits on display at the Pratt Library.

Graduate Institute  Al-Mutanabbi Exhibition Exhibition On Display Display Established at Pratt Library through October  he new Goddard Graduate Institute (GGI) houses three master’s degree programs – the Individuali Individualized zed Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Health Arts & Sciences, and

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the Master of Arts in Social Innovation & Sustainability Sus tainability – in one residency schedule with faculty advising across disciplines. “This is the culmination of years of collaborative research and development by faculty, staff, and students,” said Ruth Farmer, director of the GGI. “The degree tracks complement each other academically and professionally yet retain their unique approaches.” The institute held its rst residency in August. 

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he Eliot D. Pratt Library and the MFA in Interdisciplinary Interdisci plinary Arts (MFAIA) program presented “AlMutanabbi Street Starts Here,”

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Beau Beausoleil, a San Francisco poet, bookseller, and founder of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition, organized the call to action a few

oddard awarded $20 $20,000 ,000 in competitive scholarships to students this year. Five Pearl Fund awards totaling $4,000 went to students who

aofmajor exhibition book traveling art and poetry, poetr y, at the Pratt Gallery in Plaineld from July through October. The exhibit was created by a group of global artists in response to a tragic 2007 car bomb explosion on Al-Mutanabbi Street in the cultural and historic bookselling district of Baghdad, Iraq.

weeks theon bombing. “Thisafter attack a shared cultural space should be seen as an attack on us all,” he said. Beausoleil spoke at Goddard as the MFAIA guest artist in July. The exhibition has toured the world since 2012, with shows in England, Egypt, the Netherlands, and the U.S, to name just a few stops.

have been out of school for at least 10 years; and 19 Spirit of Goddard awards totaling $16,000 went to new and returning students who are doing good work in the world. These awards are generously funded by nearly 200 alumni.

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Sellers Builds Up Graduates avid Sellers, who cofounded and taught in the Goddard Design and Construction Program from 1970–77, 197 0–77, gave the keynote key note address for the undergraduate program commencement in Plaineld on Aug. 24. Sellers was named one of the 100 foremost architects in the world by Architectur  Architectural al Digest. He recently founded the Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design in Warren, Vt.

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com munit y outreach outre ach for t he Haybarn ROSIE’S GIRLS ACT UP AT GODDARD  As par t of communit Theatre, Meg Hammond hosted a one -day camp this August for Rosie’s Girls, a STEM (science,  techn ology, engineerin  technology, en gineerin g and math) mat h) and Trades explorati ex ploration on program pro gram for middle mi ddle sc hool girls. gir ls. With the help of drummer Jane Boxall, lighting designer Cavan Meese, and per former Trish Denton (IBA ‘08), the girls learned and produced theater arts.

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2015 Sustaining Donor Challenge e met the 2014 Sustaining Donor Challenge and received $20,000 as a result. Thank  You! The same anonymous donor has pledged another $15,000 if we get 50 new sustaining, or monthly, donors

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by June 30, 2015. Gifts of any amount are greatly appreciated. Help us meet the challenge by signing up online ( goddard.edu/giving ) or use the envelope in this magazine.

FIXER-UPPER  FIXER-UPPER  Upgrades continue at the Plaineld campus. At left, a work crew replaces the shingles on the roof of the Manor. Above, workers recently nished this new, accessible restroom at the Haybarn Theatre.

College Continues Renovations on Plainfield Campus

Pulitzer Prize  Winner Visits s part of the MFA in Creative Writing  A program’ss Playwrights program’ Enrichment Series, Enrichment Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage read from her work in Plaineld in July.

any exciting new upgrades have been taking place in Plaineld. The historic Manor building, built in 1908, had its roof shingles replaced and its original wooden gutters refurbished this summer. Assistive listening devices are now available for use on the Plaineld campus. New bathrooms in the Haybarn Foyer are now accessible and ADA compliant. The Information Technology

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team successfully upgraded Wi-Fi to support the new ber optic internet connection in all the dorms, Eliot D. Pratt Center, Manor, Community Center, Studies Building, Clockhouse, Cottage, and King and Wolper Buildings. At the Haybarn Theatre, Phase 1 Renovations were completed this summer, with $107,000 raised for LED lights, a sound system, and more. A big “thank you” to the Vermont Arts Council

and generous donors. The campaign continues this fall to raise funds for an LCD projector, new chairs for oor seating, and whisper-quiet, high-velocity fans to cool the space in the summertime.

 Join us in giving to the Haybar n Theatre Renovation Fund: donate at goddard.edu/haybarn   or contact Meg Hammond at 802.322.1685 or meg. [email protected] .

 Goddard Adds Five New Members to Board of Trustees

Lucinda Garthwaite (MFAW ‘96)

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Caleb Pitkin (BA RUP ’80)

Richard Schramm

Nicola Morris

Former Faculty

Faculty Constituent

Kelly Bowen Student Trustee (MFAW)

 

REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING AT GODDARD COLLEGE Progressive Education Education in a World of Growing Hierarchy BY ROBERT BUCHANAN, IBA FACUL FACULTY TY MEMBE MEMBER R Photos: Scenes from the July Ar t Crawl, a multi-media celebration of the arts hos ted by the MFAIA program.

mid ongoing corporate incursions in higher education, few colleges can portray themselves as sites for progressive or radical learning and activity. activit y. Contrary Contrary to mainstream trends, innovative thinking and practices have been a dening de ning feature of learning and and life for Goddard’s 600 students and scores of faculty

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in more than a half dozen distinct programs. In this essay I will sketch the College’s philosophy and practices and describe the work of a few recent graduates. Their stories suggest the possibilities and difficulties of purposeful progressive or radical learning in a world of growing h ierarchy ierarchy.. The education of the individual and the well being of the community are forged in Goddard’s history and mission. The current College was a response to the systemic failures of the 1930s, when the capitalist system floundered, millions were unemployed, and eugenics, race hatred and militarism were on the rise. Goddard, its founders intended, might challenge those trends. Rooted in an affirmation of democratic life and promise, Goddard could question quest ion » hierarchy, affirm the worthiness of the common citizen and serve as a more level community communit y. Founding President Tim

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Pitkin envisioned a small, residential-based experimental learning site where learners and teachers sought to solve local, state, and national problems through “plain living and hard thinking.” Education was to be anchored in daily living and not confined to abstract words and aspirations. While based in Vermont, Vermon t, the College would still sti ll connect to the wider w ider world. world. Goddard’ss educational tenets, Goddard’ tenet s, honed in practice, have h ave been refined by succeeding generations ge nerations of faculty. For more than a half century, Will Hamlin worked closely with administrators,

adults, and Bates convinced Pitkin to support the new model.  Joining the intensive low-residency low-residency model with earlier century progressive tenets remains at the center of the College, now in a globalized worl world. d. Faculty member Peter Hocking (MFAIA) is inspired by the possibilities available to learners and a nd faculty. The acquisition of knowledge by the learner, Hocking explains, explai ns, is never a static or fixed outcome  but more an active process “aligned” “aligned” with a student’s life and aspirations. He encourages his students st udents to explore questions

colleagues and students to articulate the College’s educational  beliefs and practices. Students would “learn how to learn,” he noted simply—after all they were respected as natural and capable learners. Their growth often began with an investigation of their personal interests and lived experiences and radiated outward, like ripples in a pond, to include wider concerns and interests. Hamlin identified certain steps to this process including dialog, inquiry, investigation, reflection, and synthesis. Learning was about “making meaning,” rather than tha n “gathering [fixed] certainties.” Educator John Dewey described this process as “reconstructive.” Hamlin interpreted this to mean that the learner can be powerfully transformed by learning that spurs deep personal change. If learning begins with the individual, the intention of our work is to connect, not separate, the individual from context and community. com munity. Interdependence, not individualism, is both aspiration and underlying premise. “What we do, who we are,” are,” Hamlin Haml in explained, explaine d, “always involves and affects others.” If learning began with the “wholeness of persons and of their thei r lives,” it equally promoted “cooperative, “cooperative, collaborative, and active membership in society soc iety as an a n outcome of education.” education.” Learning activities, he reasoned, should be rooted in cooperation and promote active “membership in a culture.” One of the College’s most significant advances was the adoption, in 1963, of the nation’s first intensive lowresidency model. Designed by Evalyn Bates, the first women to graduate from the four-year residential undergraduate u ndergraduate program in 1943, Bates’ model has been extraordinarily lasting

and problems from multiple perspectives with the intention of  building innovative in novative “WHAT WE DO, WHO WE understandings. Given the variety of tools ARE, ALWAYS INVOLVES available to learners, AND AFFECTS OTHERS.”  Hocking encourages learners to employ a –WILL HA MLIN (FACULTY 1948-2001)

and stable.and It served a s the template as for Goddard’s current programs has influenced the design of residencies for organizations, colleges, and universities globally. When Bates first introduced her model to Pitkin in the late 1950s, the president did not warm war m to the idea straight away. Bates, however,, understood however u nderstood the model’ model’ss tremendous tre mendous implications. Learni ng for adults was often life-long. A low-residency low-residency model could initiate a powerful pattern of ongoing growth for

as levers to secure sec ure‘privilege’ “a foothold,” foothold, in a precarious economy and culture. “The of”teaching at Goddard,” he concludes, “is in honoring the worth of every learner. lear ner.”” Ultimately the vitality of learning is contingent on students themselves. We support learners to become active, act ive, reflective learners responsible for the form and meaning of their own education and their t heir lives. We ask them to integrate, not compartmentalize, their life and learning. Often, this obliges students to question their place in the world—not world—n ot to mention the world itself. When this thi s exacting and complex process takes hold, students often see learning as a “journey” in which they are empowered and affirmed. Whatever its successes, Goddard is also marked by the problems of society at large. We strive to be a “safe space” for all and do not always succeed. Our divisions are real.

GODDARD’S PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION EDUC ATION Based on the ideas of John Dewey and William Heard Kilpatrick, Goddard’s philosophy starts with the individual and understands that experience and education are intricately linked.

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Will Hamlin with student  Amy Pet t, c. c . 1963.

variety of learning styles and mediums. He sees progressive learning as needed in an era of global commercialization. “Instead of embracing education as a means of advancing the potential and significance of our lives,” Hocking reasons, mainstream thinking positions schools

Heterosexism, ableism, class division, divi sion, patriarchy, patriarchy, and racism are present. It took us many years to fund an elevator, and in the interim students in wheelchairs had to brave snow and ice to

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Students Continue the Goddard Tradition of Bringing Their Learning Into the World urrent undergraduate student GaBrilla Ballard  is working in the Boston area to establish creative and nurturing gathering spaces, particularly for women of color who are mothers. Ballard understands that community building as part of her work at the College can pose “mountainous” challenges that she is working with others to transcend. This work of authentic education, Ballard explains, is “deeper than reading, writing [and] researching…” as it builds upon a holistic integration of the strengths and lived

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experiences of the learners. Raised in New Orleans, Ballard experienced a rich and supportive family and culture. In a community of constructed and supported space, she explains, women will have an extraordinary opportunity to challenge loneliness and isolation

and “come together to share our stories, offer support and insight and celebrate.” Ballard’s current advisor, Pamela Booker, Booke r, praises these efforts. “GaBrilla is a smart, astute critical thinker,” she says. , a visionary  Jstorytelling Native American, combined history, and linguistics in his senior esse Bruchac (IBA ’96)

study of the Western Abenaki language. He traveled in the United States and Canada to interview elders still uent in his language. Through extended exchanges, often involving rich oral histories, he gathered invaluable materials that have been integrated into his work. “With each language that is lost,” Bruchac wrote, “so too is the world view of the people who once spoke it.” Bruchac has

since become an award-winning storyteller and has written more than 120 books for children and adults.

reach some classrooms. Growing Growing tu ition costs and the decline in private and government assistance make it difficult for working and middle-class people to access our programs. Like many colleges, Goddard struggles to recruit and retain underrepresented students, staff, and faculty. facu lty. Vermont, Vermont, like much of New England, remains largely Eurocentric or white. And our model of learning, whatever its rewards, is labor intensive. i ntensive. Recently,, I visited a class Recently c lass taught by a friend, a superb professor at one of the nation’ss most respected nation’ respe cted undergraduate u ndergraduate colleges. The class involved a study of activism. I asked students if they were changed by their work in t he class – a standard standa rd Goddard style question. Students seemed surprised  by my query; they hesitated. They had studied activism but had not been asked to

vibrant, questioning learners and smiled. Above all else, Goddard students serve as the best examples e xamples of our approaches to education in a complex, divided world. world. Their words affirm the mission and worth of our practices, and their experiences are as revealing as the faculty’s learned analyses. One recent graduate explained that Goddard encouraged two states: an open and exciting space of “curiosity, “curiosity, intuition, intu ition, passion, conviction and feeling” and an “organize “o rganized” d” space of epistemology epistemology,, study st udy plans, building and exposition. “What a way to live! What dexterity it all requires!” the student exclaimed. “Goddard has set up that challenge for me, and now I take that sense of adventure everywhere I go. go.”” Finally, there is the student who noted: “I like the t he way someone looks at you when

share their aspirations, growth, or concerns. This felt like “schooling,” more than active learning. learni ng. I thought of Goddard and our

you are trying to decide whether your latest idea is a stroke of brill iance or madness…the look says, don’t worry which one, just do it.” CW

Low-Residency Model Timeline

1963 The rst low-residency degree program for adult students begins.

2002  Residential undergraduate program discontinued; the low-residency degree program becomes main model.

2005 Goddard expands lowresidency MFA programs to an educational site in Port Townsend, Wash.

2011 Goddard adapts and expands the low-residency MA in Education for Columbia City in Seattle, Wash., with daytime residencies rather than overnights to accommodate the community.

2012 Goddard combines three BA degrees into one undergraduate program with shared residency dates.

2013   2013 Goddard celebrates 150 years of progressive education.

