Alumni News

Book Covers Bennington College Book News: Fall 2024

Bennington College alumni are publishing novels, memoirs, non-fiction, poetry, and photography books. Check out the round up below to learn who is publishing, winning awards, and appearing in paperback this fall. 

Image of group gathered outdoors Alumni Perspectives: Shay Totten '91

Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement Shay Totten '91 reflects on his first month back at Bennington College.

Image of Carling Berkhout playing guitar Omens, Ampersands, and Friday the 13th

Local indie-folk-rock musical artist Carling Berkhout '19 spoke to The Brattleboro Reformer about her latest album, Omens.

Books with title "Bennington Writing Seminars at Thirty" Bennington Writing Seminars at Thirty

By Louise Roug Bokkenheuser

Sunlight filters through the curtains onto the desk by the window. Books, papers, and pens suggest a creative mind at work. The writer has just stepped away, leaving their glasses on an open notebook. A gooseneck lamp conveys the long hours, the flowers in the vase a consideration for beauty.

Alumni Gathering Local Bennington Alumni Reconnect at Fall Gathering

On the warm perfectly cloudless evening of September 12, about thirty local Bennington alumni gathered at the President’s residence, the Brick House, in Shaftsbury to catch up with College news and each other. They graduated between 1962 and 2024. What they have in common is a love of the creative and interdisciplinary environment Bennington provided and their willingness to stay in or return to the area.