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Donor support ensures Bard’s unique place as an institution of excellence that serves as a center for and a model of cultural creation, debate, service, and political exchange among citizens of the future, one that is dominated not by commerce and a narrow definition of utility, but by a love of learning.
 
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Members of the Bard faculty inspire our students in the classroom. They are thought leaders investigating the most critical questions in their fields. Bard faculty awards and honors have included: the French Legion of Honor, GRAMMY awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, Kennedy Center Honors, MacArthur Foundation Fellowships, the National Book Award, National Science Foundation Grants, the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prizes, Rhodes Scholarships, the Royal Society of Literature, and Tony awards.
 
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Students taking courses in science, mathematics, and computing at Bard have use of exceptional facilities and the latest equipment. The Reem-Kayden Center for Science and Computation features seven smart classrooms and nearly 17,000 square feet of laboratory space with state-of-the-art biology and chemistry equipment. The computer science space includes cognitive systems, robotics, and hardware teaching labs.
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At Bard, students get the best of both worlds: an excellent liberal arts education and one of the finest arts schools in the country. Arts students study and work with active, distinguished professionals in their fields. All of the arts programs unite a study of craft with history, theory, and criticism. From the Frank Gehry–designed Fisher Center for the Performing Arts to the László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building, world-class facilities support top-level artistic training in the context of a liberal arts education.
 
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The availability of financial support can considerably enhance the educational experiences and opportunities for many talented students who might otherwise be unable to access higher education. One way the Bard College Fund supports Bard students is through scholarships, awards, and prizes, which help enable them to pursue their academic and professional dreams without the burden of financial constraints. This aid reduces their economic pressures and fosters an environment of inclusivity and diversity within Bard's campus. Bard is continually grateful for the generous contributions from its donors, as each donation plays a significant role in sustaining Bard's successes. Every contribution, regardless of size, makes a significant difference in the lives of students.
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Galvan Donates Real Estate Portfolio to Bard College in Historic Gift to Advance Community Building Mission and Support Bard’s Endowment Campaign

In a transformative act of philanthropic partnership, Galvan Foundation has made a major gift to Bard College.

Galvan Donates Real Estate Portfolio to Bard College in Historic Gift to Advance Community Building Mission and Support Bard’s Endowment Campaign

In a transformative act of philanthropic partnership, Galvan Foundation has made a major gift to Bard College, marking the next step for the Foundation’s legacy of community development in Hudson and Columbia County. The gift will be directed towards Bard’s groundbreaking $500 million endowment campaign. The donation includes a large collection of mixed-income housing units, single-family homes, and reinvigorated commercial and public-use properties, all positioning Bard as the new steward of these significant nonprofit real estate holdings. Galvan will also establish a fund dedicated to support ongoing Bard programming in Columbia County. The gift will deepen Bard College’s engagement with the communities of Hudson, where Bard has run an early college program since 2016, and Columbia County, both of which neighbor Bard’s Annandale-on-Hudson campus.

Established by Henry van Ameringen and T. Eric Galloway, Galvan has been a vital force in Hudson since 2002, advancing the common good through innovative community investments: developing mixed-income housing; funding and housing nonprofit organizations; as well as funding education initiatives, including the Bard Early College in Hudson. Foundation projects have revitalized key community sites and neighborhoods such as the Hudson Armory; historic Allen Street; Union Street; Warren Street; North Fifth Street, and the Hudson Depot District. Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations and county government, Galvan created and preserved spaces for essential civic institutions, including the Hudson Area Library, Hudson Senior Center, The Starting Place Daycare Center, Greater Promise Neighborhood, Camphill Hudson assisted living residences, Columbia Opportunities Head Start, Hudson Little League, Galvan Civic Motel transitional housing for families, and The Foundry at Hudson, a civic arts nonprofit in a restored historic foundry building. Bard College looks forward to developing stronger ties with the local communities of Hudson and Columbia County, including the partnerships established by the Foundation, and will honor the terms of the existing leases and contracts.

