Photo: Main entrance to the Beterlsmann Campus Center
The Bertelsmann Campus Center, which opened in 1999, houses several facilities and is a central meeting place on campus. The center’s 30,000 square feet contain the college bookstore and post office; administrative offices; Down the Road Café; a 100-seat cinema; lounge areas; public e-mail terminals and computer lab; and meeting and gallery space.
The campus center is also home to the Career Development, Trustee Leader Scholar Program, Multicultural Affairs, and Student Activities Offices.
The signature exterior feature is a spacious second-floor deck on the building's south side. The center is named for Heinz Bertelsmann, professor of international relations at Bard from 1947 to 1977, and Elizabeth (Lilo) Bertelsmann, a teacher of German and a noted photographer, whose generous gift funded construction of the center.
