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Image of snowy commons building December 2025 Campus & Community Notes: Shay Totten '91

Director of Alumni and Constituent Engagement Shay Totten '91 shares information about the upcoming Life After Bennington course, featuring presentations and conversations with Bennington alumni to provide guidance to current students as they begin to build their careers.

Image of Bennington commons December Alumni Perspectives: Shay Totten '91

Looking forward to more connections and opportunities for Bennington College alumni to engage in 2026.

Michelle Hogle Acciavatti tends a recent grave at the Vermont Forest Cemetery. Photo by John Lazenby. Rewilding Forever at the Vermont Forest Cemetery

Michelle Hogle Acciavatti '05 spoke to The Bridge VT about Vermont's process of legalizing natural burial–done without caskets or embalming–and her role as founder and head cemeterian of the Vermont Forest Cemetery.

Read more at The Bridge VT
Alexander Dodge's set for Samson et Dalila at the Metropolitan Opera. Credit: Ken Howard/Met Opera Unscripted Paths

Bennington College’s Theater Training and Its Impact

Uma Shungo Foundation Birth a New World

Jamie Weaver '14, a licensed midwife and anthropologist, shares her work in Ecuador.