Stories

Feb. 24, 2017

Andrew Willett ’17 worked with Dr. Warren Mansell, a leading Perceptual Control Theory researcher at Manchester University, on a study that showed how inept we are at gauging other people’s intentions.

Feb. 10, 2017

Clare McClellan ’18, an environmental studies major from Portland, OR, spent the fall semester of her junior year aboard the SSV Robert C. Seamons sailing from Samoa to New Zealand to study climate change in the South Pacific.

Feb. 6, 2017

Several hundred people marched in downtown Poughkeepsie Feb. 1 in support of refugees, immigrants, and other vulnerable people, chanting, “No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here.” About 100 Vassar students took part in the rally on the steps of the Poughkeepsie Post Office.

Jan. 20, 2017

Every year, the Office of International Services and the Vassar International Students Association cohost one of the most vibrant events of the fall semester—Kaleidoscope.   A celebration of Vassar’s cultural diversity, Kaleidoscope features international cuisine, a dessert contest, a flag ceremony, and a talent show.

Dec. 20, 2016

Transitions, a program for first generation, low income, and/or undocumented students at Vassar, begins with a six-day pre-orientation experience and continues throughout the students’ Vassar careers with an ongoing peer mentoring program.

Dec. 15, 2016

Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful storm to make landfall in Haiti in decades, left an estimated 1.4 million people in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Three Vassar student organizations—the Haiti Project, the Caribbean Students Alliance, and Jewett House—collaborated on a traditional Caribbean Christmas dinner to raise money for the relief effort.

Nov. 17, 2016

Start with some flour, sugar, salt, eggs, yeast, vegetable oil and water. Add cheese or chives, garlic or cinnamon, apples or raspberries, or maybe some marshmallows or chocolate chips. Stir in a healthy serving of social consciousness, and what have you got? Vassar’s chapter of Challah for Hunger, a nationwide student group that’s been baking to fight poverty for more than a decade.

Feb. 15, 2016

Siennah Yang ’18 founded a local chapter of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine to deliver surplus food from restaurants to organizations that feed the hungry.

Nov. 20, 2015

In crafting a course of study, Vassar students choose from approximately 800 unique courses in fields ranging from Africana studies to film theory to urban studies. Which courses are considered a “must-take”? Vassar students share their favorites.

Sep. 16, 2014

With a grant from Vassar’s June Ross Marks Travel Fund, Imrul Islam ’17 traveled to coastal villages of his native Bangladesh to learn more about the lives of fishermen and to tell their stories through photographs.

Jun. 5, 2014

Kudos to Elena Gaby, Martin Couch, Ashlei Hardenburg, and Kelly Nguyen for Best Student Documentary at the Cannes Emerging Filmmaker Showcase!