To add your club to this list, make a change to your current listing, or request web space for your club, contact the Office of Student Activities at 845-758-7097, email studentactivities@bard.edu, or use the Club Submission Form.
Important Dates and Deadlines
February 1
Club Head Day - Mandatory for ALL Club Heads – 2:00 PM @ Campus Center, MPR
February 4
“Club Budgets 101” Workshop – 7:30 PM @ Campus Center, Red Room (203)
February 5
Budget proposals submissions due by 11:59 PM A sign-up sheet for Budget Review will be emailed to the club head listserv by the Speaker at 9:00 am DEADLINE TO SIGN-UP FOR A TIME SLOT IS 11:59 PM ON February 6
February 7 & 8
Budget Review in the CAMPUS CENTER, STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE (202):
- 2/7: starting at 4:00 PM - 2/8: starting at 9:00 am
February 9
Draft budget e-mailed out to clubhead@bard.edu by 11:59 PM
February 10
Budget amendments due to speaker@bard.edu by 7:00 PM
February 12
Club Fair – 5:00 PM @ Campus Center, Front Lawn (Rain Location: Campus Center, Lobby) Budget Forum – 7:00 PM @ Campus Center, MPR MANDATORY FOR ALL CLUBS WHO HAVE ACTIVE FALL SEMESTER CLUB BUDGETS
First Check Requests and Purchase Orders due to the Office of Student Activities by 5:00 PM, and every Wednesday thereafter
February 28
First checks issued to Campus Mailboxes by 5:00 PM and every Friday thereafter
April 21
- Last day to submit Emergency Fund requests for Spring 2020 by 5:00 PM - Last day to submit Transfer requests for Spring 2020 by 5:00 PM - Last day to submit Purchase Orders for items for Spring 2020 by 5:00 PM
April 29
- Last day to submit Check requests for Spring 2020 by 5:00 PM - Last day to submit Purchase Orders for food for Spring 2020 by 5:00 PM - Deadline for Pre-Allocation requests for Spring 2020 by 5:00 PM - Deadline for L&T Allocation Requests for SUMMER 2020 by 5:00 PM
American Writer Martha Beck said, "Every day brings new choices." Up until now, every choice different people have made led to different results, which we call "history." What could we learn from looking back on these different results?
The Alternative History Club is a community of students and faculty advisers who revisit different choices that past and contemporary generations have made through various means such as putting historical figures on a mock trial, discussing history-related materials, answering the question "What if this ever or not happened", or inviting local historians and other community members with a passion for history to offer different perspectives on the historical choices that formed our current society.
Life is about making choices. Everyone who has ever existed has had to make choices and accept the consequences, no matter what they were. And everyone has asked themselves at one time or another, "what would be different had they made a different choice?"
Students who know or are interested in learning American Sign Language come together to practice and learn from each other. Our teacher, a local translator for the surrounding communities, will guide any level signer to become a better conversationalist. Then come test out your skills at a monthly meet up in Kingston and sign with fellow students as well as deaf community members!
The Bard Debate Union is a community of students, faculty, and staff committed to promoting the values of civic discourse, dialogue, and debate throughout the Bard College community, the greater Hudson Valley region of New York, and the world at large.
The Bard Debate Union represents a union of both a student club and a college-sponsored team. As a club, the BDU organizes meetings, workshops, and events on campus and in the local community. As a team, the BDU prepares for, attends, and participates in inter-collegiate debate competitions.
Bard Law Society is community of students interested in attending a law school in the future. Activities, plans and resources include talks with professionals with law degrees, LSAT Prep books, possible group visits to law school, and a focus on pre-law summer programs and Diversity Opportunity Programs.
Classics club will meet every other week. Our goal is to create an environment where classics majors and interested students can get to know one another and discuss current interests.
We are also hoping to produce a short, informal publication by the end of the semester which will highlight the work of students (e.g., translations of Latin or Greek, etc.).
The Bard Economics Club is a student-run organization that will supplement the economics program at Bard. Our goals are to enhance the undergraduate economics experience with speakers from various fields within economics such as finance, economic policy, and academia. We also want to raise money so that we can attend major economic conferences such as the Hyman Minsky Conference in Washington, D.C., amongst other talks and conferences in the NYC area. We also aim to help students develop networking skills, and organize networking events with students through Bard alumni working in economics-related fields. The CDO is also willing to work with us on building essential career-oriented skills such as resume-buildling, utilizing LinkedIn, interviews, etc. Besides all of these great opportunities, we also want to create an environment where economics majors can just talk about current events, their economics homework, their weekend, the stock market, cereal, their hedgehog and whatever else.
This club would be an outlet for engineering-minded students at Bard. The goal is to use connections we have developed with clubs and engineering departments at schools we have connections with ie West Point and SUNY New Paltz to get students interested in engineering thinking about and working on engineering projects during their time at Bard. We would also discuss study path options and projects going on at Bard supporting the engineers on our campus.
Club Head Information
Bruno Becher , Bb8726@bard.edu 917-770-7735 Type(s): Academic
The Haiti Jakmel Ekspresyon Exchange is a student-driven partnership with a community center in Jakmel, Haiti. The project facilitates development within the local community by providing the center with STEAM courses taught by Bard students. On a deeper level, the project is a cultural exchange that encourages the empowerment of both Bard and JE students alike. Every July and sometimes during the winter intersession, a small group of Bard students travel to Jakmel to lead courses in partnership with the local politicians, students, professors, and city developers. Summer '18 held courses on data mapping with topics that ranged from HIV/AIDS rates, to water justice and quality. The most important value of this project is that these topics are chosen by the Haitian students themselves, and these classes are designed to give the teachers in Haiti lesson plans that they could then teach as well. By placing the power of data back into the hands of the people, JE students can effectively address and inform the community of the needs of the city and surrounding towns, without relying on foreign aid and NGOs.
Bard Finance & Investment Club aims to broaden financial knowledge of our members by providing a holistic view of the financial world, including emphasis on equities and fixed income. Our mission is to facilitate connections between students, faculty, alumni, and finance professionals. We are committed to creating future leaders of the financial world.
The MES student writing circle will host weekly meetings where students taking Middle Eastern Studies classes can work together to get support and feedback from each other. Underclassmen will be able to seek guidance from peers who have taken classes before, and seniors can support each other through sproj work. Club budget will go towards books, transportation to lectures in the city, and weekly study snacks. We will also be inviting faculty to come to some meetings to learn about their personal research and to get advice on note taking, conducting research, and writing.
The Nicaragua Education Initiative is a project that engages in a multicultural exchange between Bard students and the community of Chacraseca, Nicaragua. While staying with host families in Chacraseca during the winter intersession, the project takes Bard students to Chacraseca every January to foster creative learning experiences where students can express themselves in new and collaborative ways. Students in Chacraseca express creativity through science, math, English, and art lessons. Although the trip is only three weeks, the project is a year-long process. Throughout the year, the project raises funds for university students and other scholarships that promote sustainable education. The Nicaragua Education Initiative values learning both inside and outside of the classroom. The connections and relationships we build cannot be learned at a desk, and this multicultural exchange widens the perspectives of each individual involved in the project. Every January for three weeks a group of 12 students from Bard go to Chacraseca, a small village in Nicaragua, where we stay with host family. We teach from 9:00am through 1:00pm during the weekdays. Although the trip is only three weeks, the project is a year-long process. Throughout the year, the project raises funds for university students and other scholarships that promote sustainable education.