2014 Goddard combines three MA degree programs into one Goddard Graduate Institute.

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Rooted, But Not “Root Bound”  An Interview with Interim President Bob Kenny BY ELENA GEORGIOU, MFAW FACULTY & STUDENT

hen the Board of Trustees announced that Robert Kenny Kenny—someone —someone many

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of us already knew and respected—

was lling the interim president position, pos ition, the

physical and virtual spirit of the extended Goddard College community lled with optimism. Bob had previously worked alongside a longside former president Mark Shulman, overseeing finance, administration, and academic affairs. It is Bob’s familiarity with the unique history of the College, College, and the challenge cha llenge of reinvigorating the strength of what is already in place, that excites him about his new role today. today. “Along “Along with the work of all the members of the College community,” he says, “I look forward to moving Goddard along a sustainable path.” After a few months as interim president, Bob and I had a short email exchange about his return to his roots in his home state, how he sees his new role, and the

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way in which he views the interconnectedness of all the relationships that al low Goddard College to thrive. ELENA GEORGIOU:  As

a “homegrown president,” how does it feel to return to the state that played a central role in your own education from childhood all the way through to your graduate years? BOB KENNY:

My Vermont Vermont roots, together with my family fam ily and community bases, allowed me to feel confident that I could make my way in the t he world. world. The foundation established here allowed me to feel I was somebody of value and could do important things – if I worked hard, studied hard, lived by a set of key values and chose well among the myriad of paths one can take. It also taught me how to accept interruptions in my life’s path and move on. These traits came to me in spite of, or maybe because of, losing my parents when I was a child. An important part of this inner development was that I never felt tied to Vermont in a way that limited me from thinking of myself as someone of t he world. In fact I have lived for periods per iods of time in a number of other places, always returning home.

What do you see as Goddard’s strengths, and do you have ideas as to how we might make the most of them? EG:

 

BK:

Goddard has so many strengths, no matter which ones I identify, I am likely l ikely to leave some out. I trust the reader will forgive me as I identify a couple that come to mind. I consider the community members’ commitment to Goddard and their individual and collective capabilities to be very valuable. I also consider the Goddard model of student-centered learning based on experience and passion and all that means in

EG:

The current Board is small but filled with people who have stayed the course and are here to help Goddard realize its recovery and potential; I look forward to our work together. together. As part of that work, we will be looking to repopulate the Board and draw on the skills and energy the present members possess, and the new ones will bring. The Board will be very

Here I respond with a caution: Goddard’s learningcentered model continues to be unusual even if its long history means it can no longer be considered innovative. There is still tremendous value in the experience-based, learner-centered systems we use u se at Goddard. As I see it, one of Goddard’s Goddard’s challenges chal lenges is to reinvigorate that model by extending its reach to a greater number of people interested in existing programs and to new student markets through new programs and in new settings. It is important to stay connected to our roots without being “root bound.” bound.”

much a part of, and a resource re source to, the Goddard community. EG:

The position of president, at this particular time, has more responsibility and a greater scope of work than at other times. This scope would be difficult to sustain over a significant period of time. A number of people have left their positions at Goddard; their work is either being done by others, placed on hold, or being managed ma naged out of the president’s office. All these situations have to be considered and addressed to assure our work and the institution is sustainable.

What would you like alumni to know about the Goddard College of today? BK: Goddard continues to hold to the foundations put in place

  I would like to see the College returned to

financial vitality in a way that allows us to think of expansion, versus stemming a decline. 

BK: Our Vermont and Washington communities are incredibly

What would you like Goddard’s extended community to know about the immediate future of the College? EG:

BK:

The College is being challenged as enrollment has declined over the recent past. pa st. To To address this, the t he College has had to reset its operations. There is still a ways to go

What has changed for you as a result of your new position?

BK:

EG:

important to us. We have significant effects on them, as they do on us. I expect to continue and further nurture those connections. When undertaking these activities we will keep in the forefront of our efforts the critical, preeminent importance of our academic mission and enrollment.

How will you be working with the Board of Trustees?

BK:

BK:

During the last administration, we saw efforts to connect more effectively to the local Vermont and Washington communities. As we turn to developing and nurturing our academic programs, how do you see us proceeding in terms of our local relationships in both Vermont and Washington?

Where would you like to see the College in ve years?

In five years, perhaps before, I would like to see the College returned to financial vitality in a way that allows us to think of expansion, versus stemming a decline. Along with revitalizing existing programs I would really like us to be able to roll out new programs. What W hat Goddard has to offer is both unique and important to the world, especially given its current state and directions.

EG: Goddard has a long history of being innovative. How do you think we might lead in this fast-changing environment?

EG:

EG: BK:

terms of the important i mportant roles of faculty, students, and staff in carrying out that model to be a great strength. Finally, the culture of rigorous inquiry leading to responsible action in the world is critical to all Goddard’s activities and necessary necessar y, especially especia lly now,, to address the now t he many challenges c hallenges i n our world.

under Tim Pitkin and developed over the years, including the years that t hat they were present at Goddard. Many of the pieces and parts may have changed, but the core values of deep, inquiry-based learning emerging from experience and passion are still here.

to get the two in balance, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Meanwhile, we are focusing our efforts toward turning the corner on new student enrollment. We should see that effort paying off with an upturn in new students in the current year. Still, that will take a few years to work its way into a turnaround in the total enrollment. With careful cost management, we expect to be able to weather the storm.

How can Goddard’s extended community support you in your efforts to see the College thrive? EG:

BK:

Yes, and thank you for asking. In keeping with the focus on enrollment, and knowing that word-of-mouth is cited most often as influencing our prospective students, an important thing for all of us to do is spread the word.

As you transition back to campus, what is one thing that makes you smile? EG:

BK:

I smile every time I walk up to Pratt and see the cut-tree

community workday piece meandering th rough the woods, and the granite block bench on the side of the path. They both remind me of our working together and being inventive i nventive..  CW

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ON-AIR WGDR Briefs BY KRIS GRUEN, WGDR/WGDH DIRECTOR

Fundraising Efforts Fundraising Ef forts Spark Big Pay-Off  his year has been a

Tbanner year for WGDR’s

 YOUTHFUL  YOUTHF UL CREW  CREW   Deb Reger, the host of “Moccasin Tracks,” prepares Abenaki youth

drummers for an interview in the air studio with Abenaki storyteller Carolyn Black Hunt.

 WGDR Creat Creates es New Youth Youth Program Programming ming INDIE KINGDOM BEGINS

ith a $20,000

WInnovations and Collaborations Grant from the Vermont Community Foundation, WGDR has created Indie Kingdom, an expansion of its general offerings of training in the arts and sciences of radio programming, now for local youth. Partnering schools and organizations will collaborate with WGDR to design syllabi for area youth to learn media literacy and

more. Trainers and teachers will design curricula that work like a menu, offering schools a way to build unique programmatic outcomes that meet state and common core standards. Students will gain support from WGDR

3-credit college course open to high school students in Northeastern Vermont. The course is offered through Goddard College’s Undergraduate Studies Program in collaboration with WGDR/ WGDH. It is designed for 15

in producing compelling audio reports, creative communication skills, and trainer/teacher collaboration on production themes. The big picture goal is to develop a curricular model that can be used and implemented by college and community radio stations and their area schools regionally and nationwide.

to 18 highly motivated, academically procient students from area high schools looking for audio story productio production n experience spanning an entire semester. The program has its own syllabus, overseen by a Goddard faculty member, with a particular study track. True Stories grew out of the creative auspices of Registrar Josh Castle, WGDR Director Kris Gruen, UGP Faculty and Program

DUAL ENROLLMENT 

rue Stories: Adventures

in Nonction Audio T Storytelling, is a new

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Coordinator Karen Werner, and WGDR Training Coordinator Jackie Batten.

fundraising efforts. Going into its Spring Pledge Drive, the station had raised six times its usual numbers from large donors responding to new demands from its major grantor, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and special projects. With its usual carnival of special programming, WGDR’s Spring Pledge Drive – themed Growing Together – signicantly surpassed its goal of $18,000, $1 8,000, with a nal tally of $26,500.

A profound thank you from all of us at WGDR to all of you who included the radio station in your annual charitable donations. Localized media is one of the best investments a community can make.

 Join Our Board! Board! isit our website for more information on  joining WGDR’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) and representing listeners in your area. Above, Suzanna Jones of Hardwick, Vt., and Amy Hornblas of Cabot, C abot, Vt. – both

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CAB members – discuss listener oriented initiatives in the station lobby.

Get news and updates, check out the online air schedule, and listen li sten live at: wgdr at: wgdr.org .org

 

Making Her Own Path One Graduate’s Success Story with the Department of Labor and Goddard College. College. BY HILLARY MONTGOMERY (MA PSY ’14)

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ORE THAN A YEAR HAS PASSED  since I went through a personal transformation. Though I had entered Goddard’s MA in Psychology and Counseling program in the fall of 2010 with a plan to work with adolescents and families, fam ilies, my professional choices indicated otherwise. As I studied personality theory and human development, I continued to work in non-profi non-profitt fundraising and felt like I was beating my head against the proverbial wall, as I tried to instill as much passion in my work as I did in my learni ng. After finishing what would be my last fundraising job, I was unemployed and, truthfully, terrified. The process of reinvention was laden with anxiety an xiety about money, identity identity and confidence. Week after week, I went through the motions of applying to jobs I knew would pay the bills, bil ls, but ultimately leave me wanting more. While Whi le attending a workshop on job search techniques, I learned that my program of study at Goddard   The process of of reinvention was might be laden with anxiety anx iety about money, eligible for support identity and confidence. from a federal retraining program through Vermont’s Department of Labor (DOL). In order to qualify for any funds that would offset my tuition, I had to be enrolled in a program with an approved training provider. As a progressive institution that prides itself on attracting students who want to make a difference in the world through their own self-knowledge, Goddard is quite unlike other

programs that train people for practical and quantifiable skills like construction or accounting. Seizing the opportunity to lighten my debt load, I contacted Goddard’s Goddard’s registrar, registra r, Josh

Castle, and conferred with him to complete the paperwork to add Goddard to the DOL roster of training t raining provid providers. ers. I was matched with w ith a caseworker who showed a heartfelt interest in who I was and a nd what I needed to start over professionally. Soon after, I stepped back from the  bureaucratic process process I had navigated navigated to reflect. In one one sense, the experience validated my education outside of the Goddard model, and, in another, my learning became more salient. I think this duality mirrors perfectly what Goddard offers – an individualized education that has traction in any number of professions as long as t he student  believes in the importance importa nce of their own learning. learni ng. When I was told that I would receive a $5,000 grant g rant toward my tuition, I was honored. I think I cried, too. With a stipend from Goddard, I completed completed a 1,000-hour clinical clin ical internship and was promptly offered a job working with adults, adolescents and families in an outpatient substance abuse agency. When I received my diploma diploma at the end of March – t hanking my family, family, friends, and the program faculty for supporting and challenging me to grow every step of the way – I bawled with gratitude. Now,, when I work with clients who want to go back Now to school or need help assessing their skills and goals, I encourage them to contact the t he Department Departme nt of Labor. Recently I saw my caseworker at a central Vermon Vermontt mainstay – the Wayside. I hugged her and told her that I was doing great and thriving in my new profession.  CW

Hillary received her tuition grant from the Workforce Investment Act through the Vermont Department of Labor, which receives money from the state legislature and U.S. Department of Labor to award grants in workforce development and retraining. To learn more, visit labor.vermont.gov  or call 802.828.4000 .

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 with  wit h Celes Celeste te Merg Mergens ens (MF (MFA AW ’06 ’06)

Celeste A. Mergens (MFAW ’06) of Lynden, Washington, is the founder and executive director of Days for Girls International, featured in the January 2014 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. The group aims to empower girls around the world through sustainable feminine hygiene.

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INTERVIEW BY DUSTIN BYERLY (BA RUP ’01)

Dustin Byerly: Celeste, could you tell

us a little bit about your background? Celeste Mergens: I was born in Pryor, Oklahoma. My family hails from Sooners, some of them Native American, and a nd had lived in Pryor for many generations. I spent most of my life, li fe, however, however, on the West Coast. I have six children, twelve grandchildren, and have been married to the love of my life for thirty-two years. I originally went to Brigham Young University for electrical engineering from 1980–81. Following that I founded the Whidbey Island Writer’s Association, was the director of the Clay Foundation, and Project Thrive from 2006–2011.

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DB: How did you nd Goddard? CM: When I was working for the Clay

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Left, Celeste speaks about simple solutions and their global impact during her November 2013 TEDTalk.

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International Secondary School in Kenya, Andrea Leebron-Clay (MFAW (MFAW ’06, MA SBC ’09) recommended that I apply to Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing program. I took her advice, started at the Vermont campus, and actually was part of the group that helped to establish the MFAW program in Port Townsend.

DB: What did you study at Goddard?  CM: My thesis was a biographical collect ion of poetic short stories, which was designed to convey a specific moment in time. ti me.

DB: What was your experience

at Goddard like?

 

  In so many cultures around the world, menstruation is still hidden in

stigma and taboo; we have left millions of women in its wake.

– CELESTE MERGENS

CM: It was transformative tran sformative on so many different levels. I found my studies at Goddard to be very personal. persona l. My advisors were able to take part in my educational journey while at the same time trusting me to find and take my own path. It was a truly phenomenal educational experience.

DB: In 2008, you founded Days for Girls

International. Internation al. Could you tell us about it? CM: Days for Girls International is i s a grassroots 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to creating a more dignified, humane and sustai nable world for girls through advocacy, reproductive health awareness and educational programs. We help girls gain access to quality, sustainable feminine hygiene through the direct distribution of sustainable feminine hygiene kits, and by partnering with nonprofits, groups, and organizations, raising awareness, and helping impoverished communities to start their own programs.

DB: What inspired you to establish e stablish Days for Girls?

Imagine … What if not having sanitary supplies meant days without school, days without income, days without leaving the house? Girls use leaves, mattress stufng, newspaper, corn husks, rocks, anything they can nd ... but still miss up to two months of school every year. It turns out this issue is a surprising but instrumental key to social change for women all over the world. The poverty cycle can be broken when girls stay in school.

