Alumni News

Holly Block '80 was awarded the inaugural Dr. Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award.

Emmy- and Golden Globe–winning actor Peter Dinklage ’91 (Bennington’s 2012 commencement speaker), discusses fame, friends, and his college years in Esquire magazine.

Luke Mogelson’s investigative exposé on the alleged murders of three Afghan civilians by U.S. soldiers appears on the cover of the May 1 New York Times Magazine. Recently discharged from the National Guard, Mogelson was one of 10 writers out of nearly 1,900 applicants this year to receive the prestigious Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University’s creative writing program.

The New York Times called Donna Tartt’s new novel, The Goldfinch, a “glorious, Dickensian novel that pulls together all her remarkable storytelling talents into a rapturous, symphonic whole and reminds the reader of the immersive, stay-up-all-night pleasures of reading."

Bennington is never more alive than during Reunion and Family Weekend. Enjoy the highlights here.