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January 2017
01-17-2017
On Saturday, January 14, more than 260 Bard College students volunteered with Hudson Valley organizations for the College's 7th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Engagement. The day's events, organized by Bard’s Center for Civic Engagement, take place as part of the nationwide Day of Service that marks the King holiday. Volunteers around the country respond to Dr. King's call, "Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'"
Bard students worked at more than 30 sites, ranging from Historic Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Red Hook Public Library to Planned Parenthood. Students also participated in an E-Waste project where the Town and Villages of Red Hook and Tivoli, together with the Red Hook Conservation Advisory Council and Bard Office of Sustainability, hosted an electronic waste collection day for their residents.
Members of Bard's student-led TLS project Brothers at Bard also led a science project with Kingston High School students for elementary school students from nearby Rhinebeck, New York. The activities ranged from dissecting owl pellets to discovering and identifying bones, as well as testing sound physics and constructing lava lamps. Volunteers and engagement fellows from Bard's Center for Civic Engagement prepared lessons in conjunction with other student-led science activities taking place throughout the month in local school districts.
Read more about the day’s events on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Engagement blog.

Bard students worked at more than 30 sites, ranging from Historic Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Red Hook Public Library to Planned Parenthood. Students also participated in an E-Waste project where the Town and Villages of Red Hook and Tivoli, together with the Red Hook Conservation Advisory Council and Bard Office of Sustainability, hosted an electronic waste collection day for their residents.

Volunteering on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Photo by Joe Fitzgerald
Members of Bard's student-led TLS project Brothers at Bard also led a science project with Kingston High School students for elementary school students from nearby Rhinebeck, New York. The activities ranged from dissecting owl pellets to discovering and identifying bones, as well as testing sound physics and constructing lava lamps. Volunteers and engagement fellows from Bard's Center for Civic Engagement prepared lessons in conjunction with other student-led science activities taking place throughout the month in local school districts.
Read more about the day’s events on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Engagement blog.

Writers and editors with Oblivion Magazine lead a workshop on coded language in the news. Photo by C. Azemar
Photo: Students work on landscaping at Bard's Montgomery Place Campus Credit: Photo by Joy Al-Nemri
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Education,Environmental/Sustainability,Student,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Education,Environmental/Sustainability,Student,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
01-06-2017
Bard professor, biologist Felicia Keesing on why these little marsupials are the unsung heroes of the fight against Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses.
Photo: Students work on landscaping at Bard's Montgomery Place Campus Credit: Photo by Joy Al-Nemri
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
01-02-2017
Biologist Felicia Keesing talks about the two methods the Tick Project is testing to reduce tick-borne illnesses in Dutchess County residential areas.
Photo: Students work on landscaping at Bard's Montgomery Place Campus Credit: Photo by Joy Al-Nemri
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
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