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

Campus Community Returns for Fall Semester, Safety Top of Mind

More than 2,100 students embarked upon Fall Semester amid safety protocols that include masking, distancing, outdoor classrooms, and a hybrid of online and in-person learning. “We Precedes Me,” emphasizing community responsibility, is the rallying cry for keeping the community safe. Photo by Karl Rabe. Read More …

Fall 2020 Convocation Highlights

Professor of Sociology Eileen Leonard, pictured, delivered the Convocation address “Crime and Inequality: A Social Justice Perspective,” Olaf Carlson-Wee ’12 received the AAVC Young Alumnae/i Achievement Award, and more. Watch the ceremony. Read More …

Students Recruit Poll Workers for November Elections

Gabryelle Kolk ’22 and other Vassar students have joined a nationwide initiative to recruit younger people to work the polls—a job typically done by people over 60, a population vulnerable to the coronavirus. Read More …

Campus Emergency Responders Become Contact Tracers in Fight Against COVID-19

Members of the Vassar College Emergency Medical Services (VCEMS) are helping to curtail the spread of COVID-19 by joining the contact tracing team run by local health officials. Read More …

September 2020


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