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17-19 Board of Trustees Meeting, Plainfield, Vt. 18-20 150th Anniversary Homecoming Weekend, Plainfield, Vt. 18-20 Student Council Retreat, Plainfield, Vt. 19 Discover Goddard Day, Plainfield, Vt.
1-8 EDU Residency, Seattle, Wash. 2 EDU Commencement, Seattle, Wash. 2 MFAIA Commencement, Plainfield, Vt. 14-21 MA HAS, IMA and SBC Residency, Plainfield, Vt. 14-22 MFAW Residency, Port Townsend, Wash. 16 MA HAS, IMA, and SBC Commencement, Plainfield, Vt. 16 MFAW Commencement, Port Townsend, Wash. 28-March 7 Undergraduate Program Option 1 (UGP1: BAS & IBA) Residency, Plainfield, Vt.
7 Local Spotlight Concert: 35th Parallel MediterrAsian Jazz Ensemble, Plainfield, Vt.
2 UGP1 Commencement, Plainfield, Vt. 28-April 4 BA/MA PSY Residency, Plainfield, Vt. 30 PSY Commencement, Plainfield, Vt.
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3-10 MFAW Residency, Plainfield, Vt. 5 MFAW Commencement, Plainfield, Vt. 17-24 EDU Residency, Plainfield, Vt. 19 EDU Commencement, Plainfield, Vt. 31-Feb. 7 MFAIA Residency, Plainfield, Vt.
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HERE ARE MOMENTS IN LIFE when our
EDITORIAL BOARD Dustin Byerly Mickey Cronin Darrah Cloud Jackie Hayes Samantha Kolber Kelly Collar Lauren Moye PHOTOGRAPHY David Conklin Stefan Hard FEATURE WRITERS Dustin Byerly Erin Fristad Samantha Kolber BOARD OF TRUSTEES Andy Leebron-Clay, Chair Mario Borunda Liam Murphy Dustin Byerly Tino OBrien James Clay Avram Patt Wayne Fawbush Christopher Pratt Suzanne Forsyth S. B. Sowbel Mike Hardee Jill Mattuck Tarule Marvin House Carl Taylor Jesse Jacobs Carey Turnball Charles Modica Barbara Vacarr TRUSTEES EMERITI Cliff Colman Clotilde Pitkin Peter Donovan Joan Shafran Stephen Friedman Lois Sontag Mary McCullough Robert Wax Skip McCullough SUBMISSIONS Goddard College, Clockworks 123 Pitkin Road Plainfield, VT 05667 p 866.614.ALUM clockworks@goddard.edu
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personal and professional lives collide and cause us to reorient and regroup. My decision to leave the post of President of Goddard College has resulted from one of those moments. And while it is difcult for me leave the projects of my presidential tenure, it is clear that this decision is the right one.
alumni have been both entrepreneurial and exuberantly creative in their lives. They have changed their communities and our world (see a few examples, below). We need innovators and leaders such as these to question the assumptions that guide our behavior, and the systems we create. These are not easy tasks. Goddard alumni and community members must stick togetheroffer support, camaraderie, and community, and nurture and inform each other. The campus and program sites, the faculty, staff, students, and alumni can serve as connecting points for this important work. In parting, I wish to thank the many alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents, and friends of the College who continue to be engaged in its important work. I have been honored and privileged to have shared in advancing Goddards role in the nations education landscape. My parting wish for Goddard is this: may it live out its progressive brand and continue to sit on the cutting edge of education in this country. Barbara Vacarr, PhD
What remains unchanged is my commitment to Goddards model of education, through which my own life was transformed. I vividly remember the disconnect I felt as a child because school was not a place that nurtured the autonomous, smart and passionate learner that I was. My educational path was not a smooth one. I left high school at age 15 and got a GED. I started college, but dropped out 12 credits shy of a bachelors degree. Years later, after getting married and having two children, I decided to go back to school. I enrolled in a program that was inspired by Goddards model, one that transformed my sense of self and my understanding of the world. It awakened a passion for knowledge that led me to complete my masters and doctorate degrees. I accepted the position of President of Goddard because it gave me the chance to support and encourage the powerful, place-based, and student-centered educational model that had transformed me. During my tenure at Goddard, I have met hundreds of people whose lives have been altered by this educational model. The creative brilliance that has been nourished at Goddard is staggering. Our
Goddard innovators just a few of the alumni who are changing our world
Charlotte Hunter (IBA 12), who enrolled at Goddard at age 60 and went on to found Pocketful of Joy, a non-profit organization that has taken care of over 2,000 children and elderly in the Kagera region of Africa. Eva Freund (MA GGP 79), whose tireless work helped established key civil rights for women and gay Washingtonians, and who continues to work for civil rights protections. Carey Turnbull (BA RUP 73), an alumnus and Trustee, who is co-founder and chairman of North American Power, a retail energy marketer recently recognized by Forbes. Paul Zaloom (BA RUP 73), who will be performing during our 150th celebration in October, and whose successful career as a puppeteer, political satirist, and performance artist tackles social issues such as privacy, the war on terrorism, and discrimination. John Warshow (BA RUP 77) and Jenny Nielson Warshow (BA GV 82): Jenny designed and built a house while growing up as the child of a Goddard professor, and John owned, operated, and advised on numerous alternative energy projects in Vermont.
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2 Events Calendar 3 From the President 5 College Briefs 6 On Air: WGDR Briefs
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24 Alumni Portfolio 26 Class Notes 33 Faculty/Staff Notes 36 In Memoriam 37 In Remembrance: Dr. David Allen Frisby 38 Goddard in the World 39 Why We Give
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7 The Pitkin Family Legacy: 150 18 Port Townsend: Then & Now Years of Progressive Education A former military base is recrafted
A historic look at the Pitkins contributions to higher education and to Goddard, in particular.
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Climate Leadership Award Winner!
n June, Goddard was one of 10 colleges to receive the National Climate Leadership award from Second Nature, the parent organization of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. Part of Goddards educational philosophy is recognizing the increasing impact of human activity on our planets limited resources, said President Vacarr.
For more information about the award, visit goddard. edu/climate-leadership.
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Thom Hartmann Receives Doctorate
n celebration of Goddards 150th Anniversary, awardwinning author and progressive radio talk show host Thom Hartmann received the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters on Sept. 22, at the commencement ceremony for Port Townsends first Bachelor of Arts graduating class.
education program, and SVCs Early Childhood Education Department Chair is alumna Brbara Martnez-Griego (MA EDU 08). Goddard also set up a new committee to manage partnership proposals, nurture them to make sure they remain dynamic, and later evaluate their success.
built-in sound system that is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant for the hearing impaired; and ADAcompliant bathrooms in the lobby. Well keep you posted on our progress!
For more information, please contact Gerard Holmes at gerard.holmes@goddard.edu.
Stipends Increase
s of Aug.15, the Plainfield campus was 1,157 kilowatt hours from reaching its goal of using less than 500,000 kwh per year! FY14 goals include increasing energy efficiency, reducing paper waste, updating lighting and equipment, building retrofits to reduce heating oil use, installing a solar thermal system to heat water, enlarging the campus vegetable garden, and reducing mowing.
ermont students in the MA in Psychology and Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program receive a stipend for their internships, thanks to a grant from the Vermont Department of Labor. Goddard recently asked the DOL to increase the stipends from $500 to $1,000 to help students with rising childcare and travel costs, and the DOL approved. The DOL also named the PSY program as a training provider in its Workforce Development Program.
GODDARD WORKS ON ACCESSIBILITY The college recently built a wheelchair-accessible ramp outside the dining hall entrance in Plainfield and also installed an ADA-compliant elevator in the Community Center.
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ON-AIR
WGDR Briefs
BY KRIS GRUEN, WGDR/WGDH DIRECTOR
Production Coordinator Carl Etnier engineers the live broadcast of the Thom Hartmann Show from WGDRs Studio B.
he station will celebrate its 40th anniversary as part of Goddards 150th Anniversary Homecoming Weekend in October. With station retrospectives, awards, parties and more, WGDR will be gathering its old and new communities together to honor 40 years on the air, alongside the 150th anniversary of its licensee. Be sure to save the date, join us, and share your stories of how this little gem of a station has had an impact on your life.
Over 60 local volunteers contribute to each weeks broadcast, providing music, news and public affairs programming. Listen at 91.1 fm Plainfield, 91.7 fm Hardwick, or stream live at wgdr.org.
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prosecutor who was appointed attorney general by King Charles II. He had eight children: six boys and two girls. The Pitkins held 35 percent of the seats of power in Hartford and the General Assembly from 1701 to 1783 and were seen as fiercely independent, even radical, members of respectable society. In 1795, 135 years after William Pitkin first arrived in Hartford, five of his great-great-grandsons Martin, Joshua Jr., Levi, Caleb and Stephenmoved to Marshfield, Vt. Among the five brothers was the Hon. Stephen Pitkin, who arrived when he was only 23 years old. In 1796, he raised the first framed barn in town, and in 1802 he built the second frame house in Marshfield. Stephens land transactions in Marshfield were considerable. He built at least four mills in town over the years and was a sugarmaker and orcharder. Stephens son Edwin Pitkin was a surveyor, a skill he may have learned from his uncle Caleb. Edwin was one of the leaders of the Universalist Church
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s we look at the 150th anniversary of the founding of Goddard College, its important to look at the contributions and roots of the Pitkin Family. The Pitkins are synonymous with Goddard, both as an institution, and as a model of progressive education.
