Gift to the Class of 2021: Foundations team-up to offer free community college course for all NH high school grads

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The “Gift to the Class of 2021” is a commitment of more than $1 million from the two Foundations along with additional support, advising and other services from the community colleges to help students on educational pathways across the state and recognizes the disruption the pandemic has had on educational aspirations and aims to get students back on track.

Artist Kylie Cropper: Journey of self-discovery has been one of enlightenment and pain

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Kylie Cropper’s journey to and navigation in New Hampshire has been one of meaningful self-discovery. Born in Washington, D.C., with the heart of an art artist, Cropper is now a senior at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College and Design (formerly the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester), a place that has taught her many things, and where she says she has faced racial challenges during her four-year tenure.

My students weigh in on Cancel Culture

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Last week, I taught David Foster Wallace’s essay “Consider the Lobster” to my College Composition classes, which are dual enrollment courses that offer college credits through Southern New Hampshire University. But I wrestled with this decision before ultimately concluding it could be one of those much-ballyhooed “teachable moments.”

The Bizarro Bob Vila

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Before resigning myself to this truth and accepting the fact that I’m useless as a handyman, I endured many uncomfortable conversations in a variety of backyards and bars, drinking beers with the guys, and praying no one would ask me for an opinion about a shed that was being built, or an engine in a car or a lawnmower.

A Tale of 43 Cowards

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After watching the sad and utterly predictable acquittal of former-President Donald J. Trump by the 43 GOP sycophants in the Senate, I needed to step back from the television and take a breath. I sensed John McCain rolling in his grave…

What happened in Vegas, I’ll tell you everything

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When I arrived in Sin City—I can still remember the illumination on the desert horizon, like a synthetic sunrise, while driving into the Vegas lights from I-15 at night—I discovered that the high school where I would be teaching English had roughly the same number of students as Plymouth State, where I had completed my undergraduate degree six months earlier.

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