Upcoming Events
- 11/22Friday6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Olin Language Center, Room 115
- 11/22Friday8:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Campus Center, Weis Cinema
- 11/25Monday12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Kline Commons
Monday, November 25, 2024
La Voz Magazine Team Meeting
Kline Commons 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Are you interested in journalism, activism, or Latino immigrant issues? La Voz Magazine is a publication based at Bard with an estimated readership of 35,000 that can give you an outlet for these interests. At La Voz we strive to empower the Spanish speaking communities of the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskill regions with actionable information, ranging from topics such as health and education to environmental concerns and political issues. We welcome artists, writers, and volunteers to become reporters for La Voz or help coordinate our events such as panel discussions on immigration, concerts, and film screenings.
We invite students of all skills and talents to come by to our weekly meeting on Mondays from 12 pm to 1 pm in Kline Room (inside Kline), or via Zoom in case of bad weather.
Please visit our office in Albee Annex B from 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday to pick up copies of the magazine. You can also read La Voz online and look at our Facebook and Instagram. - 11/25Monday3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Stevenson Library
- 11/26Tuesday6:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Campus Center, Weis Cinema
Bard Student Support and Relief Fund
Over 70% of our students receive aid from the College, but often that is not enough to help cover the expenses of a new academic year, and certainly not the unexpected or unanticipated challenges that arise. The Student Support and Relief Fund coordinates with Divisions and Programs to provide relief from undue financial stress.
Join us in making a donation to help students thrive no matter what comes up.
Have a program or departmental resource we should know about? Contact Haron Atkinson at [email protected].
Our Mission
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Bard seeks to materialize our commitment to plurality, dialogue, and rigorous study. We strive to create a learning environment that upholds the College’s mission to meaningfully include the voices, works, and ideas of communities and cultures historically marginalized in liberal arts and sciences education. DEI at Bard aims to work at the systemic as well as the interpersonal level to address the implicit and explicit ways racism, sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and religious discrimination impact the learning process.
Who does the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Bard?
DEI is an institutional mission at Bard College, tasking all of us with doing the work of furthering that mission. Fostering a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus is an effort shared by those who live and work at the College—students, faculty, and staff.
There are four offices on campus that lead the College’s DEI work. They are:
Acknowledging Bard's Origins
Bard College acknowledges that its origins are intertwined with the systems of racial injustice that have been a part of this nation’s history from its foundations.
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Campus Resources
Gilson Place: Dedicated in Support of Students of Color
Gilson Place, formerly Grey Stone Cottage, is a space dedicated to the advancement of students of color. Bard faculty and student leaders collaborated on its renovation and redesign. Gilson Place supports the academic, personal, and social success of members of the Bard community historically underrepresented in liberal arts and sciences education and fosters dialogue about race and culture on campus. The space is named for Alexander Gilson (c. 1824–89), an African American who labored for 50 years at Montgomery Place, now part of the Bard College campus. Gilson became head gardener at Montgomery Place and eventually opened up his own nursery business.
Student Clubs
Student clubs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the College include the Bard Christian Fellowship, the Latin American Student Organization, and the Trans Lyfe Collective. For more information about these and other clubs, visit https://studentactivities.bard.edu/clubs/.
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Student Government provides leadership for students interested in making Bard College a better place, and is always ready to support students working on issues of diversity and inclusion. -
Housing the Dean of Student Affairs Office, CSLA provides support to students struggling to figure out what diversity means, what they want it to mean, and how to bridge the gap between the two. -
The OSA helps students plan programs, organize events, and lead clubs in an effort to make Bard a more diverse and accepting place, all while keeping students engaged and making sure they have fun.
Spotlight on the Posse Program
The Posse Foundation recruits talented public high school students who might have been overlooked by traditional college selection processes, forming them into supportive Posses and connecting them with participating colleges. Every year Bard accepts a Posse of 10 students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential, offering them full-tuition scholarships.
NEWSROOM
Bard College President Leon Botstein Participates as Presidential Speaker in Virtual Conversation about Welcome Corps on Campus Hosted by White House Executive Office of the President
“We agree nothing could be more important. This country, in my view, is dependent on people from other countries coming here. I myself am a refugee. I was a child refugee. We need to open our doors, not close them," said Botstein in his re