Stories

Jul. 5, 2019

Vassar was well represented at New York City’s World Pride Parade on June 30, while two longtime gay rights activists, Eric Marcus ’80 and Ann Northrop ’70, took part in an alternative march on the same day that was organized to protest what they called the over-commercialization of the main event.

Jul. 3, 2019

Six years in, the Vassar Veterans Posse program has had a profound impact on the lives of student-veterans—and on the College itself.

Jul. 3, 2019

Jeffrey Schneider, Associate Professor of German Studies, was so impressed by the student-veterans he had in his classes that he volunteered to be the faculty advisor to the Posse veterans of the class of 2022.

Jul. 3, 2019

Academics are, of course, only one component, however central, of the experience of being a Vassar student. In her first semester at the college, Rebekah Graham ’22, a former army medic, found herself a member of the women’s rugby team that won the national championship. “Being on the rugby team is the closest thing on this campus to being in the military,” she says. “You’re rolling around in the dirt, in pain together, working toward the same goal.”

Jul. 3, 2019

There are other challenges that are quite specific to Posse student-veterans. Registrar Colleen Mallet, who has taken on an entire array of extra tasks over the years to help the group, believes “Posse veterans are more accepted now on campus by the other students, who have become more sensitive.”

Jul. 3, 2019

After graduating with Vassar’s class of 2017, Eduardo De La Torre returned home to Houston, where he is now founder of DVG Financial, a firm that provides low-cost loans and teaches financial literacy to discharged veterans, a group particularly vulnerable to predatory lenders during the often-protracted period when they are waiting for their Veterans Affairs benefits to begin.

Jun. 18, 2019

About 35 alumnae/i and family members took part in a program on Jewish and Muslim Student Life during Reunion June 7.

Jun. 18, 2019

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has bestowed two top honors on Vassar’s Office of Alumnae/i Affairs and Development. OAAD was cited for its overall performance in fundraising and for its annual Sophomore Career Connections program.

Jun. 17, 2019

More than 1,500 athletes and coaches competed in eight events in the Special Olympics New York Summer Games June 15 on the Vassar campus and three other venues. Many won medals, but those who didn’t were just as proud as they congratulated each other and shared all the fun they all were having with their friends, families and the more than 1,200 volunteers who made the Games a success.

Jun. 12, 2019

Nineteen Vassar administrators have finished a five-month professional development program designed to enhance relationships among employees throughout the campus.

Jun. 8, 2019

Gerry Laybourne ’69, P’93, a Vassar trustee and former President of the Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College, received the AAVC’s Outstanding Service to Vassar College Award for her exceptional contributions to Vassar.

Jun. 8, 2019

Reunion 2019 was full of many highlights, including a record-setting class gift of $16.3 million from the class of 1969, six class attendance records, and absolutely gorgeous weather.

Jun. 5, 2019

Van Jones, host of The Redemption Project and The Van Jones Show on CNN, delivered a stirring and inspiring address at Vassar’s 155^th Commencement ceremony May 26 at the college’s outdoor amphitheater.

May. 28, 2019

Lavetta Cooks has been more than an on-call security officer to many students of color. She’s also been an on-campus ‘mom.’

May. 26, 2019

CNN host and criminal justice advocate Van Jones delivered the Commencement address on May 26 at Vassar’s 155^th graduation ceremony.

May. 24, 2019

Savannah Smith ’19, Nicholas Gedigk ’19 and five recent alums will teach or do research in a total of six countries on three continents as recipients of 2019 Fulbright Scholarships.

May. 20, 2019

Thanks to a Time Out grant, Eve Madalengoitia ’86 will spend the next 12 months composing music, a lifelong passion that she never had an opportunity to pursue full time.

May. 17, 2019

Vassar’s 14th annual robotics competition featured a modified version of Harry Potter’s favorite game, Quidditch.

May. 16, 2019

Emily Janoski ’20 and three of her friends recently spent an entire weekend crunching data about the Canadian Rugby 7s Senior Women’s Team—and they weren’t alone in this curious pursuit. At DataFest, an annual event for statistics and data science aficionados in colleges around the country, about 60 Vassar students and more than 2,000 others analyzed the same information.

May. 8, 2019

Dozens of alumnae/i and other friends and supporters of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center returned to the Vassar campus on April 26 and 27 to pay tribute to James Mundy, the man who transformed the museum into a national treasure.