Van Jones Delivers Address at 155th Commencement CNN host and criminal justice advocate Van Jones delivered the Commencement address on May 26 at Vassar’s 155th graduation ceremony. Feature Article Read article
Davidson College (NC) names Philip Jefferson ’83 Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. In The Media Read article
AAVC Board Candidates Selected In anticipation of the Annual Meeting of the AAVC at Reunion, the Nominating and Governance Committee is pleased to present this slate of candidates for election to the AAVC Board by the alumnae/i body on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Announcement
Vassar Student and Recent Grad Benefit from Vassar/Law School Partnership Parker Zimmerman ’19 and Emily McDaniels ’18 are the first Vassar student and recent grad to take advantage of a partnership between Vassar and Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law that ensured a generous scholarship as well as mentoring services by law school professors and administrators, some of whom are Vassar grads themselves. Feature Article Read article
The Iconic Shakespeare Garden Gets a Makeover More than 100 years since it was built, Vassar’s Shakespeare Garden is getting a much-needed refresher. The work is being spearheaded by renowned landscape architect Ed Hollander ’76 and funded by a member of the class of 1969. Feature Article Read article
Vassar Conference Draws Scholarly Examinations on Topic of “Passing” “Quiet as It’s Kept: Passing Subjects, Contested Identities,” a scholarly conference on “passing,” held April 5-7 on the Vassar College campus, advanced the dialog about racial, ethnic, and gender identity in substantial ways. Feature Article Read article
What Can You Do with a Liberal Arts Degree? What can you do with a liberal arts education? At the new career program Major Palooza, mentors in a wide array of fields showed that the outcomes are unlimited. Feature Article Read article
Cracking the Codes: Vassar Alumnae Deciphered WWII Enemy Communications They were recruited from women’s colleges like Vassar, from Maine to California, to work on a project so secret, most didn’t speak about it until 50 years after the fact. They were the women who helped win WWII—breaking enemy codes for the U.S. Army and Navy. Feature Article Read article
Sports Roundup - February 2019 A roundup of Vassar athletics in action over the course of February 2018. Feature Article
Spirit of Vassar Awardee: Civil Rights Icon Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 AAVC Spirit of Vassar Awardee Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, warns of threats to democracy. Feature Article Read article
