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LLI Supports Student Interns at BHSEC

Bard High School Early College Program

LLI received wonderful thank you letters from students in the NYC Bard High School Early College Program (BHSEC).  Every year, LLI provides financial help for expenses incurred during summer internships.

The Bard Early Colleges are founded on the belief that many high-school-age students are eager and ready for the intellectual challenges of a college education.

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Some Highlights of Bard October Events

The Bard Calendar is Amazing

The Bard Conservatory will present pianists Xak Bjerken and Miri Yampolsky in a concert of Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin and Steven Stucky. At the Lazlo Bito Conservatory Building, October 15, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

The Center for the Moving Image will screen four films at the Jim Ottaway,

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Around Bard: Hessel Museum of Art

The NY times Says It’s Worth the Ride

The CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art is part of Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies. It is a venue exploring various ways to present contemporary visual art and it serves as a laboratory for the graduate students at the Center for Curatorial Studies.

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Curriculum Committee: Balancing Expertise with Audience Interests

Curriculum Planning is a Team Process

Curriculum Committee Open Meeting on Tuesday, November 13th at 10 a.m.

Planning the LLI fall semester now underway began more than one year ago, as the 18-member Curriculum Committee, chaired by Anne Sunners, began to weave ideas, experts, space, and time slots into a complex and stimulating program.

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Evaluate Your Classes

Your Feedback Helps LLI

The Curriculum Committee works hard to provide educational courses to LLI members. Your feedback is an important component of our planning.

For multi-presenter courses, please complete an evaluation form each week plus an overall evaluation form at the end of the term. For single presenter courses,

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Welcome Back, LLI!

Fall Kickoff had many events

Our Fall 2018 semester successfully began on September 7 with:

  • Fall Semester Orientation for presenters, producers, class managers, and A/V support
  • New Member Orientation and tours of campus
  • Fall Luncheon
  • Member Art Show

LLI member and staff newsletter photographer,

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Class Room Assignments: Fall 2018

Class Room Assignments

Looking for your classroom assignments? Use the table below to find your classrooms and then use the building maps below that for Google maps to each building. 

Link to PDF of Class Room Assignment

Building Locations

Use Google Maps,

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Around Bard

Benefits Beyond LLI

Being a member of LLI means more than just being able to attend classes. It means being a member of the broader Bard community with access to its ongoing cultural and intellectual opportunities.

Here are three.

The Bard Conservatory

The conservatory has frequent free student concerts and master classes as well as some ticketed special events.  

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Concert Celebrating Joan Tower

September 16 at Fisher Center

Plan now to attend a wonderful concert at the Fisher Center at Bard on September 16, celebrating Joan Tower, a world renowned composer who has offered music classes for LLI for the past seven years. In her very popular music classes, she brings conservatory student musicians who perform for and interact with LLI members.

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Registration for Fall Classes August 1 – 15

Members can register using the form below

Registration for Fall 2018 classes is now open. To register online, fill out the form below. You need to know your LLI Membership Number (it was on the email from LLI about registration).

As you fill out the form, remember the number and letter of the one class you most want,

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