The Heinz O. and Elizabeth C. Bertelsmann Campus Center

The newly built 29,000-square-foot Campus Center is home to Bard College’s Barnes & Noble bookstore, the College post office, the Down the Road Café, the 100-seat Weis Cinema, an information desk, seating areas, six e-mail terminals, an ATM machine, a lounge/gallery, and a multipurpose room used for events such as dinners, dances, lectures, and performances.

The second floor houses a computer lab (containing six iMacs and six Windows95 PCs), game room, TV lounge, meeting rooms for student clubs, copy machines, and the Office of Student Activities. The signature exterior feature is a spacious second-floor terrace on the building’s south side. There are also three ground-floor patio areas.

Facility Hours
During the regular academic semester the Bertelsmann Campus Center hours of operation are as follows:
     Monday–Wednesday: 8:00 am to 1:00 am
     Thursday & Friday: 8:00 am to 2:00 am
     Saturday: 9:00 am to 2:00 am
     Sunday: 9:00 am to 1:00 am

Facility hours over January Intercession, Summer Break, and major holidays will vary from the above schedule. Please call the Office of Student Activities at 758-7099 for updated time schedules during these times of the year.

Please call directly to the Bookstore, Post Office and Cafe for up to date facility hours.

The Center is named in honor of College benefactors Heinz O. Bertelsmann, professor of international relations at Bard from 1947 to 1977, and his wife Elizabeth Bertelsmann, a teacher of German and a noted photographer.