Alumni News
![IRAQI SWAT TEAM](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/mogelson_mosul_300x225.jpg?itok=sRoW2jSw)
Journalist Luke Mogelson ’05 embedded himself with a SWAT team of Iraqis, all of whom have suffered at the hands of ISIS, as they joined the desperate fight to retake Mosul.
![op-ed by Deborah Borda '71](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/Los_Angeles_Times_logo_300x225.jpg?itok=oqpqUfUl)
The Los Angeles Times published an op-ed by Deborah Borda '71 in which she advocates for the end of Trump's immigration ban and for the power of the arts to teach compassion.
![Walls, Barriers, and Understanding](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/visual-moments/Bennington_Monument.jpg?itok=aLNxNInR)
The Bennington Banner published an op-ed by Michael Thomson '15 about the impact of walls on national identity and the relationships between nations.
![Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award Open for Submissions](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/VisionaryLeadershipAward.jpg?itok=iHfA6yGf)
Submissions are now being accepted for nominees for the 2017 Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership award.