Human Ecologist to be 2013 Commencement Speaker

“How can we meet the needs of human communities while improving the ecological integrity of the surrounding ecosystem?” asks Darron Collins, ethnobotanist, conservationist, and human ecologist, and since 2011, the president of the College of the Atlantic, in Bar Harbor, …
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Join Us for Spring Student Project Presentations

Come see Conway in action! RSVP Below Conway students will present creative solutions to eight very different and very demanding real-world projects, at Conway on Friday, May 31, 2013,  9:00 AM – 4:45 PM. Let us know if you are coming …
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Conway graduate students Anna Fialkoff (left) and Rachel Edwards developed concepts for the Windham Woodlands Project, in southern Vermont.

Sustainable Communities Initiative to Enter Second Year

Conway’s Sustainable Communities Initiative will focus on Brattleboro, Vermont, and surrounding Windham County for a second year, announced Conway Director Paul Cawood Hellmund. A Windham County resident will be selected as Initiative Fellow for the 2013-14 academic year. Kimberly Smith …
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Brattleboro Atlas Public Presentation, May 1

Brattleboro: An Atlas of Cultural Assets, a recent project of three Conway graduate students will be presented publicly on Wednesday, May 1, at 6:00 pm in the Community Room of the Brattleboro Food Co-op.  The Conway team will describe the techniques and methodologies employed …
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Information Session added on May 4 – join us!

Join us on Saturday, May 4, 2013, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a three-hour session that includes lunch. Information sessions are an informative and enjoyable introduction to the philosophy, program, faculty and staff of the Conway School. They are …
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Cultural Assets Brattleboro

The Ecology and Resilience of Cultural Assets

There’s an ecology of cultural assets in a community, three Conway students have been discovering in Brattleboro,Vermont, as they map the fabric of situations and relationships of the arts in that Connecticut River town. And that ecology means a great …
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