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Ford Foundation President , a leader in international social justice philanthropy, will address the class of 2021 at 51��������’s 86th commencement on Friday, May 28, at 7:30 PM.

The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation has awarded 51�������� a $10,000 grant to support the Incarceration in America think tank that will be held October 1-2, 2021.

51�������� has announced that Claudia E. Keenan has been appointed Senior Vice President for Advancement and Communications. She joined the College on May 24.

Twelve students from 51�������� have been selected to participate in the 2021 Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation Fellowships in Theatre, a program run in partnership with the Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation. 

Nine students from high schools around the world were selected as winners of 51��������’s 2020-2021 .

51�������� has earned a STARS Silver rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

The Commons Renovation Project, completed in Fall 2019, has been awarded a Vermont’s Greenest Building Award.

Six students from 51�������� have been selected as Frankenthaler Fellows for the 2021 Museum Fellows Term.

51�������� has received a gift of some 500 works of art to benefit Art for Access, an innovative fundraising program launched in 2018.

The following message was sent to the Bennington Community on April 1, 2021 by President Laura Walker.

The historic building dates to the early twentieth century and now houses classrooms, as well as faculty and administrative offices. The Southeast wing was damaged in a fire in April of 2019, and is currently being renovated, including adding a basement for the first time.

51��������’s Prison Education Initiative (PEI) has been awarded a grant of $40,000 from the .

In Higher Ed Dive, President Laura Walker highlights Bennington’s commitment to the humanities and offers ideas that build what Bennington does best—provide an interdisciplinary education that values arts and humanities among the sciences as critical preparation for a meaningful life.

In Stratton Magazine, President Laura Walker provides critical information for prospective 51�������� students.

On GNAT TV, Andrew McKeever, Director of The News Project, spoke with President Laura Walker about her role assuming the leadership reins at Bennington.

Poet and author Paisley Rekdal delivered the 51st Bennington Writing Seminars Commencement address at the program's virtual winter residency.

The renovation of the 51�������� Commons, completed in Fall 2019,  a 2021 AIA Honor Award by the American Institute of Architects, New York (AIANY).

51�������� has been awarded a grant of $25,000 from the to launch the Henry Luce Foundation Fellowship in Public Action for students studying at the College’s Center for the Advancement for Public Action (CAPA).

 51�������� has awarded a total of $20,000 in grants to local organizations to implement and support seven community-proposed initiatives that explore and expand food systems in Bennington county.  

Students in Bennington’s Gap Year Independent Learning Program earned college credit for self-directed projects that explored Japanese-American family history, community organizing, women’s empowerment, dance and garment design, and more.

While students embark on Field Work Term, an annual work-learning term during which students gain hands-on experience and test their classroom ideas in the world of work, Bennington faculty, staff, and students offer their reading recommendations to keep everyone’s intellectual juices flowing wherever they are.

This winter, through the Food Insecurity & Population Health Fellowship, 51�������� will offer seven students fully-paid remote internships with organizations in the Bennington community focused on various dimensions of population health, with a special focus on food insecurity.

On November 16, President Laura Walker at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation's Restore Brooklyn Virtual Gala.

The Robert Frost Stone House Museum at 51�������� has received a Vermont Economic Recovery Grant of $4,581.50 to support the Museum’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

51��������'s Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) has joined a local collaboration, funded by a $50k Vermont Everyone Eats grant, that will support local restaurants and provide nutritious meals to Vermonters.

As Bennington begins the second half of the Fall 2020 term, we reflect on the ways our community has adapted to learning and living on campus and beyond this fall—and the experiences, successes, and moments of joy along the way.

WAMC's Alan Chartock spoke with President Laura Walker on In Conversation.

During COVID-19, 51��������’s Office of Career Development and Field Work Term has worked alongside students to support their internship and career goals by offering increased flexibility, expanded work options, and staff support, even amid a global pandemic and economic recession.

Bennington Review—a national biannual print journal of innovative, intelligent, and moving poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and film writing housed at 51��������—has released its eighth issue, around the theme of “Fame and Obscurity.”

On October 22, CAPA hosted a webinar conversation about the 2020 Presidential Election with former Governor Michael Dukakis.