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
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Rethinking Education Virtual Lecture Series Presents: Gabriel N. Mendes
Join us on Zoom to Learn About the Bard at Brooklyn Micrcollege and how to apply for 2020-2021! Tuesday, April 7th 2020 4:30-5:30 PM Please email microcollege.bard.edu to register for the Zoom link Gabriel N. Mendes is Director of Public Health Programs for the Bard Prison Initiative. He… Read More
College Behind Bars Coming to Holyoke Microcollege
Friday, March 20, 2020 1:30-3:30 p.m. Holyoke Library Community Room 250 Chestnut Street, Holyoke Please join us for a screening of highlights from the documentary film COLLEGE BEHIND BARS, about students in the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), one of the most rigorous prison education programs in America. The screening… Read More
Moreau College Initiative Debate Team Defeated University of Notre Dame
NOTRE DAME, IN (February 26, 2020) — The Moreau College Initiative (MCI) Debate Team faced off against the University of Notre Dame Debate Team and won! Held at the Westville Correctional Facility, MCI’s three top debaters, backed by four other team researchers, went head… Read More
College Behind Bars Screens at the Apollo Theater
ON NOVEMBER 12, we brought together the filmmakers of College Behind Bars, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, with BPI’s community of alumni, families, staff, faculty, and supporters for a special screening of College Behind Bars at the legendary Apollo Theater. Hosted by Malcolm Jenkins, … Read More
Changing the Face of Tech
On Wednesday, September 18th, BPI Restart Fellow and coordinator, Ornell Caesar '16 joins fellow BPI alum Antoine Patton '12 and Jenn Schiffer for Changing the Face of Tech: a Tech & Reentry Gathering. This first gathering has been organized in partnership between Restart and… Read More
College Behind Bars Screenings
College Behind Bars COLLEGE BEHIND BARS, a four-part documentary film series, tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college degrees and turn their lives around in one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programs in… Read More
25th Anniversary of the 1994 Crime Bill
September 13th marks the 25th anniversary of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, often referred to the 1994 Crime Bill. It was one of the most far-reaching crime bills ever passed by Congress, with widespread implications. But for the field… Read More
The Future of Higher Education: Then and Now
A Bard at Brooklyn Public Library open house event Sat, Apr 27 2019 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Central Library, Trustees' Room 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY 11238 As part of the Rethinking Education Lecture Series and celebrating the third cycle of admissions of the Bard College… Read More
Going Public: The Birth and Rebirth of Erasmus Hall
A Bard at Brooklyn Public Library open house event. Sat, Oct. 28 2017 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Central Library, Trustees' Room 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY 11238 The Rethinking Education Lecture Series celebrates the launch of a full-scholarship Bard College degree program at Brooklyn Public… Read More