Student Organizations and Activities

At REM and Company, our mission is to empower small businesses and foster community development through innovative consulting services. We aim to create a supportive environment at Bard and in Berlin where students can engage in impactful projects, assist local enterprises, and contribute to their ventures’ growth. We are dedicated to providing high-quality consulting services that help small businesses navigate challenges and achieve their objectives. By bridging the gap between academic learning and real-world application, we offer valuable opportunities to make a meaningful difference in their own aspirations and communities. We welcome students from all disciplines who are interested in business consulting, civic engagement, social entrepreneurship, and community service. Our goal is to cultivate a collaborative atmosphere that encourages professional growth and builds a network of individuals committed to positive social impact. Join us at REM and Company to be part of a dedicated team working to support small businesses, learn skills to build your own ventures, and enhance our community, one project at a time. #Together #Forever
 

Greetings from Aura, where we prioritize mental wellness with a supportive community spirit. Our mission is to foster an uplifting and inclusive environment that encourages open conversations about mental health, provides resources, and promotes personal resilience. We aim to create a space where students can connect, relax, and grow while sharing experiences and strategies for managing stress and improving individual well-being. We invite all students who are passionate about mental balance, eager to support others, and interested in building a healthier, happier campus community to join us. Whether you're looking for new friendships, want to contribute to mental health advocacy, or simply need a spot to unwind, Aura is the place for you.

The BCB Debating Club’s mission in this first semester is to teach students how to debate and discuss different topics professionally. Therefore, Davit and I have researched intensively over the past few weeks and will first introduce necessary skills like how to construct a strong argument, how to improve rhetoric, public speaking and effective researching for discussions. As can be seen by these points, the BCB debating club’s mission is not only to introduce the concept of debating, but to offer a broader range of techniques in order for students to succeed in BCB seminars and their later professional and personal life. Therefore, not only those students should join who are interested in the art of debating but also those who generally want to improve these skills and their participation grades in the BCB seminars (especially the sessions 1-5 will be relevant for people that are less interested in debating as such). Over the course of the club sessions, as students have acquired the foundational skills, we will integrate more mock debates about different topics, following classic formats like the British Parliamentary, Lincoln-Douglas or Policy debates. By the end of the semester, our goal is that all members of the club have learnt a lot about what debating is, why we debate and how effective debating can help us in our personal development.

The Tatreez Circle is a welcoming community for anyone interested in learning the art of tatreez, the traditional Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery. Whether you are a complete beginner or have some experience with embroidery, this group provides a supportive space to explore and practice tatreez techniques together. Through this craft, we embrace art as a form of cultural expression, resistance, and resilience, connecting our practice to a broader tradition of storytelling and identity preservation. Alongside practicing tatreez, we will also share and celebrate embroidery traditions from our own cultures, building solidarity through the exchange of skills, patterns, and stories. Join us to create, resist, and build connections— one stitch at a time!

We are here to bring the Ukrainian community at Bard together, support one another, provide space to reflect on Russian colonial violence and invite other students to join us in that.

English Hour invites students and the residents of Pankow, the neighborhood which surrounds our college, to spend an hour together each week to discuss a variety of topics in English. It is an opportunity for the students at Bard College Berlin to make meaningful connections with our neighbors and an opportunity for our neighbors to improve and strengthen their English skills through dialogue This project creates a welcoming and encouraging environment which promotes cultural exchange and understanding and fosters positive relationship building between the diverse participants.

No Budget Filmmaking is a club for cinephiles. We don’t just watch and talk about movies, we actually make them! Members of the club will have an exclusive opportunity to take part in each other’s film production, from pre- to post-production, working as directors, actors, set designers, DOPs and more. If you share an intense passion for movies and have a script in mind that you want to bring to life, No Budget Filmmaking is waiting for you!

Our mission is to offer students interested in ceramics the opportunity to practice and develop their techniques outside the classroom. Ceramics Club meets every week for a couple hours to create in the factory space. Our goal is to provide a communal creative outlet for everyone. Anyone interested in making art is welcome to join! No experience is necessary, though having experience will give you more access to facilities such as the pottery wheels. We are an open community of creatives looking for a new space to create with others!

BCB Go Green is the umbrella organization of several environmental initiatives on campus and one of the longest-existing student clubs. Its primary aim is to provide students with a range of events and opportunities centered around environmentalism. BCB Go Green empowers students to recognize their own capacity to be change agents through focusing on the immediate circumstances they live in. Initiatives like the poster campaign on environmentalism and trash separation awareness point out how everyday decisions can have a significant environmental impact; becoming more conscious does not require radical changes in one’s life. Our club also cultivates the community-building aspect of environmentalism, highlighting how our shared responsibilities also empower us to take shared action. Finally, BCB Go Green, through enterprises like Urban Gardening and hiking, wishes to help every member of our community find their room for action and awareness while being supported by a network of committed peers. BCB Go Green invites every member of our college community to join our currently existing projects and bring their own ideas. In the coming semester, we are planning to diversify our range of events by organizing vegan feasts, thematic weeks, and excursions in collaboration with other student initiatives. Join BCB Go Green and our shared endeavor of creating a community of individuals where individual ideas can become shared ambitions.
 

Delica-Essen is a club focused on food and community. We want an opportunity to enjoy good food with company. We will have events during the next few months centered around making, learning, and eating food. The club is free, as this is an effort to give back to the community. We want to collaborate with other clubs and will be organizing fundraisers. This club is open to members who want to join the cooking team or just eat and relax. We hope to see you soon!