Class of 2027: Related Content
![Image of Ken Burns Credit Gettysburg Images/Adams County Historical Society. Caption: Actors Martin Sheen (far left) and Sam Waterston (second from left) join documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (second from right) and moderator Jake Boritt (right) on stage for "Lessons from Lincoln" at the 2024 Gettysburg Film Festival on April 5, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/burns_film_festival_2024-nowm-2-credit-gettysburg-images_adams-county-historical-society.jpg?itok=dYc05Hjy)
Katie Hansen ’27 studies set design and architecture at Bennington. During her first year, she was hired to design a backdrop for the “Lessons with Lincoln” panel of the 2024 Gettysburg Film Festival, which occurred on April 5 in Gettysburg, PA.
![Program & Activity Council, Muslim Student Association, International Student Services, and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion invited students from across campus join Muslim students in breaking their fast during an Iftaar cook-out event at the Student Center Kitchen. Students cooked dishes from their home countries.](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/students-from-across-cropped.jpg?itok=yt_l_Gn0)
In honor of the celebration of Ramadan, Ahmed Shuwehdi ’25 and Muhammad Ammar ’24, co-leaders of the Muslim Student Association, asked Muslim students to respond to the prompt, "What has Ramadan felt like for you at home, and how does it feel at Bennington?” and answered the prompt themselves. The responses reveal longing, nostalgia, and an appreciation for the community at Bennington.
![Image of Bennington Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/commonsfacade440x300_sfw_2.jpg?itok=xcMAAkoT)
35 Bennington students have been selected for paid fellowship opportunities during the 2024 Field Work Term.
![Image of red cedar booklet](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/20231213-how-to-build-a-forest-david-morelos-img_6704-1200.jpg?itok=SR1mMWuK)
On the final Wednesday of the fall 2023 term, students in faculty member Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie’s How to Build a Forest course prepared to present their final projects.
![Bennington Soccer Club Team](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/teamphotoforweb20231028-soccer-game-david-morelos-img_4986.jpeg?itok=BH8_TCF9)
When Karina Gonzalez Perez ’25 returned to campus this past fall, she approached Assistant Director of Student Engagement Jack de Loos ’22 about getting the long running co-ed soccer club off to a good start. Little did she know that de Loos already had a plan underway.
![Class of 2027 on Commons Lawn](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/img_3294-resized.jpeg?itok=W4O93Jjl)
Bennington College welcomed a robust and diverse class of 211 new first-year and transfer students this fall.