The Office of Student Activities supports student leaders in managing their clubs and hosting events that will impact the student body.
To add your club to the list below, 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.
Inclusive of all majors, not just Written Arts! In this club, members can submit their written creations (be it prose, poetry, or other works of written word) for the reading and group critique of the other members. The best way to take a written work to the next level is to put it out for peers to read it. This club is here to provide that opportunity to anyone who wants it. Constructive criticism only!
American Writer Martha Beck said, "Every day brings new choices." While these choices seem to challenge individual actors only, the context in which they emerge and the impact they exert on society constitute the “essence” of history, if such a definition can be attempted at all.
The Bard History Club is a community of students and faculty advisers who revisit different choices that past and contemporary generations have made. As such, we hold an exploratory attitude to the interpretation of the past. We will be discussing primary sources and other materials, posing questions such as “what if this did or did not happen?” If possible, we will find ways to invite local historians and faculty members to offer their perspectives on the historical choices and events that formed our current society. We will also try to address issues of historiography and the circumstances that informed the historical actors we examine and influenced their respective societies up to the present day.
Life is about making choices. History is the intricate web of causes and effects that reflects them on a much broader scale. We welcome all who are interested in the subject.
The purpose of this club is to create a space for people to develop their problem-solving skills and get a chance to explore areas of mathematics that are less commonly taught along with others who are interested in the same thing. The Club will gather as a group to work on and discuss competition problems, such as the Putnam exam and various international math olympiads. We will also take part in selecting practice problems to sent out to high schoolers preparing for competitions. In addition, we are planning to have various speakers give presentations about their work in their specific field of math. The class will hold in-person meetings with remote options via Zoom!
The proliferation of mathematical ideas is often hampered by jargon, technical points, and symbolic manipulation. However, within math communities, ideas are communicated verbally and in ways intended to show what is most essential about an idea. An auxiliary goal of this club is to utilize this way of articulating math in a way that makes it appealing to non-specialists. In particular, we hope that during this semester, math majors will be able to share what they find beautiful and inspiring with other students in the Bard community.
We also plan to attend nearby math conferences whenever possible, as well as work together with the Bard Math Circle to provide mathematical opportunities for local middle school students.
Most importantly, anyone is welcome regardless of their major or math experience. The desire to learn more about mathematics and passion for problem-solving is more than enough.
Club Head Information
Tina Giorgadze , tg8183@bard.edu 845-853-2019 Type(s): Academic
We are a resource for all pre-health students. The purpose of this collection of students is to create an environment where it is encouraged to progress towards the completion of the requirements that must be fulfilled to become a medical student. With the events and assistance offered by the students within the club, working towards the goals of the organization as well as the fulfillment of students' individual goals as pre-health undergraduates.
A club comprised of students interested in exploring career opportunities in law and legal issues. We host informational sessions and a free LSAT prep library.
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.
Club Head Information
Eli Shapiro , es6088@bard.edu 347-210-6936 Type(s): Academic
The Philosophy Club hosts weekly talks by faculty on all subjects of the Humanities, as well as student-led discussions about current events, in collaboration with the Classics Club and History Club.
Club Head Information
Francis Karagodins , fk6166@bard.edu 917-589-4156 Type(s): Academic
The purpose of Physics Club is to foster community within the physics department. Studying physics is really challenging, which makes having fun and building relationships with peers all the more important. We plan to host events like stargazing, movie, craft, and game nights, to supplement department events like Physics Phriday.
Thinking about pursuing veterinary school but don't know where to start? Need a support group for completing prerequisites, applying to veterinary school, and internships? Come join the pre-vet club! We will hold weekly meetings to talk about all things animal and vet-related.
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.
The Bard Fencing Club is open to anyone with or without experience in the sport of fencing. The club trains on campus and has the opportunity to compete off campus with area clubs and selected colleges. Fencing is coached by Hope Konecny. With 30 years of experience, she was a two time Connecticut high school state champion, a member of an NCAA championship fencing team at San Jose State in California, and has earned a silver medal in the 1981 USA national championships. Hope represented the USA at two world university championships and one world championship. Coach Konecny has been a coach at Bard for many years and has run her own fencing center, The Gristmill, since 1997.