“Galvan’s commitment to the common good through place-based investment has shaped Hudson for more than two decades,” said Dan Kent, Vice President of the Foundation. “By entrusting this portfolio to Bard, we are ensuring our work will continue long into the future, confident that Bard will sustain our mission and amplify its impact.”

Founded in 1860, Bard College brings a deep institutional commitment to civic engagement and public service. The College’s Center for Civic Engagement and expansive network of community programs reflect its ethos as a private institution in the public interest.

“Bard is honored to accept this extraordinary gift and the responsibility that comes with it,” said President of Bard College Leon Botstein. “We look forward to pursuing our mission on behalf of the public good in ways that benefit the citizens of Hudson and the surrounding communities.”

The gift affirms the shared values of both institutions and establishes a strong foundation for sustained civic partnership in Hudson’s future.

Post Date: 07-07-2025
A dream quilting pattern generated from 26 Black and Lakota symbols

Wiháŋble S’a Center at Bard College Receives Wagner Foundation Grant

The grant will support the project “Cosmologyscape,” a multi-platform, socially engaged public art initiative.

Wiháŋble S’a Center at Bard College Receives Wagner Foundation Grant

A dream quilting pattern generated from 26 Black and Lakota symbols
“Every Wonder in One Spot,” from the project Cosmologyscape by Kite and Alicia B Wormsley. Courtesy the artists and Creative Time
The Wiháŋble S’a Center for Indigenous AI at Bard College has been announced as the recipient of a $93,000 grant from the Wagner Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Boston. The grant will support the project “Cosmologyscape,” a multi-platform, socially engaged public art initiative co-lead by Wiháŋble S’a Center Director Dr. Suzanne Kite, distinguished artist in residence and assistant professor of American and Indigenous Studies at Bard, and artist and producer Alisha B. Wormsley MFA ’19.

“Cosmologyscape” will launch its next chapter with an exhibition at Wagner in January 2026, and will include features such as Dream Mosaic tiles visualizing collective dreams installed along long gallery walls, a comfortable Dream Office space in which attendees can gather and rest, digital projections showcasing a localized “Boston Dreaming” webpage, and other installations. The project, which solicits dreams from the public that are translated into quilting patterns generated from 26 Black and Lakota symbols, aims to activate rest and dreaming as liberatory acts through sculpture, digital engagement, and community programming.

“This grant affirms that dreaming is a vital, collective act—and that rest, vision, and story are the seeds of real change,” said Dr. Suzanne Kite, director of the Wiháŋble S’a Center. “With support from the Wagner Foundation, ‘Cosmologyscape’ can continue unfolding as a cosmic quilt—each dream a thread, weaving together Black and Indigenous futures across time, land, and memory.”

The Wagner Foundation was established in Boston in 2005, and over time has expanded its local focus to include grants and support in national and international settings. The foundation seeks to confront the social and historical disparities that perpetuate injustice by partnering with organizations aligned with this goal to serve as both advocates for change and convening thought leaders. It focuses on health equity and economic prosperity, balanced by a holistic approach which aims to develop and strengthen equitable systems throughout the world.

Post Date: 07-01-2025

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  • Mara Baldwin Awarded Summer 2025 Artist Residency by the McColl Center

    Mara Baldwin Awarded Summer 2025 Artist Residency by the McColl Center

    Mara Baldwin, visiting artist in residence in Studio Arts at Bard.
    Mara Baldwin, visiting artist in residence in Studio Arts at Bard, has been awarded a Summer 2025 Artist in Residency by the McColl Center through its Parent and Educator Artist in Residency Program. The internationally acclaimed program by McColl Center, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, aims to serve as a catalyst for artistic growth among creators, and residents are encouraged to immerse themselves fully in research, exploration, and creation, while also engaging with McColl Center’s community and Charlotte’s local creative sector. Baldwin’s multidisciplinary and research-based work uses textiles and drawings to create serial and narrative forms, and focuses on the impossible dream of utopia. While in residency, which takes place from June 3 to August 11, Baldwin joins three other artists, each of whom will construct immersive, hybrid worlds that reflect layered identities and complex truths using diverse practices spanning sculpture, sound, performance, and installation. Baldwin will receive a $6,000 stipend and have access to a private studio space, shared labs and facilities, including a 3D printer Lab, a ceramics and sculpture studio, a darkroom, a media lab, and a woodshop, along with curatorial guidance and marketing support.

