Firm to pay $2m to settle price-fixing case Oct 6, 2007
$20m to aid college curriculum changes Officials at Bennington College announced yesterday that the college has received a $20 million gift, which they said they will use to implement curriculum changes. The donation by Robert M. and Susan P. Borden of Calgary, Alberta has enabled the college to raise the goal of its fund-raising drive from $75 million to $100 million. (Boston Globe)
Benningotn College gets $20 million gift Oct 6, 2007
(AP) - Officials at Bennington College say they hope to use a $20 million gift to the college to implement some curriculum changes. The donation by Robert M. Borden and Susan P. Borden of Calgary, Alberta -- announced yesterday -- has enabled the college to raise the goal of a planned $75-million fundraising drive to $100-million. (WCAX.com, VT)
* Water parks gone wild Sep 1, 2007
Gill, a student from nearby Bennington College, slid second. Soon, a line was forming at the top of Danby Slide. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Liam Rector, 57; poet's work appears in many publications Aug 20, 2007
Liam Rector had taught at Emerson College and Bennington College, among other places ... At his death, Mr. Rector was the director of the Writing Seminars at Bennington College; he had founded the seminars there in 1994. (Boston Globe)
Throwing stones from Hogtown to small town Aug 9, 2007
She eventually went to Bennington College in Vermont, majoring in music and anthropology, where she developed a passionate interest in Indian, Pigmy, and 12th- and 13th-century Sephardic music. Returning to Toronto, she began writing for a black newspaper, Contrast. (Globe and Mail)
Next summer, pack up your viola and play, play, play Jul 29, 2007
Bennington College, Bennington, Vt. 201-242-1277; cmceast. (Boston Globe)
Gloria Helfgott, 79; artist helped define the genre known as book art Jun 30, 2007
In New York she was on the faculty of the Center for Book Arts and also taught at Art New England at Bennington College in Vermont. As a curator in Los Angeles, Helfgott documented the art form's history in Southern California. (Los Angeles Times)
The borrower Jun 2, 2007
"It was Eliot, after all, who said "genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood", and Lethem has a gift for sentences that conjure surfaces so immediately, make them so newly strange that you can see, hear, smell them; but this has its risks when it comes to the depths. Sometimes, in Fortress of Solitude, for example, feeling has to be inferred, dug out of the welter of detail, not always successfully. And in fact, it wasn't until he was writing Fortress, eight books into his career... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Made in Vermont: Spotlighting Crafters May 26, 2007
She was in the Peace Corps before working in corporate HR. She studied art at Bennington College, so the storm initiated a homecoming of sorts. Ashe explains, "We still go back to New Orleans for a few months in the winter.". (WCAX.com, VT)
Former leaders find that all the world's their stage May 21, 2007
"What they bring ... is an enormous reservoir of knowledge of having dealt with these problems," says Geoff Pigman, an expert in global governance at Bennington College in Vermont. "They also bring a huge network of contacts within their countries and internationally. These are dynamic individuals who serve early ... and are not willing to let go the desire to influence things. They think they can still make a contribution.". (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Dustin Webb and Tooba Khilji May 3, 2007
She is a 2002 graduate of Bennington College in Vermont ... A 1998 graduate of Iroquois High School, he is a 2002 graduate of Bennington College. (East Aurora Advertiser, NY)
Andrew Hill, 75; innovative jazz pianist, composer Apr 22, 2007
He also established residencies at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, the University of Michigan and Bennington College in Vermont, among others. Born June 30, 1931, in Chicago, Hill busked in the streets of the city's South Side, playing accordion as a teenager and spontaneously writing music on paper bags. (Los Angeles Times)
For Whom the Memoir Tolls: Mar 30, 2007
Allen Shawn is a composer and author who teaches at Bennington College. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forumWhat did you think of this article. (Slate)
Ann deChira Malamud, 89; shaped husband's novels Mar 25, 2007
In 1961, the family moved to Vermont where he taught at Bennington College, which then had only female students. "Bennington was getting into its '60s mode early so family life got somewhat disrupted. I think the good news is that the marriage survived even Bennington," their daughter said. (Boston Globe)
Prestigious US literary award for Kiran Desai Mar 12, 2007
She later attended Bennington College, Hollins University and then Columbia University, where she took two years off to write her first book Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Loading. (Times of India)
Another honour for Desai's "Inheritance of Loss" Mar 11, 2007
