These inaugural 2024–2025 Signature Programs highlighted the great work Vassar faculty and others on campus do in a way that engaged a broader audience. Through the Institute, Vassar aims to play a critical convening role in continuing to elevate ideas, perspectives, and ways of working and living that model how our world can become a more just, humane, and democratic place.
2024–2025 Signature Programs
EcoVisions: Finding Your Place in Environmentalism
November 14–16, 2024
Promoting Partnerships to Advance Educational Justice in Poughkeepsie
January 24–25, 2025
The Entrepreneurial Mind and the Liberal Arts
March 11–12, 2025
Belonging and Beyond: Using Future Histories to Reimagine Teaching and Learning
March 27–29, 2025
Transgressing Borders: Reimagining Education and the Role of Learning in Community
April 18–19, 2025
Soundscapes and the Anthropocene
May 10, 2025

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