2025 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. $28 per adult, $12 per child 4–12, free for children 3 and under.
George Ball ’73 Lounge, Bertelsmann Campus Center

After 11 pm: Check in at Security, 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 on the Sosnoff Theater patio, 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
Sosnoff patio, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
 
6:30 pm Bard College Awards Ceremony
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

8:00 pm Awards Dinner
Reunion classes will be seated together.
$65 per adult, free for children 3 and under. Advanced registration required. 
Thorne and Resnick Studios, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Watch the Livestream
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 patio

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. $28 per adult, $12 per child 4–12, free for children 3 and under.
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.
$14 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

The Elvis Presley Fan Club (led by members of the Class of 1990) hosts the showing of Viva Las Vegas. If you need a little of the King in your life or want to kick back during the afternoon with some friends and watch a movie, join us.
Weis Cinema

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

Watch the Livestream

Reunion classes from the 1950s, 1960, 1965, and 1970, as well as fellow alumni/ae who graduated before 1970 and their guests, are invited to enjoy complimentary cocktails inside Ward Manor. 
Class photos will be taken during the cocktail reception. 
Advance registration required.
Ward Manor

Individual class photos for the 1950s, 1960, 1965, and 1970. Don’t miss your class photos!
Ward Manor

The Class of 1965 is hosting the reunion dinner for the 1950s, 1960, 1965, and 1970 on the occasion of their 60th reunion. Fellow alumni/ae who graduated before 1970 and their guests are also welcome. After dinner, guests take a shuttle to watch the fireworks at Blithewood and enjoy cordials and dessert inside the mansion.  
$75. Advance registration required. 
Ward Manor

Reunion classes from 1975, 1980, and 1985, 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 1975, 1980, and 1985. 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 1980 and 1985 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 reservations required.
Blithewood Manor

Individual class photos for classes from 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020. Don’t miss your class photos!
Bertelsmann Campus Center lawn

Reunion classes from 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020 and fellow alumni/ae from the classes of 1986–2024 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 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020 will have designated tables. 
$28 per adult, $12 per child 4–12, free for children 3 and under. 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. 

This year, Jazzfest is honoring the memory of Richard Gordon, beloved professor at Bard for over three decades. He was a presence at Commencement weekend jazz activities for as long as they’ve been around. His extraordinary piano performances, with resonances of Thelonious Monk, Stevie Wonder, jazz standards, and popular songs, fill our memories. His warmth, kindness, intelligence, and generosity filled our hearts. Sharing his music was a joy for him and all who were with him. 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

After the fireworks head over to Bard Hall to enjoy music from Bard’s favorite folk band, The Sparrows, featuring Perry Allen ’10 (guitar/vocals), Bea Barth ’10 (bass/vocals), Odetta Hartman ’11 (fiddle/mandolin/vocals), Chris Rubeo ’10 (guitar/vocals/piano), and Dan Whitener ’09 (banjo/harmonica/vocals/guitar).
Bard Hall

End the night with TYMMYT (pronounced Timmy-Tee) American rapper, singer, and trumpeter from Atlanta, Georgia. TYMMYT (Timothy Trumpet Jr. ’20) returns to Bard for his five-year reunion with a DJ set full of nostalgic Bard vibes and new school sounds! Everyone is welcome!
Fisher Studio Arts Building

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.
Officiants: Bard College Chaplaincy
Chapel of the Holy Innocents

Watch the Livestream

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