Vassar has secured funding from the Watertown Committee of the David, Helen and Marian Woodward Fund in support of the Woodward Fund Veterans Internships. The fifth round of the Woodward Fund Veterans Internship Awards enabled four Vassar veterans to participate in internships.
Jen Rubbo, Director of the Environmental Cooperative, has secured a Youth Grant from the City of Poughkeepsie in support of the Cooperative's “Exploring Science” program, which provides outdoor learning experiences to Poughkeepsie K-12 youth at the Vassar Preserve.
John Bradley and Josie Schermerhorn, of the Vassar Education Collaboration (VEC), have secured a Youth Grant from the City of Poughkeepsie to support Vassar After School Tutoring (VAST). As part of VEC, VAST runs year-round programming for Poughkeepsie middle schoolers. This consists of a summer camp, as well as after school enrichment three days a week.
With leadership from Amanda Potter, Putnam Assistant Director of Learning and Community Engagement, The Loeb has secured a grant from Art Bridges to support learning and engagement programming.
The Mellon Foundation-funded Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement, and Education (CFMDE) responds to the ongoing global challenges posed by forced migration, through curriculum development, sponsoring collaborative research, and supporting displaced scholars across four college campuses: Vassar, Bard, Bennington, Sarah Lawrence, and The New School. This past year Vassar successfully launched its new signature program, the Digital Scholars Teaching Fellowship program, which pairs displaced scholars (teaching virtually) with Vassar faculty members (teaching in person).
Vassar students enrolled in an intensive class with Lecturer and Chair of Dance Miriam Mahdaviani collaborated with a professional instructor from Battery Dance, a New York City dance company, to create a pair of performances with students from Poughkeepsie High School.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center—with leadership from John P. Murphy, The Philip and Lynn Straus Curator of Prints and Drawings, and collaboration with Kelly Reynolds, Head Registrar for Collections and Exhibitions—secured a grant from the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation to support the conservation of a 17th century Japanese byōbu screen. The six-panel tiger screen was painted by Unkoku Toeki.
Elizabeth Cannon, Director of Community-Engaged-Learning, in collaboration with Celebrating the African Spirit and Revive College Hill Park Coalition, secured a Civic Imagination Partnership Grant from Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE). This grant will support Frederick Douglass Day, an event which continues the tradition of honoring abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
In support of Vassar’s Fearlessly Consequential campaign, the Dyson Foundation (Millbrook, NY) awarded a grant of $5,000,000 toward the modernization of Vassar’s Sport & Recreation Center. Dyson Foundation funds will support construction of the Sport & Recreation Center’s natatorium, featuring a new pool to accommodate competitive short- and long-course swimming, diving, and recreational swimming, as well as use by local schools and community organizations.