We are a group of students comprising mostly of students majoring in philosophy, but not exclusive to majors. The Philosophy Club hosts events each semester including: student debates, student presentations, and guest lectures.
The purpose of Physics Club is to foster wholesome community within the physics department. We all need a little togetherness and because physics students have to study literally the whole time, it is very important to have moral support from our peers. (And snacks.) We plan on hosting a number of events such as: stargazing nights, physics phriday, screenings of Carl Sagan's cosmos, physics potlucks, etc.
The Psychology Club seeks to gather, inform, and engage all students interested in the field of psychology, both majors and non-majors! A key goal of ours is to build a strong community among students interested in this field, and to widen the psychology community to other students through open events.
Beyond promoting communication and awareness, the Bard Psychology Club will also provide an active academic atmosphere in which members can discuss topics of interest, lab assistant and internship opportunities, possible careers in psychology, and ideas for future inquiry and research.
Lastly, we aim to serve as a liaison between faculty and students, communicating any questions or concerns (anonymously) that students have, but may not feel comfortable speaking to faculty about.
Wonder what it feels like to learn to fly? Come try this amazing full body workout. Develop strength, flexibility, and agility. Through our safe, empowering environment, you will build self-confidence that will encourage exploration.
This club is for all Bardians who are hoping to take advantage of the beautiful Hudson Valley and surrounding areas for outdoor adventuring and camping. We will overnight camp, backpack and host wilderness skills workshops.
Bard Cheerleaders will bring school spirit and pep to all indoor games. Our mission is bring excitement and entertainment to the spectators. We plan to preform during games, ISO, and maybe even during the Women of Color Gala.
Bard's Hudson Valley location lands it in the middle of one of the largest climbing communities in the world. Residing just forty minutes from the Shawangunks, a world-class climbing location, as well as many others both indoor and outdoor, we have the amazing ability to take advantage of year-round climbing. We have some experience in rock climbing, but are looking to grow, as we are sure many other Bardians are. Rock climbing is amazing sport that upon acquiring the basic skill set will get you strong and be a blast at the same time. Once you start, you'll be hooked!
The Bard College Field Hockey Team is an intramural sport that is open and welcoming to players that range from beginners to high-level skill sets. The goal of the team is to challenge ourselves in learning new skills as well as creating a competitive and strong team connection that helps push our players to their full potential.
Bard Fight Club is a group of students who are passionate about martial arts, or simply interested in trying out martial arts. Train with friends in a safe and organised space while learning different fighting techniques.
Birdies and Eagles, and Raptors, oh my! Are you in a love/hate relationship with the game of Golf? Come to play and improve your swing or if you like just to relax for a while and enjoy the outdoors with friends. Everyone is welcome to join up, those physically coordinated and those who are well, not. Even if you've never golfed before you're more than welcome to come by and test your luck. We envision the club becoming Bard's Golf team in the near future. And who knows, perhaps Bard will eventually create it's own tailored Golf course and host a tour event!
A hiking and outdoors club for all hikers, nature enthusiasts, or adventurous spirits! Weekly club outings will mostly consist of trips to local hiking/walking trails, but we may go rock climbing, backpacking, biking, skiing, snowshoeing, or canoeing. Outing difficulty will vary greatly to accommodate participants' experience levels and access to transportation and equipment (friends don't let friends hike in jeans!). See you on the trail! :)
At its core, the Bard Video Game Club strives to connect the many people at Bard College who partake in the recreation of playing video games. There are a great many people at Bard who partake in the same activities, such as gaming, that aren't even aware that like minds exist. This is why we are dedicated to creating communication among people who may not otherwise know each other.
As the gaming club, we plan campus-wide gaming events that all are welcome to join, including tournaments, non-competitive sessions and general gatherings to raise the awareness of niche interests such as video games.
In the end, our goal is simple: Forge new friendships and make Bard a more inclusive community for people of all intrigues.
Bard College Women’s Soccer Club is a club designed to empower and support Bard College women. We will meet every Monday, Thursday and Saturday for some soccer warm-ups, drills, and scrimmages. This club is meant to provide students with a fun and exciting opportunity to unwind and exercise. We will all come together to release some stress, kick a ball around, and have fun. Most importantly, this club is a place for anyone and everyone to feel welcomed and supported!
Club Head Information
Charlotte Geissler , cg8329@bard.edu 312-291-6186 Patricia Anne Sicat , ps6579@bard.edu 518-364-8012 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
Bard Yoga Club aims to introduce students to a holistic yoga practice which engages all segments of yoga (community, meditation, and asana). The classes are typically an hour and fifteen minutes long. The class is taught by a professional and certified instructor. Alternatively to most yoga classes, the class aims to foster community discussion surrounding yoga as well as practice yoga. The club focuses around the Shambhavananda yoga practice which is a form of Hatha yoga. Due to the fact that most students are beginner, vinyasa practices are saved for once a month.
Club Head Information
Samantha Tomecek Jackie Zeller (abroad this sem , st4225@bard.edu 918-640-5549 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
This is a fun club for all levels of skaters! Whether you want to learn how to skate, just want to skate for fun, or get in a good workout, this club is for you!
The Bard Ski and Snowboard Club's mission is to allow Bardians to experience the many joys of downhill skiing and snowboarding in a relaxed and fun environment. We plan to take trips over the course of the winter to the available mountains in the area while exploring the natural beauty here in the Hudson Valley. Skiers and riders of all abilities are welcome.
We walk together, often in the Tivoli Bays, and sometimes we venture out to the Catskills and surrounding areas for a good long walk. Sometimes we gather for tea and cucumber sandwiches (brunch.) Just some kids trying to enjoy the simple pleasures of good company and light exercise in the great outdoors. Rain or Shine.
Club Head Information
Bobby King , rk6852@bard.edu 484-883-8597 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
More than a game, chess is a discipline, a world of its own; or, rather, a philosophy. You are in charge of the meaning you give to the board and its valued pieces. Chess isn’t only a fun competitive game, it has countless benefits too: it sharpens critical thinking skills, it builds self-confidence, it improves problem-solving abilities, it exercises both sides of the brain, it boosts memory and creativity; and, most importantly, it makes you a better decision maker. Chess is, among many things, about creativity.
AfroPulse hopes to provide a forum through which African students, those of the African Diaspora, and all other interested students can come together to explore the continent in a multi-dimensional context.