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DB: How has Days for Girls grown since it started? CM: We have reached over 100,000 100,000 women and girls g irls in 75

a n orphanage CM: My work with the Clay School led me to an in Kenya where I was involved in developing sustainable solutions for their energy needs. During this time, Kenya experienced a wave of ethnic violence that was triggered  by a disputed presidential election. As a result, the number of children in the orphanage went from 400 to 1,400. The children were going without w ithout food and we had used up all of our resources. I went to sleep one night wishing I could do more. I woke up in the middle of the night nig ht wondering, what are the girls doing for feminine hygiene? The answer was shocking: they don’t do anything. The young girls simply sit on a piece of cardboard in their rooms and wait. The end result is that they are unable to attend school, sc hool, work, work, or leave the house for up to two months per year. This issue is a surprising but instrumental

countries on six continents, with over 280 teams and chapters with thousands of volunteers all over the world making kits and distributing them through nonprofit organizations. We also train people worldwide to make kits and to be leaders through our Ambassador of Women’s Women’s Health training. t raining.

key to social change c hange for women all over the world. I decided that this was an area where I could make a difference. We began to spread the word, collected donations, and bought enough disposable pads for the 500 girls. Although this solved the immediate im mediate problem, it was not a sustainable solution. After some trial and error we decided to design a DIY kit for making reusable pads. Three weeks later we had made enough reusable pads for all of the t he girls.

and asked if t he kits were made. To our surprise, they had been, led by a 12-year-old girl named na med Kgotso from Bulawayo. She had taught 200 girls how to make their own kits! When asked how that felt, she said, “Now I am no longer an orphan. I am a leader of women.” women.” Hearing Heari ng that was one of my favorite moments.

DB: How has your Goddard education helped your work?

Goddard, that we should honor those that we serve, and that wisdom comes in many forms. In order to develop holistic programs that would nurture the

To do that, we need to be unafraid of a simple biological process. We need not be ashamed. In so many cultures around the world, menstruation is still hidden in stigma and taboo; we have left millions of women in its wake. This is truly one of the things that we can change. There are a lot things that t hat we can’t, but I promise you,

communities I was serving, I found myself using and applying—to global sustainable development—the very same techniques I learned in my MFAW program.

there will wil l be a day when we will wil l say, say, “once upon a time, women didn’t didn’t have what they needed and were ashamed asha med to talk about a bout their periods.” I am working for that day.  CW

CM: I have a very strong belief, which is i s shared by

DB: Is there a story about an individual or group that the

program has helped that is particularly meaningful to you? CM: Often there t here is so much demand for kits k its that we do not have enough to meet the need for a certain area. In these cases we leave behind supplies and hope the members of the community will follow through with the training and assemble them for the girls. This happened in a small village in Zimbabwe. Six months after leaving supplies, the team returned to follow up

DB: Where do you see the future of the program? CM: Our goal is every girl. Everywhere. Period. By 2022.

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Goddard College would like to recognize and thank the alumni, students, faculty, sta, trustees, foundations and

business owners whose contributions from July 1, 2013 to June 30, generous 2014 helped support Goddard College, WGDR Community Radio, and our students.  ANNUAL FUND F UND David C. Adams

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Trey Anasta sio (BA GV ’88), Jon Trey Fishman, (BA GV ’90), Page McConnell (BA GV ’87), Mike Gordon Phish’ss 12th studio album, Fuego Phish’ Fuego,, is a mix of rock, soul, reggae and a nd bluegrass. It includes tracks written by individual members and collaborations by the group as a whole.

Cara Hoffman (MFAW ’09) “The story of a young female soldier returning home, torn between love and rage, unable to recognize who she once was.”—Reiko Rizzuto, author of Hiroshima of Hiroshima in the Morning Simon & Schuster, 2014

 ATO Records, 2014 2014

 THANKSGI  THAN KSGIVING VING  Antoin ette B eck (BA (B A RUP ’77 ) under pen name Gage Irving A non-formulaic murder mystery thriller, Thanksgiving Thanksgiving lets  lets readers escape into another worl world d to watch greed destroy an entire family. Xlibris, 2013  

BELOVED STRANGERS Maria Chaudhuri (MFAW ’09) Beloved Strangers is Strangers is a candid and moving account of growing up and a meditation

 THE CHANTIC CH ANTICLEER LEER GIRLS G IRLS Mary Keating (MA G-C ’89) A tale of 10 young waitresses at t he Chanticleer restaurant in Siasconset, Nantucket, as they’re drawn into a whirlwind of friendship, romance, gritty fun and poignant sadness. Outskirts Press, 201 20144

 TARNISHED  TARNISH ED DREAMS DRE AMS  Jean ette L ukowski (MFAW ’11) ’11) In her followfollow-up up to Heart to Heart Scars, Scars, Lukowski details her daughter’s return after

on why people leave their homes and a nd why they sometimes find it difficult to return. Bloomsbury, 2014  

running home inweb 2009, learning away aboutfrom the intricate ofand lies and manipulations that led up to it. North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2014

COOL PASSION: CHALLENGING HIGHER EDUCATION

LABOR

 Ar t Chickering  Art Chicke ring (MFAW ( MFAW ’12) ’12) One of the leading researchers in student development theory and its implications for higher education, Chickering has written an autobiography that tells the extraordinary story of his life and career. NASPA, 2014

 Jill Ma gi (MFAW ’11) ’11) LABOR integrates LABOR  integrates fiction, poetry, and archival research to explore relations  between workplace and workers, workers, raceclass-gender, the institution and the body, the “personal” budget and a nd the economy, the archive and undisciplined paper trails. Nightboat Books, 2014

 THIS BEAUTI B EAUTIFUL FUL WORLD WORL D RIGGER DEATH & HOIST ANOTHER

Elizabeth Fa llon (BFAW ’10) ’10) under pen name Elisabeth Jackson In This Beautiful World, World, Jackson’s debut Romantic Gothic Mystery novel, RaeAnne and her childhood friend King reunite as adults and try to unravel a mystery that bound them as children.  Astraea Press, 2014

Laura McCullough (Gambale) (MFAW ’95) Poems that vibrate with heat, anger, a nger, and strange grace. Rife with guns, tattoos,  booze, wounds, and lost teeth, these explosive narrative lyrics imagine what it means to try and fail and still go on. Black Lawrence Press, 2013

BIPOLAR DISORDER FOR BEGINNERS

KEEPER OF THE WINDS

Rachel Harding, under pen name Rae Rose (M FAW student) In poems, essays and drawings, Rose tells of her experiences with Bipolar

Teresa Mei Chuc (MFAW ’12) “These are essential poems, brutally honest, courageous, and clear in their vision, delivered without w ithout apology, apology, but

Disorder. Celebrated Marge Piercy calls the collection “a poet brilliant narrative.” Garden Oak Press, 2013

with great heartauthor and true soulfulness.” —Sam Hamill, of Border Songs FootHills Publishing, 2014

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INN OCENT S  THE INNOCENT

Mike Schlenoff (IBA ’13) ’13) Schlenoff released his debut solo album,  Muse’s Morals, Morals, over the summer. His style evokes sentiments of American roots, while remaining honest and present, singing relevant and universal lyrics. 2014

 Willia m A. Meis, M eis, Jr. (MFAW ’10) ’10) A Jesuit priest turns detective in order to find the parents of an abandoned baby, baby, but his investigation takes him down a twisted trail of murder, terror, and betrayal. Fallen Bros Press, 201 20144

MEETING DENNIS WILSON Max Harrick H arrick Shenk She nk (MFAW ’07, ’07, MA EDU ’10) A 16-year-old girl has a crush on the Beach Boys’ drummer and decides she’s going to meet him... if only it were t hat easy. Book one of a seven-part serialized novel. Createspace, 2013

 ARK 

 Jes se Miller  Jesse Mill er (MFAW (M FAW ’02) The book tells the tale of Alabaster Ash, a professional window washer and amateur foot fetishist, who serves his three physically fit, brutally aggressive stepsisters. He ends up haunting bars and streets looking for love and appreciation. Chupa Cabra House, 2014

SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE HEAD FOR FUN AND PROFIT 

GOD & CALIFORNIA 

Lucy A. S nyder (MFAW student) A guide to working, surviving and thriving as a writer in a world that often doesn’t

Chris Millis (MFAW ’07) A wounded Iraq war veteran and a defrocked Catholic priest set off to deliver

properly valuehas creative professionals. Snyder – who authored ten books and over 200 stories, poems, and articles – shares her no-nonsense advice. Post Mortem Press, 201 20144

atopink, 1975,Cadillac Eldorado convertible Monterey Monterey, Cali f. Along Calif. the way, they will  break all Ten Commandments on a mission to provoke God into a conversation. Thirteen Books Book s Publishing, 2014

 THE HEALING HE ALING DANCE DANCE:: A FUSION FUS ION OF MASSAGE & ASIAN HEALING ARTS Grace Sunga Asagra Stanley (MA HAS ’13) “Healing,” says Asagra, “is a slow dance and weave that allow the giver g iver,, through touch, to send and receive a message of healing to a given part of the body.” body.” Open Door Publications, 2014 2014

SATURDAY GIRL Casey Orr (BA GV ’90) A series of portraits of young women as seen through their hairstyles. The book explores what hair means culturally and personally to young women. Bad Books, 2014

UP,, DO: FLASH UP FLA SH FICTION  VARIATIONS  VARIATI ONS ON A THEME THEM E

BY WOMEN WRITERS

Martha Treichler (BA RUP ’70) Says the author, “As I get older, I can see that I write the same poems over and over,, that each poem is a new way of over seeing and exploring the same paths. Each poem is just a variation on a theme.” FootHills Publishing, 2014

Patricia Flaher ty Paga n (MFAW ’13 ’13), ), editor  Editor Patricia Flaherty Pagan brings together 33 intriguing, very short stories  by a group of talented women writers. Five Five percent of the book’s proceeds will benefit charities in Texas and New England. Spider Road Press, 2014

100 BOOKS EVERY FOLK MUSIC FAN SHOULD OWN

 THE GOOD GO OD LUCK OF RIGHT RIG HT NOW 

Dick Weissman (BA RUP ’56) As part of the Best Be st Books in Music series, scholar and musician Weissman

Matthew Quick (MFAW ’07) A funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, and acceptance. An entertaining and inspiring tale

helps guide American music lovers to books about quality folk recordings. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014

that will you and power ofleave kindness amarveling nd love. at the  Harper, 2014 2014

Please Note: due to the volume of new books, we give preference to the most recently published.

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|  class notes  |

1940s

65. He served on the governing  board of Friends of Liberal Li beral Chair Chai r of the Board of Architecture.

Peter B. Liveright (JR RUP ’41, BA RUP ’43) of Lutherville, Md., was the commencement key speaker in May at the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations, where he graduated with his MA in 1949,

 Jerome Mintz (BA RUP ’65)   of Roslyn Heights, N.Y., N.Y., is director of Alternative Education Resource Organization, the #1 on Google for alternative education of 20,000 sites. He is in the top 15 in table tennis

in theirwas firstalso gradua graduating ting class.first (Peter in Goddard’s graduating BA class in 1943).

in the U.S. for his age group.

1950s Salomon Bensimhon (JR RUP ’54) and Barbara Ruth Lewis Bensimhon (JR RUP ’53) of Easton, Pa., wed in 1953 and they are still happil happily y married. They have two grown chi ldren, one a cardiologist and the other a computer engineer. Salomon paints in his reti rement.

1960s  Judith A. Bocock Bococ k (BA ADP ’68) of Marblehead, Mass., volunteers and still fights the good fight for peace, gender equality, and immigration. Beth Eakins ( BA ADP ’69) of Murrells Inlet, S.C., has  been ret ired for ma ny years and is enjoying the “golden years” in Myrtle Beach. Barbara Eniti (JR RUP ’46, BA RUP ’65) of E. Montpelier, Vt., wrote in to tell us: “Goddard

is needed more than ever in these times where community awareness and action is so critical with the climate change.” change.” Stephen B. Friedman, FAICO, CRE (BA RUP ’68) of Chicago, Ill., was named to the American Institute of Certified Planners College of Fellows for his outstanding achievements in urban planning practice. Henry Lieberg (JR RUP ’64, Loui sville, Ky Ky.,., BA RUP ’66) of Louisville, writes to tell us he enjoyed and benefitted from what he learned at Goddard. Harmon Lisnow (JR RUP ’60, BA RUP ’62) of Loma, Colo., was a Peace Corps volunteer from 1963–

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David Tilsen (BA RUP ’66 –’68) of Minneapolis, Minn., tells us he is a parent, grandparent, elected official, computer science geek, software engineer, political activist, businessman, teacher, investigator, apostate, motorcycle rider, lover, peacenik, screenwriter, playwright, actor, theater manager, coop organizer, gardener, friend,  board member, and citizen. cit izen.

 ALL ABOUT ART   June Yokell (BA RUP ’67–’68) of

San Rafael, Calif., showed work for the Mill Valley Art Commission in June. Above is her work “Across the Shoreline Marsh,” Oil on Canvas, 12” x 15,” ©2013.

 John Clifford Cliff ord Tomlinson (BA RUP ’62–’63) is co-editor of The Communique, Communique, the Military

Institute of Windsor, Ontario newsletter. He received the Award of Merit from Ontario Secondary School Teachers, and he is interested in any alumni in the Detroit area or southwestern Ontario: [email protected]  [email protected] a.

