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After Zalkar Ziiaidin ’22 graduates, he plans on becoming a full-time software engineer. However, as Ziiaidin pursues his studies at Ź College, he’s not waiting to make his mark on the ever-evolving world of computer science.

As a college student, getting to an 8:00 am class on a Friday morning can be difficult. For Mareme Dieng ’20, however, balancing self-care and commitments to make it to class is all the more a victory on days when she’s arriving to Ź from Tunisia. Or San Francisco. Or Turkey. Or Barcelona. 

As the founder of the international youth activist organization , Lika Torikashvili ’22 has balanced her studies at Ź College with time spent building relationships abroad—including a leave of absence during which she served as Georgia’s United Nations Youth Delegate to the 73rd session of the General Assembly.

At the start of Fall term, Ź College students celebrated with Student Works, an annual showcase of projects done across disciplines—from poetry and play readings, to musical performances, genetics research, oral histories, and more.

Plastic bags and recycled fabric scraps—that’s what are made of. 

Over his 2019 Field Work Term, Ahmad Yassir '20 designed and taught the first courses in arts and peacebuilding at  in Somaliland.

 

In fall 2018, Ekaterina Burtseva '20, Maria Salim '21, and Benyamin Mohammadzadeh '20 organized an Asian Cultural Festival to fundraise for the city of Palu in Sulawesi, Indonesia, which was rocked by an earthquake and tsunami. 

Want to read like a Ź student? Kick off your summer reading with the most checked out books from during the 2018-2019 school year.

Earlier this year, Design and Planning Coordinator Erin McKenny and faculty member Jon Isherwood were approached by the organizers of the annual (NBOSS) to explore how Ź students could engage with the (VSNB) and participate in the outdoor sculpture show.

At Ź College, students studying Languages have the opportunity to apply their studies in the broader Ź community by teaching languages and cultures—including Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish—at Ź Elementary and the Village School of North Ź (VSNB).

Madeline Poultridge '20, Hadley Pack '22, Annabel Hoffman '22, Lola Wilson-Kolp '22, and Ella Stewart '22 have been volunteering with Vermont Arts Exchange's TLC Dolls program.

Students in Mirka Prazak's Fall 2018 course  were published in a special issue of the Ź Museum's Walloomsack Review. 

As the Robert Frost Stone House Museum opens for its second season under Ź College’s stewardship, visitors to the property will be invited to reimagine Frost and his surrounding environment with (Im)Possibilities of Landscape, a senior curatorial work presented by Sophia Gasparro ’19.

The Ź Writing Seminars, in partnership with , has announced that Natalie Mislang Mann is the recipient of the $10,000 Ź/PEN America Emerging Voices scholarship. She’ll begin her studies in June 2019, on the 25th Anniversary of the Ź Writing Seminars' founding.

Recently, students in Stephen Shapiro’s and courses had the opportunity to meet with French filmmaker Alice Diop, whose documentary Towards Tenderness won the 2017 CÉSAR award for Best Short Film.

Ethan Koss-Smith '21 speaks about the process of producing his debut album To Gallery a Cloud Ground.

“In the world, it’s often the case that a Deaf person is expected to read lips, have the accommodations they need, to do the work to hold a conversation, when really it’s hearing people who should be making the effort,” said Madeline Poultridge ’20.

When five first-year Ź College students began their annual Field Work Term at in January, they were not sure what to expect working at an adult day care facility.

At the American Museum of Natural History’s exhibit , guests are invited to interact with displays, including a touchable cast of a T. rex femur, which Eulala Harden Scheel ’20 helped sculpt during her Field Work Term.

During Fall term 2018, set up a display of suggestion cards, inviting students to suggest ways to make the library more inclusive.

“Bring back the Black Library,” wrote Deja’ Haley ’20.

As part of her Field Work Term at the , Michelle Freeman '20 led community programs focused on mental health, learning, and self-esteem.

2019 will be an exciting year of transition across Ź College’s campus.

This winter, a group of Ź collaborators led by Asad J. Malik ’19 of are headed to with a pioneering project poised to test the waters of a new storytelling medium. Their project is also the only New Frontiers submission helmed by undergraduates.

Students in Judith Enck's  course have written letters to the editor about the need to protect the environment and marine life from the growing problem of plastic pollution.

Mira Darham ’19 will exhibit her work at the , the largest contemporary art museum in Montana, from January 25 - March 9, 2019.

Bronwyn Edwards ’19 initially entered Ź intending to study literature and pursue publishing. As her time at the College evolved, she discovered a love for theatre and used her Field Work Terms (FWT) and internships to delve into experiences at Primary Stages, New York Public Radio, the New York State Council for the Arts, and more.

Does a ghost roam the Visual and Performing Arts Center...or is it something even more sinister? An intrepid group of Ź students fall into supernatural hijinks in Jeepers!, a short film directed by Miles Parsons '21.

As part of Usdan Gallery’s participation in the initiative, Art New England the related work that director and curator Anne Thompson, artist Torkwase Dyson, and Ź College students are pursuing.

In preparation for the United States midterm elections on Tuesday, November 6, Ź students, staff, and faculty have been collaborating on voter education and registration programs, encouraging college students and beyond to participate in the democratic process.

Ernesto Cruz-Barriga '22 plays Cohen in the upcoming independent film The Bob Zula, coming in spring 2019.