Our goals include spreading awareness of the continent’s rich and diverse history and culture to the wider Bard community, as well as celebrating this culture through food, music, film, dance, and fashion. We also hope to educate on the contemporary issues faced by countries on the continent, and shed light on the place of Africa and its people in our world today through panel discussions, documentary/TED talk screenings, live speakers, and debates. Community service will be a priority in our agenda, and we hope to find practical ways to contribute back to communities across Africa. We will also attempt to reach out to the larger Hudson Valley community through community service activities that promote the continent, and by engaging with similar African student groups in surrounding colleges.
Welcome to the home page of our site! Open to all Bard students Asian Student Organization (ASO) is focused on achieving an awareness of the Asian populations at Bard College, which includes students, faculty, and off-campus neighbors. ASO also aims to create a space that facilitates a dialogue between Asian and Asian American students with the larger Bard community. From various angles, we will try to demonstrate Asian culture and identity by holding events to educate, entertain, and provide community outreach to all students at Bard. We are conscious of the cultures that exist in Bard College and hope to increase understanding between Asian and non-Asian students.
This club aims to introduce a very popular custom in the Middle East and South Asia to Bard. Smoking hookah has been around for centuries and now many cities around the world have hookah cafes. The Hudson Valley lacks such cafes and we plan to introduce hookah smoking (both tobacco and non-tobacco flavors) to the Bard community while respecting the smoking policies of Bard.
An offshoot of the Bard Educational Opportunities Program, this club works to extend resources of the BEOP office and make a greater presence in the greater Bard Community. Club activities include workshops, networking activities, and social events. BEOP scholars are a strong presence in campus life, being representatives of several campus organizations, and this is a good opportunity for the Bard community to learn more about this organization.
Our mission is to stimulate members of the Bard College community to explore intellectual, political, cultural and social issues that are of importance to the Black community and America as a whole. Black History and current race issues are articulated through dialogue, cultural performances, music, lectures, and art. Race and politics are issues that are often recognized on our campus in through our academic curriculum. However, we as an organization feel that it is necessary to find creative ways to take that experience beyond the classroom brining the links between race, politics, academics, and social life to fruition in the hopes that awareness will spark action and ignite change in our communities.
The Caribbean Student Association (CSA) seeks to provide a sense of social solidarity and academic support among West Indian/Caribbean students at Bard, while promoting interactions with the Bard community as a whole. We hope to achieve this goal through (1) the education of Caribbean culture, society, and politics, (2) hosting events that celebrate the diversity which Caribbean students contribute to Bard and (3) raising awareness about issues past and present of importance to West Indians and the world. The CSA is inclusive to all Bard students, Caribbean or otherwise.
The Chinese Calligraphy club aims at providing a new way for people having different cultural backgrounds to deeply understand Chinese art and culture. First, we will introduce the evolution of Chinese characters, like how the oracle bone scripts transform into regular scripts. Since there are six styles of Chinese calligraphy, the next step for us is to help people to understand how to appreciate the beauty of Chinese calligraphy and learn to criticize it. There is no doubt that people can know more about Chinese aesthetics from this process. The last but not the least, we encourage people who have no basic knowledge of it to learn this unique art. We will offer a few practice classes every week, teaching basic strokes and well-known scripts. By using brush and ink by themselves, people can truly understand this art form and Chinese culture which is what calligraphy rooted in. We hope this club can introduce Chinese calligraphy to Bard students and faculty, look at Chinese culture through the lens of calligraphy, and bring Bard more cultural diversity.
We hope to serve the cultural and social objectives: to promote interests and understandings across cultures and disciplines, to create opportunities for Bardians to ask questions and discuss, and to share our cultural and social understandings and differences. Rather than representing the Chinese government,we represent our own perspectives. We hope to enrich Bardians' knowledge of China by means of film, lecture and party.
Salut! Join us in reviving the French club this year! Would you like to see your favorite French movie on the big screen? Chat over coffee and pastries? Trips might include the Met Opera for Massenet, the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Manet, or Albertine's for a conference on Choderlos de Laclos. Our mascot is Mlle. Poppy le chien :)
This is the club affiliated with La Voz magazine. We help organize events relevant to the Hispanic community such as concerts, lectures and more. In addition we seek writers, journalists, and artists for the magazine´s content.
LASO aims to curate spaces and experiences where Latin American culture is showcased, shared, and discussed. LASO facilities community building, and education of Latin American peoples, histories, and current struggles. LASO is not an exclusive club and is, therefore, both for students who pertain to the culture and those who are interested in it.
The Multiracial Student Union is a space dedicated to fostering community, solidarity, awareness, and exploration of the complexities surrounding the multiracial identity. Oftentimes being multiracial leads to a sense of exclusion from racial categories or the erasure/ commodification of self in order to become part of one. We understand the multiracial identity to be a complete identity of shared multiculturalism as opposed to the common idea that being multiracial implies fragmentation. At the same time, examining each individual aspect of our racial makeup is crucial in the exploration of self. This club is meant to be a safe space of comfort for self-identifying multiracial students, where we can analyze the multiracial experience fully, without the simplification of the standard “What are you?” question. We aim to do so through open discussions, community projects, collaborations with other clubs, panels, the creation of art, film screenings, potlucks, and other events.
This club is a space created to center the lives and experiences of the queer and gender-nonconforming people of color both on Bard's campus and beyond. It's a place for conversation and action. It's a place that recognizes and affirms the lives of those whose lives are too often forgotten and erased. Though it was made intentionally to elevate the voices of QTPOC, allies and accomplices are welcome, but only with the understanding that your voices will not be centered and that you are there to learn and support.
A student-run space for queer students to organize, discuss, and unwind. We host weekly meetings in the campus center and a variety of events (movie screenings, bake sales, and collaborations with other clubs on campus to name a few), working towards a goal of both strengthening and supporting the LGBTQ+ community on campus and building bonds with other groups in the Hudson Valley. Allies are welcome, with the condition that they realize their voices will not be centered.
Bard South Asian Students Association is a cultural club that aims to provide community space a students from South Asia and others interested in the South Asian culture. This club will celebrate the traditions and religious holidays of South Asia.
Club Head Information
Sana Tariq , st1333@bard.edu 845-366-9676 Type(s): Cultural/Affinity
The Trans Life Collective is a student and faculty organization working to create an environment that is accepting and comfortable for individuals of all gender identities. In the past, we have advocated gender inclusive spaces in bathrooms and housing, we were instrumental in adding gender identity and expression to Bard's Anti-Discrimination Policy, we held film screenings, hosted trivia events, panels, and performances/workshops, supported grassroots education via teach-ins, created a library of books and films for the Bard community, developed educational materials for students and staff, and organized student events such as Trans-Queer Prom and Gender Blender. All are welcome to attend our weekly meetings.
Women of Color United (WOC) seeks to provide an inclusive environment for members to exchange personal and collective experiences that occur on and off Bard’s campus. We seek to share with each other issues and experiences of race, gender, and sexuality surrounding the positions of women from diverse backgrounds. WOC aims to facilitate conversations with the community on topics that are important to us and focus on self-care and self-love throughout the semester. We seek to uplift women and not degrade them, this is not a space for negative vibes. We aim to cultivate positive energy.
