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Dariel Vasquez ’17 Featured on the Today Show, Speaking about [email protected] and the Importance of Mentorship

Bard alumnus Dariel Vasquez ’17 appeared on the Today Show, speaking to the importance of peer mentoring and how it changed his life as a teenager. Now he’s paying it forward with [email protected], a program he cofounded as a Bard student to support young men of color in high school and through college. “It’s a story of making sure that we remember to always take chances on our young people and believe in them,” says Vasquez.

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“Self-determination is the basis for any decolonial movement”: Candice Hopkins Interviewed in ArtReview about Indigenous Studies and Native Art Initiatives at Bard

Candice Hopkins (Carcross/Tagish First Nation) CCS ’03 recently joined Bard’s faculty as part of the College’s transformative initiatives in Native American and Indigenous studies, developed in partnership with Forge Project and supported by a $50 million endowment. Hopkins, CCS Bard Fellow in Indigenous Art History and Curatorial Studies and Forge Project’s executive director, speaks with Shanna Ketchum-Heap of Birds (Diné/Navajo) for ArtReview about Indigenous self-determination and the importance of this new collaboration between the Native-led arts and cultural organization Forge and Bard College. “We realized that we could attempt to enact quite radical institutional change through a partnership between Forge and Bard,” said Hopkins.
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Kingston High Partnership with [email protected] and Bard College Helping Teens “Take Charge of Their Educations and Their Futures”

Since first partnering with [email protected] and Bard College in 2015, students at Kingston High who participated in the program have “achieved an overall graduation rate of over 90%,” writes the Daily Freeman. [email protected], founded at Bard by Dariel Vasquez ’17 and Harry Johnson ’17, partners with institutions to improve the educational outcomes of young men of color through their “Our Space” methodology. At Kingston High, high school students are matched with current Bard students as mentees “to foster academic persistence as well as positive identity and character development.”
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More News
  • Myra Young Armstead Spoke with the Times Union about the Life and Legacy of James F. Brown, “One of the Country’s First Black Master Gardeners”
  • Michael Martell Awarded the American Economics Association CSQIEP Award for Outstanding Research Contribution in LGBTQ+ Economics
  • For Parents Magazine, Nikkya Hargrove ’05 Writes about How the Respect for Marriage Act Will Impact Her Queer Family
  • Associate Dean of Civic Engagement Brian Mateo Included in the 2022 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List
  • Crisis Makes a Book Club, A New Exhibition by Xaviera Simmons ’05, Reviewed in the New York Times
  • Bard Alumna Lexi Parra ’18 for the Washington Post: As Gang, Police Violence Rages, a Caracas Neighborhood Tries to Connect

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  • 3/27
    Monday

    Monday, March 27, 2023

    Food Pantry Open Hours

    We are a supplemental food pantry for the students of Bard. 
    Stevenson Athletic Center 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
    2:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Stevenson Athletic Center
  • 3/28
    Tuesday

    Tuesday, March 28, 2023

    Office Hours With Isabella Sokolik from Family Services

    Sottery Hall 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
    Starting today Campus Case Manager Isabella Sokolik will again host weekly office hours in Sottery 107 on Tuesdays from 2–4 pm.  

    Isabella works for the Family Services Center for Victim Safety and Support in Poughkeepsie and provides confidential services and information to anyone seeking assistance related to gender-based misconduct. All conversations will be confidential and you do not need an appointment. 

    Isabella is an advocate from CVSS who offers: information about domestic violence and sexual assault prevention; connections to counseling or support and additional services groups; and information about criminal reporting.

    You can schedule a meeting in advance by emailing Isabella at [email protected].

    For more information, call 845-758-6822, email [email protected], or visit https://familyservicesny.org/program-areas/victim-services/center-for-victim-safety-and-support-cvss/.

    2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Sottery Hall
  • 3/28
    Tuesday

    Tuesday, March 28, 2023

    Open Office Hours: Office of the Dean of Inclusive Excellence

    Drop by Kappa House Room 102 from 2–4 pm to talk with Dean Aldebot!
    Kappa House, Room 102 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
    Drop by and let's talk! Email me at [email protected] if these hours do not work for your schedule.

    Looking forward to connecting!

    2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Kappa House, Room 102
  • 3/29
    Wednesday

    Wednesday, March 29, 2023

    Photography Reading & Looking Discussion Group

    Open to all!
    Woods Studio 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
    The Photography Reading & Looking Group is for any and all students, staff, and faculty to discuss essays, photographs, and ideas together, and is supported by an Academic Inclusion Grant to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion. The group formed in the fall of 2021 to encourage interdisciplinary dialogue as well as non-hierarchical conversation between students, faculty and staff. This semester we’re reading, Indeterminacy: Thoughts on Time, the Image, and Race(ism) by David Campany & Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa.

    5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Woods Studio
  • 3/30
    Thursday

    Thursday, March 30, 2023

    Food Pantry Open Hours

    We are a supplemental food pantry for the students of Bard. 
    Stevenson Athletic Center 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
    4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 Stevenson Athletic Center

Reflecting on the Moment

Conversations on Racial Equity and Justice

Reflecting on the Moment is a collaborative initiative spearheaded by the Dean of the College in consultation with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The new series invites alumni/ae, current undergraduates, faculty, and staff to have honest conversations about the current moment we are living in the wake of a global pandemic and systemic police brutality. The aim is to present models of inclusive dialogue, to draw from the rich personal experiences and expertise of our ever-developing and ever-changing community, and to present approaches for community activism and engagement in the name of racial equity and justice.

  • The Making of Hothouse
    Dancers and choreographers Sam Pratt '14—Bard alum and double major in dance and philosophy—and Amadi Washington discuss their new project Hothouse with Maria Simpson, director of the Dance Program at Bard College. Amadi and Sam collaborate as the duo Baye & Asa. Hothouse responds to the reillumination of the country's practice of systemic racism by way of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Engaging Local Communities
    Cammie Jones, associate dean of experiential learning and civic engagement, and Peter Klein, assistant professor of sociology and environmental and urban studies, speak about institutional and educational collaborations with local communities in Kingston, New York, and how they are rethinking community engagement in light of the current moment.
  • Mentorship and the University
    Dariel Vasquez, cofounder and codirector of [email protected] and [email protected], as well as a member of the Class of 2017, and Drew Thompson, Assistant Professor of Africana and Historical Studies and Director of Africana Studies, speak about the role of mentorship and the university in the wake of the global pandemic and police brutality.

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