Features - Office of Alumnae/i Affairs & Development (OAAD)

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

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.

Feature Article Posted 2/15/2021 Read article

On Mattering Discussion Series Focuses on Racial Disparities in an “Unjust Ecosystem”

A new discussion series initiated by the African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) is bringing Vassar expertise to bear on specific areas of racial injustice in the United States.

Feature Article Posted 2/8/2021 Read article

AAVC Spotlight: Petero Sabune ’77

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.

Feature Article Posted 2/8/2021 Read article

A Conversation on Women’s Rights: Present and Future

Los Angeles attorney and film producer Brenda Feigen ’66 and Helen Pankhurst, OBE, a former Vassar College Clark Scholar and women’s rights activist, took part in “Reflections on Women’s Rights Present and Future,” an online panel discussion hosted by Vassar’s Office of Regional and International Programs on December 6, 2020.

Feature Article Posted 1/14/2021 Read article

AAVC Spotlight: Barbara Barlow ’60

Dr. Barbara Barlow ’60, an award-winning pediatric surgeon, has worked tirelessly to prevent traumatic injury to children throughout her long and distinguished career.

Feature Article Posted 1/13/2021 Read article

Former Journalist Sue Buyer ’47 Finds New Calling, Publishing Her First Novel at 92

Sue Buyer ’47 found there were limited opportunities for women journalists in the 1950s. Decades later, she found a different calling, publishing her first novel at age 92.

Feature Article Posted 1/7/2021 Read article

In the Media - In the Media - September 2020

A roundup of Vassar and its alumnae/i, faculty members, students, administrators, and staff in the news for September 2020.

Feature Article Posted 12/31/1969

In the Media - August 2020 Roundup

A roundup of Vassar and its alumnae/i, faculty members, students, administrators, and staff in the news for August 2020.

Feature Article Posted 12/31/1969

In the Media - July 2020 Roundup

A roundup of Vassar and its alumnae/i, faculty members, students, administrators, and staff in the news for July 2020.

Feature Article Posted 7/30/2020

In the Media - June 2020 Roundup

A roundup of Vassar and its alumnae/i, faculty members, students, administrators, and staff in the news for June 2020.

Feature Article Posted 6/30/2020