We are a dance club centered around Korean pop music and performance styles. All are welcome to join us in learning various dances and relax at events based on a variety of elements in Korean pop culture.
Dance club is responsible for bringing forms of dance, that are not already offered at Bard, to the Bard community; through workshops and festivals. We also want to create a space for our budding choreographers to teach their work or lead workshops in the style of their choosing.
this club caters to anybody who is a kpop fan, interested in learning new dances, performing, or just socializing with fellow kpop stans. We perform for events on campu as well.
Wuk it up will offer students of any background a Caribbean Dance workout experience. Led By Joelle Powe, an international student from Jamaica, members will explore Dancehall, Soca, Calypso and traditional folk dances such as Kumina. Their will be an emphasis on understanding the meaning and contexts of movements, especially on those coming from Jamaica. All genders and backgrounds are welcomed. Students can look forward to a flash mob performance at the end of the semester. We will also occasionally host open dance sessions.
The Bard Community Garden is a public space maintained by student and community member volunteers. It is a space for students to plant, tend, and harvest edible and medicinal plants, relax, study, play music, host events, gather, and learn about herbalism, permaculture, and gardening via workshops put on by the club each semester. The club also hosts potlucks and weekly work parties throughout the growing season. New to the community garden is the growing and harvesting of medicinal herbs to supply the Trade Based Student Run Herbal Apothecary Project which the Wild Roots Wellness Collective has put together.
In this club there will be a series of art projects where we will be making DIY wildflower seed bombs, butterfly feeders, butterfly biomes, bee houses and much more! If we get the chance to, we may even be sewing/crocheting blankets and pouches in hopes of donating these to the animals affected by the bush fires in Australia.
ARTISTS OF COLOR AT BARD, or ACB, aims to engage POC peer collaboration and unity in art departments across campus and outside of the classroom. The existence of this club aims to form a safe artistic environment and welcoming space to all POC artists, whether they deal with photography, dance, filmmaking, music, writing, sculpting, performance, and graphic design. ACB is also constituted by an annual student-run publication through the physicality of a magazine that spotlights the work of POC creators.
At ACB, we are aware that engaging with our community is vital to growing as a club, magazine, and as young creators. For that reason, we have decided to team up with other clubs on campus to provide different artistic media services. As a club, we are looking forward to hosting POC guest lecturers, provide workshops, conduct art critiques, and present artistic feedback. We will be ending each semester with a show that displays the artwork that our members have made. Our goals are to extend the dialogue regarding art literacy in the POC community and expand connection with art entities outside the campus. We hope to establish a long-lasting community that nurtures the importance of POC in the arts.
The Free Press is Bard's preeminent source for print journalism. We are dedicated to hard-nosed, straightforward reporting and in-depth investigative journalism. We cover anything deemed relevant to the community, whether it happens on or off campus. We are always taking submissions.
Bard Science Journal is a student publication dedicated to all genres of science writing including news articles, essays, fiction, science-inspired art & poetry, and peer-reviewed research papers. It's intended as a forum for students to explore different ways of writing and thinking about science and its effects on individuals and society. The Bard Science Journal wants to emphasize access to quality science for everyone. Open to both majors and non-majors.
The Bard Zine Library maintains an archival collection of self-published magazines, as well as a current collection of local and relevant works. Our club also supports zine-makers on campus by providing resources and promoting student works.
BOTV is a media club who's goal is to bring entertainment, creativity, and also a platform for soical thought
to Bard by utilizing video, the Internet, and photography. We record and publicize Bard events for the community to watch at their leisure in addition to creating original content created by our staff and Bard students within the community for the enjoyment of the Bard Community. We also are here to provide pertinent news
information ranging from the Bard Hub to global news. The
content of our network aims to entertain, capture, and diversify the environment in which we live
and change the way we associate with media, our peers, and the world.
Gradient, a new club, aims to engage peer collaboration in the photography program outside of the classroom. We host guest lecturers, provide workshops, and conduct critiques, with an end result of a publication and show at the end of each semester reflecting our photographic work. Meetings are held weekly to discuss our ongoing work –– be it critiques, publications, shows, or our occasional workshops and lecturers. Our goal is to extend the dialogue regarding photography beyond simply the classroom experience. We hope to establish lasting connections between artists in order to continue our work together post-graduation.
Qualia is a publication created so that students can showcase their philosophical writing. This can be done in any style, from formal research papers to more experimental forms. We want to offer students a space where they can explore the topics they’ve always wanted to. Every piece will be reviewed by editors and each author will be given feedback. Each semester will conclude with the release of an online publication.
Sonnet Literary Magazine is an annual, student-run literary publication which aims to create a platform for both written and visual artists by and for Bard students. We seek to publish creative fiction, poetry, works of translation, and art. Our hope is to compose a final creative project that represents the many literary and artistic talents at Bard College.
Sui Generis is Bard's annual translation magazine. The magazine comes out every May, and the deadline to submit is in mid-February. We try to reach as many students who know/are learning other languages. There are 4 sections to Sui Generis: translation news, interviews, critical essays on translation, and translations. The translation news section details events that have happened at Bard regarding translation. Interviews are done with Bard professors who have experience with translation, or other translation scholars. Critical essays on translation theory should be written in English, examining characteristics of specific translations: ie syntax, sentence structure, cultural differences, etc. The translations are of an original work into English (the original work can be someone else's work or the student's own), and this is the biggest section of the magazine.
Students submit polished translations of work that they've been looking at in class or on their own. This can be of short stories, poems, parts of essays, book excerpts, graphic novels, etc. Submissions should be no longer than 5 pages, unless the editors have previously approved it. It is great way to get published in a magazine as an undergrad, especially if you're applying to grad school or to jobs. We're very open to various ideas and submissions...think outside the box! Our goal is to represent Bard's diversity in languages and cultures through students' published work.
Students should send submissions to suigeneris@bard.edu. Please put your name and language in the subject line. If you have any questions, send us an email!
TFC is a club dedicated to bringing a fun and welcoming space to those interested in fashion/design with a focus on student creativity. This year, TFC will focus on providing a platform in areas like modelling, sewing, event planning, and collaboration.
This club aims to gather people who are interested in West African drums (djembe and dunun) to have a chance to play traditional West African music together.
On campus we are fortunate to have multiple large orchestras and small chamber ensembles in the college and conservatory, but we are lacking a student-run orchestra of a medium size. That space is what we are hoping to fill! The Bard Chamber Orchestra is a student-run ensemble comprised of musicians from the college and conservatory. Clare Herzog is the orchestra manager and David Banoczi-Ruof is the music director. We are hoping to include anyone who wishes to join!
Club Head Information
Clare ; David Bánóczi-Ruof , db6650@bard.edu 845-630-9933 Type(s): Music
This is a club that is designed to create a community amongst individuals, musicians, listeners and those who want to learn more about the metal genre. It is great for those who feel unaccepted by the norm of pop culture, and want to dive a little bit deeper into the underground spaces. All are accepted, and all are welcome!
