Highlights from Commencement 2018
On Sunday, May 27, 586 students became alumnae/i after receiving their degrees at Vassar’s 154th Commencement. Guest speaker Heather McGhee, President of Demos, a nationally known public policy organization, encouraged students to celebrate their diversity to "enjoy the alchemy that's created when people of different backgrounds join together to make a place better—more welcoming, more fair, more human—than they found it." Read More …
Time-Out Award Winner Pam Weiant '92 to Create Mobile Teaching Labs
Pam Weiant ’92 is the latest recipient of Vassar’s Time-Out Grant, which will enable her to pursue her dream of educating children about the exciting science behind environmental conservation, through the use of mobile laboratories. Read More …
Tipping Our Hat to Matthew Vassar: Celebrating Founder's Day
This year’s Founder’s Day included great music, carnival rides, and food—and beautiful weather. A must-attend event for students and many alumnae/i, this year’s celebration was preceded by a successful Founder’s Giving Day, which saw 3,229 donors give $693,803. Read More …
Former Prosecutor Linda Fairstein ’69 and Producer Robert Friedman ’78 Present True-Crime Show
Before becoming a best-selling author, Linda Fairstein ’69 was in charge of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Special Victims Unit. Now she’s delving into some of the most famous cases her unit investigated and prosecuted for her true-crime show, The Real SVU, which aired on Lifetime. Read More …
