Faculty News

A review by literature faculty member Brooke Allen of Jenny Allen’s new essay collection, Would Everybody Please Stop?, appeared in a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal.

In wake of the violent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, an article in Fast Company cited the writings of the late management guru and former faculty member Peter Drucker, who emphasized the role of business—“one of the very few institutions that is not nationalistic in its worldview”—to influence and uphold the moral standards of our country. “To make our institutions perform responsibly,” Drucker asserted in his 1973 masterpiece Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, is “the only safeguard of freedom and dignity.”

Music faculty member Tom Bogdan was awarded his fourth Fulbright Grant to teach American composer Meredith Monk's A Celebration Service to musicians and dancers abroad. 

Mark Wunderlich, the recently inaugurated Director of the Bennington Writing Seminars, took some time to answer questions about his long-term goals for the program, its literary legacy, and what he’s reading.

Creativz published an article by Robert Ransick called "Enough with Problem Solving, Let's Start Creating."