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For New Students

You are about to embark on an extraordinary journey. Soon you will join a collaborative community of passionate students from all over the world whose perspectives expand every aspect of campus life. Visit the New Students website to find information especially for new first-year, transfer, international, visiting and exchange, and early college students.

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Learn more about the deans and support services on campus by visiting the Center for Student Life and Advising. Reach out or stop by Sottery Hall.

  • Writing Support
    The Learning Commons provides all students with college writing support through writing fellows and consultant programs, learning strategies sessions, and academic tutoring and resources. 
  • Academic Advising
    Each student is assigned a faculty adviser who helps them design a plan of study and adjust to the demands of college work and college life. Each student is also assigned to a dean who provides supplemental advising.
  • Career Development
    The Career Development Office (CDO) helps students translate their liberal arts education to the workplace. The CDO staff offers career counseling, job and internship guidance, recruiting events, career assessment, and much more.

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  • Student Clubs
    With more than 150 student clubs on campus, there's something for everyone. Can't find what you're looking for? Start something new! Students form new clubs every semester.
  • Athletics
    Whether you want to join one of Bard's 18 varsity teams, you're interested in intramural sports, you want to take an instructional class, or you're looking for the place to work out, the Department of Athletics and Recreation has got you covered.
  • Student Government
    All Bard College students are members of the Bard Student Government (BSG). BSG works to improve student services and residential life, represents student interests in curricular and training matters on campus, and administers funding for more than 150 student organizations. Get involved and make a difference on campus.
  • Center for Civic Engagement
    Civic engagement is at the core of Bard’s identity as a private college for the public good. Through Bard's Center for Civic Engagement, students may start their own public service projects, join an existing project, and get involved in local, national, and international initiatives.

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Student News

Five Bard College Graduates Win 2023 Fulbright Awards

Five Bard College graduates—Juliana Maitenaz ’22, Evan Tims ’19, Elias Ephron ’23, Eleanor Tappen ’23, and Macy Jenks ’23—have won 2023–24 Fulbright Awards for individually designed research projects, graduate study, and English teaching assistantships. During their grants, Fulbrighters meet, work, live with, and learn from the people of the host country, sharing daily experiences. The Fulbright program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think. Bard College is a Fulbright top producing institution.

President Botstein’s Charge to the Class of 2023

Bard College held its 163rd commencement on Saturday, May 27, 2023. At the commencement ceremony, Bard President Leon Botstein gave the following charge to the Class of 2023.

 

Three Bard College Students Win Gilman International Scholarships to Study Abroad

Three Bard College students—Zara Boss ’25, Chi-Chi Ezekwenna ’25, and Nita Vemuri ’24—have been awarded highly competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships by the US Department of State. Gilman Scholars receive up to $5,000, or up to $8,000 if also a recipient of the Gilman Critical Need Language Award, to apply toward their study abroad or internship program costs. This cohort of Gilman scholars will study or intern in more than 80 countries and represents more than 520 US colleges and universities in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.