FAMILY VALUES A few of the Pitkins who have made Goddard what it is today: from left, Ozias and Olive Pitkin; Clo Pitkin; and twins Belmont and Ronald Pitkin, flanking their friend, Fred Rexford (BA RUP 56).
in Marshfield and was a founder and served as president for many years of the Universalist Society of Liberal Christianity of Marshfield. The Pitkins were Universalists going back at least as far as 1820. Following his death, Edwins wife Olive Dwinell Pitkin helped to establish in 1863 an endowment for the Green Mountain Central Institute, located in Barre, Vt. The institute was renamed the Goddard Seminary in 1870 to acknowledge the generosity of Thomas and Mary Goddard, who were supporters of Universalist causes. The Universalists, who merged with the Unitarians in 1961, were and are still radical freethinkers. Universalists stress the inherent dignity and trustworthiness of human beings, the equality of the sexes, the freedom to reach individual interpretations, the tolerance and appreciation of diversity, and the continual modification of beliefs to accord with the discoveries of reason and science. This kind of thinking, applied to education,
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For almost 400 years, the Pitkin family has been deeply engaged in their communities, as champions of liberal causes, educators, farmers, stewards of the land, public officers, activists and artists committed to preserving traditional ways of living while simultaneously creating new and innovative models of learning, being and doing. Tim Pitkin was the founding president in 1938 and held that position until 1969. The Pitkin family, however, has been connected with the college since 1863 and has ties to Vermont since long before then. Here, we take a look at the deep roots of our founding family.
Edwin Pitkin (1798-1862), the son of Stephen Pitkin, becomes a leader of the Universalist Church in Marshfield and marries Olive Dwinell.
Green Mountain Central Institute is renamed Goddard Seminary in honor of Thomas and Mary Goddard, supporters of Universalist causes.
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Five of Williams great-greatgrandsons Martin, Joshua Jr., Levi, Caleb and Stephenmove to Marshfield, Vt.
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Eli Pitkin (18281894), the son of Olive and Edwin, becomes a surveyor, lumberman and mill owner in Marshfield, Vt.
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Elis son, Ozias Pitkin (1863-1950) and his wife Olive Jane Severance Pitkin (1866-1958) send five of their children to the Goddard Seminary from 1909 to 1925. Royce Tim Pitkin is the youngest.
Olive Dwinell Pitkin helps to establish an endowment for the Green Mountain Central Institute in Barre, Vt.
resulted in the Goddard Seminary. Although it was founded by Universalists, the Goddard Seminary was not a training school for the ministry. There were so many single sex seminaries at the time, said Helen Pitkin in a 1989 interview, but they were quite rigid and religiously oriented. The idea was that Goddard Seminary would serve as a four-year, preparatory high school, primarily for Tufts, a Universalist College.The curriculum was more progressive than that of most schools. An ardent supporter of the Universalist church and a member of Goddard Seminarys Board of Trustees, Olive and Edwins son, Eli Pitkin, was also the owner of the village sawmill, a lumberman and a surveyor, as was his father before him. Elis son, Ozias Cornwall Pitkin, attended the Marshfield village school and Goddard Seminary in Barre for one term in 1879. Ozias supervised the laying of Marshfields first large sewer system. Ozias and his wife, Olive Jane Severance
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Pitkin, sent five of their childrenFred, Paul, Percy, Royce and Victorto the Goddard Seminary from 1909 to 1925.
class in 1923. Tim and Helen married in 1924 and moved to Hyde Park, Vt., where they worked at Lamoille Central Academy. Helen taught English and Tim was the principal and science teacher. They were very interested in helping kids learn, but soon came to feel that conventional methods of teaching werent effective.
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This experience caused them to consider ways of improving the educational model. It was during this time that their first child, Jane, was born. Three years later came the twins, Ronald and Belmont. They stayed in Hyde Park for two years until Tim took a job as headmaster of a school in Groveton, N.H. When the Great Depression hit, Tim decided to go to Teachers College at Columbia University where he received his masters degree and PhD in educational administration in 1928 and 1932, respectively. Tim was able to complete his studies so quickly due to
Tim and Helen Pitkin, shown with children Jane, Ronald and Belmont, become educators right out of college. In 1935, Tim establishes the Goddard Junior College as part of Goddard Seminary.
Caleb Pitkin, grandson of Tim Pitkin, graduates from Goddard in 1980, and his daughter Hannah Pitkin graduates in 2012. Theyre shown here with Mary Carpenter, Calebs wife and Hannahs mom.
Belmont Pitkin (1929-2004), Tims son, marries Clotilde Dorman. Both graduate from Goddard, as do Belmonts siblings, Jane and Ronald.
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Tim Pitkin convinces the Goddard Seminary Trustees to embrace a new style of education based on the philosophy of John Dewey, below.
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The Pitkin family has been active at Goddard for generations, as students, faculty members and college staff. Their commitment continues to this day.
Goddard Seminary closes and Goddard College opens at the Greatwood Farm and Estate in Plainfield, Vt.
Royce Tim Stanley Pitkin (1901-1986) graduates from the University of Vermont, with his future wife, Helen McKelvey, front left and center.
Helens support. In addition to taking care of the children during the day, she would read a large amount of the material and then summarize it for Tim at night. While he was at Columbia, Tim studied closely with Dr. William Heard Kilpatrick, who was the most well known student and practitioner of John Deweys educational philosophy. After Columbia, Tim and Helen moved back to New Hampshire, where Tim worked with Leslie Sawyer of the Colby Junior College for Women, later Colby-Sawyer College. His experience with the Junior College caused him to consider establishing one at the Goddard Seminary. It was an ideal place because, at the time, it was financially distressed and actively looking for a new educational model.
In the fall of 1936, after careful study, Tim convinced the board to abandon their traditional ways and to embrace a new style of education, one that substituted individual attention, democracy and informality for the traditionally austere and autocratic educational model. They held a conference in New York City under the chairmanship of Dr. William Heard Kilpatrick to plan for this new college. On March 13, 1938, the Goddard College Charter was recorded with the Secretary of States Office in Montpelier, Vt.; the Goddard Seminary in Barre closed, and Goddard College opened at the Greatwood Farm and Estate in Plainfield, Vt. None of this would have been possible without the support of his wife, Helen, who made it possible for Tim to devote all of his energy towards establishing and developing the college. Helen also worked in a variety of different jobs at Goddard as needed, including librarian, health coordinator, director of admissions and faculty member, and
she was active in the Vermont Adult Education Association and the American Association of University Women. The Pitkin legacy continued with their children. Their daughter Jane Pitkin studied local and regional planning and graduated from Goddard in 1948. Jane met her husband, Tom Yamamoto, while she was a student at Goddard. Tom was on the Goddard facultyhe taught fine arts and worked in the Adult Degree Program from 1960 to 1973. Jane and Tom married in 1947 and had a daughter, Gemma, who graduated from Goddard in 1978. Gemmas husband, Grant McClellan, also studied painting and earned his MFA from Goddard in 1982. Tim and Helens son, Ronald Pitkin, studied education at Goddard and graduated in 1952. In 1961, Ronald came to work at the college. He operated the bookstore and supervised construction of the Eliot Pratt Center and the dorms at both the Greatwood and Northwood Campuses. He was a faculty advisor,
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I was living at home on the farm, I was able to apply most of what I was learning almost immediately to what I was doing for work and sustenance.There was a level of integration that I hadnt experienced before. DB: Did your Goddard education help you in your life and career? CP: I have made my living doing mostly the kinds of things I studied at Goddard.Ive been farming to some degree since about 1980, variously as a sugarmaker, beef and hay producer, dairy producer, owner of a fruit tree nursery with my wife and her family, and occasional logging in our woodlot sometimes at a profit. Ive also been in building construction and restoration about half time for the past 10 years.My community service includes serving on local and regional planning commissions, chairing the selectboard in Cabot, serving a term in the Vermont House, serving as director of the Twin Valley Senior Center, and compiling some photographic histories of Marshfield and Cabot. DB: Do you have any memories of Tim from your childhood? CP: He was a good grandfather, he would sugar with us and do things with us. He always worked with us, he never played. The gifts he gave us were things like axes, hammers, and almost never a new gift. One Christmas he brought this big old leather suitcase, dropped it on the floor, and said Merry Christmas. We opened it up and it was full of blocks, like you would buy, but they were scraps that he had taken the time to sand down, which was a bit of a let down, but if you combined it with all the tools he had given us he led us down the road to work. DB: Can you share any stories that illustrate the type of leader your grandfather was? CP: Well, community meetings used to take place in the dining hall. The community had voted to put a cigarette machine in the entrance to the dining hall. I used to buy cigarettes there as a kid. All you had to do was drop in 40 cents. One day it disappeared. Well, somebody investigated and asked Tim, who let them know he had gotten rid of it. The student said, well the community voted to have a cigarette machine, to which Tim replied, My college, no cigarette machine.
DB: Do you have any memories or stories from your time at Goddard that stand out? CP: As a child, around 1966, before the Northwood campus was built, I remember there were so many students that for two years the college housed students in the community. We always had one or two students staying with us during this time. I can remember the Goddard College school bus picking them up every morning and dropping them off again at night. DB: How did you feel about your daughter, Hannah, going to Goddard? CP: I was really pleased that she did that. Not just because it was good for her, but because she continued the family tradition. DB: Are you involved with Goddard now? CP: I am a member of the Central Vermont Arts (CVA) organization which formed as a result of conversations that were taking place between the local arts community and Goddard College in 2010. CVA developed out of a realization among local arts organizations that there was much to be gained by cooperating on the development of more studio, rehearsal, and performance space in the area, and by working together on other common interests. Goddards interest is served by creating tangible links to the local community, and Goddards participation has been invaluable in setting up and sustaining the organization.It is a spirited and talented group. DB: How do you feel about where Goddard is today and where it might go in the future? CP: Well, I dont think the college is in a different place than Tim would want it to be if he were still here. He tended to be 20 years ahead of his time. I think the future of education is not going to be residential. Its not a sustainable model. Its too expensive and it doesnt really fit the reality of communication any more. Theres so much more available to use in a non-residential educational model. I think if Tim were alive, this is where he would want it to go, to create a new model of education, where people are assisted in learning by an institution but still completely involved in their real lives. CW
BY DUSTIN BYERLY
Recently I visited with Caleb Pitkin, grandson of founding president Tim Pitkin, at his home in Cabot, Vt., to discuss the long history of the Pitkin family and his own experience at Goddard College.
