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Midad Alkhafaji '28 studies Architecture, Design, and Sustainability at Bennington. For her summer 2026 Field Work Term, Alkhafaji is an architectural intern at Goldstone Architecture in Bennington, VT.
Olivia Gerber '15, an MFA student in nonfiction, has been selected to be the seventeenth Residential Teaching Fellow at the Bennington Writing Seminars.
August Schnell ’26, from Minnesota, was attracted to Bennington for the ability to work across disciplines, specifically Public Health and Environmental Science. They ended up doing deep longterm work on the environmental contaminant PFAS and opening themselves up to intersecting studies in Political Science and Data Science.
On the evening of Monday, May 18, more than 100 Bennington students and faculty packed the CAPA Symposium to hear 13 seniors present their Advanced Work in Society, Culture, and Thought (SCT).
On Saturday, May 23, 2026, three advanced architecture/design students presented their thesis projects.
More than 100 attendees participated in Bennington College’s first Bon Dance Festival on May 3.
The vibrant blue program audience members picked up from a music stand inside Greenwall Auditorium at The Bennington Balkan Ensemble concert last Wednesday night could not reveal the rich cultural experience in store.
Jefferey Spivey MFA '26 is a finalist for the 2026 DAG Prize for Literature.
Luca van der Velde '26, who has been covering community news for The Bennington Banner, highlighted the Bennington Senior Show, an annual opportunity for Bennington graduates studying Visual Art to showcase their work from May 19–30.
Projects for Peace has announced its 2026 cohort of grantees. This year, 142 projects from 98 partner institutions were selected, with one project being chosen from Bennington College.
On Saturday, May 2, from 10:00 am–10:00 pm, Luella Arizola-Lyons '28, Devan Spiro '27, Anna Sutton '28, and Olli Wiesmann '28 are organizing a free, family-friendly, all-day, community arts event for the Downtown Bennington area.
JAYS – Bennington Artisan Market (B.A.M.) presents "My Fleeting Moments," a solo exhibition Mattias Van Cleef '26, from May 1–7 in the storefront windows at 115 South Street in downtown Bennington. An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 1, from 5:00–7:00 pm.
The Bennington College Herbarium was showcased at this year's Northeast Natural History Conference in Burlington, VT.
On Saturday, March 14, Linds Leggett ’27, along with facilitators Beatrix Sherry ’26 and Carissa K. Lombardi '26, joined nearly a dozen participants in the Admissions Parlor for a restorative justice circle combined with succulent planting. The event, part of the Restorative Justice Collective’s Pi Day celebration, centered on building community.
During the fall term, Brennan Eberwine ’27 spent Thursday afternoons in the East Academic Center at Bennington College for Journalism & Democracy. He and his eleven classmates, under the direction of Brian Campion, faculty member in the Center for the Advancement of Public Action, met with journalists, read and reflected on news stories, and, outside of class, contributed as journalists to the Bennington Banner.
This past summer, Willa Donovan ’26 joined Bennington faculty member in Ecology Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie and teams from the University of Maine and the University of Vermont as a research assistant. Donovan contributed to the multi-year project examining how northeastern alpine plant communities are changing as the climate warms.
Projects for Peace has announced its 2025 cohort of grantees. This year, 134 projects from 93 partner institutions were selected, with one project being chosen from Bennington College.
"Catastrophe Theory," a poem by Blu Mehari '26, was selected by poet Matthew Shenoda for the 2025 Green Prize for Poetry by the Academy of American Poets and is featured on their website.
Sofia Mirenda '28 spent her six-week winter Field Work Term working at Red Fox Community School, an experiential K-5 school in Manchester, VT.
Work propels students toward promising careers in bioinformatics and genetics.
For her first Field Work Term, Helen Simpson '29 is cataloging and archiving materials at the D’Amico House at Lazy Point, NY.
Nate Tantral-Johnson ’26 transferred from The University of the Arts to Bennington College in 2024. They study dance along with writing and film.
Timmy Torinus ’26 studies Drama and Literature. We caught up with him during his senior year to reflect on Bennington, the work he’s done, and what’s next.
Maverick Yarger '27 studies Drama and Sculpture, with a focus on properties fabrication, at Bennington. For the winter 2026 Field Work Term, Yarger is assisting playwright Catherine Filloux.
Charlie Love '27 studies Music and Political Philosophy at Bennington. For his winter 2026 Field Work Term, Love is interning at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center in New York City.