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Cathy Bradford Takes the Helm of Vassar’s SEIU Chapter

Posted 3/31/2021

Cathy Bradford becomes the first woman and first person of color to assume the presidency of Vassar’s chapter of the Service Employees International Union.

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Poughkeepsie-born green energy pioneer Jessica O. Matthews to speak at Commencement

Posted 3/25/2021

In a matter of months, the class of 2021, a student body literally plagued by uncertainty, will set out for adulthood. One certainty, though, is that Poughkeepsie local and entrepreneur Jessica O. Matthews will deliver the 157th commencement address.

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Commencement 2021

Posted 3/24/2021

President Bradley announces details for Vassar’s 157th Commencement taking place on June 6, 2021.

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A Quest for Racial Justice: We Must Do More

Posted 3/24/2021

Vassar has long appreciated the richness that diversity engenders, and has often had deep involvement in movements for social change. But we are committed to doing more.

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Alumna, Professors Reflect on a Landmark Year for Women in Politics

Posted 3/16/2021

The election of Vice President Kamala Harris has significantly shifted the American political landscape, serving as an inspiration to the next generation of young women, especially young women of color.

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Margot Schinella ’06 Hits the Ground Running as Vassar’s New Director of Health Services

Posted 3/15/2021

Margot Schinella faced some unique challenges when she became Vassar’s new Director of Health Services last August in the midst of a global pandemic.

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AAVC Spotlight: Joseph Bertolozzi ’81

Posted 3/9/2021

This year, the alumnae/i association, AAVC, turns 150. Throughout 2021, the College will be celebrating this anniversary by highlighting a few of Vassar’s most notable alumnae/i in architecture, arts, business, education, entertainment, healthcare, humanitarian efforts, law, social justice, and technology.

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Recent Grad Wins Full Scholarship to Cambridge from Gates Foundation

Posted 3/8/2021

Alexa Mousley ’20 has won a full scholarship from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to pursue her PhD in neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.

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Future Dentist Honored with American Mathematical Society Scholarship

Posted 3/4/2021

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) recently awarded a $3,000 scholarship to Darling Lupe Garcia ’22, and the funds could not have arrived at a more opportune time.

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Vassar Announces Plans for Limited Off-Campus Travel, Including Athletic Competition

Posted 3/1/2021

Vassar College today announced that it will allow pre-approved supervised off-campus student travel, paving the way for its spring athletic teams to compete. The new guidelines will go into effect March 22.

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‘Mindful and Reflective Moments’ Podcast Ready to Debut

Posted 2/24/2021

Students and staff in four offices – Health Promotion and Education, Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices, Counseling Service, and Student Growth and Engagement – have launched a podcast series of guided meditations called “Mindful and Reflective Moments.”

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ALANA Keynote: Working Towards a More Inclusive Fashion Industry

Posted 2/23/2021

New York Magazine editor Lindsay Peoples Wagner delivered the ALANA Center’s annual Black History Month keynote address. She chronicled her campaign to make the beauty and fashion industry more inclusive.

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Returning Students Greeted by Campus Improvements

Posted 2/15/2021

While Vassar’s students were away from campus, the College seized the opportunity to make some upgrades and improvements that will make their lives safer and easier now that they’ve returned.

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Sophomore Career Connections Program Gets Students Ready to Thrive in the “New Future of Work”

Posted 2/15/2021

During the first-ever virtual Sophomore Career Connections program, 100 alumnae/i and parent mentors helped more than 250 second-year students gain insight into the networking process in general and specific fields of interest.

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AAVC Spotlight: Petero Sabune ’77

Posted 2/8/2021

Throughout a wide-ranging career in the Episcopal priesthood, Rev. Canon Petero Sabune ’77 has tackled issues as global as the acceptance of women priests in Africa and as local as the food insecurity of his neighbors in Mount Vernon, NY.

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Vassar Extends Test-Optional Policy for Two More Years

Posted 2/1/2021

Vassar College has extended its policy waiving its admission requirement that applicants submit SAT or ACT test scores, President Elizabeth Bradley announced. The pilot policy went into effect for the 2020-21 admission cycle and will continue for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 cycles.

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Visible Bodies: Representing Blackness Celebrates Black Visibility through Photography

Posted 1/28/2021

An illuminating exhibition currently on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center that uses the photography made by Black artists to illustrate the critical importance of being seen.

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Connecting the Classroom to Climate Action

Posted 1/25/2021

Students in Professor of Geography Mary Ann Cunningham’s introductory Environmental Studies class used government and industry databases to compute annual carbon emissions in five local municipalities.

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Modfest to Feature Online Performances, Panel Discussions, and More

Posted 1/19/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is preventing Vassar from staging Modfest, its annual celebration of the arts, in person, but the show will go on as a series of virtual events carrying the theme “Radical Imagination.”

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Vassar Students Gain Valuable Experience Helping Teachers

Posted 1/15/2021

Fifteen Vassar students took part in a collaborative teaching program that matched the students with teachers, most of them Vassar alumnae/i, at public schools throughout the country.

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Cathy Bradford Takes the Helm of Vassar’s SEIU Chapter

Poughkeepsie-born green energy pioneer Jessica O. Matthews to speak at Commencement

Commencement 2021

A Quest for Racial Justice: We Must Do More

Alumna, Professors Reflect on a Landmark Year for Women in Politics

Margot Schinella ’06 Hits the Ground Running as Vassar’s New Director of Health Services

AAVC Spotlight: Joseph Bertolozzi ’81

Recent Grad Wins Full Scholarship to Cambridge from Gates Foundation

Future Dentist Honored with American Mathematical Society Scholarship

Vassar Announces Plans for Limited Off-Campus Travel, Including Athletic Competition

‘Mindful and Reflective Moments’ Podcast Ready to Debut

ALANA Keynote: Working Towards a More Inclusive Fashion Industry

Returning Students Greeted by Campus Improvements

Sophomore Career Connections Program Gets Students Ready to Thrive in the “New Future of Work”

AAVC Spotlight: Petero Sabune ’77

Vassar Extends Test-Optional Policy for Two More Years

Visible Bodies: Representing Blackness Celebrates Black Visibility through Photography

Connecting the Classroom to Climate Action

Modfest to Feature Online Performances, Panel Discussions, and More

Vassar Students Gain Valuable Experience Helping Teachers