Dustin Byerly: How did you find Goddard? Caleb Pitkin: My family has been involved with Goddard for a very long time. My mother, father and uncle all went to school and worked at the college and so I spent a lot of time on campus as a young child. Growing up it seemed to me that our whole family was tied up with Goddard and that that was what life was about. DB: What did you study at Goddard? CP: During my five semesters at Goddard, my classes were predominantly related to natural resources, energy, their uses, and their influence on rural communities.I was interested in learning more about the means of food production and timber production as a way of supporting myself.This eventually grew into a broader interest in both the history and future of human interaction with the local environment, including energy production and the stewardship of resources. DB: How was your experience at Goddard? CP: I enrolled for one of my semesters at the Institute for Social Ecology.Because
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Hannah Pitkin,great-granddaughter of founding president Tim Pitkin, grew up hearing about the role Goddard played in the growth of communitybased education. I spoke with Hannah to learn about her experience at Goddard and her current art projects.
Dustin Byerly: Hannah, can you tell me a little bit about your background? Hannah Pitkin: I grew up in a small country town with an incredibly close and supportive family. I was raised with the notion that character is everything, and that the things you choose to do, say, and be, are monumental. I have always been a bit of an oddballwacky, dark artist and musician, always running off with some ridiculous plan or idea. I used to harbor a lot of guilt about being aloof and spontaneous, but, eventually, I learned that thats a huge part of who I am. DB: Why did you choose Goddard? HP: I chose Goddard because of the family connection, but more so because Ive always known that hands-on, more personalized education is how I learn best. I am not one for lectures or lecture halls or massproduced courses. I spent two years at UVM, but it just wasnt a good fit for me. What saved me was getting involved in activism. I dedicated almost all of my time to things that I thought were more important than school. I joined Students Against War and started working with Iraq Veterans Against the War and the Combat Paper Project (CPP). DB: What did you study at Goddard? HP: I studied primarily photographic theory and related that to my work with CPP and veterans. I also did some work with an old photographic technique called collodion wet plate. DB: How was your experience at Goddard? HP: My first semester was really tough. I wasnt ready to be vulnerable or even friendly. But I knew it was what I needed. In my second semester I began to open up, and made some great friends. My third semester was one of the best times in my life. DB: Looking back, what does your Goddard education mean to you? HP: There arent really words for it. It means everything to me. It saved me in a
MULTI-GENERATIONAL Hannah Pitkin exchanges a wave with her grandmother, Clo Pitkin, during her Goddard graduation.
way. Goddard made me strong, and vulnerable, and gave me an incredibly powerful reason to pursue my passions. DB: What do you do for a living? HP: I work as a digital technician and gicle printer at a small print shop in Northampton, Mass. DB: What projects are you working on now? HP: Im in an all-female, 5-piece rock/punk band called Avedis. Were currently in the studio recording our first album. Ive also been painting a lot and selling them. Im about to go rogue and live in the woods with my boyfriend all winter in a camper. DB: Do you have any memories from your time at Goddard that stand out to you? HP: My most powerful memory is receiving my diploma and looking out at my grandmother who was sitting in the front row, waving and bursting into tears (see photo above). Without my family I would be lost. DB: How does it feel to be the fifth generation from your family to graduate from Goddard? HP: I feel tremendously proud.
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his year we celebrate our 75th year in Plainfield and our 150th year in Vermont. Greatwood Farm was originally established in 1797 when the Martin family arrived in Plainfield, Vt., and settled along the fertile Winooski River valley. By the late 1800s, Greatwood was a fully functioning farm that bred and exported purebred Merino Sheep and Shorthorn Cattle all over the world. The Martins, who were Universalists, sent many of their children to the Goddard Seminary in Barre, Vt. They were deeply interested in education. Willard and Maude Martin, both graduates of Goddard Seminary, were the last of the Martins to live at Greatwood. Following Willards unexpected death in 1938, Maude sold Greatwood Farm to Goddard Seminary, which closed and reopened as Goddard College in Plainfield. The new Goddard was and still is an experimental and progressive college, dedicated to the ideas and principles of education as developed by John Dewey. Goddard College has survived and thrived by consistently blazing its own trail and refusing to compromise its fundamental principles; by remaining remarkably adaptable and resilient, even under the most difficult circumstances; and by constantly reinventing itself anew in order to continue to offer a model of education that puts the learner at the center of his or her learning experience in a way that is profoundly transformative. CW
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BIRDS EYE VIEW Top, Greatwood Farm, 1919. This photograph, taken from the roof of the Martin Manor, was originally featured in the March 1920 edition of Field Illustrated Advertiser in the article Vermonts Finest Farm. Bottom, Goddard College at Greatwood Campus today.
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We always live at the time we live and not at some other time, and only by extracting at each present time the full meaning of each present experience are we prepared for doing the same thing in the future. JOHN DEWEY, EXPERIENCE AND EDUC ATION
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THE LEGACY LIVES ON Above, Goddard MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts students in the Manor Oak Room, 2013. This photo was recreated to depict the original black & white to the right. Founding president Tim Pitkin is seated (center right), and his assistant Evalyn Bates (RUP 43), creator of the low-residency model of education, stands taking notes, superimposed into the background. Opposite page, Goddard Junior College photo, c. 1938; taken by Robert Gagne (JR 40) in the Manor Oak Room. In this picture we see one of the first classes of Goddard College students. At the time, Goddard was operating as a four-year junior college, which covered the last two years of high school and the first two years of college. In 1943, Goddard settled on the more traditional four-year format.
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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Left, a group meeting in the Manor Oak Room, 1965; at right, a group of todays Goddard students pose to recreate the scene.
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It worked. Kenneth Poli (JR 40) wrote to us recently and said, Tim Pitkin and the staff did make me a better person. Goddard gave me respect for all peoples, taught me the value of honest work, and relieved me of the need to worry whether my ideas or actions would bother mainstream minds.
The wobbly, idealistic, shallow-pocketed Goddard of 1938 has kept its goals in sight and gone on to become one of the most innovative colleges in the country. We were pioneers and gambled on what we thought education could be. Three generations later, its safe to say we won the gamble! CW
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Opposite page, top photo: pictured in this composite photograph, from left to right, are former faculty members Thomas Yahkub, Robert Mattuck and Charlie Cummings in front of the Clockhouse in 1949, while Events Manager Meg Hammond and Alumni Outreach Coordinator Dustin Byerly (BA RUP 01) discuss the 150th Anniversary in 2013; to the right, East Coast Partnership Manager and Admissions Counselor Heather Bryce (MFAIA 14) walks along the path in front of the Community Center, with an unknown woman from 1949 in front.
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ART THROUGH THE AGES A 1938 picture of Goddard students painting a landscape in front of the silos of the Community Center; directly to the left, students Jamie St. Louis (MFAIA 15) and Heather Trommer-Beardslee (MFAIA 15) sketch in the same location, 75 years later.
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The basic principles on which the college was established have stood the test of experience and time very well. It has been a pleasant though sometimes arduous journey for students, staff and trustees, but the end is not in sight, for every year brings a new set of questions and problems to be solved. TIM PITKIN, 1963
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ribal Nations of the Olympic Peninsula have varying opinions as to whether the land we now call Fort Worden was the territory of any one indigenous group. Some say it was the territory of Jamestown SKlallam and others, because there wasnt a single year-round community, maintain that it was an uncontested territory. What is agreed is that the sandy crescent beach on the eastern edge of this peninsula served as a gathering place for many local tribes in the summer months. The geography of the land also served as a portage where canoes could be carried to avoid the extreme currents at Point Wilson. The first non-native owner of the land was Scottish timber baron Rev. John B. Alexander who, after being jilted by his fiancee, donated his land to the U.S. Army. Fort Worden remained an active military base from 1902 to 1953. For the 13 years that followed, it was Fort Worden Diagnostic and Treatment Center. In 1973, Washington State Parks established Fort Worden State Park. The campgrounds, run by Parks and Centrum with funding from the Washington State Arts Commission, began renovating buildings in the campus area. This marked the beginning of Centrums 40-year career producing weeklong arts festivals and hosting artists-in-residence.
Goddard arrived to the Fort in 2005, just as planning began for the Fort Worden Lifelong Learning Center. After years of negotiation between multiple stakeholders, Washington State Parks agreed to a long term lease with the Fort Worden Public Development Authority in August of this year, and the Lifelong Learning Center is becoming a reality. Goddard looks forward to improved infrastructure at the Fort and continuing to work collaboratively with our educational partners located there, including: Madrona Mindbody Institute, Port Townsend School of Woodworking, Port Townsend Marine Science Center and Peninsula College. CW
BY ERIN FRISTAD (MFAW 03), DIRECTOR OF WEST COAST ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS
2013
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FULL CIRCLE Bread and Puppet Theater performs The Birdcatcher in Hell at Goddard College in 1971, right and below, and in the summer of 2013, above.
