For nearly 40 years, Vassar has had a College Historian to help research and document our institutional history—the most recent being Colton Johnson, Professor Emeritus of English and former Dean of Studies and Dean of the College. As Ronald Patkus, Adjunct Associate Professor of History on the Frederick Weyerhaeuser Chair and Associate Director of the Libraries for Special Collections assumes the role, he promises to take an unflinching look at Vassar’s past.
Lauding the success of a five-year experiment known as the Engaged Pluralism Initiative, President Elizabeth H. Bradley has announced the program will continue as an integral part of the campus culture.
Amanda Potter has joined the staff at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center as Assistant Director of Learning and Community Engagement, ramping up the museum’s community outreach efforts.
Led by the Black Students’ Union, members of the Vassar community gathered on a chilly April afternoon to dedicate the Garden to Celebrate Black Lives on the Vassar campus.
The 2022-2024 Vassar College Accessibility Plan contains a blueprint for addressing barriers to access encountered by those who live and work on the campus as well as outside visitors.
Workshops on “Undoing Racism” spawned the formation of AREJ (Anti-Racism, Equity and Justice), an organization that spurs dialog on race on the campus and in the surrounding community.