Club Head Information
Robert Cambias , rc9358@bard.edu 413-768-1251 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
Bard College's Golf Club goal is to make Golf accessible to all that sign up. By providing partial equipment, and a membership to the local courses, all you need to worry about is to have fun.
Bard is a place to skate. We have weekly (or more) skate sessions on campus and/ or in neighboring towns. We also have several skate trips during the semester, and special events every now and then.
All levels are welcome. If you're a beginner, we can show you some stuff. If you don't have a board we can probably lend you one. If you like to skate this is a good club to join.
Club Head Information
Harris Anton , ha0289@bard.edu 323-533-0725 Harry Borchardt , hb1376@bard.edu 323-819-0610 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
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. All funding for the club will be used for transportation, lift tickets, and gear rentals. LETS SHRED!
Club Head Information
Oona Albert , oa3665@bard.edu 413-717-9257 x+1 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
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.
This is a club for solving Rubik's Cubes and other twisty puzzles. All levels are welcome. Those with no experience solving will have the opportunity to learn!
Club Head Information
Daniel Rose-Levine , dr6048@bard.edu 845-337-2314 Blue Spitzer , bs2086@bard.edu 413-645-4813 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
Bard Cavaliers, Bard’s group of horse riders and lovers, is a vibrant campus organization two years in the making. The group arranges riding lessons or its 50+ members at an alum-run stable in Tivoli for the discounted rate of $250/semester. The group also does several events on campus, and has a show team.
Kickboxing is a great workout and foundation for striking martial arts. Some of us train and spar, and some of us train for fitness. We're open to all skill levels and goals, come join us for a great workout.
Club Head Information
Neil Bhatia , nb5300@bard.edu 646-726-6917 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
This new club is devoted to sailing on the Hudson. It is open to people with any or no sailing experience. Ideally in the future this club will grow to the point where there will be organized races on the Hudson.
Meeting at least once a week, the Unicycling Club will provide unicycles and a venue for anyone wishing to learn how to get up and moving on one of the less efficient wheeled devices. The meetings will also be a great place to practice new tricks, techniques or that difficult thing called "talking with other human beings."
No prior experience or particular athletic ability required.
There will be food and drink too, but don’t quote me on that.
Club Head Information
Marty Graham , mg3026@bard.edu 978-873-3312 Type(s): Athletic/Recreational
We meet to practice volleyball skills and play games for fun within the college community. All levels are accepted, no prior skills or knowledge needed. Low commitment and lots of fun, the volleyball club is a good way to get active and make some new friends.
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.
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.
Brothers at Bard is a club that works as a safe place for men of color at Bard College. The intention of this club is to help young men of color in succeeding not only academically, but socially and emotionally during their time at Bard college.
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.
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.
The Henna Club is a group that meets to learn, share, practice and enjoy the art of making henna body art. Basic instruction will be given for beginners. Free Henna supplies and application assistance will be provided every week.
International Student Organization (ISO) aims to foster meaningful interaction between the
international student body and American students on campus. We hope to make Bard feel like home
(if not make it home) for those who come from other countries. ISO events are organized by
the planning committee of 8-10 people (numbers may vary from year to year), often a pretty
diverse bunch, and are well-attended. We regularly collaborate with other clubs, in the form
of both event sponsorships and direct organizing, and also work closely with the Office of
International Student and Scholar Services.
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.
A celebration and study of Norwegian culture and language. The club will watch movies, listen to music, read books, and practice speaking in Norwegian. We will also host events with traditional Norwegian foods and snacks.
An offshoot of the Office Equity and Inclusion, this club works to extend resources of OEI and increase its presence in the greater Bard Community. Club activities include workshops, networking activities, and social events. OEI 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.
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 place to meet other queer people on campus. we will discuss queer experiences, have sharing circles, and play games. this is a space open to any queer or questioning person, or anyone invited by a queer or questioning person. we want this club to be a safe space where people are open to each other's identities and questions, sharing knowledge and keeping each other accountable. this is a space for queer people to be safe, asking questions and discussing or just being.
The Trans Life Collective is an affinity club that builds community for students of any gender identity. Weekly meetings include topics like inclusivity and language in the classroom, seeing family over breaks, planning events and fundraisers, getting involved in the Hudson Valley queer community, and more. Events and meetings are entirely student driven. Our upcoming projects this semester include creating The Closet, a library-style clothing reserve for trans students, a fundraiser initiative, working with local queer youth, a series of student-led panels on inclusivity in the classroom, and movie nights, sports nights, and theater activities.
