There are trips to Brattleboro, Putney, or Northampton, as well as the relaxed meal schedule and Sunday Night Meeting. Each weekend a dorm coordinates special events. Students perform at student-run coffee houses featuring an extraordinary array of desserts and beverages. Faculty at Putney are accessible and involved. Dorm heads invite students in for hot chocolate, and faculty members are on-duty to field questions, to answer the phone, and to just hang out all weekend.
Students meet with their advisors regularly, and relationships are often close.
The friendly atmosphere is inclusive and draws out each student into sharing of their lives to enrich the community and themselves.