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VIEW ALL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Civic Engagement “At Bard, we show up. We build, paint, dig, teach, play, sing, sweat. We show up in the middle of the night, work in the rain, crawl under the car, whatever it takes. This does not mean erasing the self. It means struggling with the tension between self and collective interests, and then acting compassionately.” —Paul Marienthal, Dean for Social Action; Director, Trustee Leader Scholar Program VISIT THE CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Watch: Bard College students and alumni/ae offer snapshots of their favorite places on campus. Campus Life The focus of student life at Bard College, both inside and outside the classroom, is on campus. From its historic Hudson Valley setting to its state-of-the-art science and arts facilities, the College offers an idyllic environment where students can enjoy a rich social life interwoven with their cultural and intellectual pursuits. 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All students, whatever their major, are encouraged to take advantage of the same high-level arts instruction and engagement; the discipline of cultivating one’s artistic abilities has wide-ranging collateral benefits. GET TO KNOW THE DIVISION OF THE ARTS THE BARD NETWORK Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Bard Early Colleges International Programs Centers and Institutes Bard News and Events Featured News Bard Students Assist Local Government Leaders on Key Projects for a New Course, All Politics Is Local, Taught by Jonathan Becker and Erin Cannan “Jonathan and I realized that there is very little engagement with local government here, when more engagement of local people and Bard means more civic literacy and a better functioning government,” said Erin Cannan in an article appearing in the Red Hook Daily Catch. “Few people have access to youth voices, the perspective of someone who is current on certain trends that older people don’t have. Students are going to move into the world soon, and this experience gets them ahead of the times and properly engaged in politics.” More > New York Times Review: The Orchestra Now Offers a Novel View of Music History At Carnegie Hall, President Leon Botstein and Bard graduate students of The Orchestra Now took an always-needed step in uncovering overlooked American classical music, writes Joshua Barone for the New York Times. “[T]he myopic approach of much orchestral programming today—Eurocentric, with living composers rarely given the same pride of place as a Beethoven or Mahler—is nothing new. Then there are artists like Leon Botstein, an indispensable advocate of the unfairly ignored, who brought his ensemble The Orchestra Now to Carnegie Hall on Thursday for an evening of works that, despite covering a range of nearly 150 years, felt as fresh as a batch of premieres.” More > VIEW ALL NEWS >> Upcoming Events 11/26 FRIDAY Thanksgiving Recess (classes end at 5 p.m. on Wednesday) Bard College Campus 12/03 FRIDAY Women's and Men's Basketball Doubleheader 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Stevenson Athletic Center, Main Gym 12/04 SATURDAY Women's and Men's Basketball Doubleheader 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Stevenson Athletic Center, Main Gym VIEW ALL EVENTS >> Campus Road, PO Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000 Phone: 800-BARDCOL Admission Phone: 845-758-7472 Admission E-mail: admission@bard.edu ©2020 Bard College INFORMATION FOR: Prospective Students Current Employees Alumni/ae Families QUICK LINKS Employment Travel to Bard Site Search Support Bard