1970s David Appel (MA GGP ’77) of Brooklyn, N. N.Y. Y.,, premiered premier ed The World is Spinning (and so are we)  we)   in May at the Emily Harvey Foundation in New York City.

days. Beers dedicates a chapter to Mary and the 10 years of therapy and healing that ensued after her release from captivity. Mary continues her work as a therapist in private practice for the past 30 years. She is a founding  board member of The T he Retreat, Retre at, a domestic violence shelter on the East End of Long Island. Robert N. Brown (BA RUP ’71) of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, has been selected as a fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Ralph Culver (BA RUP ’74) 

Renee Beck (BAwas RUP ’73) of of Burlington, Vt., had his Oakland, Calif., clinical  broadside poem hung in in a director of Holden High Sc hool permanent display at the for 33 years. She is working fullMontpelier Train Station. time in her LMFT private practice doing dreamwork, transpersonal Lorraine “Lori” Goldman (BA RUP ’77) of Vancouver, B.C., is therapy, and tarot, as well as tutoring Chinese immigrants in giving workshops and trainings. ESL, writing and grammar, study Patricia H. Berne (MA GGP skills, and cultural survival. She ’75) of Tampa, Fla., published is helping Thrangu Rinpoche’s her MA thesis as a book, projects in Nepal educating titled Building Self-Esteem in children, nuns, and monks Children,, with her husband, Children from the remote Himalayas. Louis Savary, as co-author. Louise M. Gruenberg (BA Mary Bromley (BA RUP ’73) of RUP ’77) of Oak Park, Ill., is East Hampton, N. N.Y. Y.,, is featured feat ured working on a user experience in the book Buried Memories, Memories, online at written by her patient Katie Beers master’s Kent Statedegree University. who, as a child, was kidnapped and held in a dungeon for 17 Paul Gregory Guss (BA RUP

’72) of Davis, Calif., developed and coordinates the Davis Community Men’s Talk Circle. He had his article, “A Project to Address the Maturation of Masculinity,” published in the National Association of Social Workers’ California News in News in April. David Haldane (BA RUP ’72) of Long Beach, Calif., retired in 2011 from a long career in journalism, including 23 years at the Los  Angeles Times. Times. He is now writing magazine articles, working on a memoir, raising a new, threeyear-old son, and building a house in the Philippines

where he and re-retire. his family hope to eventually Max Highstein (BA RUP ’73) of Santa Fe, N.M., has been writing, producing and publishing guided imagery recordings for personal growth, healing, and spiritual connection. All work can be found at guidedimagerydownloads.com . Glenn Koenig (BA RUP ’75) of Arlington, Mass., is restoring historic video recordings of meetings of the late Boston Computer Society. His first one of Steve Jobs presenting the very first Macintosh computer to the society was posted on Time.com and the li nk received over 400,000 hits (time.com/1847/ 

 

|  class notes  | steve-jobs-mac ). Glenn tells us

that Goddard is the place where he picked up a video camera for the first time, back in 1973. It weighed over 26 pounds and only recorded in black and white on reel-to-reel tape.

’77) of Chester, N.H., started a grassroots political movement to spread awareness about the recall vote in New Hampshire and other states. He invites Goddard students and alums to get involved (recallvotenh.org ).

Avram Patt (BA RUP ’72, Board Chair) of Worcester, Worcest er, Vt., performed in Birdcatcher in Hell

Kenneth Wibecan (BA ADP ’73) of Peru, N. N.Y. Y.,, ret ired as senior editor of Modern of Modern

with Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont and Montreal earlier this year year..

 Maturity Magazine. Magazine .

Barbara Cetrangolo Rivolta (BA RUP ’72) of Forked River, N.J., retired from working in art and history museums and is making and teaching pottery and precious metal clay jewelry. She also serves on the board of trustees for the John F. Peto Studio Museum. Ruth (Roo) Seidner (BA RUP ’78) of Chicago, Ill., is a National Board Certified teacher and cantorial soloist.

She lives with her wonderful 28-year-old daughter.

 Jan (Barka s) Yager (MA GGP ’77) of Stamford, Conn., designed the cover for her husband Fred Yager’s novel, Rex Rex..

1980s Alexa Berton (BA GV ’89) of Brattleboro, Vt., has been in private practice since 2001, where she is a full time psychotherapist psychothera pist specializing in trauma surv ivors. She sings with a group that performs for

’85, MA GV ’87) of Biddeford, Maine, and formerly Chapel Hill, N.C., is writing books about her experiences since she left her 40-year marriage. She would love to hear from other Goddard students who live in Maine ([email protected] ).

’80) of Richmond, Calif., is director of operations at Santa Catarina House in Berkeley.

1990s Barbara Alfaro (BA RUP ’90) of Berlin, Md., published a Kindle edition of her book of poetry,

Robert Mayer (MA GGP ’80) of Kansas City, Mo., owns a

First Kiss, Kiss, on Amazon.com.

real estate and consulting firm that works on new and historic redevelopment projects. He is an adjunct MBA faculty member at Park University. Rose Marie Prins (MA GGP ’80)  of St. Petersburg, Fla., exhibited her “Sanctuary” paintings at Gallery 221 at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa. Kraig Bradley Richard (BA RUP ’80) of Shelburne, Vt., has work on display at the AMA National Headquarters Museum in Pickering, Ohio.

Carol Sowers (BA ADP ’71)   of Brunswick, Mo., wrote to tell us she is a very old lady now who has had a satisfying and productive life. She enjoyed her time at Goddard and remembers everyone with great pleasure.

people who are sick and dying. Glenn E. Heath (BA GV ’85)  of Cape Coral, Fla., was an urban planner, working for various governmental agencies in Florida, for the last 26 years. He is now combining urban planning consulting work with freelance writing for various online sites.

Dagmar Thorpe (BA RUP ’72) of Shawnee, Okla., received a PhD from Indiana University in May and a Master of Arts speciali zing in philanthropic studies from the same university in 2007.

 James D. Leary (BA ADP ’79–’80)  of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., is in general law practice in Florida, Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts, with international and domestic clients.

Shelley Vermilya (BA ADP ’79, MA GV ’86, former faculty 1989–2011) of Plainfield, Plain field, Vt., had her large-scale and upclose photographs of sand on exhibit this summer at the KSV Flying Cloud Gallery on Battery Street in Burlington.

Russell Vivieros (MA G-C

Twink (Agnes) Lester (BA

Walter I. Zeichner (BA RUP

Sharon Roth (BA GV ’86, MA GVA. ’88)  of Greenfield, Mass., retired from 14 years of teaching early childhood education at Greenfield Community College. She plans to travel and pursue writing projects and volunteer work.

Marianna Boncek (MA EDU ’98)   of Woodstock, N.Y., teaches high school and has written two nonfiction books, many poems, and some short stories, and her first novel debuts this fall. She is in a PhD program at Union Institute and University, and she would love to hear from people who attended at the same time as she ([email protected] ). Yolanda R. Brown (IBA ’95) of Dublin, Ohio, is working on a book for K–12 education administrators/school administrators/ school principals. Larken Bunce (BA RUP ’98) of Middlesex, Vt., held an online fundraising campaign to support community herbal clinics and educational programs at Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, where she is co-director.  Jennifer C arlo (MA EDU ’96) of Monroeville, Pa., is vice president for student engagement and dean of students at Carlow University. Cole (Nicole) Clymer (BA RUP ’97–’98) of Levittown, Pa., is a full-time tattoo artist with a new studio in the Philadelp Philadelphia hia area.

a guide to the acronyms ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AT GODDARD  ADP: Adult Degree Program BA: Bachelor of Arts BAS: Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability BFAW: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing EDU: Education Program G-C: GoddardCambridge Program GEPFE: Experimental

GGI: Goddard Graduate Institute GGP: Goddard Graduate Program GS: Goddard Seminary GV: Goddard Five (all programs ’81-’91) HAS: Health Arts & Sciences IBA: Individualized Bachelor of Arts

JR: Junior College & Communities MA: Master of Arts SE: Social Ecology MAT: Master’s in Art Therapy SIS: Social Innovation MFAIA: Master of Fine Arts & Sustainability in Interdisciplinary Arts TLA: Transformative Language Arts MFAW: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing UGP: Undergraduate PSY: Psychology & Clinical Program Mental Health Counseling  VT: Plaineld, Vermont campus RUP: Residential

Program in Furthering Education

IMA: Individualized Master of Arts

Undergraduate Program SBC: Sustainable Business

WA: Port Townsend, Washington campus

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|  class notes  | Miranda Culp (BA RUP ’98)   of Sacramento, Calif., selfpublished a collection of short stories titled The Brunt, Brunt, available for download on Amazon. Lucinda J. Garthwaite (MFAW ’96) of Plainfield, Vt., received her EdD in leadership and change from Fielding Graduate University in July. She and her

 Jennifer McMa hon (BA GV ’91)  of Montpelier, Vt., is a finalist for a Thriller Award for her  book, The One I Left Behind. Behind. Darlene Olivo (BA GV ’89, MFA ’93) of Concord, N.H., launched her eBook, Mystick eBook, Mystick Krewe of Swan Songs,, by Margaret Media, Inc. Songs Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero (MA SE

performer at the Power of Words Conference in October 2013.  Jacob A. Bennett ( MFA MFAW W ’09) of Philadelphia, Pa., published a chapbook of poems, Wysihic Wysihicken ken [sic] [sic],, with Furniture Press this year. Charlie Bondhus (MFAW ’05)  of Bridgewater, N.J., N.J., won the Thom

partner Shelley Vermilya (BA ’95) of San Juan, P.R., P.R., published his article, “Agroecology ADP ’79, MA GV ’86), and Movement Addresses other colleagues, launched ChangeMakers Research Partners Challenges of Food Security,” in Inter Press Service News. News. in January. She is writing poetry, thanks in great part, she says,  James A. Taft (MA GV ’90 ) to the Clockhouse writers’ of Bingh amton, N.Y., N.Y., has community of MFA alumni,  been name named d to the board and is slated to publish her first of Binghamton Regional poetry collection in thi s year. Sustainability Coalition. He is retired and has backgrounds in  John Whitcomb Hil ler (IBA criminal justice, cabinetmaking, cabinetmaking, ’95, IMA ’97) of Alexandria, Va., grant writing, and nonprofit will retire thi s December from the Del Ray Artisans Gallery program development. Board of Directors, where he has Patricia Valdata (MFAW ’91)   been historian/archiv hi storian/archiv ist since of Elkton, Md., had her poetry 2007. He now volunteers there

Gunn Award for Gay Poetry from Publishing Triangle for his  book All  book  All the Heat We Could Carry. Carry.

and will turn 80 next year. year.

Fredericksburg Standard in Standard in April.

Michele J. Lauriat (RUP ’96’97) of Boston, Mass., makes oversized landscape drawings using mixed media on paper. She participated in Newtown Lush, a pop-up art exhibit in Long Island City in August, and is planning a solo show in New York City in 201 2015. 5. View her work at michelelauriat.com . Laura Gambale McCullough (MFA ’95) of Little Litt le Silver, N.J., published several books over the last year: Rigger Death &  Hoist Another; Another ; Ripple & Snap; Snap;

Shutters : Voices : Wind; Wind; and The Smashing House. House. She edited two anthologies: The Room and the World: Essays on Stephen Dunn  Dunn   and A and  A Sense of Regard: Essays on Poetry and Race. Race. Her novel Finding Ong’s Out is Out is due out in late 2014. She will be the 2014/15 Florida Writers Circuit poet, and will be joining t he faculty of the Sierra Nevada low-res MFA.

manuscript chosen by Dick Davis as one of two winners of the 2015 Donald Justice Poetry Prize. Story Line Press will publish it in June of 2015. She works as associate director of the West Chester University Poetry Center.

2000s Morgan Fitzpatrick Andrews (IBA ’09, MFAIA) of Philadelphia, Pa., directed and designed Nobody’s Home, Home, a multisensory meditation-co meditation-comedy medy performed in bedrooms in New

York, Chicago, Baltimore, Baltimor e, D.C., D.C., Pittsburgh, New Jersey, New Orleans, and Philadelphia. He led workshops at Temple University’s Institute on Disabilities, Tyler School of Art’s Arts Education Program, and the Ethical Society of Philadelp Philadelphia. hia. Taina Asili (IMA ’08) of Albany, N.Y., was a keynote

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 Jordon Bosse (IBA (I BA ’06) of Holyoke, Mass., is working on a PhD in nursing at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He received a Hluchyj Fellowship this year, which offers an an nual stipend of $25,000 in support of research in cli nical healthcare. Shelby Braswell (IBA ’08)  of Kerrville, Texas, published an op-ed, “The Politics and Implications of Water Ownership In Texas,” in the Gladys “Bobi” Céspedes (BA EDU ’09) of Oakland, Calif.,  Art, Culture, Ecology, performed Art, performed and Education: A Musical Dialogue, Dialogue, with Andrea Savage (BA EDU ’12, MA EDU ’14)  and Goddard faculty Sharon Cronin (EDU) last April in Berkeley. Maria I. Chaudhuri (MFAW ’09)  of Tokyo, Japan, Japan, had her h er piece “Loo of Love” published in the Magazine. April issue of Elle Magazine. Kathryn Cullen-DuPont (MFAW ’05) of Brook lyn, N.Y., N.Y., celebrated

nine years at the Pratt Institute. Patricia Cullinane (MA EDU ’09) of Falmouth, Mass., celebrated two years as an educator, teaching mentor, and advisor at Nazarbayev Intellectual School. Melanie (Goodman) Dante (IBA ’03, MA HAS ’06) of Philadelphia, Pa., is metamorphosing her creative vision from the Lancaster farmers’ markets and community projects into a polished, fashionable, fashionabl e, commercial realm. Barry Dejasu (IMA ’09) of Rehoboth, Mass., is the new customer service liaison at Brown University.

Margaret A. DeLima (MFAIA ’07) of Kings Park, N.Y., was artist in residence at Blueberry Blueberry View Artist Retreat in Benton Harbor, Mich., this past summer. Robert M. Detman (MFAW ’06)  of Oakland, Calif., had his short story collection chosen as a semifinalist for the 2013 Hudson Prize from Black Lawrence Press. He

had fiction published in Eyeshot Eyeshot,, Sein und Werden, Werden, The Higgs Weldon,, and elsewhere, and work Weldon forthcoming in Em: A Review of Text and Image. Image. He is a frequent contributor to Rain Taxi Review Magazine, and of Books and Trop Magazine, he has written recently for Review 31 and 31  and The Southeast Review. Review. Victoria Estok (IBA ’07)  of Beacon, N.Y., N.Y., presented a paper about her ongoing sound intervention project, Interpelled Interpelled,, at “Invisible Places, Sounding Cities” in Viseu, Portugal, in  July.. She is an adjunct lectur  July le cturer er in Sound Art at SUNY-Purchase. David M. Gallaher (BA RUP ’02)  of Brookly n, N.Y., N.Y., was featured feature d in the Hollywood the Hollywood Reporter for Reporter  for his web comic, “The Only Living Boy,” which launched through his publishing and entertainment company, Bottled Lightning. Roberto Guzman (IBA ’05) of Laredo, Texas, suffered a concussion and became paralyzed due to complications. He has appealed to the Artists’ Emergency Fund of the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation for emergency medical funds, as he is uni nsured. Any help or kind words would be appreciated: [email protected] . Erich S. Hintze (MFAW ’05)  of Washington, D.C., will present “The Fetish of Breakfast” at the American Popula Popularr Culture Conference in New Orleans and will be a reader judge for the Washington, D.C. Poetry Prize for the 14th consecutive year. He spoke at the Maryland Association of Community Colleges earlier this year. Cara L. Hoffman (MFAW ’09)   of New York, N.Y., N.Y., published an op-ed piece in the New York Times  Times  on April 1. Her new book, Be Safe, I Love You, You, was reviewed in the New York Times and Times and The Guardian. Guardian.

