2026 Reunion Schedule*

Check in to pick up your packets with name tags, wristbands, meal tickets, and dorm keys. A limited number of on-site barbecue tickets will be available for purchase until 6 pm Saturday. 
George Ball ’73 Lounge, Bertelsmann Campus Center

After 11 pm: Check in at Security, Memorial Hall (Old Gym)

Join the Bard College Rugby team as they host the Bard Rugby Alumni/ae Association for the annual alumni/ae games! All are welcome.
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer and Lacrosse Complex, north field

All alumni/ae, along with graduating student athletes and their families, are invited to join athletics administrators, coaches, and staff for light fare and drinks to kick off the celebratory weekend. 
Instructional Classroom #1, Stevenson Athletic Center 

This inspiring annual event celebrates the exceptional achievements of Bard alumni/ae and friends of the College. Outstanding faculty and staff who are retiring are recognized with the Bardian Award. Join fellow Bard alumni/ae, faculty, and staff for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by the Bard College Awards ceremony, hosted by Bard College President Leon Botstein and Mollie Meikle ’03, president of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors. The event is free, but advance registration is required. Please be sure to pick up your packets from registration before attending.

Hosted by the Bard College Alumni/ae Association.
 
5 pm Cocktail Reception
Commencement Tent
 
6:30 pm Bard College Awards Ceremony
Commencement Tent

8:00 pm Awards Dinner
Reunion classes will be seated together.
$65 per adult, free for children 3 and under. Advanced registration required. 
Commencement Tent

2025 Bard College Award Recipients

Begin your Reunion Weekend on Friday night. Complimentary bar food, and beer and wine for purchase. Bring the whole family.
Kline Commons

Bard College soloists and composers in concert with The Orchestra Now (TŌN), with Leon Botstein, conductor. No reservations required. Seating is first come, first served.
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Work by seniors graduating in the Photography Program.
Woods Photography Studio

Work by seniors graduating in the Studio Arts Program.
Fisher Studio Arts Building

Pick up your tickets for the weekend’s events, wristbands, a campus map, and a schedule. A limited number of on-site barbecue tickets will be available for purchase until 6 pm Saturday. 
George Ball ’73 Lounge, Bertelsmann Campus Center

Take a walk in the woods and learn about the Bard Guilds Program from Paul Marienthal, dean for social action and director of the TLS program. Bard students have been learning how to literally build bridges while fixing the College’s trails. (Please note: This 1.5 mile walk includes some steep hills.)
Meeting point: The Community Garden, Blithewood Avenue
Ending point: Honey Field, behind Stevenson Athletic Center

German and Austrian paintings from the turn of the 20th century, a bequest to Bard College from Dr. Edith Neumann.
Levy Economics Institute, Blithewood

For graduating seniors, their families, guests, and alumni/ae.
$17 per adult, $8 per child 4–12, free for children 3 and under.
Main Dining Room, Kline Commons

Alumni/ae and their families can meet up with classmates and friends throughout the afternoon and watch the Commencement Procession. Food truck, snacks, drinks, music, and games. Cash bar, free popcorn, and lemonade.
Bertelsmann Campus Center lawn

1 pm

Tent opens for seating
Commencement Tent, Seth Goldfine Memorial Rugby Field

2:30 pm
Academic Procession
Alumni/ae from reunion classes are invited to join the Class of 2025, trustees, and faculty in the procession to the Commencement tent. (Academic attire is required.) 
Formation at Annandale Road, south of the Chapel of the Holy Innocents

Livestreaming of Commencement
Olin Auditorium, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

3 pm
Celebrate the Class of 2025 and the awarding of honorary degrees. James C. Chambers ’81, chair of the Board of Trustees of Bard College, presiding, and the Right Reverend Matthew Heyd officiating. 
Commencement Tent, Seth Goldfine Memorial Rugby Field

Reunion classes from 1956, 1961, 1966 1971, 1976, 1981, and 1986 as well as surrounding classes and guests, are invited to enjoy complimentary cocktails inside Blithewood. 
 Class photos will be taken during the cocktail reception. 
Advance registration required.
Blithewood Manor

Individual class photos for 1956, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, and 1986. Class photos will be taken during the cocktail reception. Don’t miss your class photos!
Blithewood Manor

The 50th reunion class and their guests will be seated together for dinner. After-dinner drinks and dessert will be served in the music room after the fireworks.
$75. Advance registration required. 
Blithewood Manor

Reunion classes from 1956, 1961, 1966 1971, 1981, and 1986 and their guests come together for the annual reunion dinner. Surrounding years are welcome to join. After-dinner drinks and dessert will be served in the music room after the fireworks.
Please note that the class of 1976 will have a separate dinner in honor of their 50th reunion.
$75. Advance reservations require.
Blithewood Manor

Individual class photos for classes from 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, and 2021. Don’t miss your class photos!
Bertelsmann Campus Center lawn

Reunion classes from 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, and 2021 and fellow alumni/ae from the classes of 1987–2025 come together for the annual reunion cocktail reception. Complimentary. Advance registration required.
Bertelsmann Campus Center lawn

All alumni/ae and their guests are invited to sit under the tent and enjoy the barbecue on the south lawn of Blithewood. Reunion classes from 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, and 2021 will have designated tables. 
Advance registration recommended. Cash bar.
Blithewood south lawn

Bard’s favorite graduation dance band gives it up for new graduates, alumni/ae, and families.
Blithewood north lawn

Annual gathering of jazz-loving alumni/ae musicians. Everyone is welcome.
Blum Hall, Edith C. Blum Institute, Avery Arts Center

Stake your spot on the lawn and lie back for the best fireworks show in the Hudson Valley.
Blithewood west lawn

The Class of 1976 welcomes everyone to this ceremony of remembrance of those we've known and lost.
Anna Jones Memorial Meditation Garden

Take a trip back in to a classic vinyl Manor dance party, spinning the hits from 1966-2021.
Ward Manor

Wake up to a serenade of Bard’s all-bird chorus and join us for a stroll along Tivoli Bay trail’s dew-glittered forest! Meet alum Juliette Zicot ’23 at 8:30 am at Ward Manor for a birding walk. Bring waterproof footwear and binoculars.
Meet at Ward Manor

In honor of alumni/ae, faculty, and special friends of the College who died during the past year. Officiated by the Bard College Chaplaincy.
Chapel of the Holy Innocents

Join Bard President Leon Botstein and Mollie Meikle ’03, president of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors, for a celebration brunch. All are welcome. Remarks at 11:30 am. $28 per adult, $8 per child 4–12, free for children 3 and under. Advance registration recommended.
Kline Commons

After all the festivities are over, enjoy one last taste of the natural beauty in Annandale and take a guided walk on Bard's Montgomery Place Campus. Follow South Woods Trail through the tranquil and exquisite old growth forest with volunteer and educator Heaney Woods, and learn about the history of the landscape and the Montgomery Place Estate. 

As a landscape that has supported waves of human occupation, from Indigenous people, to European colonists, to the generations of people who lived and worked on the present site, the lands of Montgomery Place have been under constant development and transformation.
Meet at Montgomery Place Visitor Center

Alumni/ae interested in volunteering for alumni/ae committees and programs are cordially invited to attend.
Olin LC 115

For a description, please see Sunday, 12:30 pm. 
Meet at Montgomery Place Visitor Center