College News
Words, Words, WordsIn 2019, undergraduate and Bennington Writing Seminars alumni and faculty published over 65 books.
I Remain GratefulPoet Jericho Brown delivered the 49th Bennington Writing Seminars Commencement address.
Prison Education Initiative to Award Associate of Art DegreeBennington College has received accreditation from the New England Commissions of Higher Education (NECHE) to award a Bennington College Associate of Art degree to incarcerated students through its Prison Education Initiative (PEI).
$290,000 Awarded to Launch Environmental Fellowship Program Bennington College has been awarded a four-year $290,000 grant from the New York-based The Endeavor Foundation to launch The Endeavor Foundation Environmental Changemaker Fellowship Program, which includes funded internships for Bennington students to work in nonprofits with a focus on environmental justice.
$15,000 Awarded to Local Organizations Addressing Food Insecurity in Bennington CountyBennington College has awarded three grants of $5,000 each to implement and support community-proposed initiatives that explore and expand food systems in Bennington county.
Bennington Review, Issue Seven: The DevotionsBennington Review—a national biannual print journal of innovative, intelligent, and moving poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and film writing housed at Bennington College—has released its seventh issue, around the theme of “The Devotions.”
Art New England Highlights Queer ParanormalArt New England featured Queer Paranormal (an exhibition concerning Shirley Jackson and The Haunting of Hill House), which was on display at Usdan Gallery and across Bennington's campus from October 29 to December 7, 2019.
Announcing the 2020 Museum Fellows Term CohortFive students from Bennington College have been selected as Frankenthaler Fellows for the 2020 Museum Fellows Term, a study-away program that provides participants with practical, professional art world internship experience working at a major cultural institution in New York City for five months.
Announcing the 2020 Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation FellowshipsEighteen students from Bennington College have been selected to participate in the 2020 Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation Fellowships, a program run in partnership with the Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation.
National Book Award Finalist Jericho Brown to Speak at January MFA CommencementJericho Brown, finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry, will be the Commencement speaker for the Bennington Writing Seminars in January 2020.