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Vassar Athletics Announces Hall of Fame; Accepting Nominations for Inaugural Class

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HBO’s Sieu Nguyen ’17

Sieu Nguyen ’17 talks about his job as a writer/producer of promotional materials for HBO and the role Vassar has played in his success.

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Vassar Awards Grants for Six Signature Programs to be Held at the New Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts

The Institute for the Liberal Arts at Vassar, scheduled to open in the fall, will host a series of symposiums during the 2024–25 academic year that address multifaceted issues of local, national, and global concern, College officials announced this week.

Vassar Selected for NCAA Division III Strategic Alliance Matching Grant

This grant will support Vassar Athletics' commitment to providing more opportunities for women and ethnic minorities in Division III athletics leadership positions.

Keri VanCamp, Director of the Field Station and Ecological Preserve, and Her Collaborators Receive a Grant from the Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (LH-PRISM)

This grant award will support the continuing project of invasive species monitoring, assessment, and control this summer on Vassar’s Ecological Preserve, as well as at collaborator's sites.

Wimpfheimer Nursery School and Toddler Center Receives a NYS Workforce Retention Grant

The Infant Toddler Center at Vassar has been awarded the workforce retention grant this year with bonuses targeted at retraining, rewarding, and recruiting early childhood professionals.

Photo collage of people speaking before a crowd with text that reads: what do you want the world to know? Frederick Douglass Day, Saturday, July 27, 2024, noon to 2:00, College Hill.

The Office of Community-Engaged Learning (OCEL) Receives Second Civic Imagination Grant in Collaboration with Celebrating The African Spirit and Revive College Hill Park Coalition

Elizabeth Cannon, Director of Community-Engaged-Learning, in collaboration with Celebrating the African Spirit and Revive College Hill Park Coalition, secured a Civic Imagination Partnership Grant from Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE). This grant will support the Frederick Douglass Day Celebration, a true community event that brings together organizations across the City of Poughkeepsie to focus on racial healing, anti-racism, and coalition-building.

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Embracing Every Chapter: Music, Politics, and Children’s Literature, Alice Belgray ʼ59

Alice Belgray ’59 sings in The Brearley Singers Choir, as she has for the last 28 years, and is a part of the Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education.

New Alum Earns Top Author Honors for Vassar Undergrad Research on Spiders

Max VanDyck ’23 used his knowledge of biochemistry to help a team of scientists unlock some secrets about some spiders who are very good at catching moths.