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The Birdcatcher in Hell was originally created and performed at Goddard in the spring of 1971. Inspired by the fresh green of the Cate Farm meadows, Schumann was moved to make a show all in red, sculpting and painting over a dozen masks, including a huge, intricately decorated King of Hell. After its debut at Goddard, The Birdcatcher did a tour of colleges around the country, including a performance at Sheep Meadow in Central Park. The performers later embarked on a European tour, where they performed indoors in large opera houses and theaters. Before the red version of The Birdcatcher, Schumann had created a blue Birdcatcher in the mid-sixties in New York City, working with poet Bob Nichols. The story came from an ancient Kyogen,
a comic interlude in the Japanese Noh tradition. Strong political messages colored both the blue and red versions. In fact, more than four decades after introducing The Birdcatcher in Hell, a company consisting of many of the original performers recreated the red version as a response to the enhanced interrogation of prisoners in Guantanamo and drone bombings on civilians in the Middle East. The performers included Susan Bettman, Mark Dannenhauet, former faculty member Marc Estrin, Barbara Leber (BA RUP 71), Avram Patt (BA RUP 72) and Peter Schumann. On June 9 of this year, The Birdcatcher lit up the Haybarn Theatre in front of a packed house. Bread and Puppet used many of the old demon masks, but the original
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ALL THE HEAT WE COULD CARRY
Charlie Bondhus (MFAW 05)
This collection provides an empathetic look at soldiers and those around them, revealing the true cost of waging war. Main Street Rag Publishing, 2013
SELF-DRIVEN LEARNING
Larry Ferlazzo (BA RUP 76-78)
In this lively, research-based book, Larry Ferlazzo tackles everyday classroom challenges with creative instructional techniques to help middle- and highschool teachers develop self-motivated and high-achieving students. Routledge, 2013
LIGHTNING ROD
Tim Bristol (MFAW 09)
This is book two in the Broken Mirrors series, published under pen name Vaughn R. Demont. The series focuses on a young man who becomes a sorcerer but discovers that magic is not the answer to his problems. Samhain Publishing, 2013
CRY OF FREEDOM
Linda Nemec Foster (MFAW 79)
Cry of Freedom is a CD of songs inspired by poems from Fosters book, Ten Songs from Bulgaria. Laszlo Slomovits renders Fosters poems into an expansive range of reflect rich ballads, quiet elegies and expressive folk tunes. 2013
FIDDLEBLACK ANNUAL #1
Jason Cook (MFAW 09)
A response to the notion of ghost stories without ghosts, this anthology features 12 stories that are atmospheric and carved sharply into floorboards and muck-spattered glass. Features a story by MFAW faculty member John McManus. Fiddleblack, 2013
BOTH DISTANCES
Ralph E. Culver (BA RUP 74)
About this new chapbook: So penetrating is Culvers eye for the exactly eloquent detail and so deft his presentation of it, that the reader is left with a sense of having been graced. Sydney Lea Anabiosis Press, 2013
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SO MANY LOVELY DAYS: THE GREENWICH VILLAGE YEARS
Mara Kirk Hart (MFAW 98)
A poignant memoir about Harts parents and their first 12 years of marriage1927 to 1939when they ran a book shop in Greenwich Village. Kirk Press, 2013
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AUGMENTED DREAMS
Stephen Kagan (BA GV 91)
Augmented Dreams is an allegory of the modern psyche struggling to find balance between the roots of our ancestors and the modern world in a time of accelerating change. CreateSpace, 2013
DOLLHOUSE
Elaine Terranova (MFAW 77)
This new poetry collection by Whitman Award winner Terranova is her sixth, and it is breathtaking. She weaves her poems by re-visioning hours she spent as a child playing dolls with a friend. Grid Press, 2013
NOT ONE THING: FOLLOWING MATSUO BASHOS NARROW ROAD TO THE INTERIOR
Carolyn Locke (MFAW 96)
A combination of prose, haiku, and photography, the book explores Lockes travels around the island of Honshu with 15 other American teachers as part of a Fulbright-Hays Special Project. Maine Authors Publishing, 2013
TALKING WHITE
Maria Thiaw (MFAW 09)
Talking White is a collection of lyric poetry that takes a hard look at the intracultural bullying that takes place within the African American community. iUniverse, 2013
A MEDIATION PRIMER
Anthony Tocci (BA ADP 82)
A Mediation Primer is a practical guide for aspiring mediators, soon-to-be litigants, and ordinary people who seek a better way to settle a dispute. PublishAmerica, Dec. 2012
HEART SCARS
Jeanette Lukowski (MFAW 11)
Jeanettes memoir recounts her own parenting nightmare, when her 15-year-old daughter ran away to meet a man she met online. North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2013
VER LA LUZ
Scott Tournet (BA RUP 01)
Tournet, the lead guitarist for Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, collaborated with his bandmates to produce Ver La Luz (See the Light), an album that blends the homespun and the experimental; the songs are earthy and heartfelt. 2013
GLACIERS
Alexis Smith (MFAW 07)
Glaciers follows twenty-something Isabel through a day in her life, in which work with damaged books, unrequited love, and dreams of the perfect vintage dress mingle with the imminent loss of the glaciers she knew as a young girl in Alaska. Tin House Books, 2012
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Alan Joseph (BA '57) of Newton Center, Mass., retired after a 55-year career in the music and advertising agency businesses; he plays tennis, competitive softball, and spends time in his recording studio. He has five grandchildren. Dick Weissman (BA RUP 56) published Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution: Music and Social Change in America in 2010. The book is a comprehensive guide to the relationship between American music and politics.
Wayne Klug (BA RUP 69) of Lanesboro, Mass., co-authored a chapter of a book on Iraq veterans with his students at Berkshire Community College. The book, Treating Young Veterans: Promoting Resilience Through Practice and Advocacy, discusses the needs of American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. David Mamet (BA RUP 69) of Santa Monica, Calif., wrote the Pulitzer Prizewinning play Glengarry Glen Ross, which ran at Merrimack Repertory Theatre from April 25May 19. Dwight "Rusty" Putnam (BA RUP 68) of Lofthus, Norway, has retired from 22 years of teaching in the Norwegian national day care system. He would love to hear from any of the old gang from Goddard. dwight.n.putnam@lyse.net Donald Willcox (BA RUP 68) of Thailand, received a certificate of thanks from the mayor of Thailands second largest city, Chiang Mai, for his work providing 40 wheelchairs to area disabled persons. Donald founded the Foundation to Encourage the Potential of Disabled Persons in Thailand 23 years ago. Harriet S. Yellin (BA ADP 68) of Phoenix, Ariz., plays the violin, volunteers at New Song Childrens Bereavement Group, and participates in a Readers Theatre.
John Fasulo (BA ADP 78) of Beacon, N.Y., retired at age 55 after 23 years as a TV cameraman for CBS, NBC, WOR, and Fox News, due to the onset of Parkinsons. In the spring of 2011, he had a major exhibition of his railroad photography at the DB (German Railways) Museum in Nuremberg. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) printed his photograph titled, The Engineer, on the cover of their history publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the BLET. Mary Fitzhugh (BA RUP 75-76) of Holyoke, Mass., spent years working in human services with the Cambodian Community in Western Massachusetts. She is now editing. Helen L. Foster (MA GGP 79) of Santa Rosa, Calif., was incorrectly referenced in the spring 2013 issue. Corrections: she received an MA degree in California Art History in 1979, not a BA RUP; she recently passed the examination necessary for renewing her nurses license in California. Eva Freund (MA GGP 79) of Vienna, Va., helped amend the D.C. Human Rights Act of 1977 in 2006, which established key civil rights for women and gay Washingtonians. Eva is now the president and chief executive officer at The IV&V Group, Inc. Claire Grace (MA G-C 74) of Seattle, Wash., retired from Weyerhaeuser on Aug. 16, where she was the corporate secretary since 2000. Mark Ingwer, PhD (BA RUP 70) of Chicago, Ill., published Empathetic Marketing: How to Satisfy the 6 Core Emotional Needs of your Customers in 2012. Ellie Kahn (MA GGP 77) of Los Angeles, Calif., is finishing two films for Paramount Studios, based on the stories of individuals who have been involved in the studio for about 70 years each. Other recent projects include recording the oral histories of people with terminal illnesses. She is a freelance writer and has a 22-year-old son who is studying at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vt. Elisabeth Jane Karlin (BA RUP 73) of New York, N.Y., showed her play, Bodega Bay, from Jan. 25 to Feb. 17.
1960s
Carol Craig (BA RUP 66) of Dublin, Ireland, is moving back to the United States to take care of her 97-year-old mother. Carol is a journalist and has written for The Wall Street Journal, BBC, ABC, Business Week, and Christian Science Monitor. She would love to hear from Goddard people from her year.
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Hamid Kaber (JR RUP 64, BA RUP 67) of Doral, Fla., became president at iAspire Telemarketing, Inc., in January.
1970s
Ralph Culver (BA RUP 74) of Burlington, Vt., gave a reading at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum on July 31. His poem, Signed Self Portrait: February, selected by Vermont Poet Laureate Sydney Lea, won the first Vermont Poetry Broadside Contest.
AWARD WINNER Stephen B. Friedman (BA RUP 68) of Chicago, Ill., won the 2013 James Felt Creative Counseling Award for his work with the City of Park Ridge. He accepted the award on April 30 at The Counselors of Real Estates Midyear Meeting in New York City.
Sam Eisenstein (MA GGP 75) of Pasadena, Calif., published two new e-books this spring from Xenos Publishing, available on Amazon.com. Both are short stories mixed with essays, mostly from the point of view of the elderly. Sam is still teaching full time at LACC. Goddard made it possible for me to achieve a lifelong dream of becoming an MFT, says Sam.
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Luigi David Luccarelli (BA RUP 72) of Washington, D.C., is teaching at the MA in interpreting program at the University of Maryland. He is editor of the International Association of Conference Interpreters webzine and has published two travelogues of Spanish novelist Juan Goytisolo and poems by Vicente Alexaindre and Luis Cernuda. He is now writing about his time in Asia. Mary Ellen (Mellen) McGuirk (BA RUP 73) of Donegal, Ireland, performed in Awakening the Horsemen, a performance piece and processional ritual celebration on the summer solstice at the neolithic stone fort, An Grianan Aileach. Kerri Miller (BA RUP 93-95) of Seattle, Wash., is a senior software developer and team lead based in the Pacific Northwest.
BRANCHING OUT Don Mayer (BA RUP 75) of Waitsfield, Vt., (shown at right) founder and owner of the Apple product store Small Dog Electronics, opened a new store in Rutland, Vt., in May.
Christine Lynn Girard (BA GV 89) of Phoenix, Ariz., is the executive vice president of the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. She is a 2012 Piper Fellow Recipient from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. Eve Horowitz (BA RUP 82) of Philadelphia, Pa., is the executive director of a small NGO that operates educational enrichment programs in El Porvenir, Atlantida, Honduras.
1980s
Gregory Fields (MA GV 84), of Edwardsville, Ill., has edited a book by Lummi elder Pauline Hillaire, A Totem Pole History: The Work of Lummi Carver Joe Hillaire. Joe Hillaire was a respected Coast Salish carver and cultural leader, and the book examines Joe's philosophy of art in Coast Salish life.
