College News
Statement on students’ immigration statusThe following statement was issued by President Mariko Silver to the campus community recently.
Silver on Building CommunityIn the wake of the election this November, The Chronicle of Higher Education published an opinion piece by Mariko Silver called "Learning How to Be Together."
Seed Library OpensA group of students is starting a public seed-sharing library at Crossett Library, Bennington College that is free and open to the community.
President Silver Joins College Presidents in Open Letter To TrumpBennington College President Mariko Silver joins more than 100 other college and university presidents in an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump that urges him to forcefully “condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate, and acts of violence that are being perpetrated across our nation, sometimes in your name, which is now synonymous with our nation’s highest office.”
In Praise of Pop-Ups Inside Higher Ed wrote about Bennington’s pop-up courses, highlighting the flexibility of the model, and the breadth the pop-up courses offered by faculty members across the disciplines.