Bard College

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Bard College

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Motto

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Dabo tibi coronam vitae (I shall give thee the crown of life)

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Established

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1860

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School type

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Private, Liberal Arts

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Private - Liberal Arts

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President

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Leon Botstein

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Location

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Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA

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Annandale-on-Hudson - NY - USA

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Enrollment

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1,382 undergraduate,223 graduate

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Faculty

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224

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Endowment

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US$150 million

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Campus

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Rural, 600 acres (2,400,000 m²)

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Sports teams

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Raptors

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Website

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www.bard.edu

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Bard College, founded in 1860, is a small, four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, on a 600 acre (2.4 km²) campus overlooking the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains. The college was originally founded under the name St. Stephen's, in association with the Episcopal church of New York City, and changed its name to Bard in 1934 in honor of its founder, John Bard. While it officially remains affiliated with the church, the college pursues a far more secular mission today. Between 1928 and 1944, Bard/St. Stephen's operated as an undergraduate school of Columbia University, severing ties with the University when it decided to accept women to the student body.http://www.bard.edu/about/history/

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Liberal arts college - Annandale-on-Hudson, New York - Hudson River - Catskill Mountains - Episcopal - New York City - 1934 - John Bard - 1928 - 1944 - Columbia University

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Bard has developed several innovative graduate programs and research institutes, including the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, the Jerome Levy Economics Institute, the Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture, and the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan.

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Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts - Jerome Levy Economics Institute - Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture - Bard Graduate Center - Manhattan

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The college's Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts was designed by acclaimed architect Frank Gehry, and was completed in the spring of 2003. Leon Botstein has been the President of the college since 1975, and is generally credited with reviving its academic and cultural prestige. Bard College also owns Simon's Rock College of Bard, the nation's oldest and most prestigious early college program, and Smolny College, Russia's first liberal arts college.

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Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts - Frank Gehry - 2003 - Leon Botstein - 1975 - Simon's Rock College of Bard - Smolny College

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The town of Annandale-on-Hudson consists solely of the college and has no downtown center; neighboring Red Hook and Tivoli serve as "college towns." Shuttles run between the college and the two towns.

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Red Hook - Tivoli

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