Alumni News

"A tour of the United States through books" on Electric Lit features The Secret History by Donna Tartt '86 as the recommended book for the state of Vermont. MFA faculty member Alexander Chee's novel Edinburgh represents the state of Maine. 

Bennington trio Mountain Man was featured as part of the "Musical Map of the United States" series by Brooklyn Magazine. 

Jonathan Marc Sherman ’90 received the Hudas Schwartz Liff ’47 volunteer award for his support of Bennington. In her presentation, President Silver praised Sherman for the way he “sustains Bennington by making Bennington part of what he does.”

Deborah Borda ’71 spoke Michael Eisner at the Aspen Ideas Festival about her work managing the LA Philharmonic Orchestra. She also spoke about why she chose to attend Bennington College (after beginning her studies at a traditional music conservatory), citing Bennington's high level of flexibility, and emphasis on entrepreneurship. She soon realized, in Eisner's words, "Bennington would be better," and now advises musicians: “go to a liberal arts school” [9:40]. More.

Michele V. Cloonan '75 has been awarded the 2016 Society of American Archivists' Preservation Publication Award for her book Preserving Our Heritage: Perspectives from Antiquity to the Digital Age. The SAA award "recognizes and acknowledges the author... of an outstanding published work related to archives preservation."