College News
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Bennington College has announced that Dr. Alfredo Medina has been appointed as Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and College Diversity Officer following a national search led by Spelman Johnson.
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Nine students from high schools around the world were selected as winners of Bennington College’s 2020-2021 Young Writers Awards.
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Bennington College has earned a STARS Silver rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
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Six students from Bennington College have been selected as Frankenthaler Fellows for the 2021 Museum Fellows Term.
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Bennington College has received a gift of some 500 works of art to benefit Art for Access, an innovative fundraising program launched in 2018.