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- Jennifer Brice to Serve as Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair in Regional Studies for 2025–26Jennifer Brice to Serve as Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair in Regional Studies for 2025–26 sdevries@colgate.edu Professor of English and Creative Writing Jennifer Brice has been appointed to serve as the Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair for regional studies for the 2025–26 academic year. Brice is the author of three books: The Last Settlers, a work of documentary journalism; Unlearning to Fly, a memoir-in-essays; and Another North: Essays in Praise of the World That Is. She teaches courses in creative writing and contemporary literature, including True Crime and Living Writers. This fall, Brice will teach ENGL 374: Creative Nonfiction Workshop, with a focus on writing about place and the natural world, especially in relation to the upstate region of New York. The workshop will include the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, with an emphasis on the memoir and the personal essay. As part of the course, students will also present a community reading of their writing about the region. Robert Cowser’s anthology, Why We’re Here: New York Essayists on Living Upstate, will serve as a central text, along with a selection of writing from The Best American Science & Nature Writing series, as well as some classics of nature writing by such writers as H.D. Thoreau, Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard, John Burroughs, Terry Tempest Williams, John McPhee, and Sherry Simpson. In addition to readings and discussions, students will also journal weekly and conduct research to create essays of their own as part of a final portfolio of a single or several shorter essays. Brice plans to use the funding and support provided to the Burke Chair to create additional opportunities for the students taking the course, including inviting local experts and colleagues in the biology, geology, geography, and environmental studies departments to speak about the natural history of the region. The course will also include a weekend of hiking and canoeing at Camp Colgate in September with Brice’s students in ENGL 217: Introduction to Creative Writing. At the conclusion of the course, Brice said she plans to include a public reading by the students in downtown Hamilton and produce an anthology of the best student writing from the semester. The Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair for Regional Studies was established in 2006 by Stephen Burke ’80 and Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81. The Burke Chair aligns with the mission of the Upstate Institute to promote and advance a broad and deep understanding of the diverse cultural, social, economic, and environmental resources of upstate New York through community-based research, the reciprocal transfer of knowledge, and civic engagement. Academics Arts and Humanities Faculty News Research Centers and Institutes People Faculty & Staff Upstate Institute Department of English and Creative Writing
- Colgate students join 2025 Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development ProgramColgate students join 2025 Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program Contributing Writer Four Colgate students have joined the summer 2025 cohort of The Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program, The Gotham’s seven-week program for launching undergraduates into the media workforce with mentorship, candid industry insights, comprehensive resources, and support in developing their selected projects. Isabella Ohrt ’25, Brittany Cohen ’26, Caiden Williams ’26, Grace Owusu-Amoah ’26, and Shuhei Matsutoya ’28 will engage with an expanded 2025 curriculum, which spans pitching, nonprofit management, film festival strategy, entrepreneurship, and representation. Open conversations and workshops will allow them and their fellow students to seek out opportunities and carve a strategic path into the media industry. Students explore one of six focused tracks through conversations with industry professionals in their field of interest: Narrative Filmmaking, Documentary Filmmaking, Television and Episodic, New Media and Entrepreneurship, Executive Leadership, and Multi-Hyphenate Work. In previous EDU cycles, session leaders have included independent filmmakers as well as representatives from companies such as Netflix, CAA, PBS, MACRO, and ColorCreative. “With the new programmatic tracks, students will gain hands-on experience tailored to their goals — setting them up for the next step in their careers,” said Kia Brooks, The Gotham’s deputy director. The Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program runs from June 16 to August 1. The first career development program was held with 22 students in 2020. The summer 2025 program will be the seventh edition with 37 students representing 20 colleges and universities. It will continue to be run virtually to improve access for students across the country. The program is supported through corporate, philanthropic, and institutional support, which covers the full cost of tuition. “Gotham EDU continues to open the door for emerging talent, offering students a rare opportunity to engage directly with working professionals at a formative moment in their creative lives,” said Jeffrey Sharp ’89, The Gotham’s executive director. “Thanks to the incredible generosity of our supporters and partners, the program has grown into a vital launchpad for the next generation of storytellers and film and media executives, with alumni already making their mark across the industry.” The student participants will also have the opportunity to attend this year’s Gotham Week. Select students will participate in shadowing opportunities with companies, including Storm City Films, through the Executive Ambassador track. The program now has 153 alumni representing 35 schools. They have gone on to work at A24, Apple, Amazon Studios, CBS News, HBO Documentaries, Letterboxd, PBS Kids, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Showtime Networks, Nickelodeon, Nike, NBC Universal, Paramount, and the United Talent Agency (UTA). Academics Arts and Humanities Arts Career Development News and Updates Student Film and Media Studies Program Photo by Laura Barisonzi
