College News

The National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu will address the class of 2016 at Bennington College’s 81st commencement dinner on Friday, June 3rd, at 7:00 pm on Commons Lawn.

The Governor’s Institutes of Vermont has selected Bennington as home to its newest Institute. The Young Writers Institute at Bennington College, to be held June 19-25 in conjunction with the Bennington Masters of Fine Art in writing, will host 20-25 writers of high school age who will hone their craft, develop critical and collaborative skills, and be inspired by writers teaching at one of the country’s most prestigious low-residency MFA programs.

Bennington College President Mariko Silver announced today that Matthew Rizzo has been appointed Vice President for Institutional Advancement following a national search led by Development Guild DDI. Matt will join Bennington from Brown University where he has served as Associate Vice President for Development since 2013.

Bennington Review, a national biannual print journal housed at Bennington College, recently relaunched thirty years after its last publication. The inaugural issue features work by award-winning writers, including recipients of the Pulitzer Prize and the Whiting Writers’ Award, as well as National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellows.

The Bennington Banner featured artist-in-residence Jacqueline Mabey's exhibition of feminist pedagogy "Utopia Is No Place, Utopia Is Process" on view at Usdan Gallery.