Goddard in Action
Susan Pearson, ecopsychologist and storyteller, faculty emeritus
Taina Asili, MA-TLA graduate, activist singer-songwriter
Nicolette Stosur-Bassett and friend making art out of recycling
Sarah Bobrow-Williams, faculty
Justin Kagan, MA-Consciousness Studies alumni
Jimmy Santiago Baca, poet and activist, & Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, faculty
Ralph Lutts, faculty emeritus
The GGI faculty, dean Gariot Louima, and admissions counselor Chip Cummingsariot L
Francis X. Charet, faculty
Bindu Panikkar, faculty
Susan Sakash, alumni, leading graduates to commencement
At graduation
Jim Sparrell, faculty
Robin Stone, HAS graduate, with her family
Hillary W. Smith, MA Consciousness Studies graduate
GGI faculty member Lise Weil (left) with Danielle Boutet, scholar-in-residence
David White, alumni
Rania Campbell-Cobb, alumni
A panel featuring studies, alumni and faculty
One of our graduates and her newborn
Pam McGrath, alumni, demonstrating capoeira, which she wrote a thesis on
Jayne Kraman, HAS alumni, with a close friend
Ezra Berkley Nepon, MA in Transformative Language Arts alumni
Kelly Johnson doing some nature journaling after graduating in HAS
Part of the community building
Lise Weil, faculty
Matthew Dineen, IMA alumni
GGI Program Director Ruth Farmer (right) and Transformative Language Arts coordinator Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Faculty Lise Weil, Ralph Lutts (Emeritus) and Sarah Van Hoy
Susan Sakash
Susan Sakash, MA-SIS student
Elizabeth Minnich, visiting scholar
Student Pamela McGrath demonstrating capoiera
Sarah Van Hoy, faculty
New students incoming to the Goddard Graduate Institute’s fall 2014 residency in Plainfield, VT. Photo by David Hale, on left.
A happy SIS student
Jenney Patterson, IMA student
Robin Stone, HAS alumni
Mike Alvarez, Consciousness Studies alumni
Katt Lissard talks with another conference participant
Karen Campbell, faculty, representing Goddard on the road
Goddard alumni and faculty at the Power of Words conference:: Deb Hensley, Joanna Tebbs Young, Amber and Ronan Ellis, Miriam Gabriel, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Scott Youmans, Taina Asili and Seema Reza
Bindu Panikkar, faculty
Ezra Berkeley Nepon, alumni, doing her graduating student presentation
Joanna Tebbs Young, alumni in Transformative Language Arts with Family and Friends
John Boyer, HAS alumni
Some recent graduates from HAS, IMA & SBC
Krista Gromalski, SIS alumni, with Bo Muller-Moore, founder of Eat More Kale
SBC Graduates Nina Smolyar, Kyla Basher, and Krista Gromalski
A rainbow over campus
At graduation
Jeremy Johnson, Consciousness Studies alumni
Faculty and students having a renga party
The woods in winter
Sonja Swift, IMA alumni
Matthew Dineen, IMA alumni
Katt Lissard on her Fulbright in Lesotho
Sarah Van Hoy, faculty
Sarah Bobrow-Williams, faculty at the Obama inauguration
In the woods near campus
Scott Youmans, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Scott Carnage, IMA alumni
Scott Carnage’s graduating student exhiit
Jim Sparrell (faculty) shares aphoto of a bobolink
Graduating student presentation
Photo by Jim Sparrell (of the bunny that ate his kale)
Miriam Gabriel and Kao Kue, alumni
Kelly Johnson, HAS alumni
Tiffany Monique, Transforamtive Language Arts alumni
Hillary S. Webb, Consciousness Studies alumni
Amanda Sandos, IMA alumni
Marianela Medrano, visiting scholar, with Ruth Farmer, IMA program director
Students with Marianela Medrano, visiting scholar
Amanda Sandos, IMA alumni
Francis X. Charet, faculty, takes his students to a local Buddhism center
Taina Asili, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Scott Youmans along with TLA Network Coordinator Callid Keefe-Perry at the Power of Words conference
Jeremy Johnson, Consciousness Studies alumni
Local Buddhist teachers visits campus
Francis Charet with, to right, IMA program director Ruth Farmer
Karl Stenske, IMA alumni
Red-winged blackbird on campus
At graduation
A workshop on movement during a residency
Claudia Guerra, Consciousness Studies alumni
Walking a ledge near campus
Zachary Katz, IMA alumni
Juliana Borr, IMA alumni
Juliana Borr, IMA alumni, leading women in street thater in Colombia
Miriam Gabriel and Kae Kue in the cottage
Josh Pollock reflects on group facilitation challenges in Caryn Mirriam-Goldbeg’s workshop, “Whole Self, Real World Facilitation”
At a residency
Danielle Boutet, visiting scholar
Jim Sparrell, faculty
Karen Campbell, faculty
Mike Nachman and family
Minna Dubin, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Brian Moore, Transformative Language Arts alumni
The campus from above
Rhonda Patzia, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Heather Davis, alumni
The round-table room
Deena Chappell, Consciousness Studies alumni
Ruth Farmer, Program Director; Cynthia Obrero IMA alumni, and Ralph Lutts, faculty emeritus
Snowy Owl on campus
At a residency
Ruth Farmer on campus
Ashley Gallo, IMA alumni
Jen Cross, alumni, on campus
A graduation ceremony
Jim Sparrell, faculty, with graduating students Mike Alvarez and Bernard Carey
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, faculty, with graduating student Amanda Lacson
Ruth Farmer, Program Director, at graduation
Katherine Towler, visiting scholar
The Power of Words conference
Francis X. Charet and Karen Campbell, faculty, with graduating students
Graduation
Joanna Tebbs Youngs, alumni
Jaki Elmo, IMA alumni
Francis X. Charet, faculty, with writer and activist, the late Grace Paley
Cynthia Obrero, alumni
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Yvette Hyater-Adams, Transformative Language Arts alumni
Jaes Seis, alumni
Jim Sparrell at work
Jim Sparrell at another kind of work
Alex Porsi, alumni
Campus
Lorraine Hammond and Cynthia Obrero with their thesis projects
Graduation
