Arianna Huffington to Deliver Commencement Address
Media icon Arianna Huffington will deliver the address at the 151st Vassar College Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 31. Huffington, who is the chair, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, is a “trailblazer in the realm of online news,” says President Catharine Bond Hill. Read More …
Vassar Awarded $1 Million for Efforts to Enroll Low-Income Students
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded Vassar its inaugural $1 million Cooke Prize for Equity in Educational Excellence for the college’s commitment to attracting and graduating low-income students. It's the nation's largest award that recognizes a college's pledge toward an economically diverse campus. Read More …
New Director Named for Jewish Student Life
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin has been selected to be the new Rose and Irving Rachlin Director for Jewish Student Life, responsible for religious, spiritual, and cultural leadership of Jewish student life at the college. Chaplin will also serve as the Assistant Director for the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. Read More …
Tickets on Sale for U.S. At Home in the World Performances
This June, a cultural collaboration among performing artists from Japan, Uganda, and Vassar College, will perform at the college, in New York City, and in Washington, D.C. Titled At Home in the World, the productions will be directed by London-based John Caird, Tony Award award-winning director of Les Misérables and Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway. Read More …
