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Cardinal Dolan
Video | Liberal Arts Education

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 

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Hoda Kotb from the TODAY Show interviews Ken Burns, Director Lynn Novick and Dyjuan Tatro, a former member of a prison debate team that took on Harvard
Video | Alumni News

College Behind Bars on the Today Show

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Dyjuan Tatro talk about the PBS documentary series College Behind Bars on the Today Show.  Read More 

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Video | Alumni Affairs

Bard Prison Initiative Reentry and Alumni Affairs Video

From fellowships with the Ford Foundation to advocacy programs with the NY Department of Health, BPI alumni are reimagining what makes a community thrive. Read More 

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BPI's 18th Commencement
Video | Commencement

BPI’s 18th Commencement

On Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, BPI conferred its 500th diploma and bestowed civil rights leader Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II with an honorary degree. Read More 

Tags Alumni | Commencement | Degree | Eastern | Gradutation | William Barber
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Video | Commencement

BPI’s 17th Commencement

Mary Bassett delivered the commencement address at BPI's 17th commencement, where more than 40 students received associate in arts and bachelor of arts degrees, bringing the total number of Bard degrees awarded to BPI students at that time to 485. Read More 

Tags Alumni | Commencement | Degree | Graduation | Woodbourne
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Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation and Albert Fermin Business Associate Fellow, Ford Foundaiton
Video | Reentry

BPI Alumni Returning Home

From fellowships with the Ford Foundation to advocacy programs with the NY Department of Health, BPI alumni are reimagining what makes a community thrive. Read More 

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Students at BPI's 16th Commencement
Video | Commencement

BPI’s 16th Commencement

  BPI celebrates its 15th anniversary with its 16th commencement from Taconic correctional facility. Read More 

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Speaker at BPI's 15th Commencement
Video | Commencement

BPI’s 15th Commencement

BPI celebrates its 15th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility with Commencement speech by Jonathan Holloway, Dean, Yale College. Film produced by Winton / duPont Films and posted on Vimeo. Read More 

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Attendee reading program at BPI's 14th Commencement
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BPI’s 14th Commencement

BPI celebrates its 14th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility with Commencement speech by Hakeem Jeffries, NY Congressman. Produced by Skiff Mountain. Read More 

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Faculty member congratulating students
Video | Commencement

BPI’s 12th Commencement on January 24, 2015

BPI celebrates its 12th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility, with commencement speech by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Arch Bishop of New York.  January 24, 2015 Produced by Winton / duPont Films and posted on Vimeo. Read More 

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