Alums

The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) has selected five alums to honor for their impact on the College, their communities, and the larger world. Two of these awards were given at Reunion 2023 in early June. The other three will be presented in the coming academic year.

Three members of the board of trustees who are retiring this year were honored for their combined 15 years of service to the College at a dinner during Commencement weekend.

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.