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Image of Chuna in front of display sign Field Work Term Spotlight: Chuna Chugay

Chuna Chugay '25 studies Visual Arts at Bennington, with an emphasis of storytelling through images—which includes animation, illustration, comics, and painting—as well as Public Action, researching the Koryo-Saram diaspora. For their summer Field Work Term, they worked as an editorial intern at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI).

Image of Krithika Meenakshi Field Work Term Spotlight: Krithika Meenakshi

Krithika Meenakshi '27 studies Performing Arts—including dance, acting, and singing—at Bennington. During summer 2024, Krithika completed a Field Work Term experience as a dance trainee with dancer Ronita Mookerji.

Image of Julius Boxer-Cooper Field Work Term Spotlight: Julius Boxer-Cooper

Julius Boxer-Cooper '26 studies Music, Linguistics, and Chinese at Bennington and is currently studying abroad in Taiwan. During summer 2024, Boxer-Cooper completed a Field Work Term experience at Ashé Records.

Image of Ken Burns Credit Gettysburg Images/Adams County Historical Society.  Caption: Actors Martin Sheen (far left) and Sam Waterston (second from left) join documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (second from right) and moderator Jake Boritt (right) on stage for "Lessons from Lincoln" at the 2024 Gettysburg Film Festival on April 5, 2024. Set Designer at Work

Katie Hansen ’27 studies set design and architecture at Bennington. During her first year, she was hired to design a backdrop for the “Lessons with Lincoln” panel of the 2024 Gettysburg Film Festival, which occurred on April 5 in Gettysburg, PA.

Photo of Carly Willsie Carly Willsie Selected as Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars

Carly Willsie, an MFA student in fiction, has been selected to be the thirteenth Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars.