Join us on Zoom to Learn About the Bard at Brooklyn Microcollege and how to apply for 2020-2021! Thursday, April 30th 2020 6:00-7:00 PM Please email microcollege@bard.edu to register for the Zoom link Read More
BPI Blog
Archive: April 2020
Alumni Opinion: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
This reflection by Stacy Burnett '20 is part of the Community Voices op-ed series for the BPI Public Health Journal. Through the COVID-19 crisis, BPI alumni, staff, and faculty will be posting reflections about their work and response to the virus here on the… Read More
Field Notes on Pandemic Teaching
This reflection by Delia Mellis '86 Director of Program and Faculty Development originally appeared in Places Journal has been reproduced below and can found in its entirety here. A Bard Prison Initiative student studying at the computer lab at Coxsackie Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in… Read More
Alumni Opinion: COVID-19 and My Dad
This reflection by Alexander Hall '17 is part of the Community Voices op-ed series for the BPI Public Health Journal. Through the COVID-19 crisis, BPI alumni, staff, and faculty will be posting reflections about their work and response to the virus here on the… Read More
Alumni Resources
Health and Safety Resources Finding Work (regularly updated and password protected) Federal Stimulus Check COVID-19 Rapid Response Tax Preparation Stimulus Funding and Unemployment Voting rights Zoom and Google Hangout Tutorials Food Access in NYC Kids and Families Read More
Rethinking Education Virtual Lecture Series Presents: Saul Thorkelson
Join us on Zoom to Learn About the Bard at Brooklyn Microcollege and how to apply for 2020-2021! Saturday, April 25th 2020 4:00-5:00 PM Please email microcollege@bard.edu to register for the Zoom link Go here to learn more about the Bard Microcolleges and here to learn more about how to apply. Read More
Faculty Opinion: Food, Nutrition, and Regeneration During COVID-19
This reflection by Jocelyn Apicello, Faculty Advisor in Urban Farming & Sustainability, is part of the Community Voices op-ed series for the BPI Public Health Journal. Through the COVID-19 crisis, BPI alumni, staff, and faculty will be posting reflections about their work and response to… Read More
Course Continuity
Last week BPI delivered 22 boxes of course material and supplies to the six prisons where we operate. Fortunately, students already had all of their course books for the semester. These new boxes included hundreds of individualized packets for students enrolled in 60 courses… Read More
Alumni Remembrances: The Greatest Lesson I Learned
This reflection by Joseph Alli ‘14 is part of the Community Voices: Remembrances series for the BPI Public Health Journal. Through the COVID-19 crisis, BPI is inviting alumni who have lost loved ones to author and post remembrances here on the BPI Blog. My name… Read More
Easter Message from Cardinal Dolan
“A classical liberal arts education, which Bard College and the Bard Prison Initiative provides, is saying we are liberated from being shackled by the “out there” and when we look within you see a whole realm of existence and life. Where you live, how… Read More