Class of 2021: Related Content
When Karina Gonzalez Perez ’25 returned to campus this past fall, she approached Assistant Director of Student Engagement Jack de Loos ’22 about getting the long running co-ed soccer club off to a good start. Little did she know that de Loos already had a plan underway.
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ has been featured in the Dance Magazine article, "Is a Smaller College Dance Program Right for You?"
Brooklyn Poets Dabin Jeong '21 as their Poet of the Week for July 4–10, 2022.
A senior’s work in social engagement during a period of social distancing.
By Mary Brothers '22
Learn more about how a Bennington education shaped author, journalist, and activist Michael Pollan ’76 in this interview with Bennington student Sbobo Ndlangamandla ’21.
David Bond has teamed up with residents and local environmental groups in the US Virgin Islands to hold the accountable for a legacy of environmental contamination in poor communities of color on St. Croix.
Following a vote at the May Board of Trustees meeting, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ is pleased to announce that Gabriela Yadegari ’21 will be serving a two-year term on the College’s Board.
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker addressed the Class of 2021 at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ's 86th Commencement.
Student Speaker Soumya Rachel Shailendra '21 addressed the Class of 2021 at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ's 86th Commencement.
On May 28-29, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ will celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2021 at the 86th Commencement—this year with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker. Learn more about graduate outcomes across the years.
Ford Foundation President , a leader in international social justice philanthropy, will address the class of 2021 at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ’s 86th commencement on Friday, May 28, at 7:30 PM.
By Ashley D. Escobar '22
Intertwining art history and poetry defines Dabin Jeong’s (’21) trajectory at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ through her ekphrastic poems and compulsive fixations. However, her work is not concerned with the overly sentimental––she aims to dismantle, disrupt, and redefine continuously throughout her scholarly endeavors and artistic oeuvre.
By Soumya Rachel Shailendra
The gardening shed, overlooking the Green Mountains, may just be a dilapidated structure for most of us, but for Zen Beattie ’21 it holds immense potential for redesigning and reconstruction.
By Soumya Rachel Shailendra
For 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ student William Shepard ‘21, the forest is a limitless source of fascination and information.
The Bennington student founders of the Slow Cooked Movement discuss how they brought community, nutrition, and local farms together during this Field Work Term.
This winter, through the Food Insecurity & Population Health Fellowship, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ 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.
EuropeNow Journal's October 2020 issue highlights the work that 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ students and faculty have done in partnership with the Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education.
The Center for Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ has received its second commission from the U.S. State Department's Office of Art in Embassies for the art collection at the new U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Over the summer, the pop-up course Understanding and Responding to COVID-19, Crisis and Quarantine gave Bennington students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members a chance to connect with one another while examining the unfolding COVID-19 crisis across disciplines, from anthropology to mathematical modeling to poetry to film.
Two Bennington alumni organized the Antiracist Book Exchange to widely share antiracist and Black liberation literature while supporting Black-owned bookstores.
In Nick Brooke's class, , 12 songwriters challenge each other to rewrite their songs in unique ways. Haiku? Disco? Blast beats? Stratocaster? All of that and more.
Bennington Drama students presented a Zoom reading of Can't Weed All Just Get a Bong?, a modern-day Alice's Adventures in Wonderland adapted by Sonise Lumbaca '21.
Over Field Work Term, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ partnered with Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education to present Aaron Posner's Stupid F**king Bird, a re-adaptation of Anton Chekov's The Seagull.
In lieu of in-person concerts, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ seniors studying music present Senior MusicFest 2020, a full double album of their divine, diverse senior work.
Students from the course led by Dina Janis, Michael Giannitti, Sherry Kramer, Richard MacPike, and Jennifer Rohn present their original works of theater, online and on air.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, twenty-two 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ students are interning for local organizations working to support food sustainability, public health, family initiatives, and other resources for Bennington community members.
Through the end of spring term, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in a virtual Reflect, Rebuild, & Rise: Social Practice of Inclusion Conference.