Women of Color United (WOCU) 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. WOCU 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.
Are you interested in K-pop and dance? Come and learn K-pop choreography with us! Don't worry, any and all dance experience is welcome. We like to have fun and share our passion for K-pop together.
Love dancing and dance parties? Want to stay fit but not a fan of going to the gym? Come have fun with us at Zumba Dance Club and delve more into Zumba rhythms and various styles of dancing (from salsa individual to bolly to hip hop), all mixed nicely and easily! We’re waiting for YOU here :)
Bard Bees deals with maintaining and broadening the Beekeeping practice at Bard. At the moment, the bee club is run mostly by John Benzinger, however the club aims to open this up to the rest of the students to enjoy the wonderful world of bees! One of the projects planned is to run a 16 session course from April-Oct taught by Mr. Benzinger. This course would be attended by student and faculty members and would prepare each member on how to become a beekeeper. We will also be working closely with the office of sustainability at Bard, Bard Farm, BardEATS, and BardE3 to make this project a much more sustainable, consistent, and successful program at Bard.
Outside of the 16 session course, the club members will be taught beekeeping practices and be given equipment to participate in working with the bees with the club heads and Mr. Benzinger, integrating the art of beekeeping into the campus.
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.
The Informer aims to provide Bard College's community with a student-driven online newspaper reporting on local and campus-specific news and stories. Members of the club will act as the staff of writers, photographers, and representatives of the student's voice for the Informer.
The Bard Memetics Laboratory, aka the Bard Meme Lab, provides a space for examining online culture through the lenses of cinema and media studies, the experimental humanities, cognitive science, and the visual arts. By analyzing not just the content of memes but their very form, and through a focus on understanding meme creators themselves as artists, the Lab engages with the contemporary networked world to produce original research, publications, events, software, and other interventions.
Bard Science Journal is a student publication dedicated to all genres of science writing including news articles, essays, science-inspired art & poetry, and peer-reviewed research papers. We want Bard Science Journal to be a forum for students to explore different ways of writing and thinking about science. Bard Science Journal emphasizes access to quality science for everyone. Open to both majors and non-majors!
BOTV is a media club whose goal is to bring entertainment, creativity, and also a platform for social thought to Bard by utilizing video, the Internet, and photography. We record and publicize Bard events 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. We also teach workshops to club members who want to gain experience using video-audio equipment. As well as host events throughout the semester for all of campus.
This is one of the leading teenage journals of the Classics, a forum for young scholars to discuss, analyze, and learn. In light of the versatility of our digital platform, we strive to publish various non-textual media offerings alongside traditional written publications. Publishing a quarterly journal for scholars interested in longer articles, we utilize both external submissions as well as internal contributions.
Join us as we dive into the World of Classics!
Our Mission
Beyond the simple translations in the classroom, Philagora holds a larger mission for the Classics Community: Revitalize the Classics. We plan on achieving this goal through an equitable, scholarly environment for all students.
BUMP (Bard Underground Music Prevails) 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 or through Instagram @BardBUMP.
We are a group of friends/musicians that want to create a constructive space to make music and give each other feedback on personal projects. We will meet regularly to do one of the following: play music together, give feedback and constructive criticism on personal projects, and/or listen to artists that have been on each other's radars. We also do not want to limit what this creative space might become but this is the general idea!
Bard's premier mixed, by-audition a cappella group! Founded in 2006, the Orcapelicans perform at special events around Bard campus, as well as in concerts across the Hudson Valley and New England regions.
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. If you're interested in booking a show, organizing an event, looking to get paid as a student tech, or want to perform at SMOG, email smogbard@gmail.com or bardbump@gmail.com.
Fire-breathing, flow arts, and all things spectacular. We learn and practice tricks with props such as fire poi, fans, and clubs, and give students a safe environment in which to dabble in these dark arts.
Club Head Information
Ansel Tessier , At9088@bard.edu 302-319-0374 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
We are a student run library space housed in the Fisher Studio Arts building. We are in the process of collecting book donations as well as purchasing books by request of students and faculty in an effort to improve community within the arts at Bard.
Club Head Information
Cameron Orr , co9279@bard.edu 917-615-7721 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
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.
