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

Sophomore Career Connections Program Focuses on the “New Future of Work”

This year, Sophomore Career Connections went virtual for the first time. One hundred alumnae/i and parent mentors rose to the occasion to support more than 250 sophomores over a week-long series of programs. The keynote was delivered by Steve Hatfield ’88, Principal and Global Future of Work Leader at Deloitte, pictured. Read More …

Slavery in the Hudson Valley? Introducing the Hidden History series

Vassar’s new video series examines aspects of U.S. history that are largely unknown. The first video in the series reveals the little-known fact that slavery existed not just in the South, but that it stretched north to the Hudson Valley and beyond. Read More …

Connecting the Classroom to Climate Action

Students in Professor of Geography Mary Ann Cunningham’s introductory Environmental Studies class used government and industry databases to compute annual carbon emissions in five local municipalities. Read More …

AAVC Spotlight: Petero Sabune ’77

Throughout a wide-ranging career in the Episcopal priesthood, Rev. Canon Petero Sabune has tackled issues from the acceptance of women priests in Africa to the food insecurity of his neighbors in Mount Vernon, NY. Read More …

February 2021


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