College News
$1 Million Awarded to Address Systemic Causes of Food Insecurity51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ has been awarded a grant of $1 million from the to launch a three-year collaborative effort with local partners to address the systemic causes of food insecurity in Bennington County.
Provost and Dean’s Office Staffing Changes During the Presidential TransitionToday, Provost and Dean Isabel Roche sent the following memo to 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ faculty and staff.
Jeanie Riess Selected as Bennington Writing Seminars Residential Teaching FellowJeanie Riess, a rising second-term MFA student in fiction, has been selected to be the third Residential Teaching Fellow at the . The fellowship is the first of its kind in the country to offer full-time undergraduate teaching experience in a low-residency MFA format. Benefits include full tuition remission for one term, housing and board, and enrollment in an on-campus class.
Dietland Author Sarai Walker to Speak at June MFA CommencementMFA '03, author of the bestselling novel and critically-acclaimed AMC series , will be the Commencement speaker for the Bennington Writing Seminars in June 2019. Walker is a graduate of the fiction program and will deliver the Commencement address on Saturday, June 22 at 7:30 pm in Bennington’s Usdan Gallery.
Acclaimed Folk Trio Mountain Man to Give Commencement Address at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæThe three members of the acclaimed folk trio —Molly Erin Sarlé ’12, Amelia Meath ’10, and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig ’09—will address the class of 2019 at 51³ÉÈËÁÔÆæ’s 84th commencement dinner on Friday, May 31, at 7:00 pm on Commons Lawn. The event will be .