College News
Conference Introduces Students to Water Challenges, Solutions The inaugural Taconic Mountain Student Water Conference: PFOA took place in CAPA on Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20. Co-organized by David Bond (Bennington) and Ken Facin (Hoosick Falls Central School Distrct), Friday's events were geared towards educating local high students, while Saturday's were open to the public. The second day of the conference provided an opportunity for residents of both the Bennington area and Hoosick Falls to receive updated information and the results from recent tests. Robert Bilott, who spearheaded efforts to expose PFOA contamination of drinking water supplies, gave the keynote speech.
The Curriculum, Live The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article by Duncan Dobbelmann about the challenges–and opportunities–presented by offering pop-up courses.
Ready to Meet the World Mariko Silver received an honorary degree and gave the keynote speech at the 2017 commencement ceremonies for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Hofstra University.
Anatomy of a (Great) Commencement SpeechThe 2012 Bennington commencement speech by actor Peter Dinklage '91—one of the best ever, according to NPR—was cited in The Week's recent podcast on "the anatomy of a commencement speech."
Why Mentoring Matters Mariko Silver was interviewed for two articles featured on Linkedin.com about the role that mentoring can play in professional success.