MidHudson News is reporting Bard College is launching a scholarship program to support 60 Ukrainian students who are displaced, under threat or unable to continue their education as the result of the Russian invasion. The program is for students impacted by the war and designed to allow those students to begin or continue their undergraduate education. They will be admitted to Bard College’s main campus in Annandale-on-Hudson and its affiliates in New York City, Berlin, or Great Barrington, Mass. While some students will be considered for the spring 2023 semester, the main start of the program will be with the fall 2023 semester. The terms of the scholarship will vary, but each will cover a minimum of full tuition. Housing and living stipends will be available on a case-by-case basis according to need. Scholarships will be for a minimum of one year, with the possibility of renewal. The program is similar to previous Bard efforts to support refugee scholars and students. In the mid-1930s, the college gave refuge to distinguished writers, artists, intellectuals, and scientists fleeing Nazi Europe. In 1956, the school welcomed more than 300 Hungarian student refugees fleeing the Soviet invasion. In 2004, Bard helped bring more than 50 students from European Humanities University in Belarus. Bard College Berlin has welcomed more than 50 displaced students through its program on International Education for Social Change, most of them from Syria. Read the full story at MidHudsonNews [dot] com.