Hampshire film student Malik Ford is among 10 U.S. college students this year to receive a Princess Grace Award, a national program dedicated to helping emerging theater, dance, and film artists hone their craft and advance their careers through scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships. Hampshire students and alums have won 12 Princess Grace Awards in film the over the past 11 years, funding their Division III film theses or using the grants for their own special projects.
Ford, who will enter his final year at Hampshire in the fall, uses film to explore topics such as critical race theory, ethnography, and gender in order to promote alternative methods of discourse regarding status and power in social interactions. His Division III film thesis will focus on Black gun ownership in the United States. Read more about his accomplishments and his creative, impactful work here.
AMHERST – Some college students write a thesis or finish up course requirements their senior year. For his senior project at Hampshire College, Rody Lipson plans to build a tiny house for Syrian refugees.“I chose that particular group, because when I...
For his Div III senior project, Rody Lipson is designing and building a house for Syrian refugees, and using a sustainable design, reports The Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Hampshire alum Rob Young, an attorney, stopped by the library the other day to find a copy of his Division III thesis he wrote as a student two decades ago. He is one of 3,400 graduates who have submitted their thesis to the Div III Archive. This is what dethroning the course looks like: Each book affirms the courage and creativity with which five decades of Hampshire students have harnessed their curiosity, channeled their passion, and set off to explore something they care about. To see a sampling of recent Div III capstones visithttps://www.hampshire.edu/news/division-iii-profiles. For instructions for alums on submitting your Div III, see https://www.hampshire.edu/library/the-div-iii-archive-submission-instructions
North Central: 2022 NCAA Division III College Football National Champions
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Dec. 17, 2022) - Finishing off one of the most historically dominant campaigns in the 49-year history of the NCAA's split into three divisions, the North Central College football team claimed its second Division III national title in three seasons with a 28-21 victory over the University of Mount Union (Ohio) Friday at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
The Cardinals completed an unblemished 15-0 season, establishing a new program record for single-season victories while also setting a new all-time Division III standard for rushing yards in a single season (5,325).
Facing off against the Purple Raiders (14-1) for the third straight postseason, North Central used its power running game to gain 44 yards on the first five plays of the evening before Luke Lehnen dropped back and uncorked a pass to Ethan Greenfield, who got behind the Mount Union coverage for a 28-yard touchdown reception with less than four minutes elapsed.
The Cardinals missed on a 32-yard field goal attempt late in the opening period but were able to double their lead in spectacular fashion midway through the second quarter. Taking over at its own six-yard line after Mount Union's fourth punt of the first half, Lehnen delivered a strike down the middle to Deangelo Hardy. The wideout made the catch near midfield and won a footrace with three Purple Raider defenders to the end zone. The 94-yard completion is the longest in the Cardinals' history.
Mount Union opened the second half on offense and put together an 18-play, 70-yard drive which consumed nearly nine minutes but still did not result in any points. Facing fourth down-and-one at the Cardinals' 10-yard line, the Raiders attempted to convert via the run, but Julian Bell and Angelo Cusumano broke through the line to bring down running back Lance Mitchell three yards behind the line of scrimmage and end the drive.
On the second play of the ensuing drive, Greenfield broke loose for a 58-yard run to the Raiders' 26-yard line. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Greenfield took a direct snap and ran off left end for his second score of the evening. With 14:56 to play, the Cardinals owned a 21-0 advantage.
Mount Union got on the board with a nine-yard scoring run by quarterback Braxton Plunk, and narrowed the gap further to 21-14 after Plunk's three-yard TD pass to Wayne Ruby.
Lehnen, who became the first North Central quarterback to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season (1,034), ran 42 yards on the ensuing drive to move the Cardinals into Raider territory. Three plays later, Hardy hauled in a three-yard scoring pass from Lehnen which was ruled an incompletion initially before being overturned on a replay review.
Trailing, 28-14, Mount Union brought itself back within one score as Plunk completed a 41-yard pass to Ruby before a four-yard scoring pass to Edwin Reed with just 30 seconds to play. The Raiders attempted an onside kick but Zack Orr recovered to put an end to the contest.
Greenfield was named the game's Most Outstanding Player, a distinction he also received in North Central's 2019 Stagg Bowl victory, ran for 119 yards on 25 carries. Lehnen ran 10 times for 98 yards while Hardy caught three passes for a game-high 107 yards.
Sam Taviani paced the Cardinals' defense with nine tackles (eight solo), while Cusumano finished with seven.
Celebrating the Magnificence of NCAA Division III Athletes
Today I pause to thank our student-athletes for all they do and the many ways they contribute to our campus. Our nearly 400 Division III student-athletes are important members of our Buffalo State College community. They chose to come to Buffalo State because of our outstanding academic and community programs, but also because they wanted to play their chosen sport. Our student-athletes not only have a passion for their games; they also understand that the lessons they learn on the courts and the fields contribute to their success now and in the future.
In many ways, Buffalo State’s student-athletes have perfected the art of balance. They are up early in the morning and frequently late at night to condition, practice, compete, and study. The skills they learn from their athletic pursuits are transferable across other domains. They practice what it means to lead and what it means to follow as their teams set goals and move toward success. They learn that goals can be personal or collective, and in both cases, they can press through difficult situations to achieve success.
Although our student-athletes are recognizable in their uniforms, playing their sports, they are also seen across campus or within the city contributing in ways that lift our community and our neighborhoods. Our student-athletes are often found leading campus organizations, participating in student governance, and providing service to community members in need. The traits that foster personal athletic ability while cultivating leadership skills place our student-athletes on the road to success in and outside the classroom. Each year, as students are recognized across campus, we see student-athletes garnering many of our highest academic recognitions while also being recognized for their athletic prowess.
This has been an extremely difficult year for all members of our campus community, but especially for our student-athletes. Their athletic competition has been derailed in addition to the many other adjustments we have all had to make to maintain health and safety precautions so that education could continue. Our student-athletes have borne the challenges in ways that represent the Buffalo State spirit: together we will get through this to the other side. They have weathered our current obstacles with agility, fortitude, compassion, and grace.
So today, during NCAA Division III week, I stop to celebrate our student-athletes and to thank them for the many ways they contribute to our Buffalo State community.
