Bard College

Bard College
motto	Dabo tibi coronam vitae ( New Testament , 2.10 EU )
founding	1860
Sponsorship	Private
place	Annandale-on-Hudson
president	Leon Botstein
Students	1,985 + 320
Professors	224
Foundation assets	$ 270 million
Website	bard.edu

Bard College , founded in 1860 as St. Stephen's College , is a private university in Annandale-on-Hudson , New York State .

history

John Bard was the grandson of Doctor Samuel Bard , who founded Columbia University's medical school . John Bard's uncle was Rev. John McVickar, professor at Columbia University.

In the 1940s, Bard College was a refuge for emigrants from Europe, including Hannah Arendt , Stefan Hirsch , Felix Hirsch , Emil Hauser , Hans Marchand , Werner Wolff and Heinrich Blücher .

Bard College is an independent, non-denominational college. It offers Bachelor of Arts (BA) degrees in 35 academic programs . A five-year BS / BA course in economics and finance is also possible. In a five-year study program at the Bard College Conservatory of Music , students can earn a Bachelor of Music degree and a BA in a complementary subject.

The university has branches in several countries, including Bard College Berlin in Germany .

Lecturers and graduates

John Bard , founder of St. Stephen's College

Warden's Hall, professors' office

Hannah Arendt's gravestone in the college cemetery

Teachers Peggy Ahwesh Richard Aldous Diana Al-Hadid Craig Anderson John Ashbery James Bagwell Thurman Barker Jonathan Brent Franklin Bruno Ian Buruma Mary Caponegro Caleb Carr Bruce Chilton Teju Cole Mark Danner Tim Davis Jeremy Denk John Esposito Larry Fink Elizabeth Frank Kyle Gann Christopher H. Gibbs Jackie Goss Peter Hutton Bill T. Jones Jeffrey Kahane Ani Kavafian Ida Kavafian Felicia Keesing Robert Kelly Verlyn Klinkenborg David Krakauer Condliffe Lagemann Ann Lauterbach An-My Lê Gideon Lester Erica Lindsay Norman Manea Walter Russell Mead Edie Meidav Daniel Mendelsohn Bradford Morrow Salahuddin Mustafa Muhammad Jacob Neusner Judy Pfaff Francine Prose Kelly Reichardt Jennifer Ringo James Romm Luc Sante Peter Serkin Stephen Shore Amy Sillman Mona Simpson Michael Specter Richard Teitelbaum Michael Tibbetts Joan Tower George Tsontakis Dawn Upshaw Lawrence Weschler Li-Hua Ying

Former Chinua Achebe André Aciman JoAnne Akalaitis Artine Artinian Alfred Jules Ayer Emily Barton Saul Bellow Heinrich Blücher Benjamin Boretz James Clarke Chace Paul de Man Jacob Druckman Ralph Ellison Donald Finkel Harvey Fite Heinz Insu Fenkl William Gaddis Leah Gilliam Karen Greenberg Daron Hagen Anthony Hecht Bob Holman William Humphrey Mat Johnson Joel Kovel Harvey J. Levin Roy Lichtenstein Ken Lum Mary McCarthy Allan McCollum Adolfas Mekas Franco Modigliani Toni Morrison Vik Muniz Elizabeth Murray Albert Jay Nock Arthur Penn Paul Ramirez Jonas Orhan Pamuk David Rieff Roswell Rudd Mary Lee Settle Isaac Bashevis Singer Wadada Leo Smith Wilhelm Sollmann Joseph Somers William Weaver Ted Weiss Werner Wolff Elie Yarden

Graduates Ashim Ahluwalia Walter Becker Sadie Benning Ran Blake Phyllis Chesler Chris Claremont Blythe Danner Carl Davis Eliza Douglas Donald Fagen Lola Glaudini Ken Grimwood Christopher Guest Larry Hagman Todd Haynes Anthony Hecht Peter Hobbs Gaby Hoffmann Howard Cook Jeanne Lee Rhoda Levine Ellen Parker Zeena Parkins Daniel Pinkwater Herb Ritts Jonathan Rosenbaum Eric Schaeffer Elliott Sharp Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Amy Sillman Peter Stone Matt Taibbi Michael Tolkin John Yau

Web links

Commons : Bard College  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage
• Beard College Raptors

Individual evidence

1. ^ Felix Hirsch: The Bard Family . In: Columbia University Quarterly . , Bard College Archives, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.
2. ↑ About Bard | History of Bard . Bard.edu. May 21, 2011. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
3. ^ Richard Aldous, Eugene Meyer Professor of British History and Literature. Access date: December 5, 2017.
4. ↑ Craig Anderson, Wallace Benjamin Flint and L. May Hawver Professor of Chemistry. Access date: December 5, 2017.
5. ↑ James Bagwell, Professor of Music. Access date: December 5, 2017.
6. ↑ Christopher H. Gibbs, James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Music. Access date: December 5, 2017.
7. ↑ Faculty And Staff: Felicia Keesing ( Memento from November 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Bard Faculty: Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
9. ^ MacArthur Fellows: An-My Lê
10. ↑ http://www.jamesromm.com/
11. ^ Mark Nickel: Famed African Writer Chinua Achebe Joins the Brown Faculty . Brown University. September 15, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2012.