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While students embark on Field Work Term, an annual work-learning term during which students gain hands-on experience and test their classroom ideas in the world of work, Bennington faculty and staff offer their reading recommendations to keep everyone’s intellectual juices flowing wherever they are.

51�������� celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2019 at Commencement this year with the three members of the acclaimed folk trio : Molly Erin Sarlé ’12, Amelia Meath ’10, and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig ’09, who shared their advice to their younger selves, spoke on the importance of balance and collaboration, and performed several songs.

At 51��������, students studying Languages have the opportunity to apply their studies in the broader Bennington community by teaching languages and cultures—including Chinese, French, Japanese, and Spanish—at Bennington Elementary and the Village School of North Bennington (VSNB).

“We love working with Bennington, and we would love to have more students join us,” said Donnica Wingett of Safe Passage/Camino Seguro. “It says something when someone comes from so far away and looks our kids and moms in the eyes and says, ‘Hey, how are you? I care.’” 

51�������� has received a $300,000 two-year grant from the , which will support restructuring the academic leadership team to strengthen the student experience.

While students embark on Field Work Term, an annual work-learning term during which students gain hands-on experience and test their classroom ideas in the world of work, Bennington faculty offer their reading recommendations to keep everyone’s intellectual juices flowing wherever they are.

Faculty member Sarah Harris's article, "'They Tried to Bury Us: They Didn't Know We Were Seeds': Intergenerational Memory and La casa," was recently published in European Comic Art.

ImageTexT, a peer-reviewed, open access journal with a focus on interdisciplinary comics studies, has published an article by Spanish faculty member Sarah D. Harris. 

Language faculty member Sarah Harris and Enrique del Rey Cabero discuss the Spanish Civil War in Comics in a two-part conversation published in Comics Forum.