 

|  class notes  | Erin (Lathrop) Ingram ( BA HAS ’08) of Colchester, Colches ter, Vt., Vt., graduated from the University of Vermont with a doctorate in physical therapy. She lives with her two children and plans to practice locally in outpa outpatient tient orthopedics. Synnika A. Lofton (IBA ’04, MFAW ’06) of Chesapeake, Va., hosts an Internet radio

show, Guerrilla Ignition Radio. Radio. He was featured on NPR for creating a new genre of music called riot speech. He is the host of The People’s Poetry Festival and the president of African Mahogany Book Club, the longest runni ng black book club in Chesapeake. In April, he performed for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes and appeared on Fox 43’s The Hampton Roads Show. Show. Chris Mackowski (MFAW ’01) of St. Bonas, Bo nas, N.Y., N.Y., is doing nationally recognized work as an author and editor of the popular Emerging Civil War book series (emergingcivilwar.com ). Camille Tuason Mata (IMA ’09) of Sunderland, Mass., is enrolled in the PhD program at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Donald A. McCoy (MA PSY ’04) of Fairfield, Conn., is a therapist at the Center for Optimal Performance and clinical research coordinator coordinator/ / psychometrician at Clinilabs Inc., both in New York, N.Y. Marilyn B. McLatchey (MFAW ’01) of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.,

was on a reading tour in the United States and Europe.  Jesse Miller (M FA FAW W ’02) of Portland, Maine, published his debut novel, Ark  novel, Ark . He teaches creative writing and compositio composition n at the University of New England. Chris Millis (MFAW ’07) of Saratoga Spri ngs, N.Y., N.Y., with Shawn Kerivan (MFAW ’06) of Stowe, Vt., and others, presented the Writing for Success, Writers’ Writers’ Seminar in Saratoga Springs in June. Dana Biscotti Myskowski (MFAW ’08) of Henniker, N.H., volunteers with AmeriCorps mentoring creative writing high school students north of Bar

Harbor. She also mentors a local teen and teaches screenwriting, social media writing, and film at University of New Hampshire and online via Southern New Hampshire University. Birgit Nielsen (MFAW ’03) of Guerneville, Calif., is editor of Print Poetry at Iota Press, a hand set and letterpress printed

series of folded cards featuring poets from across time. Tracey A. Pilch (MFAIA ’07) of Anchorage, Ala., exhibited several large-scale wildlife paintings inspired  by her life in Alaska. A laska. Christine M. Powers (IBA ’09)  of North Falmouth, Mass., spent the last several years taking care of the elderly Barbara Buchanan, who created “U Mass without Walls” at the University of Massachusetts. She joined the Falmouth Writers Group, and her writing was featured in the play

If Nothing Changes by Changes by Richard Martin at the Cotuit Center for the Arts. She is working with the neurodiverse population at the Options Institute in Shefield Shefield.. Charles Rice-Gonzalez (MFAW ’08) of the Bronx, N.Y., received the Dr. Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award from the Lambda Literary Foundation. Forrest Stephen Roth (MFAW ’04) of Lafayette, La., is the visiting assistant professor of English at Marshall Universi University ty in West Virginia this fall.

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ON THE MOVE  Beth Nixon (MFAIA ’09) of Philadelphia,

Pa., is touring her new suitcase theater show, Lava Fossil , at the Boston Center for the Arts, Providence Fringe Festival, and at Philadelphia’s First First Person Ar ts Festival in November. Beth received funding from Pop Up Providence’s tactical urban program for a community arts project with teenagers this summer, culminating in a performance Aug. 9 at t he deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Mass.

Mitchell S. Jackson and fellow Tin House author Karen Shepard.

the Pratt Art Gallery at Goddard College in April and May.

Susan C. Stinson (MFAW ’07) of Farmville, Va., is now teaching at Virginia Tech.

Maryanne Bart zen-Murray (IBA ’12) of Ithaca, N.Y., graduated from the New School University in New York with an MA in media studies and media management. She got married in March 2013.

Sharon Wallace (MFAW ’07)  of Detroit, Mich., received her PhD in interdisciplinary studies from Union Institute and University.

Hillary Webb (IMA ’06) Gabriel G. Rothblatt (BA RUP ’00–’02)  of Melbourne Beach, Fla., of Portsmouth, N.H., is vice presidentt of i nstitutional research presiden who is married to and has four at the Circus Conservatory of children with alumna Tiffany America.  Jones (BA RUP ’02), was featured in Time Magazine for Magazine for securing the Democratic nomination for U.S. Congress for Florida’s 8th district, the Space Coast, in the 2014 mid-term elections.  Justin Alva rez (MFAW ’11) of the Bronx, N.Y., is the digital Stephanie M. Sandmeyer (IMA director at The Paris Review. Review. ’08) of Portland, Ore., is the editor and publisher of From the Mike Alvarez (IMA  Hip,, a journal devoted to the art  Hip ’10, MFAW ’13) of of bellydance, now in its eighth Northampton, Mass., signed issue (newsfromthehip.com ). with Penumbra Literary.

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Alexis M. Smith (MFAW ’07)  of Portland, Ore., has been short listed for the William Saroyan Prize along with Portland native

Richard Ambelang (MFAIA ’12) of Plainfield, Vt., showed his photography exhibit, Landscape into Abstraction II , at

Tina Bates Baldera (IBA ’10, MA EDU ’14) of Va., celebrated sixAlexandria, years at Parish Social Ministry at Catholic Charities USA. Emilee Baum (IMA ’10) of Lawrenceville, Ga., celebrated 10 years as senior account executive at Deep Blue Insight Group. Brenda Beardsley (MFAW ’14) of West Chesterfield, N.H., was accepted to the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference in Wilmington, Vt., this past summer. Darcy Bedortha (MA EDU ’13)   of Prineville, Ore., is advocating for public education and youth voice,, teaching high school, and voice

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length text and image poem about homicides and femicides on America’s highways.

“Swirls in the Negative Space.” He gave an interview on pubmission.com  in April.

Eileen M. Brunetto (MFAW ’12) of Cornwall, Vt., celebrated

Sarah Cedeño (MFAW ’14)  of Brockport, Brockpor t, N.Y. N.Y.,, was the th e judge for Beyond the Red Line’s “bodies” Line’s “bodies” issue. Her story “You Hear Night Sounds” was accepted for publication in The Rumpus, Rumpus, and her nonfiction piece “A

Elliat Graney-Saucke (IBA ’11)  of Seattle, Wash., is in phase two of filming Boys on the Inside, Inside, a documentary about ’boy’ culture in women’s prisons in Washington State produced  by a dyke-trans production productio n

16 years of employment at she Middlebury College, where is creative writing/academic coordinator for Geology.

Moon Story” was accepted at  Hippocampus Magazine. Magazine . She is the new fiction editor at Animal at Animal Literary Magazine. Magazine.

team of professional artists and creative folks who were formerly incarcerated. incarcerated. This film project will premiere in 2016.

Heather Bryce (MFAIA ’14) of Montpelier, Vt., and her dance company performed a flash mob in June at the Montpelier Farmers’ Market. Market. She is art ist in residence and on the teaching staff at the Green Mountain Performing Arts studio this fall. Also, Bryce Dance Company was awarded a grant from the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation, and a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council.

Maggie Cleveland (IBA ’08, MFAW ’11) married Jake Hasson (IBA) on Sept. 7, 2013, at the Unitarian Church in their hometown of Fairhaven, Mass.

Zach Zorba Grashin’s (MFAW ’14) thesis, “Lost Son,” placed as a semi-finalist for the Screencraft fellowship competition, and his second feature, “The Get,” placed in the top 15 percent for the Nicholls Award fellowship. He is moving to Los Angeles, shopping shopp ing his scripts along with a new pilot script, and is working on the development of a film to  be made in Chi na next year.

Ryan Brown (IBA ’12) of Portland, Ore., accepted a  job with the th e National ACLU to serve as the marriage campaign strategist.

Reia Marie Bustolin (BAS ’13)  of Beverly, Mass., started her own company, Speakeasy Gardens, using permaculture concepts to design ecological and edible gardens. She designs orchards and medicinal tea gardens and restores soil for several clients. Pamela Callender (MFAIA ’11) of Sarasota, Fla., is taking care of her elderly mother and creating a garden studio and gallery. She curates art exhibits and was appointed house curator at Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center. Find her events events

on pamelacallender.com . Ellen “Diane” Carleton (IBA ’12) of Riverton, Wyo., completed her two-year spiritual direction training at Benet Hill Monastery in Colorado Springs. She is in process for ordination to the priesthood in the Episcop Episcopal al Church. Kathline Carr (BFAW ’11) of North Adams, Mass., graduated from the Art Institute of Boston’s MFA in Visual Arts program. She has exhibited and/or read work in Boston, New York, Toronto, and in the Berkshires. She is represented by artSTRAND Gallery in Provincetown and is working at Mass MoCA in North Adams. She is at work on a book-

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Heather (McFadden) Cole Pa.,, (MFAIA ’13) of Erie, Pa. is lecturing at Penn State University’s Behrend College in Erie. Patricia Coughlin (IBA ’11, MA EDU ’13) of Helena, Mont., visited the Plainfield campus on May 1 to welcome new Interim President Bob Kenny. Thirza “Ty” Defoe (MFAW ’11) of New York, N.Y., had new work, Clouds Are Pillows for the Moon, read at the Yale Institute for Music Theatre in June.  James Dewitt (BA HAS ’14)  of Minneapolis, Minn., led a series of workshops on self-care and conflict mediation at Queer Rock Camp in Olympia, Wash.  Joshua Dishaw (MA EDU E DU ’10) of Williston, Vt., gave a CPR

training for staff and faculty at the Plainfield campus in June. Amber Ellis (IMA TLA ’13)  of Topsfield, Mass., is the editor for the new international scholarly journal Chrysalis: A  Journal of Transformative Language  Arts (  Arts  (chrysalisjournal.org ). Greta Enriquez (MA PSY)  of Vineland, N.J., received her LAC in the state of New Jersey and is working as a therapist for Inspira Health Network. She began PhD studies at Union Institute and University.  James Ferry ( MFA MFAW W ’13) of Westwood, Mass., was awarded Pubmission’s first, five-star editor rating for his thesis ma nuscript,

Ron L. Heacock (IBA ’12, MFAW ’14) of Portland, Ore., had his story, “Some Demons Don’t Die,” published in the April issue of thegamblermag.com ; his flash fiction, “Bears,” published in Rawboned;; and “A Day in the Rawboned Life” published in The Rejected Writer.. “The Sand is White in Writer  Jamaica” will publishe d in the next Far Enough East Journal. Journal. Ann E. Hedreen (MFAW ’10)  of Seattle, Wash., read at Elliott Bay Bookstore’s author event in March for a piece she has published in Into the Storm:  Journeys with Alzheimer’s Alzheimer ’s..

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Traci Dolan-Priestley (MFAW ’12) of St. Albans, W.V., married Gary Priestley on October 19, 2013. She will also be self-publishing her novel The Blue Stone .

Stephany Hoffelt (BA HAS ’14) of Iowa City, Iowa, taught a workshop and led

aWomen’s plant walk at theConference Midwest Herbal held near Mukwongago, Wisconsin in June. Her article, “Community “Comm unity Healers i n Ancient Ireland,” was published in Plant Healer Magazine. Magazine. Nikki Kallio (MFAW ’10) of Hortonville, Wisc., received the Mill Prize for Fiction for her short story, “Geography Lesson." Sarah Kishpaugh (MFAW ’14) of Edmonds, Wash., had her essay, “Making Believe,” published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic

Brain Injuries, available Injuries, available on Amazon. Her story “How To Break Up With A Brain Injured Solider” made honorable mention for Glimmer Train’s Train’s 2014 Short Story Contest.   Deborah Hensley (IMA TLA ’11) of Freedom, Maine, is coordinator Samantha Kolber (MFAW for the Transformative Language ’14) of Montpelier, Montpe lier, Vt., Arts Network, the non-profit taught a workshop on the that organizes the annual Power modern villanelle in April of Words Conference, the One for PoemCity Montpelier. City One Prompt project, online classes, resources, and a new Leila Leder Kremer (IBA ’10)   journal, Chrysalis Chrysalis.. She invites of Miami Beach, Fla., co-created you to get in touch with her at “Home: Beyond Be yond Geog raphy raphy,” ,” [email protected] . a participatory writing project that explores concepts of Donna Hill (MFAW identity, home, and geography of N.Y. Y.,, is ’12) of Brooklyn, N. Miami, sponsored by O, Miami published in Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Writers. Writers. Poetry Festival (omiami.org ). Dana Heffern (MFAIA ’12)  of South Burlington, Vt., is the new chair of fine arts in Burlington College’s graphic arts program.

 

|  class notes  | Eric LeVasseur (MA PSY ’12)  of Colchester, Vt., works for the new, state-of-the-art Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital in Berlin. He is continuing as an activity therapist in the Recovery Services Department while working toward licensure as a LCMHC and LADC. Ric Loll (MA SBC ’14) of Silver

Spring, Md., won a Toyota and Net Impact Personal Impact Award for his work on a Smartphone app that will help consumers to understand the origin points of their beer. Lisa Lutwyche (MFAW ’13) of Landenberg, Pa., is published in Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Writers. Writers. Melissa Lytton (MFAW ’13) of Lenexa, Kan., had her piece, “Prime Numbers,” published in Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Writers. Writers.

