Campus Activities

Photo by Karl Rabe

Campus Activities

Get Involved!

Many activities are available to enrich student life on and off campus. 
From garage-band concerts at the student-run music venue SMOG, to language tables where students share meals and practice conversation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, and more, there’s a lot to do at Bard.

Upcoming Campus Events

Student Government and Clubs

  • Bard Student Government
    Bard Student Government
    BSG is a democratic forum that provides student representation on College committees and administers funding for student-run organizations.
  • Office of Student Activities
    Office of Student Activities
    OSA works with students and staff to organize hikes, concerts, parties, comedy nights, substance-free entertainment, and athletics.
  • Student Clubs
    Student Clubs
    Students can choose from 150 active clubs, ranging in subject from engineering to tango. Any student can start a club, with new clubs each year.

Campus + Community

Students picking apples.

The Bard Farm

The 1.25-acre Bard College Farm was established in 2012 with a mission to create a lasting connection between students, farming, and food. More than 245 students have worked at the farm and hundreds more have volunteered to help produce more than 222,000 pounds of crops, which are sold to the College dining service and at a weekly farm stand on campus, and donated to local emergency food programs. The farm also works with the campus food pantry to provide produce vouchers to food-insecure students.
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Visit the Bard Farm →

Center for Civic Engagement

Center for Civic Engagement

Bard uses its campus and resources to develop and support robust and sustainable partnerships to address local, national, and global problems, reach underserved populations, and tackle critical issues of education and public policy. The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at Bard College supports, coordinates, and promotes a wide array of student and institutional initiatives.
Get Involved with CCE →

Students in the Bard Prison Initiative.
The Bard Prison Initiative began as a TLS project. Photo by Pete Mauney ’93 MFA ’00

Trustee Leader Scholar

The TLS program is an incubator for students with big ideas who are committed to civic action. 
Learn More About TLS →