College News
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Bennington College recently announced that over 2,000 donors raised almost $7.5 million for the Bennington Fund, making the last fiscal year the best yet for fundraising.
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President Mariko Silver and faculty members Anne Thompson, director and curator of the Usdan Gallery; Megan Mayhew Bergman, director of special programming and the Robert Frost Stone House Museum; and Dina Janis, artistic director of the Dorset Theatre Festival; spoke with the Bennington Area Chamber of Commerce about the region's arts landscape.
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In Forbes, Mariko Silver, president of Bennington College, condemned Proclamation 9645, the recent "travel ban" imposed by President Trump.
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When asked why they love to write, the high school students at the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV) Young Writers Institute are quick to reply.
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The Robert Frost Stone House Museum at Bennington College is pleased to announce its participation in the Blue Star Museum program.