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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 in the public interest. 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

Mahlia Slaiby ’27 Recruited to Lebanon’s National Women's Soccer Team

Mahlia Slaiby ’27 Recruited to Lebanon’s National Women's Soccer Team

Bard student Mahlia Slaiby ’27 has been recruited to Lebanon’s Futsal National women’s soccer team. Slaiby will join Lebanon’s team as a defender and will accompany them to the qualifying match for the FIFA Futsal Womens’ Cup in May 2025.

Bard High School Early College Brooklyn Opens with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Bard High School Early College Brooklyn Opens with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) celebrated the opening of its new Brooklyn campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Located in the Brownsville/East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, BHSEC Brooklyn is Bard’s fourth early college campus in partnership with New York City Public Schools and its 10th early college campus nationwide.

Bard College Celebrates Arrival of Inaugural Cohort of Sponsored Refugee Students Through US Department of State’s Welcome Corps on Campus Program

Bard College Celebrates Arrival of Inaugural Cohort of Sponsored Refugee Students Through US Department of State’s Welcome Corps on Campus Program

Bard College welcomes two first-year students to its Annandale-on-Hudson campus as part of the inaugural cohort of sponsored refugee students in the US Department of State’s Welcome Corps on Campus program. The Welcome Corps announced the arrival of more than 30 refugee students enrolled at 17 colleges and universities across the United States representing the inaugural “class” of Welcome Corps on Campus, the first-of-its-kind program empowering US higher education institutions to welcome refugee students through the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP).