• Gopal Krishnamurthy

    Dr. Gopal Krishnamurthy, Core Faculty in the New England Environmental Studies and Sustainability Department and Director of the Science Teacher Certification, was the moderator for Protecting the Promise of Public Education, a fundraiser to support Critical Explorers. Critical Explorers is a nonprofit that promotes a vision of education that is centered on learners, invites investigation,…

  • Jody Levison-Johnson ’20

    Dr. Jody Levison-Johnson ’20 (GSLC, PhD in Leadership and Change) has been appointed to the Syracuse University David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics Advisory Board. The College offers degree programs in exercise science, food studies, human development and family science, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science and dietetics, public health, social work,…

  • Nicole Williams

    PhD in Leadership and Change student Nicole Williams recently presented the plenary session entitled “Finding and Embracing Your Leadership Identity: Exploratory Perspectives of Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Intersections” at Merrimack College’s Higher Education Master’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and Symposium. Nicole is Merrimack’s Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Director for their Unity House.

  • Rona Conti ‘64

    Rona Conti ‘64 (Antioch College, BA of Arts) exhibited her original pulp paintings with Japanese calligraphy at Tokatlyan Gallery in Belmont, MA. She has exhibited her work in many countries outside the United States including Japan, China, and Australia. Read the full article here. 

  • Pamela Harmon Rogers ’08

    Pamela Harmon Rogers ’08 (New England, Environmental Studies, Science Teacher Certification) was named Middle School Science Department Chair at her school as well as her school’s Collins Award for outstanding Middle School educator of the year. She also became certified as a Nature and Forest Therapy guide.

  • Courtny Davis Olds ‘20

    Rev. Dr. Courtny Davis Olds ‘20 (GSLC, PhD) became Executive Minister/CEO of American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island in April 2022. In this role, Dr. Davis Olds provides strategic leadership to the organization that resources the 68 American Baptist churches in the state and functions as a link between the local churches and the national…

  • Elise Lark ‘14

    Dr. Elise Lark ‘14(GSLC, PhD) Founder of the nonprofit Circle of Friends for the Dying, recently secured the bequest of the home to establish Jim & Lisa’s Circle Home, located in the heart of Kingston’s Rondout National Historic District in New York state, it will be a comfortable and peaceful dwelling for hospice-eligible individuals in…

  • Rocky Casillas Aguirre ‘16

    Rocky Casillas Aguirre ‘16 (New England, MS in Environmental Studies, Conservation Biology) was hired as the new executive director at Sharing Our Roots, a nonprofit organization that owns a 100-acre parcel of land in Northfield that will be used this year by a diverse group of vegetable and livestock farmers. Sharing Our Roots mission is…

  • David Sobel

    New England Education faculty, Dr. David Sobel, was quoted My BackYard and The Northend Agent’s about the best ways to discuss climate change with children!

  • Nonye Ogoamaka ‘11

    Nonye Ogoamaka ‘11 (Santa Barbara, MA in Clinical Psychology) was named the new Director of Nursing at Hillside in Santa Barbara, a residential facility serving 59 individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As director of nursing, Ogoamaka will take on the direct supervision of all Nursing Department staff and perform a range of nursing…

  • Claudia J. Ford ’86, ‘15

    Dr. Claudia J. Ford ’86, ‘15 (Antioch College, MA; New England, PhD in Environmental Studies) has been awarded an innovative fellowship through the Panel on Planetary Thinking at Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany. This summer, she will travel to Germany to complete her fellowship. Fellows of the Planetary Scholars and Artists in Residence Program…

  • Joël Barraquiel Tan ‘04

    Joël Barraquiel Tan ‘04 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) has been named the executive director of the New Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, WA. He started his new position on April 15, 2022. He was previously Director of Community Engagement at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Executive Leader for the…