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​The Bard College Clemente Course in the Humanities in Kingston has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation. In its sixth year at the Kingston Library, the Clemente Course offers a free college-level introduction to the humanities—philosophy, literature, United States history, art history, critical thinking and writing—to Ulster County residents living on low incomes. The Ulster Savings Bank grant will support student expenses such as books and childcare. Students who successfully complete the yearlong course can earn six transferable Bard College credits.

Bard College senior Kevin Barbosa has been named a Forbes Under 30 Scholar. Kevin is part of a diverse group of students that will have free admission and countless networking opportunities at next month's Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston. Kevin studies politics at Bard and was nominated for the honor by Jopwell, a career advancement platform for Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American students and professionals. His Senior Project is a comparative study of Brazilian and Chinese history that seeks to understand how their unique backgrounds have influenced their foreign policy, and will affect the contours of the modern international order. Kevin is also on the Varsity Swim Team, works as a senior strategist on Bard's 100 Days Initiative, and is a senior fellow with the Difference & Media Project. Finally, he is speaker of the student body this year. Over the summer he accepted an offer with Goldman Sachs, and will be working there full time after graduation.

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The Bard Debate Union had an impressive showing over the weekend of September 17–19 at the Northeast Season Opener Debate Tournament at the University of Rochester. The team of Nathaniel Carlsen '18 and Hannah Hutchinson '20 came in first place in the tournament.

On Friday, September 15, Bard High School Early College Cleveland's east campus opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. BHSEC Cleveland's west campus opened in 2014. Bard's early college network now comprises 10 programs from Massachusetts to New Orleans.

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On Monday, September 25, American Book Award–winning poet, memoirist, journalist, and Miles Davis biographer Quincy Troupe will read from his work at Bard College.