Snow is forecast for the gallery and the Springfield College community is invited to join the festive flurries by submitting artwork that celebrates the beauty and intrigue of winter. Visit the gallery throughout February to see the flurries accumulate! Open Call specs: Winter theme. Abstract and/or representational, all art mediums are welcome. If work is framed, […]
Presented by Jonathan Kuiken, PhD Associate Professor of History and Honors Director Division of Global Cultures, Wilkes University With discussions of the looming threat of climate change, skyrocketing energy prices, and the advantages (and disadvantages) of various renewable energy sources splashed across our headlines and news feeds, it seems like questions around the renewable energy […]
Presented by Gayl Crump-Swaby, EdD, LCSW Gayl Crump-Swaby, EdD, LCSW, is an associate professor in the Springfield College Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program. She received her Master of Social Work from Boston University and her Doctor of Education from Nova Southeastern University. Crump-Swaby most recently published a book, titled Unlocking Legacies and Releasing Burden: How […]
Kyshona is an artist ignited by untold stories and the capacity of those stories to thread connections in every community. With the background of a licensed music therapist, the curiosity of a writer, the resolve of an activist, and the voice of a singer—Kyshona is unrelenting in her pursuit of the healing power of song. […]
Bio-Inspired Memory Devise-Based Physical Reservoir Computing System to Solve Temporal and Classification Problems Presented by Md Razuan Hossain, PhD Springfield College Assistant Professor of Computer Science Hossain’s research explores a new way of computing that draws inspiration from how the human brain works. Traditional computing devices face limits in performance, mainly because it's getting harder […]
This February, the divisions of Student Affairs and Academic Affairs are pleased to offer faculty and staff two professional development opportunities on the topics of Generation Z in higher ed and in the workplace. Gen Z (aka iGen) is the second largest living generation in the United States after millennials. Born between 1997-2012, they make […]
Presented by Lori Gruen, PhD William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University In our concern for the more than human world, many discussions have focused on individual animal suffering and threats to entire species. What happens when we instead ask questions about what meaningful relationships between humans and animals are possible, what makes their […]
Presented by Springfield College and NEPM. NEPM and Springfield College invite you to a screening of “The Cost of Inheritance,” a film by acclaimed director Yoruba Richen about the U.S. reparations debate. Join us for a night of impactful storytelling and dialogue on historical and social justice, and learn more about the reparative justice […]
Join us at the Closing Reception for the Blizzard in Blizard Art Exhibition in the William Blizard Gallery. This reception is open to the Springfield College community and the public. […]
Presented by Winifred Martin, EdD, LICSW Winifred Martin, EdD, LICSW, is the CEO and Founder of TRIBE Institute LLC, an esteemed mental health and therapeutic organization that aims to transform the lives of youth, individuals, and families. With extensive experience and expertise in the field, Martin specializes in child and adolescent behavioral and mental health, […]
Theater Performance featuring guest artist Sara Felder Side Show is a funny, theatrical, and moving meditation on the balancing act of being human. In a collage of juggling routines and […]
Oliver de la Paz is the Poet Laureate of Worcester, Mass., for 2023-25. He is the author and editor of seven books: Names Above Houses, Furious Lullaby, Requiem for the Orchard, Post Subject: A Fable, and The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry. His newest work, The Diaspora […]
Presented by Miles Rapoport Executive Director of 100% Democracy: An Initiative for Universal Voting Join us for an engaging presentation by national voting rights leader Miles Rapoport, co-author, with Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, of 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting (2022). 100% Democracy is an initiative to redefine voting as both a fundamental right […]