This club aims to gather people who are interested in West African drums (djembe and dunun) to have a chance to play traditional West African music together.
The Bard College Georgian Choir studies and performs traditional polyphonic folk and liturgical songs from the Republic of Georgia on the Black Sea. The Georgian Choir Club offers students in the choir, as well as others, to learn an additional repertoire prior to class in a smaller group setting. In addition, the Club works to bring performing choirs from Georgia to the U.S., and facilitates opportunities to learn and experience elements of Georgian language and culture.
BUMP is an organization that exists as a resource for students and clubs looking to host live-music on campus. BUMP also hosts events and works to maintain safe-spaces. We are a collective of music clubs and venues on campus including SMOG, Root Cellar, Entertainment Committee, WXBC, and Bard Bars. You can reach us at bardbump@gmail.com
The Jazz Kittens is a collective of musicians and artist that focus on building a community between the students involved in the Arts program. The ultimate goal is to open opportunities to play in the city and on campus various genres and add to the cultural diversity of Bard College
Music lovers can get together and learn about building and playing Appalachian folk instruments, and jam out on some classic Americana tunes - No experience (or instruments) required!
Club Head Information
Nathaniel Savage , ns5244@bard.edu 401-212-1246 Nathaniel Savage ; Type(s): Music
The Root Cellar is a completely student-run space that houses one of the largest zine libraries on the east coast. The Root Cellar is also a multipurpose space for student use: we host shows, performances, and club meetings.
SMOG is a student run music venue and performance space. Students of Bard College may schedule time in this space to have shows or house other happenings.
The Orcapelicans is the only A Cappella group on campus. This gender inclusive group is audition-based and regularly performs on and off campus. This group also provides a stress-free and non-judgmental space for people who love to sing with others. We sing all genres!
We teach and experiment with fire poi, as well as several other fire dancing tools such as fire fans, fire staff, fire hoop, and contact fire. We are always willing to explore new forms and continue to expand our skills!
This club provides an opportunity for students interested in architecture to gather and practice architecture design together. This semester, we plan to focus on proposing potential architecture or public art projects for the Bard campus intended to strengthen the social and physical environment of Bard.
Club Head Information
Aidan Galloway , sm5986@bard.edu 607-339-3219 Sam McVicker , sm5986@bard.edu 802-430-2081 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
The Bard dance club is a way to bring dance that is not offered at Bard to the student body. It also functions as a way of meeting the needs of the dance community at Bard that would otherwise be overlooked by the department itself.
This is a club focused on the joy of producing musicals that are lighthearted and humorous. This semester we will be performing Firebringer by Team Starkid. It is a comedic musical about cavemen discovering fire.
Bard STEP Team is dedicated to bringing entertainment to the Bard community with this from of dance style that combines stomping and clapping to create rhythm, beats, and music using just our bodies. We teach all those who are interested in Step and perform in cultural shows hosted by ASO and ISO. Also,the Bard Step Team is for anyone who wants to meet new excited and interesting people as well as show school spirit.
The Drag club is a club dedicated to the art of becoming a queen or king through the use of makeup, performance, and persona. This club will give access and the option for drag to become a fundamental part of Bard Culture, allowing students access to makeup, a stage and a community. The club will meet once a week and allow Bard students to play with their gender performance and to be supported while doing so. Screenings, practice, and shows will be activities the Drag club hosts, giving visibility to the art of Drag performance. Both Queens, and Kings will be given a space to thrive and grow and hone their skills through this club, which will act as a major resource.
This is a theater and art festival put up every Spring that is created, performed, and devised by Bard students. The first semester is spent creating the plan for the following semester and building up the board of producers and associate producers to create further collaboration opportunities for students. We are currently in our seventh year, and as of last year the theater festival has expanded to include an art show prior to the live performance.
New Underground Arts is primarily an interdisciplinary platform to connect art: artist to influence, artist to artist, artist to audience. It has put on several events in past years, usually involving music and sound but hope to expand into other realms of art. We are interested in supporting artists with integrity who we feel are pushing the boundaries of art and culture today. By bringing these bands, artists, and film-makers to campus, we hope to open the minds of Bard students and other community members to the vanguard of American, independent art. Our goal is to bring together local projects as well as groups from across the country. Bringing these various artists and groups will hopefully stimulate the campus, encouraging students to experiment with their own work and push themselves to be the best artist they can be.
Club Head Information
Ian Gutierrez , Ig4719@bard.edu 000-000-0000 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
The goal of People Of Color Theatre Ensemble is to facilitate an environment of inclusion within the Bard theatre community- particularly for people of color. As we are tired of seeing a lack of representation within the theatre community at Bard, we hope to create more opportunities for people of color who are interested in performance. POC Theatre Ensemble is primarily focused on theater written for and by people of color. We aim to have a core group of about 15 people who will work together to put on productions. Within this group, people will be shifting roles each show to learn the in’s and out’s of theatre, performance, and technical theater. This is not exclusive to theater majors and we want all persons of color on Bard’s campus with a passion for performance!
Club Head Information
Immanuel Williams , mw7867@bard.edu 518-409-3022 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
Queer Vault is a bridging initiative between Bard’s film programme and the Kingston LGBTQ centre which holds the North East’s largest collection of indépendant queer cinema. The club aims to bring the Bard community in connection with the collection through screenings, installations and artist talks.
Club Head Information
Laith Ayogu , aa5835@bard.edu 917-648-5980 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
THE ST. TULA FILM SOCIETY was reestablished in 2010 by Film & Electronic Arts students to encourage viewership and criticism of past and current student work. The society holds screenings twice a month: the first screening consists of films from former Bard students whose works are in the archive, the second screening is devoted to showing current student work. All films are welcome, including works in progress — all are equal in the eyes of Saint Tula. Adolfas Mekas, an avant-garde filmmaker and former professor of film at Bard, initiated Saint Tula in the 1970s to encourage his students to become involved in each other’s projects. The mission is the same 40 years later.
The Surrealist Training Circus is a forum for creative performance on campus. Circus members train for the surreal apocalypse through an ongoing study of puppetry, costuming, stilt-walking, acrobatics and theater. The circus puts on formal theatrical events and informal interventions around campus, culminating in a giant spectacle at the end of the year. We aim to create community and inspire wonder within the public spaces of this private institution.
At Surviving Artists, we provide an open studio for anyone, art major or not, to use! We promote collaboration, and anyone coming in to learn new techniques and skills from others. We will then work with members to promote them on our collective website and social media where our creations can be sold or promoted! Come in and check it out!
Club Head Information
Lexi Steinberg , ls4678@bard.edu 310-497-0551 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
For students interested in learning Argentine Tango, attending Tango dances and events on and off campus, bringing artists to Bard, and creating a Tango community on campus. We add fun, passion, and musicality to everyday life.
The Baddie Collective is a all non-boy dance collective, with members of different majors, years, races, and background. We focus on creating spaces for non-boys to feel safe, supported, and sexy. We do shows in multiple venues on campus, we collaborate with other groups and clubs, and host events. We have been doing shows and have had a following since 2019. We hold auditions for dancers, but our performances included a variety of other roles that any non-boy can participate in (costumes, makeup, social media, hosts, backstage, set design, etc).
