College News
![Southern Vermont](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/Southern%20vermont.jpg?itok=JrC2bJsC)
A writer in The Wall Street Journal details a few of the recreational, dining, and cultural attractions that make southern Vermont an increasingly popular year-round destination and appealing place to live.
![Best Vermont Colleges](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/best_vt_colleges.jpg?itok=MJ2XU0hS)
Bennington was named one of the top five colleges in Vermont in College Choice’s 2017 rankings.
![Mark Wunderlich is named the new director of the Bennington Writing Seminars](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/WunderlichMark_600x450_0.jpg?itok=fUljsEZ9)
Bennington College announced today that poet Mark Wunderlich has been named the next director of the Bennington Writing Seminars, the College’s MFA program in writing.
!['Bennington Review' Releases Third Issue](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/bennington-review-3_300x225_new.jpg?itok=e0dqWDyx)
Bennington Review has released its third issue, titled Threat.
![Silver Speaks at BPC](/sites/default/files/styles/alumni_story_300x225/public/sources/stories/BPC-logo_300x225.jpg?itok=H3ccP44Y)
Mariko Silver was one of four guests invited to speak at the Bipartisan Policy Center on rising costs and the higher education system.