A year later, she relocated to the United States where she completed her schooling and later attended Bennington College; Hollins University and Columbia University, where she studied creative writing, taking two years off to write "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard". Sections: | | | | | | | | | The Hindu Group: | | | | Group Sites. (Hindu)
Martin Trow, 80; leading expert on U.S. higher education Mar 8, 2007
He taught at Bennington College in Vermont before joining the UC Berkeley faculty in 1957. That year, the campus launched the Center for Studies in Higher Education, the first such academic research institute in the nation; Trow was director from 1976 to 1988. (Los Angeles Times)
Martin Trow, leading scholar in higher education studies, dies at 80 UCB, Mar. 02 Mar 3, 2007
Trow taught and did research at Bennington College in Vermont from 1953 until he joined the UC Berkeley faculty in 1957. On campus the following year, he met his wife, Katherine Bernhardi, whom he married in 1960. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Kiran Desai's bestseller among finalists for Kiriyama prize Mar 1, 2007
A year later, she relocated to the United States where she completed her schooling and later attended Bennington College; Hollins University and Columbia University, where she studied creative writing, taking two years off to write 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Talking of the characters in 'The Inheritance of Loss', and of her own life, she says, "The characters of my story are entirely fictional, but these journeys (of her grandparents) as well as my own provided an insight into what it... (Hindu)
Educator eager to lead Kingsbury Feb 26, 2007
Mr. Isselhardt received a bachelor's degree from Bennington College in Vermont and holds a master's and doctorate degrees in educational administration and policy studies from the State University of New York at Albany. After 25 years of leadership experience in educational settings, Mr. Isselhardt said, he has learned that teamwork is the best way to foster long-term academic success. (Washington Times, DC)
G. Robert Stange, Tufts literature professor Feb 16, 2007
Dr. Stange taught literature from 1949 to 1985, beginning with a post at Bennington College and moving in 1952 to the University of Minnesota. While there, Dr. Stange's essays, along with the efforts of a handful of other scholars, spawned academic interest in Victorian novelists such as Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and George Eliot. (Boston Globe)
The Moneyed Muse Feb 12, 2007
Barr had been on the boards of the Poetry Society of America, Bennington College, and Yaddo, and had taught for three terms in the M.F.A. program at Sarah Lawrence. When he met with the board, he told them, quoting a Richard Wilbur poem, If what you want is a good, gray guardian of art, you ve got the wrong person. (New Yorker)
Review: Wish I Could Be There Feb 10, 2007
Shawn is a composer, a musical performer and a teacher at Bennington College - all occupations that involve hazards for the phobic. While he has trained himself to do difficult things - drive along an unfamiliar road, for example - he accepts that other feats are likely to remain beyond him. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Spitzer picks Massachusetts official as transportation chief Feb 6, 2007
She is a graduate of Bennington College and holds a law degree from Albany Law School. Spitzer also nominated George Alexander to become the $120,800-a-year chairman of the state Board of Parole and to head the state Parole Division. (10NBC.com, NY)
Marco's past in art and history Feb 1, 2007
In addition to Arsenault, distinguished panelists selecting the artists include: arts patron and renowned collector, Mrs. Olga Hirschhorn, wife of the late Joseph H. Hirschhorn, patron and founder of the Hirschhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.; Anne Gallagher, resident of Marco Island and Martha's Vineyard, board member of the Featherstone Arts Center on Martha's Vineyard, graduate of Bennington College, and gallery instructor at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner... (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
Jimmy Cheatham, 82; jazz trombonist, arranger, composer and UC San Diego teacher Jan 22, 2007
The melding of music and academia began in 1971, when Cheatham was invited to teach jazz at Bennington College in Vermont. In 1978, he was invited to head the jazz program at UC San Diego. (Los Angeles Times)
America's Most Expensive Colleges Jan 20, 2007
Comprising the bulk of the top 10 list are small liberal arts schools like Sarah Lawrence College in New York, Kenyon College in Ohio and Bennington College in Vermont--all high on prestige and low on student-teacher ratios. "So much of it has to do with the personal attention students get," says Tony Pals, a spokesman for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. (Forbes)
Living legends ~ Carol Channing & Debbie Reynolds take the stage Jan 18, 2007