SUBLIME SCULPTURE Abbie G. Weinberg (BA RUP 79-81) of Topanga, Calif., was a featured artist on Huffingtonpost.coms Post 50 blog, Featured Fifty Fine Arts: Tusks, in August. Above is her 2013 ceramic sculpture, "Tusks."
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Gloria Roberts Jorgensen (BA ADP 80) of Point Arena, Calif., published the short story Hush in the anthology, At the Edge, available at Amazon.com. She attended the Mendocino Writers Conference in July. Twink (Agnes) Lester (BA GV 85, MA GV 87) of Chapel Hill, N.C., plans to start writing her novel and also a book on the process of going across country, interviewing 150 women with the same question as her MA thesis. Susan (Pritzker) Lovegarden (MA GGP 80) of Sedona, Ariz., co-wrote a book, La Vita Che Vuoi, which was published in Italy in April 2012. In March, their latest book, Synchronicity of Satori, was published in Japan. Susan teaches meditation groups for companies. essentiallifeconsulting.com Lisa J. Mattila (BA RUP 80) of Pittsfield, Mass., has been the personal counselor at Berkshire Community College for almost 20 years. She recently supervised Goddard alumna Lynne Vanderpot (MA PSY 12).
MUSIC MAN Tony Jordan (BA RUP 70) of Alexandria, Va., shown at left, plays in five music ensembles. He is personnel director and baritone sax for The Bob Gibson Big Band, which performed at the 36th Annual Alexandria Jazz Festival on May 27. He performed with the Annandale Saxophone Ensemble at the International Saxophone Symposium in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Elizabeth Morris (BA RUP 80) of Marblehead, Mass., published Without You: Short Stories of Elizabeth Buechner Morris, her second published book. The first, Bitter Passage, is a historic novel set during that frenzied, greedy, heroic adventure now known as the California Gold Rush.
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Ricki D. Grunberg (MA PSY 92) of Hillpoint, Wis., is director of Womonscape Center in Baraboo. She is a feminist, artist, student and mother to a 15-year-old girl. Robert Kya-Hill (MA GV 91) of Bronx, N.Y., had his biography published in Whos Who in America since 2008 and Whos Who in the World since 2009. His theater career work has been archived at the Schomburg Research Library in NYC, and his film career work has been archived at the Black Film Center/Archive at the University of Indiana in Bloomington. He was elected to the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the organization that awards the Emmys. John McDougall (BA GV 92) of Gloucester, Mass., stopped by the Plainfield campus this August and said it still has great energy! Andrew J. Spano, PhD (MFA GV 91) of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the academic coordinator for the Master of Science in Professional Writing program and part-time assistant professor of writing at NYUs School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Janet Van Fleet (MA GV 95) of Cabot, Vt., was a featured artist in 350 Vermonts Climate Change Art Exhibit at Goddard Art Gallery in Montpelier from May 30 to June 30.
Al Restivo, PhD (MA GV 85) of La Caada Flintridge, Calif., presented at the American Society of Quality Management on the subject Leadership Today and Tomorrow, based on his book, So You Want to be a Leader. AJ Russo (BA GV 88-89) of Brooklyn, N.Y., produced, with Dennis Trainor, the first feature length documentary on the Occupy movement, American Autumn: an Occudoc, starring Michael Moore, Bill Myer and Naomi Klein. Watch the trailer at http://americanautumn.net. AJ is working on Wounds of Waziristan with director Madiha Tahir. Rod Rylander (MA SE 86) of Belize, South America, gave three workshops (integrated agriculture, alternative building techniques, and local Belizean history and culture) on a trip up the river on the Albion Education boat. His audience included 13 students and two faculty members from the Texas Womens University of Denton.
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Karen Walasek (BA 95, MFAW 12) of Portland, Ore., has been awarded the AAA Committee at Portland State Universitys travel grant to present her paper Beyond Economic Terms: The Illegitimacy of Moral Hazard in Measuring the Human Context of Debt, at the Society for Values in Higher Education, Educating for a Better World conference this year. Jeff Walt (MFA GV 93) of San Diego, Calif., received a full scholarship to The Suns Into the Fire retreat at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur. In April, he was artist in residence at Kalani eco-village in Hawaii. His poems are in Assaracus, Slipstream, Alligator Juniper, Lummox, T(OUR), and the anthologies, Too Obscene and Turning the Page: Poems of Trauma, Healing, and Transcendence. His chapbook, Soot, is now in its second printing. He also celebrated one year since his last chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma.
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Kris Gruen (BA RUP 97, WGDR Director) of Worcester, Vt., produced a new album, New Comics From the Wooded World, available at motherwest. com. He played an album release party at Positive Pie 2 in Montpelier, Vt., on June 29.
academic programs
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: Goddard-Cambridge Program GEPFE: Experimental Program in Furthering Education GGP: Goddard Graduate Program GS: Goddard Seminary GV: Goddard Five (all programs from 81-91) HAS: Health Arts & Sciences Program IBA: Bachelor of Arts in Individualized Studies IMA: Master of Arts in Individualized Studies JR: Junior College MA: Master of Arts
MAT: Masters in Art Therapy MFAIA: Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts MFAIA-WA: Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts in Port Townsend, Wash. MFAW: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing MFAW-WA: Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in Port Townsend, Wash. PSY: Psychology & Counseling Program RUP: Residential Undergraduate Program SBC: Sustainable Business & Communities SBPAT: Summer-Based Psychology in Art Therapy SE/Sum: Social Ecology/Summer Programs UGP: Undergraduate Program UGP-PT: Undergraduate Program in Port Townsend, Wash.
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2000s
Dana Biscotti (MFAW 08) of Henniker, N.H., is a top five winner in the 2013 Shoreline Scripts Screenwriting Competition for her screenplay, which is also her Goddard thesis, Niki Sweet Talk Moves. Bart Christner (MFAIA 07) of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., is the new president of the Washington Community Arts and Cultural Center. Christine Renee Stacey Chrystefor (IBA 07) of Lincolnville, Maine, gave a dream workshop on June 20 at the Rockland Public Library. Maggie Cleveland (IBA 08, MFAW 11) of Fairhaven, Mass., develops courses for people who install and repair elevators and escalators through the National Elevator Industry Educational Program. Her long poem, Atom Fish, was published as a chapbook. She had a poem included in the anthology Ocean Voices and she was a reader and panelist at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival last May. On Sept. 7, she married Goddard student Jake Hasson (IBA). Kristen Davies (MA PSY 06) of Dennisport, Mass., is the program director of Child and Family Services inhome therapy program. She works with Goddard psychology student Ina Gould. Francia Dejasu (MA PSY 07) of Rehoboth, Mass., received a promotion to senior clinician at South Bay Mental Health in Attleboro.
MEETING OF THE MINDS Shawn Kerivan (MFAW 06) of Stowe, Vt., hosted an alumni event in August at his bed and breakfast, Auberge de Stowe. The event, a free-form confab, is a yearly, informal gathering of writers to promote creative exchanges and re-ignite the Goddard spark. In attendance, from left, were Lloyd Noonan (MFAW 06), Shawn Kerivan, Lowell Williams (MFAW 06), Chris Millis (MFAW 07), and David Robson (MFAW 06). Max Shenk (MFAW 07, MA EDU 10) attended but isnt pictured.
Mayra Donnell (MA EDU 03) of Verona Island, Maine, wrote and published 1816: The Year That Summer Never Came, an interactive eBook on Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iTunes Bookstore. Theresa Senato Edwards (MFAW 07) of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Lori Schreiner co-authored Painting Czeslawa Kwoka, Honoring Children of the Holocaust, published in 2012. Terry Holmes, Sr. (BA EDU 00) of Virginia Beach, Va., is the principal at Granby High Evening School. Mary C. Johnson (MFAW 02) of Nashua, N.H., had her piece, A Brief Resurrection published in the New York Times Magazine on March 29. She appeared on Chris Matthews Hardball on MSNBC. Bill Lorenzo (IMA 03) of Newton, N.J., is adjunct professor of history at Centenary College. He developed the curriculum and syllabus for their WW II course, which was approved by the faculty senate as an ongoing history elective. Lloyd Noonan (MFAW 06) of Culver City, Calif., along with alums David Robson (MFAW 06), and Nancy McCurry (MFAW 06), will present a panel, Beyond the Memoir: a New
Approach to Teaching Creative Writing to Senior Citizens, at the AWP conference in Seattle, Feb. 26Mar. 4, 2014. Matthew P. Mayo (MFAW 03) of Northport, Maine, had his novel, Tuckers Reckoning, awarded the 2013 Spur Award for Best Western Novel by the Western Writers of America. Peyton McCoy (MA PSY 06) of Richmond, Va., completed doctoral studies at Union Institute & University in June 2012. Her book, Walk into Your Season: The Art of Cultural Work, debuted in a public program in Richmond on April 21. Ann E. Michael (MFAW 03) of Emmaus, Pa., had her poem, 28th Street Threnody, published in About Place. Her poem, Fainting Goats, was awarded a prize from Philadelphia Poets, judged by Liz Abrams Morley. Carla Norton (MFAW 09) of Satellite Beach, Fla., won a Royal Palm Literary Award for her debut work of fiction, The Edge of Normal. Jodi A. Patterson (MFAIA 05), of Sanford, Mich., is a new assistant professor of art in art education at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash.
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WRITE ON Donnelle McGee (MFAW 08) of Turlock, Calif., read at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Manhattan on June 2. His book, Shine, is a finalist in the poetry category of the Bisexual Book Awards.
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Maanav Thakore (BA EDU 05) of Boston, Mass., was named senior associate of interaction at Institute for Social Change in June. Scott Tournet (BA RUP 01) of Middletown Springs, Vt., is the lead guitarist for Grace Potter and The Nocturnals. In May, he released a solo album, Ver La Luz, that is receiving a great response. He recently relocated to San Diego, Calif. Jean A. Wert (MFAW-VT 07) of Mount Tremper, N.Y., is in her second year of residency at Zen Mountain Monastery. Andrew Wible (BA RUP 00-01) of Woodstock, N.Y., installed three new solar arrays at Dan Chodorkoffs home, which was the Institute for Social Ecology at Goddard College in the early 70s.