Club Head Information
Zoe Oro-Hahn , zo5753@bard.edu 201-455-9442 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
Founded in 2017 by Thai Singer and Jacob Stiel, the Bard Musical Theatre Company (BMTC) is a student-run amateur theatre company based at Bard College, upstate NY. BMTC hosts full musical theatre productions every semester for over 100 audience members every night. The collective also provides financial support to other student-run productions and theatre clubs at the college. Our mission is to promote student-run performing arts at Bard College and to provide opportunity and encouragement for all undergraduate students. We are committed to inclusivity in all we do.
The Bard Tap Club welcomes dancers of all levels. Based on the idea that the sounds we make with our feet are a part of the music, we will begin by learning essential repertory with a focus on rhythm tap technique and improvisation. I will incorporate tap history and jazz music and I will teach 3 dances within the semester, one of which will be choreographed by me to match the different levels of the participants. The club will promote the education of tap history through important repertory and techniques left by those who made tap dance what it is today.
Club Head Information
Alice Baum , ab0833@bard.edu 917-981-0330 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
A space for black students working across mediums to engage with each other's work where it may not be understood in traditional spaces at Bard as well as maintaining an open dialogue about the ethics of each medium and issues of representation.
Club Head Information
Andy Garcia , ag3380@bard.edu Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
A space for black students working across mediums to engage with each other's work where it may not be understood in traditional spaces at Bard as well as maintaining an open dialogue about the ethics of each medium and issues of representation.
Club Head Information
Andy Garcia , ag3380@bard.edu Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
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.
Needlecraft Club is a resource for all students, regardless of ability level, to come together and knit/crochet/embroider/etc. in a relaxed and open environment. Anyone can drop by to work on an existing project, start a new one, and receive help from other members.
Club Head Information
Karolina Krajewska , Kk3274@bard.edu 845-303-0468 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
St. Tula is a student-led group aimed at creating space to further discussion and critique, fostering a film community outside of classes and professors, and centering questions of subjectivity, location, and the Hudson Valley's history. This club will organize weekly screenings, occasional guest lectures, and film/video editing workshops.
A club dedicated to learning stop motion animation! Whether that be claymation, collage stop motion or watercolor animation! This club will give resources to students who want to learn how to do or just about all these varieties of stop motion. The club will have monthly screenings of stop motion films and the tools to try to create some of their own!
Club Head Information
Mango Chardiet , bc2324@bard.edu 310-210-8876 Type(s): Performing/Visual Arts
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.
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.
A Club that runs the student-run Black Box Theatre on campus. We host several projects each semester - and anyone can apply to use our space and/or resources through our Space Application. This semester we are making adjustments to our usual offerings due to COVID restrictions, but there will be more to come in terms of what we can provide!
The main purpose of Amnesty International is to protect Human Rights and the new club Amnesty International @ Bard will provide the grounds to talk about Human Rights issues in the United States and other countries. Amnesty @ Bard would not only talk about Human Rights violations but also encourage the youth and the faculty on campus to take action by writing letters to the authorities demanding justice, signing petitions, organizing panels, and other events that enable the conversation about Human Rights among the student body. All majors are very welcome to join us! The meetings will be fun and educational, friendly and welcoming. Come join Amnesty on Thursdays at 8 PM in the Campus Center. The club expects the students who are interested in Social Justice to join, all majors and years are welcome.
Club Head Information
Anna Likhanova , al2318@gmail.com 845-399-5855 Type(s): Political/Activism
Model United Nations is a politics and history club inspired by real-life UN proceedings. Club members take on the role of a diplomat, leader, or other historical figure in sessions that simulate intergovernmental and intra-governmental assemblies. In the process, they gain a deeper understanding of international politics and world issues; improved skills in public speaking, debate, rhetoric, and interpersonal communication; and a sense of comradery with other members. Club simulations and training sessions are held weekly. Throughout the year, the club will participate in several conferences at other colleges; members are encouraged to attend at least one per semester.
Club Head Information
Nick Miaoulis , nm8551@bard.edu 207-593-6246 Type(s): Political/Activism
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. We provide a platform to Black marginalized genders in their prospective fields to speak on a decided topic each year. We invite local community members, college students, and members of the Bard consortium into safe and contained discussions that may involve race, identity, gender, sexuality, and the socioeconomics of difference.
