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  • Community Outreach
    Community Outreach
    for A Window on Montgomery Place, in which Bard students are uncovering and celebrating the life of freed slave and Hudson Valley businessman Alexander Gilson.
  • Engaged Students
    Engaged Students
    like Eric Raimondi, who spent the summer working with refugees in Samos, Greece, thanks to the Community Action Awards.
  • Course Materials
    Course Materials
    for Bard Microcollege students in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn, New York, who are fiercely pursuing their educations, often while working and raising families.
Bard CCE: Year in Review
Photo by Chris Kendall

Bard CCE: Year in Review

The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE), now in its 13th year of operation, is firmly positioned as both a connector of programs and as a partner with them in community action. CCE has established strong ties with local, national, and international partners in order to address pressing community needs. Last year CCE staff, together with the Bard community and area partners, worked to assess Bard’s civic assets and look for areas of growth, renewal, and change. 

Civic Engagement by the Numbers

Trustee Leader Scholar Program
Photo by Pete Mauney '93 MFA '00

Trustee Leader Scholar Program

The TLS program supports student leaders with the mission of enlightened citizenship and personal development in the context of community building. 
  • 264
    volunteers
  • 30
    student projects
  • 38
    communitypartners
  • 31,278
    hours
Education for the Public Good

Education for the Public Good

Bard offers Engaged Liberal Arts and Sciences (ELAS) classes on campus and supports joint courses with Bard Network institutions abroad.
  • 73
    ELAS courses
  • 750+
    ELAS students
  • 6
    network courses
  • 561
    network students
Brothers@Bard

Brothers@Bard

Brothers at Bard (BAB) is an academic enrichment and mentoring program for young men of color from underserved backgrounds.
  • 805
    volunteer hours
  • 38
    tutoring sessions
  • 9:25
    mentors:mentees
  • 12
    partners/schools

Praise for Brothers at Bard

"BAB has had a tremendous impact on me and has made me realize the significance of being a role model to men of color both on and off campus." 
—Saul Amezcua '19
Preparing for the Next Generation of Leaders

Preparing for the Next Generation of Leaders

On Campus and After Graduation
Bard alumnae Emma Kreyche '02, Diane Saguilan '06, and Julieth Nunez '14 are all members of the staff at Worker Justice Center of New York, which advocates for agricultural and low-wage workers in upstate New York.