U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand To Deliver Commencement Address
United States Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, from New York, will deliver the address at the 149th Vassar College Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 26, 2013. The program will begin at the campus Outdoor Amphitheater at 10:00am. Gillibrand will be the first U.S. senator to give the commencement address, joining Franklin Roosevelt among the noted politicians who have been commencement speaker. Read More …
Professors Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Professor of Art Harry Roseman and Visiting Associate Professor of English David Means are among the 175 scholars, artists and scientists from the United States and Canada newly selected by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for its highly sought-after fellowships, which assist research and artistic creation. Read More …
Anne Pike-Tay, Professor of Anthropology, Delivers Spring Convocation Address
This year, anthropology professor Anne Pike-Tay delivered the address “There and Back Again: A Professor’s Tale," detailing the circuitous path to her profession, Kenneth Miles ’07 presented 2013 class banner, and the gavel was passed to the incoming VSA president Deborah Steinberg ’14. Read More …
Novelist, Former Prosecutor Linda Fairstein Speaks
Linda Fairstein ’69, former sex crimes prosecutor and the author of a series of award-winning crime novels, reflected on her work in a campus talk this April. Read More …
