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

Vassar’s Efforts to Help Haiti

In the wake of the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, many organizations and student groups within the Vassar community have initiated relief efforts on campus and beyond. “Vassar’s connections with the country, particularly through the Vassar Haiti Project, are numerous, deep, and personal,” noted President Catharine Bond Hill in an all-campus email on January 15. Read More …

Basketball Standout Reaches Career Milestone

With 7:29 remaining in a women’s basketball matchup between Vassar College and visiting Brooklyn College last December, Vassar senior captain Emily Haeuser drained a hook shot in the lane, drawing a foul in the process. Read More …

A Selection of February Speakers

This year’s Alex Krieger ’95 Memorial Lecture will bring author and award-winning New York Times columnist Frank Rich, pictured, to Vassar on February 9. The annual lecture series invites outstanding American writers and humorists to Vassar. Read More …

Alumnae/i W. K. Rose Fellows to Present at Modfest 2010

On Sunday, February 7 at 3 p.m. in the Villard Room, a combined concert, reading, discussion, and presentation will spotlight past winners of the W.K. Rose Fellowship, annually awarded to a Vassar graduate in the creative arts. Read More …

February 2010


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