Community Service

Bennington believes that a great education includes connections to the world outside the classroom—an idea so important that the College builds it into the academic structure through the yearly Field Work Term, which many students choose to spend at nonprofit and community organizations. The desire to serve others is no less present during the terms they spend on campus. Bennington students devote themselves to a number of community outreach efforts, often tied to the things they are pursuing in their coursework—and just as instructive.

Bennington students also connect to the community through College projects such as the Quantum Leap program, which helps at-risk elementary, middle, and high school students in the community find their own reasons for returning to school.