A Woman of Many Parts
Katie Connor is, to use an old-fashioned phrase, a woman of many parts. She is or has been (deep breath here): A licensed boat captain, commercial fisherperson, research vessel crew,…
View moreIn Memory of Michael Phillips
“We are not at the end of a rope, as it’s so easy to think. Humanity can yet choose to turn direction. The moment has come to leap into action…
View moreDiverse Voices Fellowship
Sterling College is now accepting applications for a new online course on the art of food and environmental writing, with tuition-free fellowships funded by Penguin Random House and other donors….
View moreIn Memoriam: Ted Bermingham
April 28, 1927 – January 18, 2022 Without a doubt, Ted Bermingham set Sterling on the path that has led us to today–a path that began in the early years…
View moreSeed Preservation: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
Jennifer Laura Palmer wants her grandfather’s asparagus back. More specifically, she’d like to be able to grow the same asparagus that he, “a child of the Great Depression,” did when…
View moreCommunity and Empowerment: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
When you talk to the recent graduates of the Wendell Berry Farming Program, you hear the word “community.” A lot. And when you talk to recent graduate Lizzie Camfield, it’s…
View moreDr. Lori Collins-Hall Appointed Interim President of Sterling College
The Sterling College Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Lori Collins-Hall as interim president of the college, effective November 1, 2021. Dr. Collins-Hall’s appointment follows the departure of Matthew Derr,…
View moreCommon Ground: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
Gabe Francisco came to the Wendell Berry Farming Program with a lot of baggage: clothes, books, computer stuff, a hand-made, hardwood oxen yolk, and a pair of Swiss Brown oxen…
View moreA Taste of Change: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
As a student passionate about food and agriculture, Ashland Tann, learned quickly that when he spoke about this passion “people’s eyes would just glaze over.” “But if I cooked them…
View moreWhere I Belong: A Wendell Berry Farming Program Graduate Profile
Emily Wade never thought she would get a college degree. The Louisville native had given academia a try, attending Jefferson Community and Technical College for a bunch of credits, University…
View moreUnderstanding Agroecology
This piece is co-authored by Tony VanWinkle, Director of the Rian Fried Center for Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems, Faculty in Sustainable Food Systems and Nicole Civita, Vice President of…
View moreFrom the Board Chair: A Presidential Transition
Dear Sterling Community, Last week, President Matthew Derr shared his plan to step down from his role as of October 31. Matthew continued the legacy of his two predecessors and…
View moreA Genuine Belief in a Just Future : Renee Barry’s Block Prints
I graduated from Sterling in 2016 with a degree in the Environmental Humanities, and I often think about doing it over again. It would be so different if I could…
View moreGood Clean Fun : Chicory Farm Soap Collaboration
In 2011, Sara Turnbull (Sustainable Textile Production, ‘11) and Steve Lester (Sustainable Agriculture, ‘11) packed up their pickup truck with goats and rabbits and headed back home to the Finger…
View moreNew-Found Skills and Hand-Made Packs
Customers receiving their long-awaited, hand-made, bespoke climbing pack from John Campbell may find, enclosed with their order, a small square sticker that reads: “Alpine Luddites: No social media. No one…
View moreTHE WORLD STILL SHINES: Report from the Southwest Field Semester
The world still shines. We just have to get out and see it. I’m not talking about the world of bank accounts and airports and cars and automated systems. We…
View moreRachael Blansett Appointed: Diversity & Inclusion Fellow
CRAFTSBURY COMMON, VT, AND BAR HARBOR, MAINE, June 29, 2021—A collaborative effort by Vermont’s Sterling College and Maine’s College of the Atlantic to bolster antiracist initiatives has led to the…
View moreSterling College Welcomes Four New Trustees
New board members to begin three-year terms on July 1, 2021 Four new members will be joining the Sterling College Board of Trustees on July 1st to oversee Sterling’s mission…
View moreJuneteenth at Sterling
Originating in 1865, Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. For the second year, Sterling will join in solidarity by observing…
View moreFrom Emergency to Emergence: EcoGather — a collaborative platform to address intersecting eco-social crises in communities around the world
EcoGather will initially serve five partner communities in Bhutan, Colorado, India, Puerto Rico, and Vermont. When Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit Puerto Rico within weeks of one another in 2017,…
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