Good Work Is Needing Each Other
Paige Garner participated in the inaugural course of the Wendell Berry Farming Program in Kentucky in September 2018, a two-week intensive titled Homecoming I: Good Work is Membership. We are…
View moreSterling Receives $2.5 Million Grant and a $500,000 Fundraising Challenge from the NoVo Foundation
Sterling Receives $2.5 Million Grant and a $500,000 Fundraising Challenge from the NoVo Foundation Grant to Fund No-Tuition Sustainable Agriculture Program in Kentucky Named for Wendell Berry Craftsbury Common, Vt….
View moreSterling College Students Design Curriculum for Children
—This article, written by June Pichel Cook, appeared originally on December 12, 2018 in The Hardwick Gazette. We are grateful for permission to reprint it. CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Academy Woodlot Nature Curriculum was…
View moreAlumni Spotlight: Leonard Brennan ’76
Name: Leonard A. Brennan, PhD Graduation Year: 1976 Degree: Grassroots Project Current Hometown: Kingsville, Texas Employment: Professor of Wildlife Ecology and C.C. Winn Endowed Chair for Quail Research, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife…
View moreA Spring Semester Start with Emma Stein ‘19
EMMA STEIN ‘19 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE MAJOR/AGROECOLOGY FOCUS Greenwich, NY | born & raised Emma is passionate about science and gathering the skills she needs to be a well-rounded person who …
View moreSterling College Awarded $350,000 Grant to Establish Robert B. Annis Center for Ecology
Craftsbury Common, Vt. — November 27, 2018 Loss of habitat. Declining pH levels of our oceans. Global temperature trends. The world around us is being changed by human activity…
View moreSterling College Community Food Action Students Explore Approaches to Local Food Security
Community Food Action Social movements and innovation often begin and have a big impact at the local level, and students in a Sterling College course are exploring what that means…
View moreMatthew Derr and Mary Berry Speak at The Land Institute’s 2018 Prairie Festival
Sterling College Trustee and Executive Director of The Berry Center, Mary Berry, and President Matthew Derr had the privilege of presenting together at this year’s Prairie Festival at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas. Click…
View moreAlumni Spotlight: Erin Lane ’00
Name: Erin Lane (nee: Small) Graduation Year: 2000 Degree: Grassroots Certificate; AA Natural Resource Management; BA Wildlands Ecology and Management Current Hometown: Peacham, VT Employment: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research…
View morePies for People Tenth Anniversary Volunteer Event on November 14 at Sterling College
Pies for People will celebrate its tenth anniversary this fall, thanks to a group of businesses, nonprofit organizations and committed volunteers who make it happen. The coordinators of this effort…
View moreMaggie Lynas ’19 on Finding Sterling College
MAGGIE LYNAS ’19 SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS MAJOR Baltimore, MD | born & raised Whether it is on the Sterling College farm, in the classroom or in Guatemala, Maggie Lynas ‘19 is…
View morePhilip Ackerman-Leist Named Dean of SNAF at Sterling College
Renowned Sustainability Educator and Author Philip Ackerman-Leist Named Dean of the School of the New American Farmstead at Sterling College Sterling to Expand Continuing Education and Explore Offering Graduate Programs…
View morePhilip Ackerman-Leist Named Dean of SNAF at Sterling College
Renowned Sustainability Educator and Author Philip Ackerman-Leist Named Dean of the School of the New American Farmstead at Sterling College Sterling to Expand Continuing Education and Explore Offering Graduate Programs…
View moreSterling School Alumni Get Back to Their Roots at Reunion in Craftsbury Common
Sterling’s 60th year celebration culminated with a Sterling School Alumni Reunion, held October 12-14, 2018, in Craftsbury Common. More than 45 alumni and partners attended the reunion from all over…
View moreStudent Life Reflections with Jake Applegate ’20
JAKE APPLEGATE ’20 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE MAJOR/SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS MINOR Havertown, PA | born & raised Jake’s passion for growing herbs, cooking and learning about food systems translates well into what…
View moreJudith Jones’ Biographer Sara Franklin to Present at Sterling College on October 6
Sterling College presents an evening honoring the gift of the Judith and Evan Jones Food Library to the College with a free public talk by Judith Jones’ biographer Sara Franklin,…
View moreDr. Serin Houston to Present About Current Migration Scope, Impacts & Activism at Sterling College on October 7
The topic of migration commands a central role in contemporary policy debates, social activism and local, national and international media. Sterling College invites the public to attend a free talk…
View moreSterling College Hosts Autumn Open House on October 6
Sterling College is offering an opportunity for prospective students and their families to visit campus, explore its academic offerings and eat lunch in its nationally-recognized dining hall by hosting an…
View moreWashington Monthly Ranks Sterling College No. 13 Best Liberal Arts College
Sterling College was ranked No. 13 in the Liberal Arts Colleges category of the recently released 2018 Washington Monthly College Rankings. This is the first time the environmental stewardship college…
View moreEleanor “Lee” Byrd to Give Talk About 20th Century Polar Explorer Richard Byrd at Sterling College
Admiral Richard Byrd is famous for his history-making expeditions to Antarctica and flights over the Arctic, but his personal life was an enigma, even to his biographer. Sterling College invites…
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