The Office of Community-Engaged Learning and Vassar Education Collaboration have greatly strengthened the College’s relationship with the surrounding area.
Associate Professor of Education Kimberly Williams Brown, Vassar’s new Director of Engaged Pluralism, seeks to create a campus “that feels and looks inclusive to students, staff, administrators, and faculty.”
The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts, 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 hosted a formal groundbreaking ceremony on June 12 for the new Dede Bartlett Center for Admission and Career Education Center, currently under construction at the north end of the campus.
As part of Vassar’s Inclusive History Initiative, students in a Vassar Intensive presented research relating to the Rev. Howard Thurman, a religious and civil rights leader who gave more than a dozen sermons at the College between 1928 and 1957.
As SCC celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, more than 250 students got the inside scoop on 18 industry sectors, learning from 100+ alum and parent mentors.
President Elizabeth Bradley welcomed new Poughkeepsie Mayor Yvonne Flowers, Town Supervisor (and Vassar history professor on leave) Rebecca Edwards, and others to reflect on the Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a campus gathering.
