Bard College at Simon's Rock

Where Independent Minds Get Their Start

We are excited to open our new campus in Barrytown , NY at Bard College’s Massena Campus in fall 2025. If you’re on the verge of 11th or 12th grade and certain you don’t want more of the same, Simon’s ...
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Bard College at Simon’s Rock announced on November 19, 2024 that it plans to relocate and consolidate its Great Barrington, MA campus to Bard College’s Massena Campus, a short distance from Bard ...
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U.S. News & World Report Announces Simon’s Rock #1 for Best Undergraduate Teaching (tied) and #2 in Most Innovative Schools (tied)

GREAT BARRINGTON, MA — The U.S. News & World Report 2023 Best Colleges rankings have awarded Bard College at Simon’s Rock top-tier rankings in a number of categories. Within the Regional Colleges ...
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Loren L. AliKhan ’99 Appointed to District of Columbia Court of Appeals

The Honorable Loren L. AliKhan '99 was appointed to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in 2022 by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Judge AliKhan received her BA, summa cum laude, from Bard ...
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Move Will Preserve Unique Residential and Day Academy and Early College Programming and Provide Simon’s Rock Students’ Access to World-Class Bard College Amenities GREAT BARRINGTON, MA (November 19, ...
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Athletic Director Bill Meier Travels to China to Lead Swim Instruction Training

Athletic Director of the Kilpatrick Athletic Center at Simon’s Rock, Bill Meier, is always up to something new and exciting. As the founder and program director of SwimAmerica of Western Massachusetts ...
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Simon’s Rock Alum Chazlee Myers ’12 Awarded Fulbright to Teach English in Italy

Simon’s Rock alum Chazlee Myers ‘12 was awarded an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grant by the US-Italy Fulbright Commission to provide assistance to local English teachers in Italy and act as a ...
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Simon’s Rock Senior Attends American Speech Language and Hearing Convention

Simon’s Rock senior Helen Cohen attended the 2023 American Speech Language and Hearing (ASHA) convention for research for her ongoing Senior thesis with funding from her Senior Award. Cohen is ...
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12-year-old sophomore Adrian Romoff makes Lincoln Center debut

Adrian Romoff, a 12-year-old piano prodigy, took a break from his sophomore studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock to make his debut at Lincoln Center September 16. In a concert presented by the ...
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Growing Better Great Barrington Initiative

Bard College at Simon’s Rock is “growing better” in Great Barrington through its involvement with the Growing Better Great Barrington initiative and leadership from Associate Dean of Studies John ...
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First-year student Kent Nakai Medals at RoboCup 2023 in South Korea

First-year student Kent Nakai attended RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2023 last December in PyeongChang, South Korea. He built a rescue robot to compete in the category Rescue Line Secondary U19 and came in ...
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Spotlight on Dr. Carla Stephens, Director of the new Bard Queer Leadership Project

For Dr. Carla Stephens, Director of the new Bard Queer Leadership Project (BQLP) and recent addition to the Simon’s Rock faculty, it’s hard to pick a favorite subject to teach. “This is a very tough ...