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A celebratory group picture with a wall honoring the Hall of Fame inductees in the background.

Vassar Honors Inaugural Round of Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees

Ten individuals and three teams spanning 150 years of Vassar athletics history were inducted into the College’s first Athletics Hall of Fame class in ceremonies at the Athletics and Fitness Center during Reunion Weekend.

AAVC Selects Five to Honor in 2025 for Achievement and Service

The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) has selected four alums and one administrator as recipients of its 2025 annual awards. Find out who they are.

Rising Senior Earns Scholarship Gold

In a profoundly challenging time for higher-education funding characterized by federal retrenchment and disappearing grants, Mae Buck ’26 has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship worth $35,000.

Honoring Barbara Dixon ’69 Through Career Education

Barbara Dixon ’69 (née Saslaw) led a remarkable life, excelling as a pioneering force in the finance industry before transitioning to environmental advocacy, where she championed landscape preservation and sustainability. In her honor, her husband, Christopher Dixon, has made a transformative gift to Vassar, supporting the Center for Career Education (CCE) and The Bartlett Center to empower students and alums in their career journeys.

In the Media

The Poughkeepsie Journal mentioned both The Heartwood and Vassar College after Poughkeepsie was named among one of the best cities in the US, calling it “small but mighty.”

Assistant Professor of English Pasquale Toscano wrote an op-ed for Dayton Daily News about his experience as an educator, and how he uses literature as a vehicle for approaching polarizing topics with his students.

Hannah Bos ’00 and Paul Thureen ’00, co-creators of the HBO series Somebody Somewhere, were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.

Leah Goodridge ’04 wrote a piece for The Guardian about the proposed rent freezes by Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s Democratic nominee for mayor, as well as her experience on the New York rent board.

Creator of Blumhouse Productions, Jason Blum ’91, was recently interviewed for Inc., discussing his successful career as a horror movie producer.