BEST OF THE BASSISTS Josh Feinberg (MFAIA 13) of Portland, Ore., left, performed with Brian Oberlin at the spring MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts residency in Port Townsend, Wash. Josh has earned a reputation as one of the most innovative, creative and versatile bassists on the West Coast.
Christian Peet (MFAW 03) of Grafton, Vt., presented a visiting professionals workshop, Publishing: From Monster to Micro, at the fall MFAW Vermont residency. Matthew M. Quick (MFAW 07) of Collingswood, N.J., had his new book, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, acquired by The Weinstein Company. James Ponsoldt will be the writer-director. Charles Rice-Gonzalez (MFAW 08) of Bronx, N.Y., wrote an article for The Nation; his essays are in Love, Christopher Street and Whos Yer Daddy? Gay Writers Celebrate Their Mentors and Forerunners. His book, Chulito, is one of the top 10 books on the 2013 Rainbow Book List of the American Library Association, which also gave it a 2013 Stonewall Book AwardBarbara Gittings Literature Award Honor. Elizabeth Frankie Rollins (MFAW 01) of Tucson, Ariz., went on a book tour for her Sin Eater and Other Stories. She and Selah Saterstrom (MFAW 02 and former faculty) were interviewed on The Best American Poetry blog on April 19. Ian Rubin (MA HAS 06) of Portland, Ore., gave a presentation, Using Your Degree for Success, at Goddards spring undergraduate program residency in Port Townsend.
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Wally Wilhoit, Jr. (MFAW 07) of New York, N.Y., is writing a new libretto, Le Fouillis de lCoeur, by request of a Broadway actress. Jason Winn (IBA 00) of San Antonio, Texas, is a licensed architect and is building an air museum/natural gas station. He is also designing a cryogenics facility for preservation of human remains for later reanimation (seriously).
Lori Schreiner (MFAW 07) of Brattleboro, Vt., published a book with Theresa Senato Edwards: Painting Czeslawa Kwoka: Honoring Children of the Holocaust, in 2012. Gunner Scott (IBA 09) moved from the Northeast to the Northwest to work at a community foundation. Alan C. Semerdjian (MFAW 03) of Huntington, N.Y., released his album Quiet Songs for Loud Times on Ashevilles NewSong Recordings label. Max H. Shenk (MFAW 07, MA EDU 10) of Worcester, Vt., is publishing his first novel, Meeting Dennis Wilson, in serialized form on Amazon Kindle. He teaches at Community College of Vermont and writes for The Bridge. Alexis Smith (MFAW '07) of Portland, Ore., published Glaciers, which was chosen for World Book Night, April 23, 2013. http://alexismsmith.com Jessamyn Smyth (MFAW 04) of Lake Pleasant, Mass., is the new editor-in-chief at Tupelo Quarterly. David Morgan Spitzer (BA RUP 01) of Lawrence, Kan., started a website for acoustic poetry. Check out the site today.
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2010s
Lisa Kearsley Cowling (MFAIA 11) of Austin, Texas, is a participating artist in the Generations exhibition through the Museum of Fine Arts at Florida State University and Leon County Public Schools. Lisa and her husband, Jack D. Cowling, had their son, Liam Kearsley Cowling, on October 23, 2012. Robert Descoteaux, Jr. (MA PSY 12) of Lewiston, Maine, is now clinical
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counselor at Private Practice-Sweetser Affiliate Network. Traci Dolan (MFAW 12) of St. Albans, W.Va., had her short story, The Fruit of a Christian, accepted for publication in Paper Tape Magazine in early 2014. Gloria Eslinger (MFAIA 13) of Superior, Wis., was recently tenured and promoted to associate professor of visual arts at the University of Wisconsin Superior. She facilitated fellow alumna Brenda Singletary (MFAIA 13) as a guest juror and lecturer during the annual student-juried exhibit at UWS in May. Lynn Grant (MFAW-WA 10) of Seattle, Wash., held a launch party for Minerva Rising, a new Lit Journal of womens writing started by Goddard grads Kim Brown (MFAW-WA 11) and Dulcie Witman (MFAW-WA 11). The first edition includes one of Lynns stories. She also has a piece in the online journal Pif. Ann Hedreen (MFAW-WA 10) of Seattle, Wash., won first place in the 2012 Society of Professional Journalists NW Excellence in Journalism in health reporting for her article, Laughter and forgetting in Seattle Met. She and alumna Isla McKetta (MFAW 10) will present a panel, Four Ways Blogging Benefits a Writer, at the AWP conference in Seattle this winter. Susan Lynch (MFAW-WA 13) of Sandy, Ore., was named the anthology poet for October in the neo:anthology project, Circle Poems edition, in the United Kingdom, with one of her thesis poems, Only What Ive Heard. Robyn Lynn (MFAW-WA 13) of Everett, Wash., was awarded a full scholarship to the summer 2013 Pacific Northwest Writers Conference. Teresa Mei Chuc (MFAW 12) of Pasadena, Calif., translated poems by Nikolai Gumilev and Marina Tsvetaeva that appear in the spring 2013 issue of Aldus Journal of Translation. She has two poems in Hypothetical Review. Lisa Melilli (MFAW 13) of White Plains, N.Y., was awarded a 2013-2014 Arts Fellowship at New York's Drisha Institute. James Naquin (IBA 12) of Durham, N.C., has been making charcuterie for a German restaurant for the last 2 years; he started a small catering company called Word of Mouth Catering. Evelyn Ramos (MFAIA 10) of Setauket, N.Y., was included in WCA Rutgers 2013 catalog of Contemporary Women in the Arts. Seema Reza (BFAW 12) of Rockville, Md., had her essay, Statis, published in Her Kind, the literary magazine of VIDA, Women in the Literary Arts. Icess Fernandez Rojas (MFAW-WA 12) of Shreveport, La., published an article in The Guardian on Aug. 4. Bill Rosenthal (MFAW 12) of Pacific Palisades, Calif., is writing on George Lopezs new series, Saint George. Chelsea (Carol) Rousso (MFAIA 10) of Lauderdale by the Sea, Fla., published Fashion Forward: A Guide to Fashion Forecasting, in 2012. The book demystifies the exciting career of the fashion forecaster and fosters skills to benefit any design professional. John Schimmel (MFAW 10) of Los Angeles, Calif., had his play Pump Boys and Dinettes revived on Broadway. Lizz Schumer (MFAW 13) of Hamburg, N.Y., had her thesis manuscript Buffalo Steel accepted for publication by Black Rose Writing. She was promoted to editor of the Springville Journal, and she is published in the anthology Lessons From My Parents. Deborah Staley (MFAW 11) of Maryville, Tenn., teaches at Full Sail University. Stacy Dawson Stearns (MFAIA-WA 12) of Los Angeles, Calif., was awarded a grant from CHIME (Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange). Jeffrey Steele (MA EDU 11), of Louisville, Ky., is guiding middleschool students from the Madison Metropolitan School Districts Talented and Gifted program in drug-trial experiments with stem cells during a weekly science class in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discoverys teaching lab. Jane Summer (MFAW 13) of Hartsdale, N.Y, had her short story, Peaceful Village, in the Masters Review, judged by A.M. Homes. Keisha Thorpe (MFAW 13) of Bath, Pa., showed her short film, woeBEgone, at the Night Of Short Films V festival
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LOCAL LEADER Robin Karov (IBA 12) of Shoreham, Vt., traveled to Washington, D.C., to accept the Leadership Institutes 2013 Susan D. Green Memorial Award for leadership in adult education. Robin is shown in red.
alongside Curfew, which won the Oscar for Best Live Action Shot. Shelly Weathers (MFAW-WA 13) of Chandler, Ariz., won the 2013 Beacon Street Prize in Fiction for her short story The House of Broken Dishes. Chelsea Werner-Jatzke (MFAW 13) of Seattle, Wash., gave a reading at Jack Straw Productions. Amy Woodruff (MFAIA 11) of Metairie, La., is working as an independent artist while pursing teaching opportunities. amywoodruff.com
ORAL TRADITION Kriota Willberg (MFAIA 11) of New York, N.Y., had an image of her needlepoint, Root Canal, above, published in Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. She showcased her mini-comics, Pictorial Anatomy of the Cute and The Inspiration of Marin Marais at the Grand Comics Festival in Brooklyn last June.
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Josh DeMello (MFAIA) of Farmington, Maine, was a featured artist in 350 Vermonts Climate Change Art Exhibit at the Goddard Art Gallery in Montpelier over the summer. Noah Dorsey (MFAW-WA) of Denver, Colo., published a new comic, Saint Chaos. James Ferry (MFAW-VT) of Westwood, Mass., had an excerpt from his memoir published in the spring issue of the Citron Review. Ina Gould (non-degree PSY) of Harwich, Mass., was interviewed in the Cape Cod Times article, In-home therapy benefits families, published on May 6. Justin Hall (MFAW) of San Francisco, Calif., won a Lambda Literary Award for his comic anthology No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics. It was also nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Anthology. Ron Heacock (IBA 12, MFAW-WA) of Portland, Ore., had his story, Otiss Lament, published in Gallimaufry Journal. His story, Inarguably Dead, is published in the journal Cease, Cows. Helen Hieble (IBA) of Wayne, Penn., published her first novella, The Wizard of Hirodenal. It is available on amazon.com. Deborah Johnstone (MFAW-VT) of New York, N.Y., wrote an essay that was accepted at Ducts.org, the online issue 31. She also published Departure on her blog The Deliberate Muse. Sarah Kishpaugh (MFAW-WA) of Edmonds, Wash., published her essay Love, Light, Strength (and Glue) in Modern Love, a column of the Sunday New York Times Style section, in May. Her essay, Remembering Who You Are, appears on brainline.org, a service of WETA Public Broadcasting in D.C. Samantha Kolber (MFAW-WA and staff member) of Montpelier, Vt., had
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Kyle Bella (MFAW-VT), of San Francisco, Calif., published his essay, Queering racialized bodies, online in Jacket2. His controversial article, Why Its So Hard to Talk About Barebacking Sex, was featured on BuzzFeed.com. Jeremy Billingsly (MFAW-WA) of Fayetteville, Ark., had a flash fiction piece The Hanged Woman published by Postcard Shorts, and his short story, Haunted Houses, was published online on Fiction. Heather Bryce (MFAIA and staff member) of Plainfield, Vt., and fellow choreographer Kayla West, premiered their multi-media dance work, To You, Around You, About You, at the Flynn Space in Burlington, Vt., on August 16. Jason Beaudreau (MFAIA 12) and Lee Ritter (MFAIA) provided original music and Mark OMaley (MFAIA 12) did lighting design. The work is also being performed at Marlboro College, Cathedral Square Independent Living, and around Vermont this fall.
