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Why Apply to Thoreau College?
By Jacob Rowland, 2020 Fall Semester Program Thoreau College is a singular place, and perhaps a hard place to understand. The applicant process is, in a way, opposite to the ordinary college search process: most colleges have extensive websites, virtual tours, and...
Student Body Report – Fall 2023
Participation in shared community self-governance is a key part of being a student at Thoreau College. This includes active participation in meetings of the Board of Trustees. The following report from the Thoreau College Student Body was presented to the Thoreau College Board of Trustees.
Alumni Reflection – Nanami Nishiyama
Nanami Nishiyama came from Japan to participate in the 2023 Thoreau College Spring Semester Program. Photography by Leeza Gavronsky, Jacob Hundt, and Nanami Nishiyama “What is the rich life for me?”: Finding a compass for my life at Thoreau College Why did I come to...
Theater Making at Thoreau College
Amongst the myriad of activities which Thoreau College is engaged in at any given time, the last 7 months of college life have certainly seen an uptick in instances of theater-making. The first ever Viroqua Shakespeare Festival took place last October when the...
Welcome to the New Thoreau College Campus!
At Thoreau College, we have always considered our campus to be Viroqua, Vernon County, and the wider Driftless Region more generally. Students have lived in several regular residential homes in town that we have rented and equipped with gardens and chicken coops. We...
Announcing the Microcollege Podcast
This summer Thoreau College launched a new project to spread the word about the many exciting efforts currently underway across the country to rethink and renew education for young people and adults of all ages. On “Microcollege: The Thoreau College Podcast,” Thoreau...
Who Are Thoreau College Students?
Metamorphosis Year #1 Thoreau College - Fall 2021 “Are we really going to throw away the lungs?” -- Amy Yang, TC2021-2022 This unusual question was put to me in deep earnestness this fall by Amy, one of our 2021-2022 Thoreau College Metamorphosis Year students, as I...