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

Veteran Posse Scholars to Enter This Fall

Eleven military veterans will enroll this fall, as members of Vassar’s Class of 2017, through a new partnership with the acclaimed Posse Foundation, which places students in supportive, multicultural teams or “posses” at top colleges and universities. Vassar will be the first college to participate in the pilot program. Even the White House has praised the collaboration! Read More …

February 28: Vassar Together!

After the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to picket the campus, hundreds of supporters in the Vassar community converged for A Campus Gathering: Celebrating and Questioning. See videos and photos of the Feb. 28 event. Read More …

Ilyse Hogue ’91 Appointed NARAL’s New President

Ilyse Hogue ’91 has just been appointed president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Read about her political awakening at Vassar, and the path to activism that led to her new leadership role. Read More …

Terroir: “Tasting” the Earth

In this multidisciplinary course, Thomas Parker introduces students to the very “French” concept of “terroir,” appreciating wine and food for the region in which it is grown. Read More …

March 2013


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