Sarah Cedeo (MFAW-VT) of Brockport, N.Y., had a flash nonfiction essay titled Sibling Revelry published in Animal Literary Journal.
POWERFUL POETRY Gerardo Tony Mena (MFAW-WA) of Columbia, Mo., read his poetry at the Headstrong Projects Words of War in New York City on May 8, above, along with actor Jake Gyllenhaal. He also had a poem accepted by Iron Horse Literary Review and was accepted into a non-fiction veteran anthology published by University of Nebraska Press. He also was selected as Our Hero by the Kansas City Royals major league baseball team.
her poem, Bad Girl, published in Minerva Rising issue #3, the rebellion issue. On June 29 she was married to Christopher Pyatak. Jordana Korsen (MFAIA) of Harrisville, N.H., exhibited an interactive art installation at Franklin Pierce University, where she is a glassblowing instructor. Lisa Lutwyche (MFAW-VT) of Landenberg, Pa., had her short story, In the Rain, published in Fiction Vortex online magazine. Chera Miller (MFAW-VT) of Amarillo, Texas, had her poem Tornado Alley in Rattle. Her poem Storm Chasers is in Tar River Poetry. Pamela Mooman (MFAW-VT) of San Antonio, Texas, had her article included in the online publication Identity Magazine on April 17. Nicole Persun (IBA) of Port Townsend, Wash., published Dead of Knight in July, the first book in the Joined Trilogy.
CREATIVE DOWNSIZING Mariah Coz (BAS), of Upton, Mass., renovated a 1960s off-grid trailer she named The COMET (Cost-effective, Off-grid Mobile Eco Trailer).
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Cody Pherigo (MFAW-VT) of Seattle, Wash., performed Wordplay in the Calamus Auditorium of Gay City, Seattle, on May 4. Natalie Raymond (MFAW-VT) of Brooklyn, N.Y., was interviewed by the online feminist culture magazine Luna Luna. Whole Beast Rag published one of her poems. Rachel Sarrett (MFAW-WA) of Redmond, Ore., had her essay My First Crush in the May issue of Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. Shae Savoy (MFAW-VT) of Seattle, Wash., had her poem Kansas Couplets in the Home issue of Pocket Guide. Her poem Fish Songs was in the Animal Instincts issue of Trivia: Voices of Feminism. Jacob Shore (MFAW-VT) of Brooklyn, N.Y., presented his play Down the Mountain and Across the Stream at the New York International Fringe
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Festival at the Kraine Theater in New York City in August. Jan Smith (MFAW-VT) of Taos, N.M., won the 2013 Taos Resident Scholarship Award to the Taos Summer Writers Conference sponsored by the University of New Mexico. Ashley Summers (MFAW-WA) of Bend, Ore., published her beer-travel article and photographs in Fine Finish Magazine.
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Annie Abdalla (MFAIA 03, UGPPT) was awarded a grant from Arts Nova Scotia to support the development of artwork she initiated as artist-in-residence in Coaticook, Qubec; this work will be exhibited at the Muse Beaulne in 2014. Rick Benjamin (MFAIA), faculty advisor in the MFAIA program in Vermont since 2008, recently resigned; he was appointed Poet Laureate of Rhode Island. Deborah Brevoort s (MFAW) new opera Embedded, written with composer Patrick Soluri, was presented in the Ft. Worth Operas Frontiers Festival. She was interviewed in The Dramatist, and her opera, Steal A Pencil For Me, written with Gerald Cohen, was presented in April in Scarsdale and New York City. Her backstage farce, The Velvet Weapon, is the winner of the Trustus Theatres national playwriting competition, and her musical Crossing Over, written with composer Stephanie Salzman, was selected for the ASCAP new musical theatre festival at the Lied Center in Lincoln, Neb. Deborah is writing a new adaptation of Strausss Die Fledermaus with a commission from the Anchorage Opera. Rebecca Brown (MFAW, on leave) read at the Poetry Project in New York City on May 29. She offered a benediction to kick off the APRIL (Authors, Publishers, Readers of Independent Literature) festival in Seattle on March 25, and she curated an exhibit and month-long series of talks and presentations at the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University in August. She will present Put Your Shit
on Paper: Two Chicago-Based Writing Programs on Running Trauma-Informed High School Workshops at the AWP conference in Seattle this winter. Jan Clausens (MFAW) article Academic Freedom from Below: Towards an Adjunct-Centered Struggle, co-authored with Goddard faculty member Eva Swidler (UGP), was accepted by the Journal of Academic Freedom, published by the American Association of University Professors; Clausen and Swidler presented a version of the paper at the Countering Contingency conference in the spring. Clausens sestina, Pigs Advance as Organ Transplant Factories for People, will appear in an all-sestina anthology forthcoming from University Press of New England. She will also participate in a celebratory reading at the AWP conference in Seattle this winter. Sharon Cronin (EDU) took a leave of absence from her faculty position to become interim program director of the education program. Ellie Epp (IMA) recently retired after 12 years of advising in the BA and MA in Individualized Studies Programs. Her focus was embodiment studies. Susan Fleming (EDU) has stepped away from her role as education program director and has returned as a faculty member in the education program; she was originally hired as a faculty member in January 2002. Laurie Foos (BFAW) will have her story, How to Seduce a Giant,
FOUND ART Laiwan Chung (MFAIA-WA) had her work, ETHOS: writing with found objects (1983), above, purchased by the Vancouver Art Gallery, which also added her Coming and Going: The Erotic Life of Property (2009) to their permanent collection. Her exhibition and site-specific project, Free Sage: Free Advice, in collaboration with seniors living in the City of Burnaby, B.C., was displayed at the Burnaby Art Gallery Kiosk in September.
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Skidmore College, in PMLA, the journal of the Modern Language Association of America. Excerpts of his libretto from The Memory Stone were featured on a PBS news hour piece. Beatrix Gates (MFAW) had a new chapbook, Dos, accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press. She read poems and spoke about persona poetry on Max Langstaff's Off the Charts radio show on WERU in July. She read poems at the Aunt Mae Cabaret: Too Hot To Handle, Too Rough To Touch, in Blue Hill, Maine in March. Erin Gravelle (Registrars Office), enrollment and records administrator, and her husband Lathan Gravelle, welcomed a daughter, Delphine Lux Gravelle, to the world on Aug. 29, at 1:42 pm. She weighed 6.6 lbs. All are well.
WEDDED BLISS Josh Hayes-High (WGDR), music library and archive coordinator, was blissfully wedded to Catherine Whitaker, formerly of Claremont, Calif., in the Upper Gardens at Goddard on July 15. The ceremony was attended by a small but intimate group of family and friends on a lovely day.
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about teens in Kansas who discovered a Polish rescuer of Jews and brought her reputation to international light. He also gave a presentation and reading at the MA in Psychology and Counseling residency on Sept. 25. John McManus (MFAW) was awarded a Fulbright to go to South Africa in 2014 to research his novel on gay refugees in Cape Town; hell be there from February through December 2014, working on the book and teaching one class a semester at the University of Cape Town. Sara Michas-Martin (IBA) will present Mix It Up: Teaching Hybrid Forms, with Jeanne Heuving, Peter Streckfus, Tung-hui Hu and Elisabeth Frost at the AWP conference in Seattle this winter. Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg (IMA/HAS/ SBC) presented her book, Needle in the Bone: How a Holocaust Survivor and Polish Resistance Fighter Beat the Odds and Found Each Other, throughout Kansas, New Jersey and Minnesota. The anthology she edited, To the Stars Through Difficulties: A Kansas Renga in 150 Voices, was just named a Kansas Notable Book for 2013. She was honored at the Kansas Book Festival in September and gave a reading from her novel The Divorce Girl at the Loft Literary Center in Minnesota. Nicola Morris (MFAW) had three poems displayed at Birchgrove Baking in Montpelier, Vt., as part of Poem City for the month of April. Victoria Nelsons (MFAW, BFAW) book, Gothicka, won the Association of American Publishers 2012 Prose Award for Excellence in Literature. She was interviewed on NPRs To The Best of Our Knowledge, along with Neil Gaiman and Anne Rice. Richard Paneks (MFAW) collaboration with Temple Grandin, The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, was on the New York Times best-seller list. He was interviewed on the Scientific American website and read as part of the Writers at Barnard series in New York in March. Dr. Bindu Panikkar (MA HAS) joined the faculty in August. She holds a postdoctoral research associate position in environmental health and research ethics at the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University, and she is a Howard Hughes Fellow in the Science Technology and Society Program at Brown. Wendy Phillips (PSYCH) presented a new photo exhibit, La Costa Chica, at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; she is a UNC alumna. She also exhibited photos at Umbrella Arts Gallery in New York last summer.
