Commencement 2014
Physicist Sau Lan Wu ’63 will deliver the address at Vassar’s 150th Commencement on May 25. Wu is a member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) team that, in 2012, discovered the Higgs boson—popularly known as the “God particle”—which is considered to be the missing link in explaining how matter attains mass. Read More …
Spring Convocation
House of Cards cast member Sakina Jaffrey ’84, VSA President Deborah Steinberg ’14, and Professor of English Patricia Wallace brought inspiration and a good dose of humor to Spring Convocation 2014. As seniors begin their final trek toward graduation, Jaffrey reminded them to “address the world directly, address it honestly.” Read More …
Board Nominations are Online
AAVC Board members are nominated by the AAVC Nominating Committee and will be elected by the alumnae/i body on Saturday, June 14 during Reunion. View the board nominees and their bios. Read More …
Author Receives Time-Out
Martha Elliott ’73 began working on her first novel 15 years ago, but life got in the way. She now has a chance to finish it, thanks to the 2014 Time-Out Grant. The teacher, journalist, and non-fiction author will leave the West Coast and move to her cottage in Maine for the next year to complete her book. Read More …