    Post Date: 06-20-2025
  • US-China Music Institute Awarded Grant from Cyrus Tang Foundation

    US-China Music Institute Awarded Grant from Cyrus Tang Foundation

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    The US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Cyrus Tang Foundation. The funding will support numerous cultural exchange activities and performances throughout 2025, starting with a two-week tour of China in June featuring lively concerts, youth education, and community outreach by the dynamic young musicians of the Bard East/West Ensemble. Later in the year the ensemble plans to perform in Washington D.C. and Boston.

    The upcoming China tour is part of the broader work of the US–China Music Institute, in collaboration with partners in the US and China, to promote cultural bridges through the universal language of music, showing that cooperation can flourish between people with different cultures, traditions, and ideas. During the two-week tour in China, the Bard East/West Ensemble will be hosted by music schools in the cities of Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Wujiang, and Hangzhou, where master classes, community engagement events, and musical performances are planned. The tour will conclude in Beijing with a week at the Central Conservatory of Music, US-China Music Institute’s longtime partner institution. The musical repertoire includes new arrangements of both Chinese and Western compositions including Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring, Zhou Long’s King Chu Doffs His Armor, Matthias Duplessy’s Zhong Kui’s Adventures, and more, as well as new works commissioned for the ensemble.

    The Bard East/West Ensemble is a dynamic and original music group that brings together the essence of Chinese and Western soundscapes to create a new model of cross-cultural performance. The ensemble’s founder and artistic director, Jindong Cai, has devoted his career as an orchestra conductor and educator to advocate for the development of Chinese music in the West. The ensemble aims to combine Eastern and Western musical traditions, and is committed to performing arrangements and original works with unique instrumentation, thereby creating a new realm of musical expression. Cultural exchange and cross-cultural understanding are at the root of the ensemble’s mission to improve US-China relations by using music to bridge divides, deepen understanding, and inspire connection between people in both countries. barduschinamusic.org/bard-eastwest-ensemble

    The Cyrus Tang Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Las Vegas, was established in 1995 to support initiatives that drive impact across education, healthcare, community development, and other underserved areas. The organization was inspired by the vision of its founder, Cyrus Tang, a successful businessman and philanthropist who envisioned a world where everyone would be empowered to make a difference and carry forward a spirit of giving back. cyrustangfoundation.org/

     

    Post Date: 06-10-2025
  • Bard College Celebrates Student Achievements at Undergraduate Awards Ceremony

    Bard College Celebrates Student Achievements at Undergraduate Awards Ceremony

    Sierra Ford ’26 receives the inaugural Betsaida Alcantara ’05 Pioneers for Progress Award. Photo by Joseph Nartey ’26
    Faculty, staff, and students gathered at Blithewood Manor for this year’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony, which was held on Monday, April 28. The annual ceremony is a celebration of the incredible talent and dedication showcased by Bard students, as well as the unwavering support and guidance from esteemed faculty and staff at the College. The evening's awardees, who were nominated by faculty from across the four divisions of the College, represent excellence in the arts; social studies; languages and literature; and science, mathematics, and computing. Among the awardees were students in the Bard Baccalaureate, a program for older students returning to college to finish their undergraduate degrees. 

    The event featured remarks and award presentations from key figures, including President of the College Leon Botstein, Dean of the College Deirdre d'Albertis, Dean of Studies and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs David Shein, and Bard Alumna Cara Parks ’05. A special highlight of the evening was the announcement of a newly established award in memory of a beloved Bardian, Betsaida Alcantara ’05, by the Class of 2005, family, friends, and loved ones who knew her. The inaugural Betsaida Alcantara ’05 Pioneers for Progress Award, in memory of Betsaida Alcantara '05 (1983–2022), who exemplified the best of Bard's hope to inspire people to be passionate agents of change, pioneers for progress, and advocates for justice for those most in need was given to Sierra Ford ’26 who has demonstrated strong leadership skills, a commitment to public service, and support for open societies.
     
