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Vassar’s New Director of Sustainability—Charting a Path to Our “Renewable” Future

Vassar’s new Sustainability Director, Kenneth Foster, is mapping multifaceted plans to guide the College toward its goal of carbon neutrality.

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Sharon Chang ’84, P’19 Appointed Chair of Vassar’s Board of Trustees

As she assumes her new role as Chair of Vassar’s Board of Trustees, Sharon Chang ’84 P’19 reflects on her 40-plus-year journey with the College she loves.

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Vassar Welcomes Talented Quartet of New Trustees to the Board

Vassar welcomed four new members to the College’s Board of Trustees this year.

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Countering Injustice

Vassar has made an ongoing effort to acknowledge the displacement of Native peoples from the land where the campus has been built and to build relationships with those Native nations today. The College recently hosted a visit by the Tribal Liaison from the Stockbridge-Munsee, whose ancestors were forcibly moved from the land.

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Fighting for Immigrant Rights on Social Media

Carlos Eduardo Espina ’20—an immigrant rights activist, nonprofit leader, and veteran with 10 million TikTok followers, just added one more accomplishment to his CV—he spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in August.

VEC Receives New Grant from United Way

John Bradley, Executive Director of the Vassar Education Collaboration (VEC), received a Community Fund Grant from United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region to support the Vassar English Language Learners Outreach Program (VELLOP)

Environmental Cooperative Receives Youth Development Grant

Jennifer Rubbo, Director of the Environmental Cooperative, received a NYS OCFS (Office of Children and Family Services) Youth Development Program Grant that will fund summer job opportunities for local youth to work alongside Vassar students and staff to implement the Exploring Science Program at the Vassar Preserve.

Lev Winickoff ’25 Receives 2024 Barnabas McHenry Award

Lev Winickoff ’25 received a 2024 Barnabas McHenry Award to create a video project in collaboration with members of the Stockbridge-Munsee band of Mohicans. The video will document a Munsee story told by an elder (in English) with contributions by children in the tribe (in Mohican) and incorporate paintings reflecting the natural beauty of the Hudson River Valley along with Munsee symbolism.

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Candice Lowe-Swift and Erendira Rueda Received an AALAC Award for “Beyond Inclusion and Belonging”

Candice Lowe-Swift, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and Erendira Rueda, Associate Professor of Sociology, received an Alliance to Advance Liberal Arts Colleges award for “Beyond Inclusion and Belonging: Telling Future Histories of Classrooms from 2050,” a multi-institution workshop animated by the question, “What more is needed, beyond current DEIB efforts, to make our colleges nurturing and supportive places to learn?”