Peggy Medina (MFAW ’13)   of Woodland Hills, Calif., had her graduate thesis play, A play, A  force to be reckoned with, with , up at Casa0101 in Los Angeles. Teresa Mei Chuc (MFAW ’12)  of Pasadena, Calif., has a second full-length collection of poetry, Untitled Space, Space, forthcoming from FootHills Publishing in 2014. Lisa Melilli (MFAW ’13) of Brooklyn, N. N.Y. Y.,, gave a readi ng of “The Sotah,” an excerpt from a novel in progress, at Drisha Institute as the culmination of her 12-month arts fellowship. Hillary Montgomery (MA PSY ’14) of Barre, Vt., is the new substance abuse counselor at Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services.

Emily (Ezra) Berkley Nelpn (IBA ’06, IMA ’13) of Philadelphia, Pa., published  Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue: A History of New  Jill Magi (MFAW ’11) of Chicago,  Jewish Agenda in Agenda in 2012. Ill., read with MFA faculty member Jan Clausen in June to Carla Occaso (MFAW ’11) celebrate her new book, Labor Labor.. of Lyndonville, Vt., had a  Juanita Mar tin (BA HAS ’14)   of South Orange, N.J., joined with other healing and wellness practitioners practitione rs in her region to launch The Life Enh ancement Cooperative of South Orange.  Jenny Mart ineau (BA HAS ’12 )  of Savannah, Ga., published The Feral Ache: How a Science Virgin Decided to Go All the Way, Way, a Kindle  book available on Amazon. Amazo n. Amber McZeal (IBA ’13) of Oakland, Calif., Calif., is th rilled to be a vocalist in the new opera, Post-Pardon Post-Pardon..

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poem on display at The Shoe Horn for the month of April for PoemCity Montpelier. Nancy Otter (MFAW ’14) of New Britain, Conn., received first prize in the 2014 Connecticut Poetry Award,  judged by Lori Desrosiers, Desrosie rs, for her poem “Fortune’s Rest.” Patricia Flaherty Pagan (MFAW ’13) of Houston, Texas, had her story “Bitter Sweets”

published in Eve’s Requiem: Tales of Women, Mystery, and Horror. Horror. Rebecca Troy (MFAW ’13)  of Burlington, Vt., had her short story “Entry from Lizzie Andrew Borden’s Diary, Dated Aug. 3, 1892” published in Eve’s Requiem: Tales of Women, Mystery, and Horror. Horror. Matt Paneitz (BAS ’12, MA EDU) of Ashland, Ore., has a non-profit, Long Way Home, in its 10th year and has used 10,000 tires in the construction of the Técnico Chixot Education Center in San

 Juan Comalapa, Guatemala. Thomas Park (MFAW ’14) of Warrenton, N.C., had a poem

published in The Southern Poetry  Anthology Volume VII: North Carolina.. He will have an essay Carolina published in the forthcoming collection A collection  A Beautiful House : Twenty Writers, Twenty Years with Inside-Out Literary Arts Project. Project. His collective’s first publication, Sitting with a drunken sorceress  sorceress   (Booklocker.com) has sold out of its first run. Melissa Parker (IBA ’12) of Arlington, Mass., is the new therapeutic mentor at  Justice Resource Resour ce Institute Inst itute and is enrolled in the MA in counseli ng psychology: trauma studies concentration at Lesley University.

 Jan Ronan (IMA ’08, MFAW MFAW ’11) of Canterbury, Conn., is a life coach and productivity consultant at Be the Best B est You Can Be. Samantha Rush (IBA ’14) of Weston, Fla., was on the Slam Free or Die! team at the 2014 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, Calif., this summer. Lauren Russell (IBAawarded ’11) of Pittsburgh, Pa., was a 2014-15 2014-15 Fellowship in Poetry from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing,  based at the University Univers ity of Wisconsin-Madison.

Andrew J. Pederson (MFAW ’10) of Berkeley, Ill., advanced to associate professor of English at Concordia University Chicago. His play, Yellow Light, Light, received a production at Voices of the South Theatre in Memphis, Tenn., in January. In April he

was a playwright-in-residence at Rhodes College in Memphis. He received a faculty research grant from Concordia University to go to Ireland this summer to research his new play, Better Yeats Than Never, co-written with Jayme McGhan. Desmond Peeples (IBA ’14) of Brattleboro, Vt., just started a literary journal, Mount journal, Mount Island, Island, for new prose and poetry of all sorts. David I. L. Poole (MFAIA ’11) of Savannah, Ga., won Best Director of 2014 2014 in the Connect Conne ct Savannah Best Of Readers’ poll and Best

Local Theatre Production for Equus.. David his production of Equus was selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Summer Institute at Grambling State University University.. The theme is Exploring the Margins: Enhancing the Teaching Tea ching of Ancient Anc ient Greek Drama at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Barb Purinton (MFAW ’14) of North Hero, Vt., is published in Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Writers. Writers. Icess Fernandez Rojas (MFAW ’12) of Arlington, Texas is the new assistant director of student publications at the University of Texas at Arlington.

NEW ROLE Ryan E. Sartor (MFAW

’12) of Milford, Conn., is the new ’12) assistant managing editor at Patch.com. He also published a humor piece in Drunken Boat  and  and a short story in Atlas  in  Atlas  and Alice   and Alice .

Nicole Saunders (MFAW ’13) of  Jersey City, N.J., N.J., had a short story, “Autographs,” from her thesis published in the literary journal Stone Canoe under Canoe under her pen name Senny George. Another short story from her thesis will be published on Blackbird Blackbird,, an online  journa l published by Virginia Virgi nia

Commonwealth University and New Virginia Review. Shae Savoy ( MFAW ’14) ’14)  of Seattle, Wash., had a poem, “On the Murder of Michelle Tate When We Were Both 16,” published in the spring 2014 issue of Jet of Jet Fuel Review. Review. Lizz Schumer (MFAW ’13) of Buffalo, N.Y., N.Y., is the new editor in chief at The Sun, Sun, a weekly newspaper in Hamburg. Emily Scott (MFAW ’12) of Portland, Ore., is the new senior benefits admin istrator

at the Greenbrier Companies. Laurie Seamans (MFAIA ’10) of Cortland, Cortlan d, N.Y., N.Y., works at SUNY/

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|  class notes  | Empire State College and is the assessment specialist for the Central New York Center. She is teaching an online course in assessing learning through the college’s Center for Distance Learning. Her art practice continues to expand into areas of repurposing household and found materials, collage, and drawing, and she had a booth at the Arts and Wine Festival in Cortland. Max Shenk (MFAW ’07, ’07, MA EDU ’10) of Carlisle, Pa., completed his seven-book novel, Meeting novel,  Meeting Dennis Wilson. Wilson . Emily Stern (MFAW ’13) of Santa Fe, N.M., published her piece “On Violence, Empathy, and the Potential for Healing” in Entropy Magazine. Magazine.  Jane Summer (MFAW ’13) of Hartsdale, Hartsd ale, N.Y. N.Y.,, had a stor y published in The Masters Review Volume II . Sibling

Rivalry Press is set to publish her thesis in March 2015. Morgan Tachco (IBA ’13) of New York, N.Y., was promoted to grants program manager

at Brooklyn Arts Council. He writes theatrical criticism for nytheaternow.com, New York’s premier website for Indie Theater. Craig S. Thornton (MFAW ’10)  of Watertown, N. N.Y. Y.,, received rec eived an NYFA public arts fellowship to adapt the novel The Powder  Monkey into  Monkey  into a play to be produced in Sackets Harbor in November. The Sweet Life will Life will  be performed at Indian In dian River Theater for the Performing Arts in October, and Happy and Happy Birthday, Tina Marie was Marie was chosen for the DG Roving Reading series. His short play play,, Man on Television, Television, was selected as part of the Hormel Festival of New Plays at the Phoenix Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz.

combined into one film that was accepted into Baltimore Women’s 2nd Annual Filmmaking Event and the Houston Comedy Fest. Keisha was accepted to California Institute of Integral Studies for the doctor of phi losophy in transformative studies.  Jennifer Van de Pol (MFAIA ’13) of Nanaimo, BC, and Devora Neumark (MFAIA Faculty)  co-facilitated a workshop, “Experience Valuing Machine: Ecology, Art and the Practice of Presence,” at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences 2014 Conference, held at Pace University in New York.

 Jame Vincent (IMA ’10 ) of Seattle, Wash., is teaching creative non-fiction, non-fiction, poetry and Keisha Thorpe (Cassia Rainne) short fiction writing as adjunct (MFAW ’13) of Bath, Pa., had her faculty, and he is compiling web series, UNTITLED: The Series Series,, and editing a collection of accepted into the LA WebFest. poetry. He is employed at She co-wrote, co-directed, cothe Seattle Public Library. produced, and acted in the series, which won six awards from the Neal Wallace (MFAW (MFAW ’12)  festival, including “outstanding”  Jon of Burlington, Iowa, released a honors for: comedy series, writing new version of his thesis novel, in a series, supporting actor, Ragman’s Roll: the Story of the supporting actress, and guest Unsung Hero of the Civil War. War. actress. All of the episodes were Peter Wallis (MFAIA ’11) of Pescadero, Calif., is the art and design teacher at the Sea Crest School in Half Moon Bay, where he directs the Innovation Lab. He is also a residential faculty member at the Putney School Summer Programs in Vermont, where he leads workshops in drawing, printmaking and the graphic novel. Tommy WalshVt., (MFAW , of Burlington, had a ’11) group of five stories published on a literary blog in February. Shelly Weathers ( MFAW ’13) of Chandler, Ariz., published “The Hummingbird Murder” in The Newer York .

 WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS  Stephanie Strasburg

(IBA ’11) of Oakmont, Pa., won an award for her photos on the decline of steel in the Monongahela Valley (above) (above)  from the National Nat ional Press Photographer Ph otographer ’s Association; Associa tion;  the second place honor for the Best of Photojournalism was in the Cliff Edom’s New America Award category. Stephanie also won rst place in the pictorial c ategory of the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar competition, and shefor won from NPPA’s Short Course herawards story on boxer PaulNorthern Spadafora.

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Chelsea Jean Werner-Jatzke (MFAW ’13) of Seattle, Wash., published stories in Pif Magazine, Magazine,  Monkeybicycle  Monkeybic ycle,, SpringGun Press, Press, Everyday Genius, Genius, Extract(s) Volume II: Poems & Stories 2013,, and voicemailpoems 2013 voicemailpoems.. org.. She co-founded Till, an org annual confluence of writers at Smoke Farm in Arlington, and she is the new fiction editor at Pacifica Literary Review. Review.

Tyler Whidden Tyler Wh idden (MFAW ’11)  of Lakewood, Ohio, had his Goddard thesis play, Dancing With Ned, Ned, up at The Grange Playhouse in New Jersey. Kriota Willberg (MFAIA ’11) of New York, N.Y. N.Y.,, was a featured presenter at Toronto Comic Arts Festival and spoke at the Grand Comics Festival and the

Graphic Medicine Conference Graphic in Baltimore. She was a guest  blogger for the New York Academy of Medicine on Aug. 14. Chloe Winther (IBA ’10) of Brooklyn, N. N.Y. Y.,, is worki ng on her master’s in public health at the Community Or iented Public Health Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. Amy Woodruff (MFAIA ’11) of Metairie, La., La., is a teachi ng artist and director of theatre at East  Jefferson Hig h School. In April, she appeared in a performance of the classic play Woyzeck  in  in New

Orleans. Future stagings her original multimedia solo of show  Moon Cove are Cove  are forthcoming.

current students Barb Asen (IMA) of Montpelier, Vt., started a new job at the Council on Aging in June. Ryan Conarro (MFAIA)  of Juneau, Alaska, received a Leadership U[niversity] One-on-One program grant of $75,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Ya-Ping Douglass (UGPIBA) of Greenfield, Mass., is accompanying nonviolent communication teacher Miki Kashtan for two workshops in Shanghai and Beijing. Suzahn E brahimian (UGP-IBA)  of Boise, Idaho, co-organized the panel “Mutual Aid: On the Ground,” at the Left Forum in New York City on June 1. Erric Emerson (BFAW) of Long Branch, N.J., is the poetry editor of Duende Duende.. He had several poems published in the new issue of Control Literary Magazine. Magazine. Melissa Franíc (MFAW-VT) of Schaumburg, Ill., is now associate editor at The Pitkin Review. Review.

 

|  class notes  |  Justin Hal l (MFAW-VT) (MFAW-VT) of San Francisco, Calif., was interviewed for the Good Men Project (goodmenproject.com ). Daniel Houghton (MFAWWA) of Winooski, Vt., and his wife, Megan James, welcomed a daughter, Joni James Houghton, into the world on April 18. His short film, Mad film, Mad River Rising, Rising,

was accepted into the 2014 PBS Online Film Festival. Ah-Keisha McCants (BFAW)  of Wallingford, Pa., published a  blog post, “We Shall Overcome: Overcome : Against the Continuing Attacks on Black Youth,” on Aug. 21 at kindredwisdom/tumblr.com . Ben Matchstick (MFAIA(MFAIA-VT) VT) of Montpelier, Vt., is creating and performing in Grottoblaster Grottoblaster,, an open-source platform for comics, games, music, soundscapes, and puppets, at the Haybarn Theatre at Goddard on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Kita Mehaffy (MFAW-VT)  of Los Osos, Calif., will have two of her poems published in the next two issues of Hummingbird: of Hummingbird:  Magazine of the Short Poem. Poem . Hillary Melville (UGP-IBA)  of Hillsdale, Hil lsdale, N.Y., N.Y., attended the New Economy Coalition’s Common Bound Conference in Boston in June. Gerardo “ Tony” Mena (MFAWVT)  of Columbia, Mo., was invited by the Headstrong Foundation Founda tion to read his poetry alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Lily Taylor, and Anthony Edwards for

afundraiser PTSD treatment in NYCfor on Veterans Oct. 1. He published an essay in The New York Times “At “At War” section, and a book of poetry, The Shape

of Our Faces No Longer Matters. Matters . Paul Molyneaux (IBA ’97, MFAW-VT) of Whiting, Maine, published the story of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in The Island Journal; Journal; an article on the U.S. program for factory farming in the ocean on Fisherman’s Voice; Voice; and a tribute to fisheries activist Chandrika Sharma, who was lost

on Malaysia Airlines’ Flight 370.  Jørn Earl Ear l Otte (BFAW) of Beckley, Bec kley, W.V., W.V., and Kori Waring (BFAW ’14) of Media, Medi a, Pa., are both fiction editors of the online literary journal Duende Duende.. Cameron Price (BFAW) of San Rafael, Calif., published a poem in the spring 2014 edition of Humble Pie, part of the online Small Po[r]tions Journal. Journal. Kyle Ryan (BAS) of Eugene, Ore., published three stories about land access on the Agrarian Trust website. He attended the Agrarian Trust’s 2014 conference at the University of California-Berkeley in April. Angelisa Russo ( MFAW MFAW-WA) -WA)  of Sherwood, Ore., was cast in the San Francisco show Listen to Your Mother with Mother  with her essay “Caledonia.” Rose Marie Sabangan (MFAWWA) attended the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival with Darrah Cloud (MFAW faculty) and Dawn Renee Jones ( MFAW City. ’14) in New York City. Claire Selleck (IBA) of Mayo,

Fla., self-published The Pecan  Man in  Man  in 2012, under her pen name Cassie Dandridge Selleck. Lucy A. Snyder (MFAW) of

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 AMONG FRIE NDS  Theresa Barker (MFAW) (MFAW) of Seattle, Wash.,

organized an end-of-semester picnic at Meridian Park in June  for students stu dents and recent rec ent alumni alum ni of the th e MFAW Port Townsend Program. Pictured from left to right, back row, are: Doug Smith (MFAW ’14), Theresa Barker (MFAW), Liz Kellebrew (MFAW) with her boyfriend; front row: Ginna Richardson Luck (MFAW ’13) and her two sons, Alison Bailey (MFAW ’14), Marty Stegner (MFAW ’14), and Nicole Bade (MFAW ’14).

