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When acclaimed chef, restaurant owner, and Bennington parent Josiah Citrin visited Bennington, he checked out some of the local hot spots and shared his impressions in Food & Wine magazine. “I expected it to be charming but it exceeded my expectations, especially with how friendly everyone is,” Citrin said. “It definitely helped put me at ease over sending my oldest son off to college.”

President Mariko Silver’s interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock touched on topics ranging from personal to professional to political—addressing some of the critical issues facing students, parents, and citizens today.

Bennington…In the Beginning, a collection of photographs and scores by Bennington’s first Music Chair Kurt Schindler, curated by Susan Reiss ’79, is on display in the Jennings lobby now until the end of March. 

Four 51�������� students participated in an intensive EMT training course over the College's annual Field Work Term (FWT), a seven-week period during which students take on jobs, internships, and entrepreneurial endeavors related to their studies and professional ambitions.

NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks will address the class of 2017 at 51��������’s 82nd commencement dinner on Friday, June 2nd, at 7:00 pm on Commons Lawn.