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- Jennifer Brice to Serve as Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair in Regional Studies for 2025–26Jennifer Brice to Serve as Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair in Regional Studies for 2025–26 sdevries@colgate.edu Professor of English and Creative Writing Jennifer Brice has been appointed to serve as the Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair for regional studies for the 2025–26 academic year. Brice is the author of three books: The Last Settlers, a work of documentary journalism; Unlearning to Fly, a memoir-in-essays; and Another North: Essays in Praise of the World That Is. She teaches courses in creative writing and contemporary literature, including True Crime and Living Writers. This fall, Brice will teach ENGL 374: Creative Nonfiction Workshop, with a focus on writing about place and the natural world, especially in relation to the upstate region of New York. The workshop will include the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, with an emphasis on the memoir and the personal essay. As part of the course, students will also present a community reading of their writing about the region. Robert Cowser’s anthology, Why We’re Here: New York Essayists on Living Upstate, will serve as a central text, along with a selection of writing from The Best American Science & Nature Writing series, as well as some classics of nature writing by such writers as H.D. Thoreau, Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard, John Burroughs, Terry Tempest Williams, John McPhee, and Sherry Simpson. In addition to readings and discussions, students will also journal weekly and conduct research to create essays of their own as part of a final portfolio of a single or several shorter essays. Brice plans to use the funding and support provided to the Burke Chair to create additional opportunities for the students taking the course, including inviting local experts and colleagues in the biology, geology, geography, and environmental studies departments to speak about the natural history of the region. The course will also include a weekend of hiking and canoeing at Camp Colgate in September with Brice’s students in ENGL 217: Introduction to Creative Writing. At the conclusion of the course, Brice said she plans to include a public reading by the students in downtown Hamilton and produce an anthology of the best student writing from the semester. The Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81 Endowed Chair for Regional Studies was established in 2006 by Stephen Burke ’80 and Gretchen Hoadley Burke ’81. The Burke Chair aligns with the mission of the Upstate Institute to promote and advance a broad and deep understanding of the diverse cultural, social, economic, and environmental resources of upstate New York through community-based research, the reciprocal transfer of knowledge, and civic engagement. Academics Arts and Humanities Faculty News Research Centers and Institutes People Faculty & Staff Upstate Institute Department of English and Creative Writing
- Colgate students join 2025 Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development ProgramColgate students join 2025 Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program Contributing Writer Four Colgate students have joined the summer 2025 cohort of The Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program, The Gotham’s seven-week program for launching undergraduates into the media workforce with mentorship, candid industry insights, comprehensive resources, and support in developing their selected projects. Isabella Ohrt ’25, Brittany Cohen ’26, Caiden Williams ’26, Grace Owusu-Amoah ’26, and Shuhei Matsutoya ’28 will engage with an expanded 2025 curriculum, which spans pitching, nonprofit management, film festival strategy, entrepreneurship, and representation. Open conversations and workshops will allow them and their fellow students to seek out opportunities and carve a strategic path into the media industry. Students explore one of six focused tracks through conversations with industry professionals in their field of interest: Narrative Filmmaking, Documentary Filmmaking, Television and Episodic, New Media and Entrepreneurship, Executive Leadership, and Multi-Hyphenate Work. In previous EDU cycles, session leaders have included independent filmmakers as well as representatives from companies such as Netflix, CAA, PBS, MACRO, and ColorCreative. “With the new programmatic tracks, students will gain hands-on experience tailored to their goals — setting them up for the next step in their careers,” said Kia Brooks, The Gotham’s deputy director. The Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program runs from June 16 to August 1. The first career development program was held with 22 students in 2020. The summer 2025 program will be the seventh edition with 37 students representing 20 colleges and universities. It will continue to be run virtually to improve access for students across the country. The program is supported through corporate, philanthropic, and institutional support, which covers the full cost of tuition. “Gotham EDU continues to open the door for emerging talent, offering students a rare opportunity to engage directly with working professionals at a formative moment in their creative lives,” said Jeffrey Sharp ’89, The Gotham’s executive director. “Thanks to the incredible generosity of our supporters and partners, the program has grown into a vital launchpad for the next generation of storytellers and film and media executives, with alumni already making their mark across the industry.” The student participants will also have the opportunity to attend this year’s Gotham Week. Select students will participate in shadowing opportunities with companies, including Storm City Films, through the Executive Ambassador track. The program now has 153 alumni representing 35 schools. They have gone on to work at A24, Apple, Amazon Studios, CBS News, HBO Documentaries, Letterboxd, PBS Kids, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Showtime Networks, Nickelodeon, Nike, NBC Universal, Paramount, and the United Talent Agency (UTA). Academics Arts and Humanities Arts Career Development News and Updates Student Film and Media Studies Program Photo by Laura Barisonzi