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    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.
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    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

A student wearing a ponytail and striped shirt smiles in front of a voting booth

Bard Student Yale Coopersmith ’26 Recognized as ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge Award Recipient

Coopersmith was one of 168 students across the country who was recognized for contributions to creating a more civically engaged culture within their campus communities.

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Bard College Students Ixmucane N. Pereira ’26, João Melo ’26, and Moani Moreira-Laliberté ’27 Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grants

Bard College Students Ixmucane N. Pereira ’26, João Melo ’26, and Moani Moreira-Laliberté ’27 Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grants

The grants were awarded in support of two Bard College projects—for Melo and Moreira-Laliberté’s “Pathways of Art” project in Brazil, and for Pereira’s “Worry Dolls: Mayan Indigenous Ways to Remove Worries” project in Guatemala.

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Jonathan Becker and Sierra Ford ’26 Discuss the Student Voter Empowerment Act on WAMC’s <em>The Roundtable</em>

Jonathan Becker and Sierra Ford ’26 Discuss the Student Voter Empowerment Act on WAMC’s The Roundtable

“If we believe in the future of our country is in young people, we want to get them involved in the democratic process, and voting is the core expression of democracy,” says Becker.

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