Through determination, hard work, and her family's support (not to mention a mandatory IQ test for which she scored one of the highest recorded results), Carol excelled at the Bennington College in Vermont as a drama and dance major. A recipient of the 1995 Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, Channing has been a star of international acclaim since a Time magazine cover story hailed her performance as Lorelei Lee in Gentleman Prefer Blondes writing; erhaps once in a decade a nova explodes above the... (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Vista actress remembered for role as family leader Dec 30, 2006
She attended Bennington College in Bennington, Vt. before returning to Coronado to start a family in 1954. (North County Times)
Obituaries - 12/29/2006 Dec 29, 2006
She studied theater arts and literature at Bennington College in Bennington, Vt. and San Diego State University. (North County Times)
Local author P.F. Potvin attending book signing in Cadillac Thursday Dec 27, 2006
Potvin has a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Bennington College in Vermont. An award-winning poet, Potvin currently teaches in Miami, Fla. (Cadillac News, MI)
'American Psyco' author uses himself in new novel Dec 2, 2006
Ellis found success at a young age with his first novel "Less Than Zero," published while he was still a college student at Bennington College in Vermont. "Less Than Zero" and his following two books, "The Rules of Attraction" and "American Psycho," have been made into movies, and two others have been optioned. (Ohio State University -- The Lantern, OH)
Strong grades replace SATs Dec 2, 2006
Since 2004, more than 20 colleges and universities - including George Mason University in Virginia and Bennington College in Vermont - have announced new test-optional admissions policies, he said. "There is a growing body of data about how successful test-score-optional admissions has been, and there is an increasing comfort level that admissions deans and other policymakers have with it," Schaeffer said. (SunSpot.net)
Ann Brewer; sailor rode waves of adventure, independence Nov 28, 2006
Yet Mrs. Brewer was independent enough to be accepted at Bennington College in Vermont without their approval. Her parents "disinherited her" for about a year, said her daughter, Anita W. Brewer-Siljeholm of Manchester-by-the-Sea. (Boston Globe)
Elf spreads Christmas jeer in 'SantaLand Diaries' Nov 18, 2006
Burnett spent his freshman college year at Bennington College but said he found the Vermont college's education philosophy "too open-ended.". "They don't have grades there. They don't have majors. They have focuses," said Burnett, who transferred to KU as a sophomore. (Topeka Capital-Journal -- Entertainment)
Arnold Sundgaard, 96; librettist, playwright, children's author Nov 9, 2006
For more than 30 years starting in the mid-1940s, Sundgaard taught at Columbia University in New York City, Bennington College in Vermont and several other colleges and universities. Sundgaard was born Oct. 31, 1909, in St. Paul, Minn. (Los Angeles Times)
New university hopes to be in class of its own Oct 31, 2006
and tenure as a professor at Bennington College in Vermont. What drew him to Squamish, about 70 kilometres north of Vancouver, was the big ambitions of Canada's newest, and likely smallest, university. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Kiran Desai: Daughter of the diaspora Oct 13, 2006
Kiran attended Bennington College, and studied creative writing at Columbia University. She published her debut, Hullbaloo in the Guava Orchard, in 1998. (Independent)
A master of the poetic word Oct 6, 2006
She is currently on the faculty of the Bennington MFA Writing Seminars at Bennington College in Vermont. Would you like to respond to this story. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Experimental composer Tenney dies at 72 Aug 31, 2006
After studying at Juilliard School in New York, he earned his bachelor's degree from Bennington College in Vermont in 1958. At the University of Illinois, he earned his master's degree. (Washington Times, DC)
James Tenney, 72; Experimental Composer, CalArts Professor Aug 30, 2006
A year later, he entered Bennington College, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in 1958. He earned a master's in music from the University of Illinois, where he studied with the electronic music pioneer Lejaren Hiller and played in Partch's Gate 5 Ensemble. (Los Angeles Times)
The shadow world of a 'dirty war' Aug 18, 2006
Marguerite Feitlowitz is the author of "A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture." She teaches at Bennington College, Vermont. . (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Correction: Bennington church story Aug 11, 2006
-- In an Aug. 6 story about the bicentennial of Bennington's Old First Church, The Associated Press erroneously linked poet Robert Frost, who is buried at the church, to Bennington College. He did not teach at the school. (WCAX.com, VT)
Looking forward, looking back: church celebrates bicentennial Aug 6, 2006
The cemetery contains the grave of 20th-century poet Robert Frost, who taught for years at nearby Bennington College. The church will mark its 200th anniversay Aug. 13 with a special Sunday service to which numerous dignitaries _ including Gov. Jim Douglas and congressional leaders _ have been invited. (WCAX.com, VT)