Suzanne Adams, alumni
On campus
The Green Mountains
Jen Cross, alumni
Faculty at rest
Larry Greer, alumni
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Category Archives: Graduation
Lori Wynters: Belonging, Connecting, Celebrating
GGI’s Spring 2020 Commencement speaker was Goddard Faculty Member Lori Wynters. Lori’ celebrated the depth of the graduating students’ accomplishments: Graduates, you have listened to your callings, to one another, growing, manifesting, speaking the truth, continuing with your knowing to … Continue reading
Sarah Van Hoy Commencement Speech: The Nature of Ecological Mind
To our graduates – Barbara, Brighde, Erin, Jojo, Ray, Shakti, and Tim – you brought your questions, your care for the world, your insights and genius, your very radiant humanity. We are moved by your work and we are honored … Continue reading
What Love, Transgressions, and Lucidity Have to Do With Real Education: James Sparrell’s Commencement Speech
GGI Faculty member James (Jim) Sparrell speaks about how “learning itself if fundamentality relationship, and this is one of the ways a Goddard education challenges traditional education” in his commencement address at the Spring 2018 Graduation Ceremony. Listen to Jim … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Community Building, Education, Graduation, Progressive Education, Transgressions
Tagged James Sparrell, Jim Sparrell
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Improvisation, Amelia Earhart, and the Process: Amelia Bane’s Graduation Speech
GGI Alumni Amelia Bane’s graduation speech at the February 2017 commencement explored not just how to give a speech, but the power of improvisation, dwelling in uncertainty, and trusting the process (as opposed to going with the flow). Amelia is … Continue reading
GGI Grads in the News: Seema Reza and Taina Asili
In the last day, two GGI grads have been sharing their strongest words about the work we do in the world and how to do it better. Seema Reza’s article — “The Work of Waking Up the Sleeping in a … Continue reading
Posted in African-American Studies, Creative Non-Fiction, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Environmental Justice, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Goddard Graduate Institute, Graduation, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Sustainability, Transformative Language Arts
Tagged Seema Reza, Taina Asili, The Feminist Wire, Yes Magazine
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Seema Reza on “This Is Our Work”: Commencement Spring 2016 Talk
Seema Reza, graduating student in the IMA program and Transformative Language Arts concentration, was the Spring of 2016’s commencement speaker. Her luminous talk touched on the world before and within us, our capacity for change, facing the mythic demon child, … Continue reading
A Garden of Interdisciplinary Delights (including Rosie the Riveter, and Sex and Drugs): Graduating Student Presentations
Graduating students at the spring 2016 residency studied a myriad and interdisciplinary areas. Here’s a sampling of what our graduating students presented to show the depth and range of their studies. The Aesthetics of Consciousness, with IMA-CS graduating student Justin … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Coaching, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Economics, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Food Studies, Graduation, History & Political Science, Life Sciences, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Mindfulness, Narrative Medicine, Nutrition, Poetry, Residencies, Social Innovation, Sustainability & Place Studies, Sustainable Businesses and Communities, Transformative Language Arts
Tagged Amelia Bane, Britta Love, Geneieve Egge, Jennifer Arlia, Justin Kagan, LisaMary Wichowski, Rania Campbell-Cobb, Ronny Lemos, Seema Reza
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IMA Graduates Look at the Bystander Borderline, Calling Little Gypsy Home, Sex Trafficking, Ecological Design, Spiritual Ecology, Yiddishland and Faerieland Activism, and Consciousness
The Bystander Borderline: Witnessing the Judicial, Social, and Clinical Repercussions of being a Female–Identified Trauma Survivor, with IMA graduating student Victoria Mosey. With 1 out of every 4 women experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault in their lifetime, with these … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Arts-Based Inquiry, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Epistemology (how we know what we know), Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Graduation, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Mythopoetics, Narrative Medicine, Narrative Therapy, Right Livelihood/ Making a Living, Spiritual Memoir, Transformative Language Arts
Tagged Andy Shaw, Ezra Berkley Nepon, Joanna Tebbs Young, Josh Pollock, Ondine Graham, Victoria Mosey
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What a Large Zucchini, Piling Wood & the Call of the Bobolink Have to Do With Progressive Education: Jim Sparrell’s Graduation Talk
Here is the talk Jim Sparrell gave at the Individualized MA graduation on August 5, 2012: Thank you graduates for inviting me to offer a few words. I have taken the liberty of inviting this large zucchini to join me, … Continue reading
Activist Librarian Tells Graduates To Tell Their Own Stories: Jessamyn West at Graduation
Jessamyn West may not be a household name, she’s one of the most famous librarians in America, and she doesn’t even work in a library. Instead, she works from home and on the road, advocating for how to gap the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Graduation
Tagged Digital Divide, Jessamyn West, Library Science, Technology
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