Vassar’s Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center, in collaboration with Affinity Engagement, recently hosted Reunite & Restore, a two-day campus gathering focused on well-being and connection. The event, held April 10–11, encouraged alums, students, employees, and the larger Vassar community to take a moment to nourish their minds and bodies.
Elizabeth Bishop’s Postcards began as a 2023 exhibition at Vassar’s Library, traveling to Key West last year and now in Paris, where Bishop journeyed shortly after graduating from Vassar. Some of the postcards are available to view online.
Four Vassar students took a deep dive into Mexico’s history and culture in a six-week, intensive course last fall taught by Colleen Ballerino Cohen, Professor of Anthropology and Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies and Chair of Anthropology. During Winter Break, students augmented what they had learned by taking a nine-day excursion to Mexican cities, towns, and villages, sampling the country’s rich culinary tradition and visiting museums, artists, and craftsmen.
Alum Laura Graceffa ’87 and retired professor Mark Schlessman bring Vassar’s Arboretum to life through popular campus tours, connecting generations of students and families to its rich history and traditions. Their decades of stewardship, culminating in a new endowment, aim to preserve the Arboretum and its class tree tradition for future students.
Vassar celebrated the dedication of The Dede Thompson Bartlett Center for Admission and Career Education on March 28, hailing the state-of-the-art building as a symbol of Vassar’s commitment to its students from admission to graduation and beyond.
Throughout the year–and especially during Women’s History Month–Vassar honors the achievements of women alums and faculty members who have made a difference in the world.
Fanuele, who majored in Victorian studies at Vassar, is known for some of America’s most meme-worthy ad campaigns, including “The Most Interesting Man in the World” for Dos Equis and Arby’s “We Have The Meats.”