Williams College Museum of Art's Pollock and Humphries exhibits are all about the paint Aug 1, 2006
WILLIAMSTOWN -- In 1952, Williams College and Bennington College staged ``A Retrospective Show of the Paintings of Jackson Pollock. " It was early for a retrospective; Pollock turned 40 that year. But his breakout style of dripping and flinging paint onto unstretched canvases laid on the floor had hit its stride between 1947 and 1950.Two of the paintings in that show, ``Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950" and `` Number 2, 1949," have returned to the Williams College Museum of Art for ``Jackson... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Publisher picks up pen Jul 6, 2006
Starting out as a receptionist at Doubleday right out of Bennington College, Collinsworth became the publisher of Arbor House books within nine years. Then she co-founded Buzz in L.A., a zippy and admired magazine. (USA Today -- Life)
Stanley Kunitz May 18, 2006
The New Yorker: Fact. by DANA GOODYEAR Issue of 2003-09-01Posted 2003-08-25. (New Yorker)
Renowned poet dead at 100 May 16, 2006
Though he taught at many schools over the years, including Bennington College, Brandeis College and Columbia University, he refused to accept tenure for fear it would make him a professor who wrote poetry instead of a poet who occasionally taught. "Selected Poems: 1928-1958" won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1959. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Provincetown loses its poet May 15, 2006
After the war he took the first in a series of academic jobs, this one at Bennington College in Vermont and in 1958 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for a published collection of his works. He continued to teach at universities through the 1980s including Columbia, Yale, Princeton, Rutgers and the University of Washington, where he was the poet-in-residence from 1955 to 1956. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Youth is served as Huntington takes on the Bard May 12, 2006
But when I did" -- at Bennington College in the '70s -- ''two things happened to me. One is I felt like a parent, but without the attendant college fees. And two was that I wanted to direct right away.". Martin, the Huntington's artistic director, still occasionally teaches in Boston University's theater department and is mentor for the graduate directing program. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Isaac Witkin - sculptor May 10, 2006
For two years Witkin taught in the sculpture department of St Martin s. Like other sculptors of his generation, including Caro and King, he then moved to the US, to be artist in residence at Bennington College, Vermont. Bennington was home to a community of artists dubbed the Green Mountain boys. (TimesOnline)
Animal Relief May 4, 2006
After studying art at Bennington College in Vermont, she went on to the University of Iowa in Iowa City to pursue a master of fine arts degree in painting. A summer trip to Arcosanti a town pioneered by Paolo Soleri in the Arizona desert as a way to merge ecology and architecture forever changed the course of her own artistic history. (Hillsborough Beacon, NJ)
Safe at centre stage Apr 24, 2006
Channing did post-secondary studies at Vermont's Bennington College focusing on the arts. During those years, she was also auditioning in earnest for various theatrical productions. (Toronto Star -- Life)
Jackson Pollock at Williams College Apr 19, 2006
In December 1952, critic Clement Greenberg organized A Retrospective Show of the Paintings of Jackson Pollock, a landmark early survey of Pollocks work dating from 1943-1951, which opened at Bennington College and then traveled to Williams. That exhibition included Autumn Rhythm: Number 30. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Howard Gensler | Suspended NY scribe grew up in Center City Apr 12, 2006
He's smart, a graduate of Bennington College who majored in literature. He also has a sense of humor. (Philadelphia Daily News)
SATs optional at more colleges Apr 5, 2006
and Bennington College in Vermont will make scores optional for students who enter in fall 2007. "Whether they get 1300 or 1250 doesn't really tell you anything about them as a person or a student," says Ken Himmelman, Bennington dean of admissions. (USA Today)
Doris Muscatine, 80; Writer Extolled California Cuisine Mar 31, 2006
Born Doris Corn in New York City, she graduated from Bennington College in Vermont before marrying Muscatine in 1945 ... In lieu of flowers, contributions in her name can be made to Bennington College, Development Office, 1 College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201. (Los Angeles Times)
Improv marries dance and science Feb 7, 2006
Sgorbati, a professor at Vermont's Bennington College, began talking with neuroscientists five years ago, after discovering the ideas of Dr. Gerald M. Edelman, the Nobel Laureate who founded the Neurosciences Institute. From dialogues with Edelman and other NSI scientists and 20 years of studying improvisation she's developed improvisation forms that she uses in the studio. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
