Happy Birthday, Vassar! (The All-College Sesquicentennial Celebration)
An all-campus celebration of the Sesquicentennial will kick off on February 3, approximately two weeks – and 150 years – after Vassar’s charter! The event will feature a staged reading by student actors of Vassar Voices, a new theatrical work that looks back on the College’s first 150 years through the voices of those who lived them; music by members of Vassar choral groups;Vassar: A Sentimental Journey, a video created especially in honor of the occasion; and remarks by President Hill and Professor of Art Susan Kuretsky ’63, co-chair of the Sesquicentennial Committee. The program will be presented twice—at 5:30 p.m. and again at 8:00 p.m. at the Martel Recital Hall in Skinner Hall. Read More …
Vassar’s Organist Extraordinaire
On February 6 in New York City, Gail Archer – the official concert organist for Vassar College and the director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University – kicks off a Franz Liszt-centered concert series in honor of the composer’s bicentennial. The free concerts coincide with the release of her latest CD, Franz Liszt, A Hungarian Rhapsody. Read More …
The Quest for the Catskill 35
Two Vassar Outing Club leaders – Nathaniel Gorlin-Crenshaw ’13 and Steve Platz ’12 – are on a quest to become Catskills “35ers,” a title bestowed upon those who climb all 35 of the Catskill Mountains that exceed 3,500 feet in elevation. In a requirement unique among such lists, the Catskill 3500 Club standards mandate that four particular mountains (Slide, Blackhead, Panther and Balsam) must be climbed a second time during winter (resulting in a total of 39 summits). Read More …
Hall to the Chief
When Washington DC’s new mayor, Vince Gray, wanted an accomplished, high-level leader to head up his office, he named alumna Gerri Mason Hall ’81 his chief of staff. She’ll play an integral role in executing Gray’s “One City” vision, providing “leadership, strategic direction and policy guidance,” according to the Executive Office of the Mayor. Read More …
