College News
“New Model to Address Refugee Crisis” The Mellon Foundation recently awarded $135,000 to the Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education—a group comprised of Bennington, Vassar, Sarah Lawrence, and Bard colleges—to explore innovative ways to engage with urgent issues of displacement and forced migration.
In Conversation with President SilverPresident Mariko Silver’s interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock touched on topics ranging from personal to professional to political—addressing some of the critical issues facing students, parents, and citizens today.
"Bennington…In the Beginning" Opens in JenningsBennington…In the Beginning, a collection of photographs and scores by Bennington’s first Music Chair Kurt Schindler, curated by Susan Reiss ’79, is on display in the Jennings lobby now until the end of March.
Cornell William Brooks Named 2017 Commencement SpeakerNAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks will address the class of 2017 at Bennington College’s 82nd commencement dinner on Friday, June 2nd, at 7:00 pm on Commons Lawn.
Students Train with Local Rescue Group over Field Work TermFour Bennington College students participated in an intensive EMT training course over the College's annual Field Work Term (FWT), a seven-week period during which students take on jobs, internships, and entrepreneurial endeavors related to their studies and professional ambitions.