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
Election@Bard is a nonpartisan voting initiative sponsored by the Andrew Goodman Foundation and The Center for Civic Engagement. The group works on all things relating to voting at Bard-- including voter registration, education and engagement.
OR Bard is a place for all Progressives, Socialists, Communists, Marxists, and Leftists to organize. We are a part of the nationwide group Our Revolution, founded by Bernie Sanders to grow support for progressive policies like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, and support local progressive candidates. We are currently mobilizing to support Medicare for All in New York State(The New York Health Act) and increases in student voting rights. We want to build a country that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and elite, and we can't do it without your help!
Club Head Information
Henry Mielarczyk , hm1195@bard.edu Type(s): Political/Activism
We are connected with Planned Parenthood Greater New York to promote PP's health services to students, bring students to nearby PP clinics, connect students with campus Health Services to make appointments, get prescriptions, and make information easier and more accessible, allowing every student to have access to safe, affordable, and confidential health care.
Club Head Information
Margaret Dembergh , md7147@bard.edu 845-428-0355 Zola von Krusenstiern , zv0990@bard.edu 802-490-8123 Type(s): Political/Activism
The Student Labor Dialogue (SLD), founded in 2005, is Bard's only club devoted to issues of workers' rights and labor justice both on and off campus. We bring awareness and hopefully solutions to issues of labor justice and mistreatment while fostering an open dialogue between students and workers on campus.
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.
This club will examine the role and impact that socioeconomic status and class has on on Bard's campus, policies, and programs and creates sustainable solutions to make each more equitable. We will collect institutional data, meet with faculty members to propose new initiatives/solutions, relay all crucial information/resources to our peers via our Instagram, and continuously brainstorm ways to mediate classism on campus--via our Scale Library, our Being Not-Rich Google Doc, our upcoming Internship Equity Award, and the many other projects we work on simultaneously. This club will collaborate with the faculty/staff group Council for Inclusive Excellence to discuss and plan resolutions as well as with any students that reach out.
This organization will focus on the nurturing and education of Catholic students or students interested the Catholic faith. We strive to create a welcoming and vivid community to help Catholic Christian Students deepen their relationship with Jesus, find a supportive community and live their faith through the lens of Holy Scripture. We will invite guest speakers to learn about God's word and how to live like Christ; pray together; attend and create faith retreats; have game nights, as well as Bible study sessions. We welcome everyone to join! It is not necessary for students to be Catholic or Christian in any way in order to participate.
Club Head Information
Kelany De La Cruz , kd7171@bard.edu 917-622-1526 Type(s): Religious
The goal of this club is to bring all fellow bard Christians/students interested in learning or talking about Christianity together to fellowship in Christ.
Being away from home and living on a school campus is hard at first as one has to adapt to a new environment, form a new routine, meet new people, and learn to be independent. In the midst of it, sometimes we start to stumble in our relationship with Christ as it may be hard to find/connect to others who share the same faith.
Therefore, this club aims to connect Christians/interested students together to share our experiences, to keep each other company, to pray for each other when requested, to talk about topics in the Bible we find confusing/intimidating, to sometimes just chill in Christ, etc.
We will meet once a week. We will sometimes have Chaplain Mary Grace give a lesson on topics we want answers to. We will have food and drinks as we talk about the Bible. Interested students can sign up through this link or email at5759@bard.edu for more information on the club.
Creating a safe space where students of the Hindu faith have the outlet to observe religious holidays and prayer services. This also is a space where students interested in Hinduism can come to learn more. We provide resources that students may need such as specific food during holidays, idols, and more.
Club Head Information
Katherina Wahi , kw8881@bard.edu 929-434-7054 Type(s): Religious
The Jewish Student Organization is a cultural and spiritual group that offers a place for students to practice and learn about Jewish tradition. The JSO provides a comfortable and engaging environment for the entire college. JSO holds Shabbat services and dinner every Friday night in the Center for Spiritual Life, as well as events for every major Jewish holiday. All are welcome!
• 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.
A place for the sharing and gathering of information related to pagan and witchcraft arts. Open to all forms of pagans, witches (secular and religious), and all with an open mind and willing heart.
Bard, a place to magic.
