Alumni News

Image of Carling Berkhout playing guitar Omens, Ampersands, and Friday the 13th

Local indie-folk-rock musical artist Carling Berkhout '19 spoke to The Brattleboro Reformer about her latest album, Omens.

Books with title "Bennington Writing Seminars at Thirty" Bennington Writing Seminars at Thirty

By Louise Bokkenheuser

Sunlight filters through the curtains onto the desk by the window. Books, papers, and pens suggest a creative mind at work. The writer has just stepped away, leaving their glasses on an open notebook. A gooseneck lamp conveys the long hours, the flowers in the vase a consideration for beauty.

Alumni Gathering Local Bennington Alumni Reconnect at Fall Gathering

On the warm perfectly cloudless evening of September 12, about thirty local Bennington alumni gathered at the President’s residence, the Brick House, in Shaftsbury to catch up with College news and each other. They graduated between 1962 and 2024. What they have in common is a love of the creative and interdisciplinary environment Bennington provided and their willingness to stay in or return to the area.

Richard Haass Bennington College Launches Saving Democracy Together With Richard Haass

Saving Democracy Together, an innovative non-partisan online and in-person course open to students, alumni, and the public, attracted more than 250 online registrants and 100 in-person participants in its first of seven sessions on Thursday, September 5.

Shay Totten '91 Bennington College Hires Shay Totten ’91 as New Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement

Bennington College is pleased to announce Shay Totten ’91 as its new Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement. Shay Totten starts at the College on Monday, September 9, and reports to Vice President for Institutional Advancement Allison Gomes.