The Bard Musical Theatre Company is a student led collective that curates theatrical performance opportunities for the students at Bard College and has become one of the largest student theatre communities on campus. Each semester BMTC produces one major musical. BMTC strives to bring together a diverse group of multidisciplinary student artists to produce performance based events on campus. To date, BMTC is made up of over 150 student theatre artists, technicians, and performers, and has quickly established itself as an integral part of Bard’s student theatre community. Imitating not-for-profit theatre, this company provides the opportunity to practically apply theatre-making, administrative, and performance skills and fill roles that exist within the production of theatrical work. By creating work within a model that resembles a professional theatre, the Bard Musical Theatre Company offers students a real-world understanding of the operation and execution of theatrical performances. Ultimately, BMTC aims to equip Bard students with the knowledge and experience necessary to curate, develop, and produce their own work in the professional world.
Theatre Artist's Guild, or (TAG) is a club dedicated to funding, supporting, and advertising on-campus student artistic work. Anyone interested in producing their own theatrical work can contact us with proposals for any funding they might need for their production. Additionally, we strive to promote the engagement with student led productions. Finally, at the end of each semester we hold a Paper Plate Awards Ceremony where many students involved in student theatre receive fun awards for their work during that semester.
Bard Democrats is a student-led grassroots political association dedicated to helping students exert agency in politics. We organize and promote opportunities to make a real difference at the local, state, and federal level.
Organize for Democratic Candidate Bernie Sanders here at Bard. Sponsor events like phone banks, tabling, spreading information about Bernie, and holding primary election viewing parties.
Formally known as Organizing for Undocumented Students' Rights (OUSR), Bard Immigrant Coalition continues the original mission of OUSR to promote the rights of undocumented students on Bard's campus, in the Hudson Valley, and to follow the national movements on immigrants rights. However, we now seek to expand our efforts in fundraising and raising awareness of the broader issue of immigration in the United States.
This club is dedicated to the planning of the Black Body Experience Conference that takes place every Spring Semester. This conference discusses many different issues amongst people of color with a different theme taking place each year.
CodeRed aims to address the need for free and available period products for all. We provide tampons and pads in the bathrooms of most of campus and are working towards providing more environmentally sustainable products for free as well
IGNITE is a movement of young women who are ready and eager to become the next generation of political leaders. The IGNITE Bard College Chapter is non-partisan and aims to engage Bard undergraduates with current political issues and to empower women to participate in politics and activism. During meetings, we will provide relevant tools for women pursuing politically-oriented careers. We will also organize community service projects.
It’s On Us attempts to decenter conversations around consent that stop at it as just a conversation. Through self care workshops, restorative justice trainings, and community we attempt to push consent and restorative justice methods into practice in sexual and non sexual situations and ones that become an everyday language. In collaboration with the Gender Equity Ambassadors we hold meetings once a week and work at these aims.
Peace Action is a club that will aim towards inspiring and directing student activists. We will teach students how to write letters and call their representatives, as well as discuss various political movements and crises in the world that need immediate attention and activist action. This club wants to not only bring together activists on campus but also teach people who are interested in politics about how to become an activist and take political action. Peace Action New York State is a national organization from which I have learned a lot about activism and I plan to bring this knowledge with me when starting this Peace Action chapter at Bard.
Connected with Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley to promote PP's health services to students and connect with campus Health Services to make appointments, prescriptions, and information easier and more accessible.
Club Head Information
Margaret Dembergh , md7147@bard.edu 845-428-0355 Type(s): Political/Activism
The Race Monologues will serve as a platform for expression for students on and off Bard's campus. As a WOC and POC on this campus, there is not a day that my race/identity/ethnicity does not present itself whether implicit or within interactions. In the past, the Race Monologues have been a space of inclusivity for Bard students to engage how they confront race or conversely, how race confronts them (or does not). At this predominantly white institution or PWI, it seems many forget that there are those that do not always have
Club Head Information
Asha Lane , al6484@bard.edu 410-660-0033 Type(s): Political/Activism
The Student Labor Dialogue (SLD) was founded in 2005 as a response to a need for better communication between students and laborers so that the two could work collaboratively to bring about change to on-campus labor issues.
Bard Students for Justice in Palestine is a diverse organization of faculty and students that advocates for justice, freedom, liberation, and self-determination of Palestinians. We oppose israeli colonialism and occupation on the principles set by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
The Sunrise Movement is a national youth climate movement dedicated to fighting for good jobs and a livable future, as well as ensuring that the United States government face the climate crisis as the existential threat to humanity that it is. Through peaceful, non-violent actions, lobbying and public outreach, sunrise is committed to centering The Green New Deal - a broad social, economic platform that would both transform our economy to clean energy within 12 years and rebuild the American middle class - as the key platform of any candidate vying for the 2020 democratic presidential nomination. As a chapter of sunrise, we would aide the national organization, push our representative Antonio Deladgo, to support the Green New Deal and hold discussions on the climate crisis.
The Draft is a student publication interested in disseminating inter-disciplinary approaches to questions of human rights. Our goal is to provide a space where student work pertaining to both international and local issues of social, political, economic and cultural inequality can be shared with a larger audience. We are a student organization with a unique horizontal structure and we seek to incorporate collaborations of all kinds on campus. We hope to provide a space where radical politics on campus can flourish and where student work can leave the classroom and enter a space of peer engagement and conversation. As a student-collective we are both a print and online publication and a community of activists, organizers, aspiring journalists, and artists.
This club will examine the role and impact that socioeconomic status and class has on on Bard's campus and its programs. We will conduct interviews, collect institutional data, meet with faculty members to propose new initiatives/solutions, and hold fundraisers. This club will collaborate with the faculty/staff group Council for Inclusive Excellence to discuss and plan resolutions.
HSO helps raise campus awareness of Hindu religion and culture through venues such as major Hindu festivals, speakers, movie screenings, and similar events throughout the semester. Our goal is not only to enjoy the festive celebrations of Hinduism but to foster an understanding of the impact that one of the oldest religions in the world has on modern culture and society.
• The mission of the Muslim Student Organization is to provide for the religious needs of Muslims in and around Bard College. Likewise, we aim to introduce and educate the broader community about Al-Islam. Consequently, anyone interested or harboring relevant curiosities are warmly welcome to join. The MSO encourages interaction between different religious groups in hopes of developing understanding and minimizing misconceptions.
• The MSO holds various informational programs throughout the course of the year including Friday (Jumu'ah) prayer, weekly discussions, film screenings, monthly dinners and speakers. All of these events are open to any and everyone who is interested; irrelative of religion, race or any background. Essentially, the MSO seeks to open the lines of communication between all individuals.
We're your friendly neighborhood bike coop, that has been around for years, helping members of the community fix bicycles and teach them how to care for the bicycles. This club has open hours for people to cycle through at their convenience to help with bike problems or fix up a bike from the Co-op. The Bike Co-op promotes bike safety and teaches people good biking methods and interesting places to bike in the area.
