College News
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The College is pleased to announce that screenwriter, producer, and alumna Melissa Rosenberg '86 has made a gift to establish an endowed scholarship in the performing arts.
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Columbia University Newberry Professor of Geology Wallace S. Broecker, a major figure in the climate-change debate and one of the most influential geoscientists of the last half-century, will discuss "What Must We Do to Combat Global Warming?" onThursday, September 30, at 7:30pm in the College's Tishman Lecture Hall. The event, this year's Robert H. Woodworth Lecture in the Sciences, is free and open to the public.
![Campus Sustainability](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/green%20.jpg?itok=cUW7KCef)
Bennington's campus bike share program, public transportation stop, and student-run organic garden are a few of the new sustainability initiatives that were highlighted last week by the Bennington Banner. Read the article here.
![The Bennington Writing Seminars](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/Bennington_WritingSeminar_600x450_0.jpg?itok=oRCZCZyy)
Bennington's low-residency MFA in writing program is among the top three in the world, according to Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Bennington was named one of the "top 12 non-traditional colleges" by The Huffington Post, joining a list that includes Brown, Wesleyan, Sarah Lawrence, the New School, and St. John's College.