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

Bad Feminist Author Roxane Gay Discusses 2018 Common Reading

As the 2018 William A. Starr Distinguished Lecturer, renowned essayist and cultural critic Roxane Gay recently discussed her New York Times best-selling book Bad Feminist—chosen as the common reading for Vassar’s incoming class of 2022. Read More …

Journalist Panel Discusses the Fourth Estate

Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Bernstein P’00, pictured, CBS News Correspondent Chip Reid ’77, Atlantic magazine writer Natasha Bertrand ’14, and former Washington Post editor Peter Osnos discussed the future of the Fourth Estate at a New York City event that acknowledged some of Vassar’s most faithful donors. Read More …

Women’s Rugby Wins National Championship

Vassar’s Women’s Rugby team was crowned champion in the USA Rugby Division II Nationals after defeating defending champ Winona State University in Charlotte, NC, on December 2. It was the team’s first national championship! Read More …

Vassar and Long-Forgotten “Sister School” Rekindle Ties

Nearly a century after Vassar students and alumnae raised money for Tokyo Women’s Christian University, the two schools rekindled their bonds. Pictured: TWCU President Kazu-hiro Mori. Read More …

December 2018


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