College News

The New York Times Field Work Term in the NYT

Bennington’s seven-week, off-campus winter term called Field Work Term, was highlighted this week in the Sunday, January 6, 2008 The New York Times Education Life article “Five Colleges Where Work Counts.”

distance shot of the main campus building Community Update | February 12, 2021

On February 12, 2021, Acting Dean of the College Oceana Wilson shared this update with the community. 

campus photo Understanding and Responding to COVID-19, Quarantine, and Crisis

Bennington College is hosting a pop-up course this summer—Understanding and Responding to COVID-19, Quarantine, and Crisis: An Interdisciplinary Course—in which members of the Bennington faculty and others look at the unfolding COVID-19 crisis across disciplines, from anthropology to mathematical modeling to poetry to film. Students will be asked to design a research or artistic project as part of the course.

 

Students in the Visual and Performing Arts building at Bennington College Bennington announces $12 million gift

Gift from alumna will establish endowed Visual Arts Creativity Fund 

Bennington College Student Center with a crowd Bennington Announces Campaign to Raise $150 Million

At a recent event in Los Angeles, Bennington College announced that it has already raised $78.5 million — or more than half — of its ambitious $150 million capital campaign goal. The event was the first of two kick-off celebrations for the historic campaign, which will support Bennington students, programs, and facilities for years to come.