Bard College Holds One Hundred Sixty-Sixth Commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2026
Bard College will hold its one hundred sixty-sixth commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Bard President Leon Botstein will confer 501 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2026 and 197 graduate degrees. The Undergraduate Commencement address will be given by journalist and bestselling author Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s flagship international affairs program and a prominent columnist for The Washington Post. The Graduate Commencement address will be given by Thomas F. Rosenbaum, president of the California Institute of Technology.
Bard Music Festival Explores Life and Times of Peerless Classical Composer in “Mozart and His World” (August 7–16), Part of Bard SummerScape 2026
This August, the Bard Music Festival returns with an intensive two-week exploration of “Mozart and His World.” In eleven themed concerts, the festival’s 36th season examines the life and times of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, the Classical composer with arguably the most celebrated and recognized name in classical music. Read More >>Chang Chavkin Center Awarded $218,750 Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Grant
The Chang Chavkin Center for Liberal Education and Civic Life at Bard College has been awarded a grant from the Solon E. Summerfield Foundation. The three-year grant, in the amount of $218,750, will support a partnership between the Chang Chavkin Center and the Freedom and Citizenship Program at Columbia University, which introduces dedicated low-income and first-generation high school seniors to college-level work in the humanities and prepares them for lives of active, informed citizenship. Read More >>More Bard News
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