Alumni News

Image of Jessica Smith Jessica Smith '23: Making a Difference with Environmental Law

Jessica Smith '23 is a second-year law student at Vermont Law and Graduate School. She reflected upon how her Bennington education prepared her for her professional path. 

Image of snowy branch January Campus & Community Notes: Shay Totten '91

Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement Shay Totten '91 discusses the important influence Field Work Term can have on students' academic careers and plans for the future. 

Image of Justin Theroux Justin Theroux '93 Highlighted in The Wall Street Journal

Justin Theroux '93, who currently co-stars in the Prime Video series Fallout, spoke to The Wall Street Journal about his early school troubles, a vandalism arrest at age 12, and advice that changed his life.

Image of Carlos presenting Carlos X. Torres de Janon '14: Design as a Filter

Carlos X. Torres de Janon '14 currently lives in Seattle and works as an associate Landscape Designer at MIG, Inc. He shared how his Bennington education taught him to "wear many hats" in design and in life.

Image of Martha playing cello Martha Siegel '72: A Lifetime Love of Music

Martha Siegel '72 taught cello at the United Nations International School for fifty years. She shared how her Bennington education and Field Work Term experiences inspired a lifelong passion for teaching music.