by Franciszka Voeltz | Mar 4, 2021 | Blog
On Thursday, December 17, 2020, ten Clun Forest ewes and one Icelandic-Merino ewe arrived at Compostella Farm, home of the Thoreau College farm program. They barrelled out of the trailer and then stood there, looking around sheepishly. Since then, our ewes (and one...
by Franciszka Voeltz | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog, People, Students
Thoreau College’s second fellow cohort includes Deep Springs College alumni Rory O’Hollaren (DS’18), Levi Freedman (DS’18), and Sean Coomey (DS’19). It is exciting to have them here because Thoreau College was born from the virtues of the Nunnian education that is the...
by Franciszka Voeltz | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog, News
When we set the stage for our Fall 2020 semester program, our students were aware they could continue on in the new year as fellows after completing the fall semester and taking a much needed winter break. When the fall semester began, we weren’t sure who would...
by ginowhitaker@pixeler.com | Nov 26, 2020 | Blog, News, Students
By student Brandon Ipiña Coming to Thoreau College, I wasn’t really sure what it was about. Yes, I did know it would be in the Driftless Region, that there would be time to reflect and to work, and that through all these moments of engagement and practice, I would get...
by ginowhitaker@pixeler.com | Aug 20, 2020 | Blog, News, Students
We’re lucky to have a lively, thoughtful, and hardworking group of students in town this semester! They offer a range of backgrounds, experiences and areas of expertise, including but not limited to film and playwriting, ESL instruction, incarceration abolition,...