    The presentation of awards was a moment to acknowledge and celebrate the exceptional academic achievement, leadership, and commitment demonstrated by Bard students. It was a testament to their hard work and perseverance, which defines the spirit of Bard College and serves as an inspiration to us all.

    Many of the undergraduate awards are made possible by generous contributions from Bard donors. Thank you to all our supporters for believing in the value of a college education, and for investing in the future of Bard students.
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    Post Date: 04-30-2025
  • Bard Center for the Study of Hate Awarded GS Humane Corp Grant for Summer Internships

    Bard Center for the Study of Hate Awarded GS Humane Corp Grant for Summer Internships

    Bard College is pleased to announce that the Bard Center for the Study of Hate (BCSH) has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the GS Humane Corp in support of student summer internships through 2027. With this funding, the Center for the Study of Hate expects to sponsor four or five students each summer for the next three years.

    “We're delighted to have this support so that we can send more students to intern at various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that tackle hate,” said Kenneth S. Stern, director of BCSH. “This is a transformative experience, applying what students have learned in college to real-world programs and projects. The NGOs benefit as well, with students inquiring how they know what they do to tackle hate works, and what academic theories they rely upon. Whatever profession students in this program eventually pursue, the insights from this internship program will serve them—and all of us—well.”

    Since 2018, the BCSH internship program has provided Bard students with key opportunities to gain real-world experience by working with Non-Governmental Organizations that focus on either hate in general or a specific subset of it. BCSH matches students with an NGO based on their interests so they can engage directly with professionals and scholars as they complete their internships, at which point students then complete a research project that examines how the NGO approaches and understands hate.

    “We leaped at the opportunity to provide students with experiential learning in confronting and combating hate,” said Glenn Opell, GS Humane Corp’s executive director. “GS Humane Corp is grateful for its continued relationship with Ken Stern and BCSH and their efforts to prepare our next generation of leaders.”

    Post Date: 04-21-2025
  • Bard College Junior Lauren Mendoza ’26 Wins Goldwater Scholarship

    Bard College Junior Lauren Mendoza ’26 Wins Goldwater Scholarship

    Lauren Mendoza ’26.
    Bard College is pleased to announce that Bard junior Lauren Mendoza ’26, a double major in physics and philosophy, has been announced as a recipient of the 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarship. The scholarship supports college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.

    Mendoza currently conducts research in astrophysics with Professor Clara Sousa-Silva and had previously conducted research in nanofabrication with Professor Paul Cadden-Zimansky.  After graduating from Bard, she hopes to pursue a Ph.D. in astronomy with a focus on the solar system and instrumentation, and aims to promote effective scientific communication between academics and the wider public.

    The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, established by Congress in 1986 in honor of Senator Barry Goldwater, aims to ensure that the U.S. is producing highly-qualified professionals in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. Over its 30-year history, Goldwater Scholarships have been awarded to thousands of undergraduates, many of whom have gone on to win other prestigious awards such as the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Fellowship, Rhodes Scholarship, Churchill Scholarship and the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship that support the graduate school work of Goldwater scholars. Learn more at https://goldwaterscholarship.gov/


    Post Date: 04-02-2025
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Endowment Challenge

George Soros and the Open Society Foundations have pledged $500 million for Bard’s unrestricted endowment.
This pledge ranks among the largest commitments to higher education in the United States in recent memory.
The pledge has challenged Bard to raise an additional $500 million over five years for its endowment. In April 2021, the College publicly announced that the first half of that amount, $250 million, was raised from trustees, alumni/ae, and friends, all of whom have made their own pledges due to their belief in Bard’s distinctive mission.
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