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Members of the Family Leadership Council (FLC) play a leadership role in the Bard community through a range of activities. FLC members develop and participate in on-campus and regional recruiting and mentoring events, promote and provide career opportunities for students, and participate in peer-to-peer fundraising. Parents on the FLC play a role in the success of the Bard College Fund through annual gifts. The Family Leadership Council meets twice each year: once during Family Weekend in the fall and once in the spring. These meetings are open so all Bard families are welcome to attend.   
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Bard College campus grounds in Annandale are open to the community. Visitors who are vaccinated and boosted are welcome in campus facilities (except residence halls and the gym, which remain off limits to visitors) with advance approval from the Response Team.
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Donna Ford Grover, visiting associate professor of literature and American studies. Photo by Chris Kayden

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Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06 Speaks to The Hollywood Reporter About His Show Long Story Short

“We wanted it to feel handmade at all times... there's a warmth [that] helps the show come alive,” he said.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06 Speaks to The Hollywood Reporter About His Show Long Story Short

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Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06. Photo by Julie Lake
Bard alumnus Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06 was interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter about his new Netflix animated show Long Story Short, premiering August 22. Bob-Waksberg is the creator of Bojack Horseman, an animated show about a former sitcom actor that received four Critics’ Choice Awards and multiple Emmy nominations. Long Story Short is a comedy series following a Jewish family over the course of their lives, jumping back and forth through time.

Bob-Waksberg wrote and executive-produced the show, which premiered at the Annecy international film festival in June. He says the timespan of the show was a way to shortcut the emotional investment of a longer series and make the audience feel like they know the characters. Speaking about the show’s hand-drawn art style, Bob-Waksberg said, “We wanted it to feel handmade at all times [and] not to smooth the edges too much… I feel like there’s a warmth to that that really helps the show come alive.”
Read the Interview

Post Date: 06-23-2025
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Coralie Kraft ’13 Interviewed by PBS News About Doomsday Preppers

Kraft discussed her thoughts on why more people are preparing for disasters, the companies that build the structures meant to safeguard their clients, and the mindsets behind those who are preparing for such scenarios.

Coralie Kraft ’13 Interviewed by PBS News About Doomsday Preppers

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Bard college alumna Coralie Kraft ’13.
Coralie Kraft ’13, visual editor, writer, and Bard College alumna, was interviewed by PBS News about her New York Times Magazine article “The ‘Panic Industry’ Boom,” for which she was also the contributing photo editor. The article and photo essay explored how some Americans are increasingly spending vast amounts of money prepping for doomsday scenarios by building bunkers, bomb shelters, gun rooms, panic rooms and other means of surviving through a collapse. In conversation with Ali Rogin, Kraft discussed her thoughts on why more people are preparing for disasters, the companies that build the structures meant to safeguard their clients, and the mindsets behind those who are preparing for such scenarios. “I think that as more and more people are impacted by things like pandemics, by civil unrest and demonstrations and activism in their cities, by financial collapse as those factors hit a wider and wider population, it makes sense to me that more of us would be interested in this type of, ‘what can I do in the event of a disaster scenario or a doomsday scenario,’” Kraft told PBS.
Watch the Full Interview with PBS
Read Coralie Kraft's Original Article in the New York Times Magazine

Post Date: 06-20-2025
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Henry Mielarczyk ’25 Joins Stennis Program for Congressional Interns

Bard alumnus Henry Mielarczyk ’25, a philosophy and music performance major, has been accepted into the 2025 Stennis Program for Congressional Interns. The internship, given by the Stennis Center for Public Service in Washington, DC, is a competitive program that aims to provide its interns with an opportunity to better understand the role of Congress as an institution and its role in the democracy of the United States.

Henry Mielarczyk ’25 Joins Stennis Program for Congressional Interns

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Henry Mielarczyk ’25.
Bard alumnus Henry Mielarczyk ’25, a philosophy and music performance major, has been accepted into the 2025 Stennis Program for Congressional Interns. The internship, given by the Stennis Center for Public Service in Washington, DC, is a competitive bipartisan program designed to provide congressional interns with an opportunity to better understand the role of Congress as an institution and its role in the democracy of the United States. Interns will connect with current and former senior congressional staff through a series of discussion sessions designed to provide an in-depth look at Congress and its operations with other institutions. The Stennis Center is a bipartisan legislative branch agency created by Congress in 1988 to promote and strengthen the highest ideals of public service in the United States. The center aims to develop and deliver a portfolio of unique programs for young people, leaders in local, state, and federal government, and congressional staff.

Post Date: 06-18-2025
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