Alumni News
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Man Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai ‘93 was one of six immigrant authors to share their coming-to-America story in a recent issue of The New Yorker. In her essay “Fatherland,” Desai discusses the guilt that she and many of her Indian peers felt when leaving their parents to immigrate to America.
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Bennington is pleased to announce that actor, director, producer, and activist Tim Daly '79 will address this year's graduating class at the College's 76th commencement dinner on Friday, June 3, at 7:00 p.m. on Commons Lawn.
![Alan Arkin An Improvised Life](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/ArkinAlan_AnImprovisedLife_600x450.jpg?itok=mKQcO47A)
Award-winning actor Alan Arkin ’55 discussed his recently released memoir An Improvised Life last week on NPR’s Talk of the Nation.
![Brian Morrice with President Barack Obama](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/MorriceBrian_ObamaBarack_Internship_600x450.jpg?itok=n_bm3bqs)
Brian Morrice '10 was one of 140 young leaders selected nationwide to serve as a White House intern this spring.
![Will Stratton's 'New Vanguard Blues'](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/StrattonWill_NewVanguardBlues_600x450.jpg?itok=cd7eDmEn)
A recent profile in the New York Press placed singer/songwriter Will Stratton '09 in good company, likening music from his latest album, New Vanguard Blues, to "Nick Drake... suddenly blessed with John Fahey's blues guitar picking skills."