The Bike Co-op is a free resource for the Bard community's bike-related needs. Anybody is welcome to stop by during open hours (Tuesdays and Wednesdays 7pm-9pm) to get help fixing their bike, learn about bike maintenance or get involved in any of our bike outreach programs; which include hosting informal alleycat races, offering free bike maintenance classes to the greater community, and other bike related activities. The Bike Co-op is located in the basement of the Old Gym, enter through the south side of the security building, down the stairs. All are welcome to learn and volunteer! Get in touch with us at bardbicycle@gmail.com or on Instagram @bardbikecoop
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.
The purpose of the Bard Prop House is to provide a range of prop items, goods, and equipment that can be rented by students of all levels of experience in order to make the arts more accessible. Pursuing art is an investment and we hope to alleviate financial pressures to help actualize projects to their fullest potential by providing items helpful for photography, film, etc. and build a community for multidisciplinary creation.
Club Head Information
Olivia Guillotin , og0859@bard.edu 347-886-3516 Type(s): Service
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, Socially Responsible Investment & Multicultural Diversity committees, the Peer Review & Student Judiciary Board chairs as well and the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, and Archivist. Each member of the Central Assembly works to serve the student body in each of their respective branches around student life, communications conduct, and fiscal spending. 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.
We seek to address the harm reduction and recovery needs of the student body in a productive and none judgemental manor. harm reduction and recovery club offers resources and support regardless of substance use/sobreity.
This includes but is not limited to accessible and universal access to resources to be safer and reduce harm, the sponsorship of recovery meetings, and social/sober events. Ensuring students are safe while using substances is the group's top priority.
The Me In Foundation (MIF) is an organization that enables underrepresented youth from low-income communities to be the writers of their own story. Through our program, students immerse in a variety of artistic disciplines that challenge them to view themselves in a world with endless possibilities. We currently work with K-8 students at The Center for Creative Education in Kingston, NY to extend an enrichment of social and cultural awareness through arts education. In addition, students are assigned a peer-mentor to assist in personal development and goal planning. At the end of each program, students are given the opportunity to showcase what they have created to their family, friends, and students at Bard College. The mission of our foundation is to cultivate the next generation of industry movers, storytellers, and creative thinkers.
Club Head Information
Sydney Williams , sw1941@bard.edu 770-568-6898 Type(s): Service
Paws for Students is dedicated to celebrating the animals we love and who support our wellness! We appreciate and recognize the crucial role supportive and therapy animals play while we are in college. All animal lovers welcome. Even if you don’t have your own emotional support animal, you can join us to get the hugs and kisses from a furry friend. We will partner with the Bard Team of Therapy Dogs to bring more love to our members and other students on campus.
Club Head Information
Katherina Wahi , kw8881@bard.edu 929-434-7054 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. We hope to further their goal of bringing non-majors into contact with analogue photography. In this iteration, our focus is by nature and decision equity and inclusion. We'll be continuing with these goals as we strive to provide workshops and darkroom facilities for Bard students. We hope to cultivate a diverse and thriving community of photographers. In addition to developing a darkroom, we organize and host online lectures with Bard alumni, current students, as well as renown artists and photographers.
A club to give voices to disabled people, giving these challenged men and women an easier experience at Bard, providing faculty with ways to help these people in classes, breaking communication barriers, providing better accessibility to both medical help and the facilities on-campus, providing guidance in life, and having some fun along the way
Party Club plans for events to be mixtures of DJ sessions, playlist mixes with student contributions, genre themed events, and Bard student artists. These types of events have always seemed to be successful at Bard in drawing in people and inspiring mingling and good energy. These events could be held in many different areas; SMOG, Manor Cafe area, Campus Center Lawn, Manor Lawn, Blithewood (during the warmer months). The goal is to create an atmosphere where people feel comfortable to hang out and have fun with other people at Bard. The events can range from being laid-back day events to hype night events! There will also be snacks and beverages available for students. Party Club will be a helpful way to get Bard back into the swing of things with regular, in-person, social events.
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 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!
Club Head Information
Eliezer Gans-Crocker , hg6195@bard.edu 215-896-7472 Type(s): Social
Anakin-on-Hudson is a casual, nontoxic Star Wars watch party club. This semester we are counting down the days until The Book of Boba Fett and Star Wars: Visions with showings every two weeks. Join our discord for updates!
Hello from ASL Club! We are a club on campus that will be a space for people to come learn some ASL, and to watch some great movies that center deaf and HoH people!
