This is Vassar: The newsletter for Vassar College Alumnae/i and Families

Introducing the Class of 2012!

Vassar’s newest students arrived on campus on Wednesday, August 27. They were greeted by upperclassmen who helped locate dorm rooms, lug suitcases, and ease parents’ separation anxieties. Read More …

Vassar Receives $1.5 Million Grant for Science Education

In May, Vassar was awarded a 1.5 million dollar grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to support science education. Read More …

Summer Filmmaking Workshop

The Summer Filmmaking Workshop was started by Professor James Steerman “because in those days,” he says, “we couldn’t really accommodate all Vassar students who wanted to study filmmaking in the winter.” Read More …

Environmental Studies: The Freshman Common Reading

The common reading for the class of 2012 is Elizabeth Kolbert’s book Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. Read More …

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