The Bard New Orleans Exchange (BNOE) is one of the longest running TLS projects at Bard. Since 2005, students have been going down to NOLA for 5 weeks in the summer and 3 weeks each winter to work for various causes.
In its birth, the project focused on the rebuilding of schools and running summer programs for students. Recently, the program has taken a turn to focus on criminal justice reform in the most incarcerated city in the U.S. (and the world); Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the country, and New Orleans more specifically has the highest rate within the state.
While in New Orleans, students intern for a variety of criminal justice reform organizations run for and by formerly incarcerated people including, Voice of the Experienced (commonly known as VOTE www.vote-nola.org), The Power Coalition, and The First 72+ These groups work to end mass incarceration through policy creation and reform, direct services, and social justice actions.
While on campus, BNOE members and allies facilitate anti-mass incarceration and general criminal justice reform actions which Bard students can learn from and participate in such as informative panels, fundraising initiatives, and movie screenings.
Within the Bard Student Government, the Central Assembly is made up of: the Speaker of the Student Body, the chairs of the Student Life, Fiscal, Education Policies, & Multicultural Diversity committees, the Peer Review & Student Judiciary Board chairs as well and the Treasurer. Each member of the Central Assembly works to serve the student body in each of their respective branches around student life, conduct, and fiscal spendings. Each member of the Central Assembly holds weekly office hours and attends meetings to aid in assessing the campus climate, discussing curricular concerns within the College, and simply supporting the student body as holistically as possible.
Harm Reduction at Bard is a body of students committed towards addressing the needs of those in the recovery community. This includes but is not limited to the sponsorship of recovery meetings and social/sober events. We also want to help shape the culture of substance use on campus to make it more safe and more informed.
Feel like being condescending to the hipster regime and their Sriracha? Want to transcend the red vinegar water known as Red Hot? Tired of stable bowel movements? Are you wise and true?
Hot Lovers!
We seek both seasoned sauce veterans and cry baby newcomers interested in learning about and tasting unique hot sauces. Every variety of hot sauce speaks to a larger culinary tradition and we won't haze anyone. Hot sauce is a language of love and we want to share this spicy literacy with everyone.
O' Paladin of Pain slather this limp fish taco with what will surely be the best part of my day. With Haste! Hot Paste! Taste Great! My Fate!
Hot Lovers
Club Head Information
Mosho Olagunju , mo9923@bard.edu 478-731-3183 Type(s): Service
LiNK stands for Liberty in North Korea. It is an international non-governmental organization that focuses primarily in rescuing North Korean refugees and aiding in their resettlement to a new life.
In addition, LiNK strives to bring awareness that includes but are not limited to the violations of human rights and personal freedoms for the North Korean citizens and refugees to a more global audience. With both a rescue (chapter) team and an awareness aspect, we envision to fund and support these rescues as well as expose the struggles North Korean refugees face.
The mission of Senior Class Council is simple: promote a philanthropic spirit among the graduating class by providing seniors an opportunity to leave their legacy at the College they call home. Through a collective effort Senior Class Council with the help of their classmates has the opportunity to give both their time and financial resources in order to leave their mark on Bard College and take their first step toward becoming proud alumni/ae.
All of the money raised from the following events will be donated back to the College in the form a senior gift: pub nights, one a semester, Seniors vs Faculty/Staff basketball game, and the selling of pint glasses. All of our events are open to the entire Bard community.
Club Head Information
Tessa Greenhalgh , tg6118@bard.edu 603-733-8255 Type(s): Service
This is the revival of the Student Run Darkroom, a darkroom space and club organized and ran by students independent of the photography program. The club was conceptualized by Bard alum Nicole Novak in 1998, and then organized by Bard alum Emily Steinfeld and Paolo Vidali in 2002, with the help of the former Dean of First-Year Students John Kelly. Novak, Steinfeld, and Vidali saw the Student Run Darkroom as a place for students outside of the photography program to come together and be passionate about analog photography. We'll be continuing with this goal, as we strive to provide workshops and darkroom facilities for Bard students and locals. We hope to cultivate an inclusive community of photographers.
We provide free prophylactics to the student body via an anonymous online order form. The orders are then delivered to the student's on campus mail box.
The Bubble Tea Club aims to provide a pleasant environment for students with the inspiration of bubble teas. We will have bubble tea DIY workshops to make our own delicious bubble tea. Tea parties will also be held weekly. Members of the club will be able to experience the bubble tea culture and have some wonderful time with other bubble tea lovers.
We will be practicing techniques to cultivate self Love, Love towards others, and awareness and Love for our planet. This will include informal discussions, meditations on Love, and walks around campus picking up litter while practicing meditative Love techniques. Energetic healing such as Reiki will be offered as well. Through these methods both our inner and outer environments will be healthier and well-tended with Love and care.
Club Head Information
Lagan Talley , kt8284@bard.edu 845-399-9096 x1 Type(s): Social
Sawkill Coffee House is a student run cafe located in Sawkill (a 24 hour open space dedicated to students!) We serve specialty coffee, teas, and snacks. Additionally, Sawkill runs various events for students to enjoy! Sawkill is committed to creating a safe, inviting, space made for students by students.
We organize a variety of events monthly that are available to the student population. We are also a resource for members of the student body planning other activities.
We screen terrible movies every week so anybody can come to laugh at the stupidity! Students can expect movies that are so bad they're more fun to watch than great movies. We ask the real questions: How did this ever make it on the big screen? Did the director ever make another movie or just wallow in shame? Come ask these questions with us!
Alpha Theta Kappa- Is a multicultural collegiate Greek-lettered fraternity oriented on uniting college men to promote community enrichment, academic excellence, and development of leadership. Through this ideal we are dedicated to A.C.T meaning we are Accountable Committed and Trustworthy.
Please note: this is not an official fraternity connected to a national organization.
Bard Car Club is for students who are car enthusiasts and looking to meet and hang out with other students who love cars. We will be hosting events on campus including weekly student car meets and cruises as well as annual or bi-annual community charity car shows supporting local charities or foundations. You don’t need to own a car to join, you just have to love them!
Technology is a very powerful tool. Being able to use it regularly provides resources for individuals to be a global citizen. However, having access to technology and being able to use it as per need does not necessarily mean that one has been using it properly. Hence, there are issues surrounding technology that includes but are not limited to providing equal access to technology, using it properly and using it safely. Besides, there are also concerns about privacy when using technology. Bard Robotics Club aims to contribute to empowerment of individuals not only through improvement in technological awareness and access but also through use of tools to ensure greater control over privacy.
