Big Thinking at Bennington College

In the fall issue of the Mary Christie Quarterly, out next week, we feature Bennington College and its efforts to transform mental health and wellbeing on its campus by infusing wellness into the school’s unique student-driven pedagogy. After engaging outside experts, interviewing all campus stakeholders, and asking hard questions, Bennington President Laura Walker and her team have created the Bennington College Mental Health and Wellness Initiative – a new model for the health of the community.  “I have never thought that the best answer to what we should do is to look at what we’ve done in the past,” she said.