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

Vassar Adopts New 2020 Climate Action Plan

In October 2019, Vassar’s Board of Trustees endorsed an aggressive, $13-million energy efficiency project that set the College on course to become carbon-neutral by 2030. One year later, the Climate Action and Sustainability Committee (CASC) ratified a series of initiatives that will move the College closer to that goal. Read More …

President Bradley and Panel Examine Higher Education in the Era of Pandemic

Guests discussed the lessons colleges and universities have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and the pandemic’s implications for the future of higher education globally. Read More …

Vassar Brings Evocative Quilt Project to Poughkeepsie

The Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education and the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center have brought to Poughkeepsie an evocative quilt that pays homage to those in the custody of ICE. Read More …

AAVC Honors “Outstanding Faculty” Member Robert Pounder

Congratulations to Robert Pounder, Special Assistant to the President and Professor Emeritus of Classics, who received the 2020 AAVC Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award in October. Read More …

November 2020


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