College News
Bennington was one of eight Colleges in the country to report that 100 percent of its graduates participated in an internship during college, according to U.S. News and World Report. While on average, only 37.7 percent of U.S. college students from the class of 2012 interned at some point in their undergraduate career, 100 percent of Bennington students participate in a seven-week internship—every year—during Field Work Term.
Bennington is never more alive than during Reunion and Family Weekend. Enjoy the highlights here.
Nearly 40 Bennington College alumni artists representing the past five decades of graduates have donated artwork for a benefit exhibition and auction to support the College’s 120,000-square-foot Visual and Performing Arts Center (VAPA).
An international policy expert who worked in the Obama administration has been chosen to succeed Elizabeth Coleman as president of Bennington College.
National Book Award-winning poet Mark Doty will read and discuss his work on Wednesday, April 24, at 7:00 pm in Bennington’s Tishman Lecture Hall. The event, part of the Poetry at Bennington reading and lecture series, is free and open to the public.