Alums

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From Classroom to Careers

Students got advice and support from alum and parent mentors in a variety of fields to jump-start plans for their post-Vassar lives during Vassar’s Sophomore Career Connections, a three-day event hosted by the offices of Career Education and Advancement.

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Ethan Slater Comes Back to Vassar

While on campus to receive the AAVC’s Young Alum Achievement Award, Ethan Slater ’14, who portrayed the lead in SpongeBob SquarePants and Boq in Wicked, talked to students and others in the Vassar community about his career as a performer.

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Vassar Women Founders Redefine Entrepreneurship—“It’s a Mindset,” They Say

Three women founders—all alums—redefine entrepreneurship as a mindset. Learn their secrets to questioning conventional wisdom, cultivating fearlessness, and navigating the path to success.

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Winton Evans Bridge Dedicated, Celebrating Family Legacy and Lifelong Love of Music

Vassar renamed the Winton Evans Bridge for Laboratory Sciences on October 18, 2025, honoring Rowland W. Evans ’75 for his $28 million gift, and recognizing his family’s legacy at the College.

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Peace Corps Volunteer Claire Basler-Chang ’22 Broadens Her World View in Belize

As a Peace Corps Youth Development Coordinator, this former Brewers volleyball captain is helping elementary schoolers acquire life skills through sports while picking up some new abilities of her own.

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Home Base at Vassar: Veterans Gather at the Alumnae House

Veterans who are current students as well as alums recently took a tour of one of Vassar’s “hidden gems,” Alumnae House.

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This Thriller About a Nuclear Scare Raised Questions for State Dept. Historian James G. Wilson ’03

The release of the Netflix film A House of Dynamite, a thriller about the threat of nuclear war, has raised some disturbing questions. We asked James Graham Wilson ’03, Supervisory Historian in the Office of the Historian at the U.S. State Department, about past nuclear scares and how likely are they to happen again.

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Vassar’s Learning Forest—A Place to Explore Freely

Thanks to a generous donation from alum Anne Codey ’65, A niche in the Preserve at Vassar has been converted into a place to “play and learn” about nature.

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Empowering Students to Experience the World: June Ross Marks ’49

From the tennis courts behind Josselyn House, to far-flung corners of the globe, June Ross Marks ’49 has embraced a life of curiosity, determination, and generosity. Her Vassar experience opened doors she never imagined, doors she would later hold open for others through her loyal volunteer service to the College and the June Ross Marks ’49 Travel Fund.