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

Local Dyson Foundation Awards $600,000 Grant

The Dyson Foundation has awarded Vassar College a grant of $600,000 towards Vassar’s new Exploring College Project (EC). This program focuses on preparing students from low-income and high-academic achievement backgrounds for admission and success in college. Read More …

Iraq Veteran John McCary ’98 Speaks on Campus

On December 11, Vassar’s International Studies Program invited Sgt. John McCary ’98 to campus to discuss his experience as an intelligence officer in the Iraq War in a lecture titled “A Warrior’s Tale: To Iraq, Back and Beyond.” Read More …

Women’s Squash Wins Liberty League Championship

On the weekend of November 22-23, the Women’s squash team defeated Hobart-William Smith and St. Lawrence for the Liberty League Squash Championship title. Read More …

Vassar’s Farm Project Supplies Campus

Vassar’s Campus Dining has made a concerted effort in recent years to serve organic and local foods to students, but this year they’re going very local — right across the street, in fact. Read More …

January 2009


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