Get Involved!
Many activities enrich life on and off campus, from garage-band concerts at SMOG, a student-run music venue, to language tables, where students share meals and practice conversation in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, and other languages. Other student-led activities include the Root Cellar, which has an impressive collection of zines; Sawkill Coffee House; and Thursday Night Live, which consists of acoustic concerts, contests, open mic nights, and more at Down the Road Café.Upcoming Campus Events
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6/10Saturday
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6/10Saturday
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6/11Sunday
Rhinebeck–Red Hook First Annual Pride
The Episcopal Church of the Messiah, 6436 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, NY
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6/12Monday
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6/12Monday
Student Government and Clubs
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BSG is a democratic forum that provides student representation on College committees and administers funding for student-run organizations. -
OSA works with students and staff to organize hikes, concerts, dances, parties, comedy nights, substance-free entertainment alternatives, and athletic events. -
Students can choose from 150 active clubs, ranging in subject from engineering to tango. Any student can start a club, and new clubs begin each semester.
Campus + Community
Center for Civic Engagement
Bard uses its campus and resources to develop and support robust and sustainable partnerships to address local, national, and global problems, reach underserved populations, and tackle critical issues of education and public policy. The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) at Bard College supports, coordinates, and promotes a wide array of student and institutional initiatives—from the student-initiated Trustee Leader Scholar Program, to the public high school early college movement and degree-granting programs in prisons.
Photo by Pete Mauney ’93 MFA ’00
Trustee Leader Scholar
The TLS program is an incubator for students with big ideas who are committed to civic action.