Angela Valden

Journalist, editor, marketing professional

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES
A student bags a soil sample in an ATV surrounded by trees as another students collects another sample in front of the ATV
A farmer hands a plant clipping to a student as several classmates gather around in a greenhouse
Author Robin Wall Kimmerer smiles while talking informally with several students
Two Skidmore students earned the distinction of being the first two undergraduates invited to conduct research on former Vice President Al Gore’s Tennessee farm.

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The Gardenside Living-Learning Community is a special interest residential option offered to first-year students at Skidmore College who are interested in sustainability.

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New York Times best-selling author Robin Wall Kimmerer discussed the importance of engaging with the natural world through multiple lenses during a residency at Skidmore.

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ENTREPRENEURIAL ARTS
Artist Jonah Lobe explains a concept to the viewer in this screenshot from a YouTube video
Hannah Traore poses in her NYC gallery with an artist on either side of her
Dylan Telano works at a computer in a Skidmore computer lab
Known for his creations in video games like “Skyrim” and “Fallout” and for illustrating the 2022 book “Marvel Anatomy,” artist Jonah Lobe talks about his latest passion project.

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Hannah Traore has been making a meaningful impact in the art world, advocating for and celebrating artists who have been historically marginalized from the mainstream narrative.

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Dylan Telano, a Skidmore business administration and management major, turned his passions for storytelling and community into a successful and rapidly growing online creator platform.

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BUILDING COMMUNITY
Sybil Newell talks to two Skidmore students around a round table in her office
The five inaugural Miranda Fellows at Skidmore pose in a theater studio in front of a black curtain
Three Skidmore professors sit with author Suleika Jaouad on the stage of Zankel Music Center
Social work students have worked closely with a Saratoga organization that has been helping individuals and families impacted by homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse, and other life challenges since 1978.

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The three-year Miranda Family Fellowship program offers guidance and opportunities to emerging artists and arts administrators, fostering broad participation in the arts.

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Suleika Jaouad, New York Times best-selling author of “Between Two Kingdoms,” shared poignant lessons of in-betweenness, resilience, and connection with Skidmore’s Class of 2028.

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AI AND TECHNOLOGY
A student helps Associate Professor Sarah Sweeney stand up a phone booth that is part of her art installation in Scribner Library
An AI-generated graphic of a robot holding a phone up to a person wearing headphones, making a selection on the phone screen
A graphic that reads "When AI meets CTCM"
Associate Professor of Art Sarah Sweeney raises philosophical, ethical, and technological questions through her project “Conversations with My Deepfake Dad,” in which she uses AI to talk with her late father.

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In Assistant Professor of Psychology Luc LaFreniere’s My Therapist is a Robot course, students try out wellness apps, read and discuss science fiction, and evaluate cutting-edge research studies. 

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At Skidmore College, many faculty, staff, and students are staying on top of the often divisive AI conversation, acknowledging that it is a rapidly evolving presence in higher education that needs to be addressed.

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