Completed in 1998, the Heinz O. and Elizabeth C. Bertelsmann Campus Center houses several facilities, including the college bookstore, and is a central meeting place on campus.
Most of the College's facilities are clustered
at the center of campus: Kline Commons, with its main student dining hall and meeting places for students
and faculty; classrooms; libraries; the computer centers; science labs; art studios; and the gymnasium.
The Bertelsmann Campus Center provides a spacious setting for social and
intellectual exchange among members of the Bard community. Several residence halls are located
in the central campus area, while others are within easy walking or bicycling distance.