Club Head Information
Henry Chang , hc7145@bard.edu 845-706-5990 Alexander Levinson ; Type(s): Special Interest/Other
The Bard Wellness Club, in affiliation with Peer Health, will serve to provide Bard students with wellness-oriented events for bettering mental and physical health. These events will promote healthy living with everything from lectures by experts in nutrition, meditation, and psychology, to outdoor events, smoothies, s'mores,and self-care workshops. We also will be having therapy dogs (so keep a lookout for our emails). We are a group focused on growing as individuals but with community support. :)
Club Head Information
Grace Carter , Gc4291@bard.edu 347-962-9588 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
Brothers at Bard is both an outreach TLS program focused on the mentorship and character development of young men of color from underserved backgrounds and
communities, as well as an oncampus club devoted to spreading awareness on racial
issues and positively impacting campus life for all Bard students. Our TLS program targets high school boys of color from Kingston, New York. The project is made up by active members of the BAB Club members on campus. The members on campus play the role of “big brothers,” or mentors to the young men in high school. As a collective, we travel to the schools these students attend and run workshops for them. The project promotes academic excellence and college readiness through exposure to Bard’s campus, student body, and events coordinated for the cohort. BAB also helps its members on campus deal with any issues they might have by providing a support network. The objective is to create a safe space and brotherhood circle amongst the students that will serve as a cultivating atmosphere for character and identity development. On campus as a club, BAB aims to not only inform the rest of the student body and raise awareness about the issues men of color face, but also organize events for all of campus life to enjoy and engage in. These events range from informative movie screenings, to parties and other recreational activities.
Business Club is a space for students who already own/run, would like to start or are simply interested in business or non-profits. Our goals are to empower and assist students in starting or running a business and enhance/foster the skills they will ned to succeed in their endeavors. Business club gives students a space to brainstorm ideas, goals and plans during their time at Bard so that they are better prepared to enter the world as the owner of a company or non-profit. We also aim to take the club to as many events as possible, including TechDay New York 2020, to equip young entrepreneurs with the skills they need as well as providing excellent networking opportunities.
Club Head Information
Baylor Brown , bb0416@bard.edu 719-464-5948 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
CEAP is currently a TLS project, but we want to expand our mission to the campus! We practice expressive arts together with professional facilitators then use the skills we've learned to volunteer off campus. Our main goal is to create an inclusive and empowering environment for people to openly create and connect with one another. We want to create a genuine space for voicing expression while supporting the experiential nature of Expressive Arts.
Club Head Information
Alexis Maresca , am1339@bard.edu 203-610-5225 Miranda Sanborn , ms3547@bard.edu 510-316-6911 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
This is a club for knitters, crocheters, felters, spinners, and weavers to work together on their craft. We will also teach classes to beginners who would like to pick up needle arts.
Club Head Information
Marlaina Yost , my7350@bard.edu 484-401-4343 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
A club for anyone interested in the fiber arts. A place where we can share and learn from one another about the craft, it’s richness and tradition. This is a space for old women (and everyone else too) to sit around, make beautiful glorious spectacular things of any sort (this can include sewing projects, knitting projects, weaving projects, spinning projects, felting projects and beyond), drink tea, listen to music and poetry, and share advice. We value the communistic ideals of sharing our materials and work.
Club Head Information
Lukina Andreyev , la6275@bard.edu 802-431-3676 David Bánóczi-Ruof , db6650@bard.edu 845-630-9933 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
The FFA aims to provide self-defense classes available to all students on the Bard campus. In response to the events earlier in the year on both Simon’s Rock and our campus, we at the FFA believe that all individuals should have the knowledge to defend themselves should the need arise. The FFA wants to be able to give women confidence in their own physical strength in ways never done before on this campus.
Girls who code is a national organization with the mission of closing the gender gap in technology. We are bringing girls who code to Bard to appeal to students on campus who want to learn programming but may not necessarily want to take a formal computer science class. Additionally, we are a TLS project that works with girls at Kingston high school (KHS) so there is an opportunity for Bard students to learn to code and simultaneously teach what they are learning to high school students at KHS.
Members in the club create and collaboratively work on new ideas and projects. Projects can be designed to help students on campus or to be used in social outreach work. They can also be based on pure curiosity.
Club Head Information
Vishrut Tiwari , vt7433@bard.edu 845-663-6189 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) at Bard
NAMI at Bard empowers students to speak openly about mental health in order to educate others and encourage help-seeking. We aim to decrease stigmas surrounding mental health on campus and in our communities through educational events, advocacy work, and thought provoking discussions.
Not Just Dungeons and Dragons is Bard's hub for all manner of role playing games. Through ongoing drop-in campaigns, special events and a sizable lending library of sourcebooks, the club aims to foster a sense of community among Bard's players of RPGs, and to provide opportunities and resources which would otherwise be unavailable.
Club Head Information
Benedict Hutchinson , bh5117@bard.edu 401-626-9498 Liam Mayo , lm9032@bard.edu 920-362-0463 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
All are welcome whether you wish to be a doctor, midwife, physician assistant, therapist, EMT, or anything else!
This student group is a space where once a week the like-minded, pre-health students will study together and have discussions about medical related. We would invite speakers in such as, doctors from different specialties, physician assistants, deans of medical schools, admissions staff, and current medical students. In the future we hope to expand and do more things such as medical related community-service work, taking tours of medical schools and hospitals.
Overall the club would assist individuals in organizing their path to a pre-health career. We would help clear the misconceptions and gray areas that come with being a pre-health student.
Magic The Gathering is one of the most popular trading card games in the world appreciated by its complexity, amazing art, and demand for dexterity. The game is navigated around creativity, luck, and strategy. The club is dedicated to creating a both friendly and competitive environment where both experienced and inexperienced players can enjoy and learn the game freely. We are looking forward to provide pre-made decks for new players as well as teach people how to play, find and purchase good cards, and build a deck, host several Magic events for people to enjoy.
The Snail Mail Collective is a group of folks with a deep appreciation and passion for correspondence! We provide materials and resources for anyone and everyone in need who wishes to write letters! Whether they take the form of secret notes between lovers, heartfelt exchanges between friends, or declarations to your enemies, it matters not! We'll be in our designated area, scribbling away, with paper and envelopes and stamps and stickers and pens and pencils and maybe some quills, and we'd be more than happy for you to join us in reviving the practice of snail-mailery!
We are a collective that focuses on self-care, wellness, holistic health care for body-mind-spirit-emotion and soul all equally considered, herbal medicine, earth based skills, intersectionality of our diverse rich backgrounds, connecting to land and place, aligning with the seasonal and cosmic flow of everything, ancestral remembrance, dream working, mysticism, ritual, magic, community gathering, circling up to honor life, each other, and more! We are a web that includes many projects woven together for the same ends. We run a student organized herbal apothecary project that supplies loose herbs for tea, some simple tinctures, syrups, balms and more for the community members who participate in the collective in some form or organize a trade or donation based exchange for our efforts so we can continue to sustainably do all the work we put forth. We are also in the midst of proposing the building of a Wellness Center on campus -
Youth Initiative In Nigeria is a club designed to share awareness of the amazing culture in Nigeria through hosting various engaging events and workshop sessions around campus.
Club Head Information
Yaseer Abdulfatai , ya5936@bard.edu 678-994-1536 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
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