Worthington, Ohio, published a new short fiction collection, Soft Apocalypses. Apocalypses. Her co-written story, Santa Muerte, Muerte, will be in the forthcoming anthology Streets of Shadows, Shadows, and her story “The Abomination of Fensmere” will  be in the for thcomi ng anthology Shadows Over Main Street. Street. Matthew Swihart Swihar t ( MFA MFAWW-VT) VT)  

of Denver, Colo., Colo., is the new editor in chief of The Pitkin Review. Review. David White (GGI) of Braintree, Mass., has been selected as research assistant to Devora Neumark (MFAIA Faculty) on a work entitled “Ageing in Place: Understanding Older People’s Perceptions and Experiences.”

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The Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, an alumni-run conference at Goddard, recently published its second volume of Clockhouse, a literary magazine featuring new short stories, interviews, essays, plays, and poems by award-winning writers and new literary voices. Editors are gearing up for the next issue. Send in your submission by Dec. 1 to www.clockhouse.net to  www.clockhouse.net..

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Left, Massachuse tts Governor Deval Patrick hands the ceremonial pen to Gunner Scott (IBA ’09), after signing the Transgender Equal Rights Law in 2011. Above, Imogen Holding Binnie (PSY ’15) and Charles Rice-Gonzalez (MFAW ’08) receive awards from the Lambda Literary Foundation.

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here is a surfeit of happiness and enthusiasm in many LGBTQ communities over the progress of LGBT civil rights, but the idea that all LGBT Americans are relieved and inspired by a post-gay America should be tempered.  We have Glee Glee,, Modern Family Family,, and Will & Grace; Grace; professional athletes  Jason Collins, Collins, Brittany Brittany Griner, Griner, and Orlando Orlando Cruz are out out of the closet; Ellen is an icon; and Barney Frank married Jim Ready. Changes have been stunningly fast and a nd seemingly well thought-out thought-out in the new discourse of tolerance articulated by politicians and policymakers of all stripes. Dr. Herukhuti Williams, a clinical sociologist and cultural studies scholar who teaches in Goddard’s Goddard’ s Individualized Bachelor of Arts program, has a sobering perspective. perspect ive. I asked Dr. Williams if race was a point of engagement and solidarity amongst LGBT people. “Being LGBTQ does does not make anyone immune to the t he racialization that all of us receive in societies societ ies … societies founded upon and driven  by white supremacy supremacy,” ,” he wrote. wrote. “Middle-class and wealthy wealthy European/ European/ European-American European-Ameri can LGBTQ folks, a group with few notable exceptions, have worked in solidarity … to gain access to the t he benefits of white supremacy.” He adds that you need only to look at the leaders of the top five LGBT organizations in the United States to understand the nature of racial solidarity within the LGBT LGBTQ Q context. Poverty rates play a pivotal role too. “African-American children in gay male ma le households have have the highest poverty rate (52 percent) of any children in any household type,” he writes. Statistics bear out the inevitable results of this injustice and a nd are more disturbing for transgendered individuals, who have an unemployment rate of 26 percent, with more than a t hird having lost a job due to bias.

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“Nearly 45 years since the Stonewall Riots, which many people identify as the genesis of the modern LGBTQ liberation movement,” Dr. Williams writes, wr ites, “what do those statistics tell you about the racial and class solidarity among … LGBT LGBTQ Q activists, organizers and leaders?” The answers, fortunately or not, are within ourselves, and LGBTQ Goddard students and alumni contribute to the river of positive change. Imogen Holding Binnie (MA PSY ’15), author author of Nevada Nevada,, a novel about the daily struggle of being transgendered in New York, York, and awardaward-winni winning ng playwright and author Charles Rice-Gonzalez (MFAW ‘08) both recently received the Dr. Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award Award from the Lambda Literary Foundation. The foundation also awarded  Justin Hall (MFA (MFAW ’15) ’15) best LGBT LGBT Anthology Anthology in 2012 for his No Straight Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics. Comics.  James Dewitt (BA (BA HAS ’14) ’14) teaches youth youth workshops wor kshops on self-care and conflict mediation at Queer Rock Camp in Olympia, Wash., Wash., and Gunner Gun ner Scott (IBA ‘09) led the legislative campaign in Massachusetts for the Transgen Transgender der Equal Rights  bill, which passed in 2011 2011,, protecting transgender youth, adults, adults, and families from discrimination. discrimi nation. All these accomplishments are essential to the ongoing struggle for sustained and deeply integrated equal rights.  CW Merry Gangemi produces Woman-Stirred Radio, an LGBTQ cultural journal with interviews airing Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m. on WGDR/ WGDH. She recently interviewed Suzanna Danuta Walters, author of The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality .

 

|  faculty & staf  stafff notes notes  | Annie Abdalla (UGP) showed her egg paintings in “The Nesting Show,” a curated group exhibit at Studio Georgeville in Georgeville, Quebec. Carmiel Banasky’s (Port Townsend & Seattle Student Life & Help Desk) first novel, The Suicide of Claire Bishop,, will be published by Bishop

Dzanc Books in fall 2015. Deborah Bloom (Academic Services) received her MA in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University in May.

interviewed in the inaugural issue of the online magazine Moss magazine Moss.. Deborah Brevoort (MFAW-VT) had two plays published by No Passport Press. Her play Die Fledermaus meets Reality TV  was  was commissioned by the A nchorage Opera, and Buried Alive and Alive and Embedded will Embedded  will be produced at the Ft. Worth Opera in their

2016 season, with performances in NYC tentatively planned for 2015. Deborah taught three playwriting workshops at the San Miguel Writer’s Conference in Mexico last February.

The Vicissitudes of Devotion and Ferocity of Grace” in  Homegrown Gurus: From  Hinduism In America To  American Hinduism; Hinduism ; “Jung and the Spirits” in The Spiritualist Movement; Movement; and “Consciousness,” in the Encyclopedia Of Psychology And Religion, Religion, second edition. Marilou Esguerra and Karen Stupski (UGP) attended the Slow Living Summit in Brattleboro, Vt., in June. Kenny Fries (MFAW-VT), with the support of the Canada Council of the Arts, traveled to Germany to meet with wr iters and editors involved in disability publications, and to attend the No Limits Festival in Berlin.

Pamela Booker (UGP) launched a blog, greens4squares.com , for “savory, “savory, sustai nable conversation” about social change, philanthropy, and social  justice. Her photograph, photogr aph, “We “We are all the American Dream, Honey #1,” appeared in an exhibit at the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and Museum in Baltimore, Md.

Phyllis Brown (UGP Program Director) displayed one of her hand-painted silk scarves in an exh ibit, Newtown Art Celebration: Celebrating 100 Years,, at Ringling School of Art Years and Design in Sarasota, Fla.

Ryan Boudinot’s (MFAW-WA)  story, “Readers and Writers,” first published in Post Road and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, was story of the month on thecommroom.com. Ryan was

lost a manuscript on a train, was accepted for publication (translated into Japanese)  Monkey.. Correction: The in Monkey in  book Literary Subversions of  Homonormalization  Homonormali zation,, described in the previous Clockworks Clockworks as  as Rebecca’s work, was in fact written by Dr. Lies X honneaux about Rebecca’s writing career.

 Journal and Tupelo Quarterly.  Journal and Quarterly.  Jessica Giles, former Registrar’s Office manager, is the new enrollment and records admi nistrator nistrator..

Bobby Buchanan (UGP)  is a 2014 UVM Fellow in Sustainability. He presented at the Sterling College Cultural Sustainability Symposi Symposium. um.

Newcomb Greenleaf (UGP)  presented a talk, “The Suppression of Nondual Mathematics: A Tragedy in Three Acts,” at the fall Sc ience and Nonduality Conference in San Jose, Calif.

Rebecca Brow n’s (MFAW-VT) (MFAW-VT)  story “The One He Left Behind,” about when Hemingway

Wendy Call ( BFA BFAW) W) received a

$12,500 Endowment the Art sNational Literature Translationfor Fellowship to support the English translation of SpanishZapotec poetry by Irma Pineda. BEHIND THE VEIL 

Jan Clausen (MFAW-VT) published a new poetry collection, Veiled Spill: a Sequence . Her reviews and poems have appeared in The Women’s Review of Books , Tupelo Quarterly , Drunken Boat , Hotel  Amerika  Amerik a, and Obsession: Sestinas in the 21st  Century .

Beatrix Gates (MFAW-VT) published a chapbook, Dos Dos.. Her poems have appeared or will soon appear in The Beloit Poetry

Barry Golde Goldensohn nsohn (former faculty) recently published The Hundred Yard Dash Man: New and Selected Poems. Poems.

Bethe  was an invitedHagens panelist(UGP) at “Conference Earth: Shaping Our Future” in August in Melbourne, Australia.

Neema Caughran (UGP) was a featured artist for her sculptural work at the Cup and Bowl

Pam Hall (MFAIA-VT) had a 10-year survey exhibition, “HouseWork(s)” at The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery in St.  John’s, Canada. Her work, “The Coil,” appeared in Changing Tides, Contemporary Art in Newfoundland and Labrador, Labrador, a group exhibition at the McMichael Collection in Ontario. She received the Excellence in Visual Arts Long Haul Award by Visual Arts Newfoundland and Labrador.

Clay Gallery in Pueblo, Colo. Francis Xavier Charet (GGI, UGP) published “Ram Dass:

 Jacqueline Hayes’ (MFAIA-VT) installation, “The Swallow Project: Notes From Exile Home,”

Karen Campbell (GGI, UGP) participated participa ted in Hirakiza Open Theater performances/ presentations around Japan. She attended the 9th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Hiroshima.

MEETING OF THE MINDS

Ruth Farmer (GGI Program Director), left, and Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg (GGI, TLA) co-edited a new book, Transformative Language  Arts in Action  Ac tion . Ruth has three chapters in the book, and Caryn contributed an essay.

was on view in April at Midtown Global Market in Min neapolis. Bhanu Kapil (MFAW-VT)  collaborated with double violinist Gingger Shankar and read from her new book, Ban en Banlieue, Banlieue, in “Mehfil Massive: An Evening Of Poetry And Music In The Ecstatic Tradition Of The Ancient Mughal Court,” at the University of Southern California in April. Susan Kim’s (MFAW-VT)  young adult book, Wasteland Wasteland,, the first of a trilogy written w ith Laurence Klavan, was published in paperback by HarperCollins.

The Wanderers,, Wanderers was second releasedvolume, in hardcover. Michael Klein (MFAW-VT) had his poem, “Other Horses,” and his essay, “Risk Delight: Happiness and the ‘I’ at the End of the World,” published in Poetry magazine. Poetry  magazine. His book, The Talking Day, Day, was a finalist for the Thom Gunn Poetry Award, sponsored by the Publishing Triangle. Michael’s essay “Poetic “Poetic Acts” (previously a Goddard keynote address) was named Folio Lit Journal’s Journal’s 2014 2014 Essay Pr ize. Katt Lissard’s (GGI) essay, “Venus in Lesotho: Women, Theatre and the Collapsible Boundaries of Silence,” was published in Feminist Popular

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|  faculty & staf  stafff notes notes  | Education in Transnational Debates. Debates. A co-authored article, “Viral Collaboration: Collabora tion: Harmonizing to Defeat AIDS in Southern Africa,” appeared in South  African  Africa n Theatre Journal, Journal , and her piece, “Phone Call,” appeared in Painted Painted  Bride Quarterly. Quarterly. Katt returns to Lesotho, where she is artistic director of the Winter/ Summer Institute, theatre project, foran theHIV/AIDS Morija Festival of Arts in Culture. Aimee Liu ( MFAW MFAW-WA) -WA) moderated a fiction panel, “Lives in Transition,” with novelists Natalie Baszile, Gina Frangello, and Michelle Huneven, at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Ralph H. Lutts (IMA, SBC)   retired this spring. He coordinated the Individualized Master of Arts program’s Environmental/Place Environmental/ Place Studies concentration, was a founding

faculty member faculty of the MA SBC, and a founding member of the BAS program. He was a founding member of the Faculty Council, a Faculty Trustee on Goddard’s Board for four years, and he coordinated Goddard’s 2005 Action in Place Conference.

