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Matilda Lee '28 studies prop construction and design at Bennington. She shared why she decided to attend Bennington and reflected on her favorite classes and memories from her first year.

The juniors and seniors in Sue Rees’s Animations Projects class have walked away with several valuable lessons this term. Stills from their projects are up in an exhibition in the Barn Annex through May 16.

Each winter, Bennington College students step outside the classroom to take part in Field Work Term—a six-week immersion in the professional world designed to help them deepen their studies, gain real-world experience, and explore potential career paths and contribute valuable skills to companies and nonprofits.

On Saturday, April 12, 2025, Tusti ’25, who is focusing on biology and film at Bennington College, stood among a sea of scientific posters and passionate young researchers at Brown University’s Engineering Research Center. She was there as one of approximately 200 undergraduates selected from across the country to present at Brown’s inaugural National Undergraduate Research Conference, a first-of-its-kind student-run event designed to spotlight undergraduate work in medicine, biomedical research, and public health. It was organized by the Ivy League+ Pre Health Society.

Lorena Fernandez Camba '25 studies Architecture and Drama at Bennington. She reflected upon her advanced work, favorite faculty member, and notable Field Work Term experiences.

Andrea Lara '26 studies Biology, Latin American Studies (Spanish), and Creative Writing at Bennington. Following her education and writing internship at Uptown Stories, Lara was offered a part-time position as development assistant for the arts organization. 

Tusti '25 studies Biology and Film and Video at Bennington. She reflected upon her advanced work and accolades and shared her plans for after graduation.

 On view in the Barn Annex through April 21.

Projects for Peace has announced its 2025 cohort of grantees. This year, 134 projects from 93 partner institutions were selected, with one project being chosen from Bennington College.

Bennington College students are pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and problem-solving in CUPS: Introduction to Slip Casting and Mold Making.

Lindsey Leggett '27 completed a Field Work Term experience at the Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

A Bennington College team received certificates of appreciation from the State of Vermont for their work analyzing well-testing data in a PFAS contamination zone around former ChemFab Corp. factories in the town of Bennington.

Erin Racklin '26 studies Psychology and Anthropology at Bennington. During the winter, Racklin completed a Field Work Term experience at Resilience, Inc, which provides Social Emotional Learning (SEL) tools to K-12 schools.

Alex Bregy '26 studies Creative Writing and Film at Bennington. During the winter, Bregy completed a Field Work Term experience split between two sites: the Young Writers Project and the DREAM Program.

Shloka Shah '25 studies Drama, with a focus on acting and directing, at Bennington. During the winter, Shah completed a Field Work Term experience as a Creative Development Intern at Roy Kapur Films in Mumbai, India.

Annabelle Lisa '28 studies Drama and Communications at Bennington. During the winter, Lisa completed a Field Work Term experience at Vero Beach Theatre Guild in Vero Beach, FL.

Devan Spiro '27 studies interdisciplinary photojournalism through ethnographic research methodologies and curatorial practices. During the winter, Spiro completed a Field Work Term experience at SoHo Photo Gallery, one of New York City's oldest cooperative nonprofit art gallery spaces.

Jacqueline Walsh '26 studies Politics and Public Action at Bennington, with supplemental focus on Spanish and statistics. During the winter, Walsh completed a Field Work Term experience interning with the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter.

Bennington students reflect on their winter 2025 Field Work Term experiences, honing and testing classroom knowledge in their independent projects and internships.

Zen Spencer '27 has been selected by the Disability Justice and inclusive arts organization Embraced Body as a participant in its new national How We Move program. 

Jen Nash '26 transferred to Bennington from Los Angeles Valley College. She shared her favorite experiences studying Drama at Bennington.

Marian Bull, an MFA student in fiction, has been selected to be the fourteenth Residential Teaching Fellow at Bennington Writing Seminars.

Bennington students who have studied French filmmaker Alice Diop's work in class reflected on their recent opportunity to meet Diop, her editor Amrita David, and her translator Nicholas Elliott ’96 during their visit to campus in November.

Students present at the first International Multilingual Creative Writing Conference in New York.

On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, six seniors presented their senior theses in Society, Culture, and Thought (SCT) to a packed CAPA Symposium.

Julie Gargiulo '27 studies Costume Design at Bennington. She spent her winter Field Work Term in New York interning with local seamstress, Mery Fernandez.

Yami Antonio ’25 studies Psychology and Anthropology at Bennington. She spent her summer Field Work Term in Kuala Lumpur and Penang as a student ethnographic researcher for the Consortium of Forced Migration, Displacement and  Education.

In the class Examining Space, taught by Sculpture faculty member John Umphlett, students learned their way around iron forge and the glass studio at the Salem Art Works (SAW), just 25 miles from campus in Salem, New York.

Advanced Animation students reflect on their experiences at the 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Over the summer, Annika Owenmark '25 completed a Field Work Term experience at Cal Shakes as the coordinator for the youth summer conservatory.