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Projects for Peace has announced its 2022 cohort of grantees. This year, one hundred and twenty-nine projects from 85 partner institutions were selected, with two projects being chosen from the College.

After Zalkar Ziiaidin ’22 graduates, he plans on becoming a full-time software engineer. However, as Ziiaidin pursues his studies at Bennington College, he’s not waiting to make his mark on the ever-evolving world of computer science.

As a college student, getting to an 8:00 am class on a Friday morning can be difficult. For Mareme Dieng ’20, however, balancing self-care and commitments to make it to class is all the more a victory on days when she’s arriving to Bennington from Tunisia. Or San Francisco. Or Turkey. Or Barcelona.

As the founder of the international youth activist organization Paint the World, Lika Torikashvili ’22 has balanced her studies at Bennington College with time spent building relationships abroad—including a leave of absence during which she served as Georgia’s United Nations Youth Delegate to the 73rd session of the General Assembly.

Bryn Mooser '01 spoke with Forbes about XTR, his latest venture focused on producing documentaries, nonfiction television series, and branded content.

Over his 2019 Field Work Term, Ahmad Yassir '20 designed and taught the first courses in arts and peacebuilding at Abaarso School for Sciences and Technology in Somaliland.

After 22 years at Chelsea Market, Mary Cleaver '76 has moved her Cleaver Co catering operation to the Columbia Street Waterfront District in Brooklyn.

Ethan Koss-Smith '21 speaks about the process of producing his debut album To Gallery a Cloud Ground.

To Steven Albahari ’82, Bennington College was “the cannon I stepped into that launched me and my potential.”

"The next passenger should be coming in for secondary screening any moment now. You know the drill. Don’t take too long.”

The Women Empowerment Center, developed in Pakistan by Muhammad Haroon '18 with a grant from Davis Projects for Peace and support from Bennington's Field Work Term office, is featured in the organization's 2017 annual report.

Making a Difference in Detroit: Entrepreneurship, Activism, and Art with Ben Hall '04

Alumni making a life and running a business in and around Bennington by Heather DiLeo

Creativz published an article by Robert Ransick called "Enough with Problem Solving, Let's Start Creating."

In a Q&A in Entrepreneur magazine, Victoria Cairl ’99, VP of Business Development at Show-Score.com, defines entrepreneurship as “following your passion and finding a profit in it.”

The wild, wonderful career paths of Bennington alumni, as told on LinkedIn by Briee Della Rocca