Nicola Morris (MFAW(MFAW-VT) VT) had a poem on display in April for PoemCity 2014 in Montpelier. Devora Neumark (MFAIAVT)  participated in the roundtable “Micro Movement towards a Nonviolent World” at the international conference “Nonviolence: Advancing Nonviolence, Spirituality and Social Transformation” held in Ottawa, ON. She also completed a cycle of research that led to a series of live art interventions called “Habiter le contempo contemporain_ rain_ Not Built For That.”

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walking (on East Hastings).” Eleanor Ott (former faculty) exhibited her colored drawings, “Spirit Images,” at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier, Vt., during duri ng July.

 John McManus’ ( MFAW MFAW-VT) -VT)  short story collection, Fox Tooth  Heart,, will be published by  Heart Sarabande Books Bo oks in Nov. 2015. 2015.

Susan W. Pearson (GGI)   participated in “Ecological Thinki ng and Doing: Towards an Ethics of Flourishing,” a collaboration between MFAIA and HAS/IMA.

Micheline Aharonian Marcom (MFAW-WA) interviewed Paul Selig for the May-June 2014 issue of Spirituality and Health Magazine. Magazine.

new website: darceysteinke.com darceysteinke.com..

Rogelio Martinez (MFAWWA) had his h is play, Born in East Berlin,, read at The Lark. Berlin

Baco Ohama (UGP) completed a new video poem, “text

Andrea Parkins (MFAIA(MFAIA-VT) VT)  gave a talk at Wave Hill in June, as part of the “With Hidden Noise” exhibition. In August, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center in NYC presented part 1 of her 2014 AIR projectin-progress, “Three Rooms in the Memory Palace.”

VT) published a new novel, Sister Golden Hair ; an essay about Kurt Cobain in Vogue ; and a review of Mona Simpson’s Casebook   in the Los Angeles Times . She also has a

Douglas Martin (MFAW-VT) presented work on “New Poetics of Magick” at the Queens Art Musuem ETERNiDAY festival. He read as part of the book launch for Herve Guibert’ss t ranslated journals Guibert’ at the New York opening of an exhibit of his photography.

Victoria Nelson ( MFAW MFAW-W -WA) A)  gave a lecture, lect ure, “Anatomy “Anatomy of Melancholy: Lars von Trier and the Allegory of Depression,” in March at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Shaka McGlotten (UGP)  published a new book, Virtual Intimacies: Media, Affect, And Queer Sociality. Sociality. As an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in Berlin, he gave a talk about zombies and pornography at Transmediale, an art and technology festival in Berlin i n February. February.

NOW IN PRINT Darcey Steinke (MFAW-

 Jeanne Macki n (MFAW-VT) (MFAW-VT) resigned in April.

Laureate’s Love Song to Kansas. Kansas.

Sara Michas-Martin (former BFA faculty) will read from her first book of poetry, Grey  Matter,, at the  Matter t he March Mar ch 2015 BFAW BFAW residency in Plainfield, Vt. Caryn Miriam-Goldbe Miriam-Goldberg rg (GGI, TLA) published a new book, Chasing Weather: Tornadoes, Tempests, and Thunderous Skies in Word and Image, Image, in collaboration collabora tion with storm chaser

and photographer Stephen Locke. Also recently published is Poem on the Range: A Poet

Dr. Wendy Philips (PSY) attended “Tejiendo las Americas” (Weaving the Americas), the first Latin American Regional Meeting of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association in Antigua, Guatemala, in February. She is the new internship coordinator for the MA in Psychology & Counseling program, replacing

faculty member Michele Clark. Rachel Pollack (MFAW-VT)  received a standing ovation for her 90-minute keynote address at “Trans/Genre” a conference on transgendered writing at the University of Winnipeg. Rahna Reiko Rizzuto (MFAWVT)  appeared on Seattle Channel 21 and KCTS, and also spoke on a panel, “Bad Women: When Women Break the Rules,” at the PEN World Voices Festival in New York City in May. Christopher Robinson’s (Port Townsend Staff) debut novel, War of the Encyclopaedists, Encyclopaedists, coauthored with Gavin Kovite, will  be published in 2015 by Scribner.

SCIENCE WRITER Richard Panek’s (MFAW-

VT) next book, Gravity: The Great Absurdity , will be published by Houghton Mifin Harcourt.

Paul Selig (MFAW Program Director) sadly shares the news that his beloved dog Darla has passed. She had attended nearly every residency with him for the past 13 years. He thanks all who showed her kindness along the way. Paul’s book, The Book of Knowing and Worth, Worth, received the 201 20144 Nautilus Award. Susan Shedd (Academic Services)  beca me the th e disabil dis ability ity support specialist in March. She has experience working in the area of diagnostic evaluation and is a certified public librarian in Vermont, a Certified Zentangle Teacher,™ and a psychologist. She received her BA in Music and Dance from Wesleyan University, her MA in Education from Norwich University, and her MA in Clinical Psychology from St. Mic hael’s College.

 essay say,,  James Spar rell’s (GGI)  es “A Snake in t he Grass: The Challenges of Domina nt Stories,” is forthcoming in Transformative Language Arts in Action. Action. Eva-Maria Swidler (UGP) wrote “Ignorance Is Bliss: Why Unlearning History is So Hard, and So Important,” published published online at World History Connected. The article expands on a paper Eva presented at the American Historical Association annual conference in Washington, D.C., in January. Sarah Van Hoy (GGI)  has  been work ing on elements e lements of

a book, tentatively titled  Medicine : The Poetics Poeti cs of theDeep Bo dy.. Body Diana Waters (UGP) attended

 

|  faculty & staf  stafff notes notes  | the Digital Liberal Arts Conference in Ann Arbor, Mich., with the support of a Mellon Foundation grant, to present a proposal for the Great Lakes Colleges Expanding Initiatives. Lise Weil (GGI) participated in the webinar “Ecological Thinking and Doing: Towards an Ethics of Flourishing,” a collaboration  between MFAIA and HAS/ IMA. She gave a workshop on “Writing from the Body” with alumna Juliana Borrero (IMA ’05) at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics Encuentro in Montreal in June. She is in the process of preparing her memoir, In Search of Pure Lust, Lust, for publication.

Karen Werner (UGP) received a 20144 Tending Space Fellowship 201 from the Hemera Foundation. The six-month fellowship supports the integration of Buddhist and artistic practices and includes support for Buddhist retreats as well as audio documentary courses and mentorship. Karen’s audio pieces, Resonance 1 and 1 and Resonance 2, 2, premiered at the Deep Listeni ng Festival in Troy, N.Y., in July.

Mary Sui Yee Wong (UGP)   was a featured panelist at Montreal Monochrome II in May for a discussion about ethnic diversity in the arts. In June, she was part of a workgroup, “Performing Asian/Americas: Converging Movements,” and ran a workshop called “Print and Propaganda” at Encuentro 2014, a biannual event organized  by The Hemispheric I nstitute of Performance and Politics.

delicious breakfasts we have all enjoyed in recent years. Lori Wynters (GGI, MFAIA 03’) served as a Rabbinic Fellow for three organizations in the last few years: the Interfaith Educator Leadership Summit, Isabella Freedman Center; the  Jewish-Muslim Engagement Engageme nt for Emerging Leaders, RRC; and Rabbis Without Borders: Spirituality and Social Justice Justice..

Hameed Sharif (Herukhuti) Williams (UGP) published REC*OG*NIZE: The Voices of Bisexual Men—An Anthology  Anthology  and helped form Bisexual Research Collaborative on Health with the Fenway Institute.

Adam Woogmaster (Kitchen)  has been promoted from assistant chef to interim executive chef, replacing Paul Somerset, who resigned in June to pursue other interests. Adam is responsible for the wonderfully

Greggus Yahr (PSY) was selected as an AMHCA Diplomat and Clinical Mental Health Specialist (DCMHS) in the fields of child and adolescent counseling and developmental disability counseling.

|  in memoriam  | Susan Schultz-Ambrose (MA

She worked for 30 years with

Alan B. Nathan (MA

GV PSY ’89), 71, died May 22, at her home in Tucson, Ariz.

Ottenheimer Publishing, where GV ’90) died April 1. she adapted the newspaper work of Charles Schultz into book form. Noreen N. O’Connor (BA ADP Rebecca R. Barnebey (IMA ’77) died May 16. From 1973 to ’99), 62, of Philadelphia,  John Paterson Les ch (BA RUP 2008, she lived a back-to-earth Pa., died July 23, 2010. ’69), 69, died Feb. 28. He was lifestyle in Vermont. a former resident of the East Lucy Corker (JR ’37)  died July 16. Village, where he briefly ran  Jeffery Ot t (BA RUP ’74), 65, an alternative newspaper. died June 20. He was the founder Constance G. Cramblit (MA of Northeast Shade Tree in GGP ’78), 94, died June 24. Elizabeth Volz Miller (BA GV Portsmouth, N.H. ’88), 53, of Plainfield, Vt. Vt.,, died Kathleen Hunt Futrell (MA GGP April 12. She taught at Hardwick Ethel Dolores “Do” Roberts ’74-’76) , 88, died June 6. She was Elementary School for 21 years. author of The Normalized Child. Child. (MFAW ’00), 83, died Feb. 23. She was co-founder of Bloodroot Merle Ellen Morse (BA RUP Dean G. Hayduk (BA RUP ’62– Literary Magazine. Magazine. ’71), 99, died Nov. 5, 2012. ’63) died in December 2013. Dianne Hodack (MFAIA ’07) died May 25. She was a revered contributor to many “Rude and Bold Women” art shows in Binghamton, N. N.Y Y. Barbara Hoyt (BA ’72), 89, died Feb. 21, 21, at home i n Montpelier, Vt. She was a social worker. Theresa Ann Jansen (IBA ’96)  died April 19, in Sacramento, Calif., of complications of multiple sclerosis. She grew up in Middlebury, Middle bury, Vt. Suzette Gabeau Kauffman (BA RUP ’74-’76), 58, died Feb. 22, at

her District Heights, Md. home. Emeline Schick Kroiz (JR RUP ’55, BA RUP ’58) died Feb. 7, 2014.

Mandy Speaker (Former Staff), 36, died March 16 at her home in Barre, Vt. She was a professional fundraiser and was the advancement services coordinator at Goddard from 20100 to 2013. She was an act ive 201 volunteer and enjoyed helping young people and animals, doing photography and craftwork, and crocheting hats for Christmas gifts. Mandy will be remembered as a generous and giving person, always willing to help. Michael C. Valentine (BA ADP ’72) died Feb. 15.

Former Legislator Marion Milne dies at 79 arion Milne (BA GEPFE ’74) died at her home in

MWashington, Vt., on Aug. Au g. 11. 11. She was a Republican

state legislator from 1994 to 2000, and lost her seat in the 2000 election following her vote in support of civil unions, the precursor to same-sex marriage. Marion is the wife of Don Milne, clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives. Marion left school at age 16, later earned an equivalency diploma, and at age 40 4 0 earned her BA degree from Goddard. She founded founded Milne Travel Travel in Barre in 1975. Her son, Scott Milne, who is the front-runner in the Republican gubernatorial primary, now runs the business. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin offered his condolences in a statement: “My heart goes out to the family of Marion Milne. I knew and admired Marion during her time in the Vermont House, and was very pleased to appoint her to the

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Governor’s Council on Successful Aging. She approached all of her endeavors with passion and with a keen sensibility drawn from her years in business.”

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BY SAMANTHA KOLBER (MFAW ’14)

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On the Rise New American Fellow Brings Silenced Narratives into Discourse

wo-time Goddard graduate Mike Alvarez (IMA ’10, ’10, MFAW ’13) was recently

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awarded the prestigious & Daisy Soros Fellowship Paul for New Americans. The fellowship honors and supports young New Americans Americ ans – immigrants and children of immigrants – to use their graduate training in this country to make distinctive contributions to American life. Mike will receive up to $90,000 in tuition support and maintenance grants over the course of two years for his PhD study in communications at the University of MassachusettsAmherst, where he is currently enrolled. Mike is examining the representation of suicide in lm and the effects of digital technologies on suicide (e.g., the emergence of online suicide pacts and live streaming of suicides over the Internet).

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 A self-descr self- described ibed “psychiatr “ps ychiatric ic survivor,” sur vivor,” Mike Alvarez (IMA ’10, MFAW ’13)  found h ealing through t hrough stor storytell ytelling. ing.

  My research on death, trauma, and

suicide are driven in no small part by my own encounters with loss.   “Suicide is such a taboo subject,” says Mike, “and “and to be selected as one of thirty Fellows, in a national competition that drew in more than 1,200 applicants, is to me a meaningful validation of the urgency of my work.”

his family when he was ten years old. He grew up in a rough neighborhood in Jersey City and then attended Rutgers University, where he suffered from debilitating anxiety and suicidal depression. In his recovery, he wrote his senior

Mike wasand born in the Philippines immigrated to the United States with

thesis on creativity the relationship between and suicide, which won the

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Charles Flaherty Award. “My research on death, trauma, and suicide are driven in no small part by my own encounters with loss,” Mike says. His current book, A Violin in the Void: The Paradox of Suicide & Creativity , is a humanistic exploration of the relationship between suicide and creativity, as seen through the lives of Kurt Cobain, Iris Chang,

 

Alan Turing, and other eminently creative individuals. It is a synthesis of his BA thesis at Rutgers, his IMA thesis at Goddard, and his new writing. Mike recently signed with Jennifer Chen Tran at Penumbra Literary.  “Goddard made me realize how much I love reading stories, how much I love writing stories, and that the stories I read and write are all connected in this magical, ineffable way,”” he says. way, say s. Recognizing the power of personal narratives and building on his MFAW thesis, Mike has also completed a memoir about his journey through mental illness. “By articulating these scars,” he    S    E    V says, “I’m bringing    A    E    L silenced narratives    C    N    I into discourse, which    M    A    J    N can be empowering    E    B to others.” His advice to Goddard students and other alums: “Keep on keeping on,” as he tells us one of his advisors used to say. “I’ve had my fair share of rejections—an abundance, actually—when applying for fellowships, querying agents, submitting grant proposals, etc., and it is only reasonable to expect more in the future,” Mike says. “But never, ever despair to the point of surrender.” surr ender.”  CW

Read more about alumnus Mike Alvarez at  www.goddard.edu/people/mike-al  www.goddard.ed u/people/mike-alvarez varez

 

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