College News

Bennington student editors have released the fifth volume of plain china, the first and only literary anthology showcasing the best undergraduate writing from across the country. 

Bennington students participating in an international theater festival organized in support of Belarusian freedom of expression staged a series of short plays on March 25 to commemorate Belarusian Freedom Day, an unofficial holiday observed in opposition to the country’s authoritarian regime.

"Vermont is not alone in the challenges it faces in reinventing once thriving industrial towns for the 21st century," President Silver told the House and Senate Committees on Education of the Vermont General Assembly. "I hope you will see a role for Bennington College in helping our community and our state prepare for and weather these transitions." 

The Bennington College Program on the Environment is launching a speaker series examining the effects of environmental change, from climate change to urban and suburban development, on infectious diseases for both humans and animals.

Holly Block '80 was awarded the inaugural Dr. Elizabeth Coleman Visionary Leadership Award.