Club Head Information
Emma Gossett , eg3152@bard.edu 773-610-7234 Campbell Kurlander , ck6793@bard.edu 310-990-2416 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
The purpose of the Bard Arts Network is to provide students with a prop house and create collaborative projects available to all students regardless of major, experience, and financial circumstance. Collaborative projects will feature student-run commercial and editorial-style work in photography and videography, and guest speakers will be brought in for masterclasses. Students will have opportunities to creatively direct, photograph, and/or film, act/model, and style and plan projects. The prop house will provide a range of items, goods, and equipment to make pursuing projects in the arts more accessible for those with fiscal boundaries and/or those who are beginning to pursue creative works and need help getting started. Bard Arts Network is open to all students, regardless of major.
Bard College Biohacking & Wellness Club aims to boost the health and vitality of the community through often overlooked holistic and ancestral methods. We have a particular focus on whole food supplementation and nature exposure to combat our modern day highly processed and toxic lifestyle and live in better harmony with our environment.
Bard College Investment Group is a student-run investment group focused on providing students with the skills and network to begin careers in the financial services industry. The club will focus on a financial education program, participating in investment competitions, and raising funds to create and actively manage an investment portfolio.
Club Head Information
Denton Lane , dl2382@bard.edu 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. :)
The BardBac Student Club is a support group for non-traditional students whose mission is to further the success of the Bard Baccalaureate Scholarship Program and advocate for the students within.
The group seeks to bring greater awareness to the program within the student body, the greater Bard Community, and the Hudson Valley at large while addressing and advocating for the concerns and needs of students returning to academia later in life.
Non-BardBac students who are interested in getting to know the existing cohorts are welcome. Help us advocate for non-traditional students!
Club Head Information
Kelly Grace , kg3277@bard.edu Type(s): Special Interest/Other
This club, Be the Match at Bard, is dedicated to expanding student awareness and donor sign-ups for the National Stem Cell Registry. People with blood cancers or sickle cell anemia depend on strangers with matching genetics joining the registry. College campuses are essential places to find young, healthy, and diverse donors!
Our club holds two main types of events. First, educational and social events will introduce many students to the registry and its work for the first time, and for others will break down negative misconceptions about donating. Second, we will hold registration drives, guiding students through the process. All it takes is a questionnaire and cheek swab to join for life!
Come join us any time in the semester, and learn more or help save lives by expanding the registry.
Club Head Information
Tyler Emerson , te7502@bard.edu Type(s): Special Interest/Other
The FFA aims to provide self-defense classes available to all students on the Bard campus. We created this club in response to the events in late 2019 on both Simon’s Rock and our campus, as well as the countless forms of discriminatory violence that we see on a daily basis in our world. 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 people of all identities confidence in their own physical strength in ways never done before on this campus.
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
Alex Hilliker , ah8641@bard.edu 724-689-6527 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
A place to learn about and discuss and create comics of all kinds - not just superhero comics!
We want this to be a collaborative and fun space and between the club heads we love creating comics and analyzing comics, and hope to bring in some speakers in the future on these topics.
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.
Join us to build cool projects and have some sci-fi like discussion. We are welcome to any computer technology related topics such as gaming, 3D graphics, etc. Our goal is to create innovative ,intelligent, accessible and fun projects.
Club Head Information
Ansel Tessier , At9088@bard.edu 302-319-0374 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
The Senior Class Council is a group of final year students who meet weekly to help plan and execute events related to celebrating the accomplishments of the Class of 2021 and leaving a positive legacy on Bard's Campus through community engagement and philanthropy.
Club Head Information
Najwa Jamal , nj6089@bard.edu 718-371-8923 Nicholas Rougeau , nr3441@bard.edu 202-415-7764 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) seeks to improve the welfare of student-athletes and build a greater sense of community on campus by providing a platform for the student-athlete voice, fostering collaborative initiatives within the college, and encouraging civic engagement in the greater Bard community. SAAC creates an inclusive space in which student-athletes can thrive both on and off the field. Ultimately, the Bard College SAAC taps into the leadership potential of Bard College student-athletes as a means of aligning the mission and concerns of the athletic department with the greater Bard community.
Club Head Information
Christina Kiser , ck4715@bard.edu 401-744-3627 Type(s): Special Interest/Other
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 Bard Community. -