Alums

Three years after a global pandemic interrupted their normal college experience, members of Vassar’s Class of 2023 were lauded for their remarkable resiliency at the College’s 159th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 21.

Drag artist extraordinaire Sasha Velour ’09, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 9, thrilled a packed Vassar audience with a rousing performance during a tour to promote her new memoir, The Big Reveal.

The documentary The Young Vote by Diane Robinson ’91, recently shown at Vassar, follows a group of students and activists to understand young people’s low voter turnout.

Vassar clubs from London to California took part in a wide range of conservation activities in observation of the second annual Vassar Serves event.

Shay Humphrey ’91 says she learned to think like a lawyer in one of her first classes at Vassar. Thirty-five years later, she’s returning to the College as its first general counsel.

Peace activist Jonathan Granoff ’70, who has devoted his professional life to warning of the dangers of nuclear proliferation, came to the Vassar campus to accept the 2023 Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) Distinguished Service Award.

As we observe Women’s History Month, we pay tribute to a few Vassar alums who have made significant achievements in the business and tech fields.

In observance of Women's History Month, we pay tribute to some Vassar alums who have made groundbreaking achievements in science.

The U.S. Department of State has cited Vassar College for its performance in producing Fulbright Scholars for the 2022–23 academic year.