Rachel Pollacks (MFAW) novella, The Queen of Eyes, was published in an issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Audible.com released two of her novels as audio files. She recently taught and lectured in Beijing and Shanghai. Rahna Reiko Rizzuto (MFAW) wrote an op-ed for CNN and read with Prageeta Sharma in Boston at the American Literature Association 24th Annual Conference. Her interview with Ruth Ozeki appears on SheWrites, and she appeared on ABCs 20/20 on June 14 in Moms Moving Out, a segment about non-custodial mothers. She will be teaching a memoir master class, Claiming Your Truth, at the Hedgebrook Retreat on Whidbey Island in November, and she will read at the Grub Street National Book Prizewinners Reading at the AWP conference in Seattle. Paul Selig (MFAW Program Director) has a new book, The Book Of Knowing and Worth, available on Amazon.com. He read and signed books at Atlantas Through the Veil Conference in June. The translation rights to his last book, The Book of Love and Creation, were sold to Italian publisher Edizioni Stazione Celeste. He was featured on episodes of the A&E/BIO channels The Unexplained in August and taught workshops at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y., and at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Calif. Darcey Steinke (MFAW) will present The Art of the Book Review with Tony Leuzzi, Michael Klein (MFAW), Craig Teicher and Joseph Salvatore, at the AWP conference in Seattle this winter.
NEW FRIENDS Damien Echols read from his book, Life after Death, during the MFAW residency in Plainfield in July. Pictured, from left: Christian Peet, Lorri Davis, Echols, Paul Selig and Elena Georgiou.
Janet Sylvester (BA ADP 75, MFAW 78, BFAW Program Director) had her poem, Sea Smoke, published in Piscataqua Poems: An Anthology of Seacoast Writing. She read her work in Poem City, Montpelier's annual celebration of National Poetry Month, in April, and she will present What's Next? Pressures and Opportunities in Undergraduate Writing Programs at the AWP conference in Seattle this winter. Ruth Wallen (MFAIA Co-Director) was a featured artist in 350 Vermonts Climate Change Art Exhibit at the Goddard Art Gallery in Montpelier this past June. Karen Werner (UGP-PT) co-led a two-day Workshop on Dangerous Spirituality at World Fellowship Center in Albany, N.H., in August. Jane Wohls (MFAW) sonnets Meditations: May 2003, from her book, Triage, were nominated for a Pushcart prize. Greggus Yahr (PSYCH) joined the faculty in March. He has his PhD in psychology with an emphasis on neuropsychology from Union Institute & University, and his MS in school psychology from University of Southern Maine. He is a passionate sailor and dog lover.
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Clo was made trustee emerita and receives the Goddard College Award for Excellence on Oct. 19 in an award ceremony at the Plainfield campus. She lives in Marshfield on the land purchased by Orasmus Pitkin in 1850. Clo and Belmont Pitkins son, Caleb Pitkin (BA RUP 80) also worked at Goddard for a brief time. Caleb is a farmer, builder and historian who is deeply engaged in his community. It was Calebs meticulous genealogical records and extensive knowledge of his family history that helped Clockworks put this article together. Read more about him and his Goddard experience on page 10. Calebs daughter Hannah Pitkin (IBA 12), who is featured on the cover, graduated from the BA in Individualized Studies program in August 2012. Her graduation marks seven generations of Pitkin family involvement with Goddard over the last 150 years. She is currently considering enrolling in the MFAIA program.
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Heidi Ruth Moore (BA GV 88, MFA 90) died on July 27 in Arlington, Va. Dr. Moore was a writing professor at Northern Virginia Community College. She was diagnosed with the a rare, genetic connective tissue disease, Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Margaret Nye (BA ADP 79) died in 2001. Richard Olf (RUP BA 73, MA 95) of Forest Hills, N.Y., died of a heart attack on Jan. 18. Richard taught at Long Island City High School in Queens for many years. He used to say the ranks are thinning, and now they shrink yet again. Richard was a man who appreciated good music, good conversation, and most of all the company of good friends. Bronwyn Potter (BA RUP 70) died March 3 at the Greensboro Nursing Home. She was 95. Peter S. Saman (BA RUP 67, MA GV 87) of Woodstock, Vt., died at home on Nov. 21, 2012, after a short bout with cancer. Peters MA degree was in rural planning. He participated in the local planning process in both Plainfield and Woodstock. Priscilla Jane Schaefer (BA RUP 74-75), of Virginia Beach, died on May 14, 2013. She was employed as a civilian with the Defense Department for the past 27 years. Jackalyn West (House) Secore (BA GV 81, MA GV 86) of Montpelier, Vt., died at age 78 on March 18. Prior to her retirement, she worked at the Community College of Vermont, Goddard College and Vermont Technical College. Sharon Henault Timmons (BA GEPFE 8081) of Deerfield, N.H., died on March 1. Judith Weinstein (BA RUP 42-43) died on April 23. She was one of the first women to gain admission into the medical school at the University of Buffalo, and she held a 45-year career as a pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. John Wires (BA SBPSE 80) died on July 1 in his home in Montpelier, Vt. He was 91. John was a member of the ADP faculty in the mid to late 70s. He was drafted in 1942 and, as a conscientious objector, chose to serve as a medic rather than a rifleman. He served in the 100th Divisions 397th Unit. He lived a Thoreau-like life in a handhewn cabin in the Plainfield woods.
Jean Alonso (MA G-C 74) died on July 15. In 2011, she published The Patriots: An Inside Look at Life in a Defense Plant, an account of her experience in the defense industry. Joan R. Appel (BA ADP 77) of Lancaster, Pa., passed away. Michael J. Bagshaw (BA RUP 64-67) of Mont Vernon, N.H., died on March 13, following a lengthy illness. He was 69. Gertrude P. Bogash (BA ADP 68) of Stamford, Conn., passed away. Karmelle Natanya Chaise (IMA 98) of West Columbia, S.C., died on April 6. She was 43. Lina A. Croteau (GS 31) of Barre. Vt., died on March 18. She was 98. June H. Elliott (MA GGP 72) died on May 30 in Lyndonville, Vt. Dr. Elliott was on the faculty of Lyndon State College during the 70s and 80s. Marie M. Hamel (former staff) of Montpelier, Vt., died on April 19. She was 77. She was the nurse at Goddard College and the first school nurse at U32 when it opened in 1971. Robert J. Hreha (BA GV 8485) of N. Huntingdon, Vt., died March 23, 2008. He was 72. Nancy B. Kent (BA ADP 71, MA GGP 74) died June 2, at her home in Montague, Mass., after a brave two-and-a-halfyear battle against ovarian cancer. Janice V. McKernon (MA GGP 79) of Wallingford, Vt., died on May 28, at the age of 69, after a long and courageous battle with multiple sclerosis. Janice practiced for many years as a psychotherapist. Leroy S. McMorris (BA RUP 48), of Durham, N.C., died in 2000. He was the grandson of Elijah Watt Sells, who was co-founder of the accounting firm Haskins and Sells, a predecessor to Deloitte & Touche. Ted Merrill (former faculty) of John Day, Ore., died Feb. 26. Ted taught at Goddard from 19691971 and practiced medicine in Oregon. He is said to have delivered more than 2,000 babies in the John Day Valley.
An Unmatched Legacy
The Pitkin family has made, and continues to make, significant contributions to Central Vermont and beyond, not only through their establishment, development and continued stewardship of Goddard College, but through their long history of community involvement and public service. Understanding our history is critical in order to guide the college to a promising future. What began in 1938 as an experiment in education is now a fully-accredited, low-residency college that serves the needs of engaged adult learners. With gratitude to the founding family and to all stewards of the college, Goddard is poised for the next 150 years of progressive education, with its historic campus in Plainfield, Vt., residency sites in Seattle and Port Townsend, Wash., and 10 degree-granting programs across undergraduate and graduate disciplines. CW
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IN REMEMBRANCE:
There is no one who has offered more wisdom and more love to each of us, individually and as a group, than David. He often spoke of our Goddard Education community asa family.
SUSAN FLEMING, EDUC ATION PROGR AM DIREC TOR
HELPING HANDS Dr. David Frisby works with students Oliver Ceelen, left, and Khepra Ptah, right. Inset photo, students and faculty in the Seattle program created this tribute to David in July.
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ast fall, a group of students in the MA in Psychology and Counseling Program worked together to create and present a training program for counselors in New Hampshire. The training, Advanced Cultural Competency Skills in Psychotherapy, was part of a series offered through the New Hampshire Coalition to End Homelessnessin Manchester. Psychology Program Chair Steve James facilitated the students work, which was done in addition to their regular course work. It is very rare that students have an opportunity to do this level of professional consulting as graduate students, James said, but our program offers this kind of collaboration. The goals and objectives of the training were to advance front-line counselors understanding of identity development concepts as they relate to cultural competency practices; to provide cultural competency skills-building exercises that can be carried back to work settings; to provide supervisors with concepts and practices that will be used in work settings; and to give participants resources for further study. The students each developed a portion of the training program, coming together on conference calls and sharing background information through the colleges virtual platform.
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TEAM EFFORT Five students collaborated on a new training program for counselors in New Hampshire. Clockwise from top left: Maricia Verma, of Boston, Mass., Nicole Grubman, of Hinesburg, Vt., Rene McGuigan, of Marshfield, Mass., and Pamela Wilson of Montpelier, Vt. Not pictured: Hasan Arat, of Oakland, Calif.
Participating in this training was an opportunity not just to put my Goddard education to work but to explore activities of leadership and social action.
HASAN AR AT, OAKL AND, C ALIFORNIA
Over many phone conferences and about four months, we developed a plan to present the most up-to-date information on cultural competency, said student Maricia Verma (MA PSY 14), including racial and sexual identity development models. The coordination of so many people over such distance was incredible. It certainly
made me feel part of a team and a sense of comradeship with my student peers. On the day of the training, four students presented in-person while Hasan Arat, who lives in California, presented via video. Participating in this training was an opportunity not just to put my Goddard education to work but to explore activities of
leadership and social action while also serving others and assisting them in their work, Hasan said. The team presented the program to 40 clinicians and their supervisors from several agencies in southern New Hampshire, including an alumna, Dr. Catey Iacuzzi (MA PSY 03). The director of the Coalition praised the students for their up-to-date information and diverse presentation styles. According to Maricia, this training project was integral to her studies because it satisfied both the cultural competency and oral competency degree requirements. It was also an excellent example of some of my future work as a mental health clinician, she said. But the main thing I take away from this experience is the energy of all of us students, graduates, working professionalsall working toward the same goal. That feeling of being part of something larger. CW
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