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51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ announced that it has received gifts of 122 works of art in the past year to benefit Art for Access, an innovative new program launched last year to support scholarships and provide educational opportunities for students by inviting new donations of art to the College. Art for Access celebrates the College’s pioneering legacy in the visual arts while advancing its commitment to equity, diversity, and access.

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ plans to provide free lunch to local children for three weeks this August, in an effort to bridge the gap between summer and school-year meal programs, the Bennington Banner.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy Bennington as a college that, in a time of turmoil in higher education, is finding success through a model that blends traditional fundraising with innovative partnerships and initiatives that align with its strengths and mission. 

The , which recently reopened for its second season under 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ’s stewardship, has appointed Erin McKenny as its new director.

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ has been awarded a grant of $1 million from the to launch a three-year collaborative effort with local partners to address the systemic causes of food insecurity in Bennington County.

Poetry at Bennington, a program of short-term residencies that brings established and emerging poets to 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ for public readings and close work with students, has been endowed with a gift of $4 million from longstanding donors to the College. This gift advances the endowment goal of the recently announced $150 million 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ capital campaign.

When five first-year 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ students began their annual Field Work Term at in January, they were not sure what to expect working at an adult day care facility.

Beginning in the summer of 2020, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ will be hosting several of the Middlebury Language Schools on campus. The change was made possible by a new agreement between 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ and Middlebury.

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ has received a $3,000 grant from the Vermont Community Foundation’s Opportunity Fund for Southshire Youth. This award will be used to implement Student to Student, a college access mentoring program that will pair first-generation students  from Mount Anthony Union High School with first-generation 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ students.

A celebration of collaborative problem-solving and empowerment, Young Hacks Academy Team Elektra all-girls program explores how the combination of digital tools and creative expression can make a difference in the local and global community.

The launch of 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ’s new Art for Access initiative has yielded more than $3.1 million to establish the College’s inaugural Art for Access scholarship fund, which will provide financial aid for talented students who otherwise would not be able to afford a Bennington education.

Starting this fall, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ will participate in a four-college consortium focusing on the global refugee crisis, supported by a $2.5-million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ is pleased to announce a new initiative, Art for Access, which provides a dynamic model for supporting scholarships by inviting new donations of art to the College, an institution with a long and celebrated reputation in the arts. Through this initiative, Bennington will seek gifts of works of art to be sold to benefit one of the College’s highest priorities: providing scholarships for talented students who otherwise would not be able to afford a Bennington education. Art for Access celebrates the College’s pioneering legacy in the visual arts while advancing its commitment to equity, diversity, and access.

The Bennington Writing Seminars, in partnership with PEN Center USA, has announced that during the , it will once again be offering a scholarship of $10,000 to an alumni of program.

The at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ is pleased to announce its participation in the program.

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ announces that beginning in fall 2018, it will award an annual $10,000 merit scholarship to accepted students who have completed one of the .

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ is pleased to announce the launch of The Lucille Lortel Foundation Fellowships in Theatre, a pilot grant program offering paid internships in off-Broadway non-profit theatre companies for exceptional Bennington drama students.

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ announced it will acquire the Robert Frost Stone House Museum in Shaftsbury, VT, thanks to a generous gift from the Friends of Robert Frost. The home represents the period when Robert Frost claimed his place among America’s great poets. The Museum will complete its scheduled season for 2017, which includes a September lecture and public visiting hours through the end of October, and will reopen to the public in spring 2018.

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ was awarded an "Energy Leadership Award"  in the institutions division from Efficiency Vermont as part of the 6th Annual Best Practices Exchange, and staff member Holly Andersen received the Energy Champion Award. 

51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ Faculty Members David Bond, Janet Foley, and Tim Schroeder have been awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to deepen and expand the College’s response to PFOA contamination in New York and Vermont.

On Monday, February 20th at 8 pm at The Pershing Square Signature Center in New York City, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ, in association with The 24 Hour Plays, will present The 24 Hour Plays®: A Bennington Tribute to Spencer Cox. This one night–only event will take place at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre and will bring together 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ alumni and friends—including Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and Obie winners and nominees—to write, cast, rehearse, and present six one-act plays within a 24-hour period. Ticket sales and donations will benefit the Spencer Cox ’90 Scholarship for student activists at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ.