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Group of visitors gathered on a campus lawn around a statue during an outdoor tour, with large tree branches overhead.

Alum Laura Graceffa ’87 and retired professor Mark Schlessman bring Vassar’s Arboretum to life through popular campus tours, connecting generations of students and families to its rich history and traditions. Their decades of stewardship, culminating in a new endowment, aim to preserve the Arboretum and its class tree tradition for future students.