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On September 2, 2025, the Bennington community gathered to celebrate the start of the academic year and welcome nearly 200 new first-year and transfer students to the College.
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ welcomed a robust and diverse class of nearly 200 new first-year and transfer students this fall, along with more students who will join later in the Spring 2026 term.
The Princeton Review has released the 2026 edition of its annual college guide, and 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ’s strengths shine through in its rankings, with this year.
Ren Acevedo '27 studies Drama, Music, and Japanese at Bennington. For their summer 2025 Field Work Term, Acevedo performed in New Bedford Festival Theatre's summer production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Zen Spencer '27 has been selected by the Disability Justice and inclusive arts organization Embraced Body as a participant in its new national program.
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ welcomes MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling visiting faculty members.
Jason de la Peña '26 studies Literature at Bennington. For his summer 2025 Field Work Term, he interned at .
Edison Hicks '26 studies Literature, Drama, and Music at Bennington. For their summer 2025 Field Work Term, Hicks interned at .
This fall, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ welcomes four new faculty members: Cristian Amigo, (Sound Recording), Audrey Devost (Psychology), Marios Falaris (Anthropology), and Abe Koogler (Playwriting).
Milaan Vasishta '28 studies Politics and Literature at Bennington. For her summer 2025 Field Work Term, Vasishta is interning at the New York Supreme Court.
Krithika Meenakshi '27 studies Dance, Acting, and Voice at Bennington. For her summer 2025 Field Work Term, Meenakshi is studying Clowning and Voice at in Tuscany, Italy.
We talked to five Writing Seminars alums who plunged into the literary world after their MFAs: one started a publishing company, another founded a writers retreat, while others created a newsletter and two reading series. They all spoke about the power of making new connections and the ongoing relationships that began at Bennington.
Liliana VonFrank '28 studies Chemistry at Bennington. For their summer 2025 Field Work Term, VonFrank is working with faculty member Fortune Ononiwu.
Campus Safety Van Driver Dave Warren shares his perspective on working at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ: "the place up on Jennings Hill."
Cathy Gee Graney, program coordinator for the Bennington Writing Seminars, shares her favorite experiences from working at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ for more than 20 years.
Jay Clark '26 studies Literature and Environmental Studies at Bennington. For his summer 2025 Field Work Term, Clark is working as an archival intern for the , which captures, preserves, and shares the stories of LGBTQIA2S+ elders to build community and catalyze social change.
Emma Gaffney '28 studies Literature, Philosophy, and History at Bennington. For her summer 2025 Field Work Term, Gaffney is interning for .
Aliza Khan '26 studies Visual Arts, including Architecture and Sculpture, at Bennington. For their summer 2025 Field Work Term, Khan is working as an intern for Yasue Maetake, a New York City-based Japanese sculptor.
Project Manager Teresa Sholes shares her professional path at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ.
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ alumni and faculty members are publishing novels, memoirs, short story collections, non-fiction books, and poetry books. Check out the round up below to learn who was published this summer.
The contrast between 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ graduates and their peers from other institutions is striking.
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ and former University of the Arts faculty and students dance into the future. By Elizabeth Zimmer '66
Eight stories about the visual arts graduates and their final work.
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ faculty members Mariam Ghani and Camille Guthrie were selected for 2025 MacDowell Awards in Film/Video Arts and Literature, respectively.
Winston Foundation grant funds $1,000 prizes for three students.
Lucy Murrell, an MFA student in poetry, has been selected to be the fifteenth Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars.
On Saturday, May 31, 2025, 244 members of 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ’s Class of 2025 gathered, along with their family members and friends, faculty, staff, and leadership, in Greenwall Auditorium on campus to receive their degrees.
On May 30 and May 31, 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ will celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2025 at the 90th Commencement. Learn more about graduate outcomes across the years.
On the evening of Friday, May 2, 2025, at Martha Hill Dance Theater at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ, Bachelors of Arts students who produced Advanced Work in Dance performed To the Point: Senior Dance Concert.
A Boy Named Salmon, a play by Rachel McCauley ’25, wasn’t just a production—it’s a deeply personal, defiant, and resonant exploration of identity, belonging, and the discomfort of truth-telling in so-called progressive spaces. It was presented in Margot Tenney Theater on Thursday, May 8, and Friday, May 9, 2025.