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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.
The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation has awarded 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ a $10,000 grant to support the Incarceration in America think tank that will be held October 1-2, 2021.
By Soumya Rachel Shailendra
For 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ student William Shepard ‘21, the forest is a limitless source of fascination and information.
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ has announced that Claudia E. Keenan has been appointed Senior Vice President for Advancement and Communications. She joined the College on May 24.
Students in Yoko Inoue's Make Kitchen Communal Practicum weekly served delicious, nutritious soups made from local ingredients to essential staff on campus.
Twelve students from 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ 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 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ’s 2020-2021 .
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ 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.
Mark Wunderlich, Director of Bennington Writing Seminars, faculty member Craig Morgan Teicher, and past faculty Paul Yoon, Ephraim Asili, Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Alexander Chee are recipients of the prestigious 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships.
Noah Coburn was the lead researcher for a released on Monday from Brown University’s . This report discusses The United States’ Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) Program, which was designed to help Afghans and Iraqis in danger as a result of their service to the U.S. government, yet fails to properly support those who need it most.
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ 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.
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 January 2021, faculty member Michael Wimberly participated in the third residency of —a dance-centered theater piece that used oral history to tell an origin story of hip-hop—held at MASS MoCA.
Sarah Gancher '01 has received a playwriting commission from Dorset Theatre Festival's newly launched Commissioning & Fellowship Program.
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced that Bennington Writing Seminars alum Albert Abonado MFA '10 and faculty member Phillip B. Williams will receive Creative Writing Fellowships of $25,000.
Cardiologist, author, documentarian, and patient advocate Dr. Jennifer H. Mieres ’82 is the 2020 recipient of 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ’s Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award.
In Stratton Magazine, President Laura Walker provides critical information for prospective 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ 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 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ Commons, completed in Fall 2019, a 2021 AIA Honor Award by the American Institute of Architects, New York (AIANY).
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ 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).
51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ 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.
Want to read like a Bennington student? Kick off your winter break reading with the most checked out books from during 2020.
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.