Upcoming Events
Students and faculty are invited to meet with the OCEL’s community partner organizations and explore possible partnerships through community-engaged opportunities, community-engaged intensives, and community-based research projects. We welcome students, staff, and faculty members to join us.
This event is open to the public.
Eduardo Navega, director
This event is open to the public.
This is an in-person event that will also be streamed live
This annual Advent service at the Vassar College Chapel features readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols, culminating in a candle lighting ceremony. Vassar College Choir, Chamber Singers, and Treble Chorus, and Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir will perform.
This event is open to the public.
Join us for free drop-in family programs on select Sundays this fall. Each date will feature different hands-on art activities inspired by art on view. Activities can be modified for all ages, but are best suited for children 5 and up.
Vassar students put on a performance of this English Baroque opera for this one-night-only free event. Directed by Anthony Orsi.
Professor Gaurav Mukherjee studies how constitutional law regulates positive rights—such as housing and education —and how these rights are reshaped when they collide with demands for accommodation by religious organizations and private entities.
This event is open to the public.
Jackie Gallant, the Director of Programs at the NYU MOTH Program, leads legal actions and programs which address major ecological challenges.
Open to the public.
Join us for an exciting live interview and award ceremony with actor, singer, and composer Ethan Slater ’14, who was named as the recipient of the Young Alum Achievement Award by the AAVC in 2024. Moderated by Chris Grabowski, Professor and Chair of Drama, and Shona Tucker, Professor of Drama on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 Chair.
The ticketed event is sold out, but you can still register to receive the livestream link.
The Vassar College men’s and women’s fencing teams are sponsoring their 12th annual blood drive with the New York Blood Center. Walk-ins are welcome.
Ongoing Events
Thursday, December 4 and Friday, December 5 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m.
Join us for the Pride and Prejudice Film Festival in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. The first screening is on Friday, November 7, 2025 from 7–9 p.m. See the full schedule. This event is free and open to the public.
The Office of Community Engaged Learning Toy Drive supports Daughters of Sarah, a rural ecumenical women's support network based in Upstate New York, by participating in their annual Toy Drive.
Mondays: 7:00–8:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Wednesdays: 5:00 p.m.
Featuring over sixty works added to the Loeb Art Center’s collection between 2020–2025, Chronostasia explores various ways artworks can alter our perception of time. To mark the exhibition’s opening, artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) speaks with Vassar’s Molly McGlennen and curator Alyx Raz ’16 about his work. Free and open to the public
MODfest 2026
This installation brings together work by the acclaimed potter Maria Martinez and multimedia artist Rose B. Simpson, whose sculpture “Seed” is the first new addition to Vassar’s campus art in nearly 20 years.
MODfest 2026