Vassar College’s campus was “ringing” with sounds of cheers and bells as hundreds of alums converged at the Hudson Valley school for the launch of the College’s $500 million, five-year capital campaign.
Brenda Feigen ’66, a co-founder with Gloria Steinem of Ms. magazine, will be the featured speaker at an event on the Vassar College campus on September 29.
Vassar College has joined 32 peer colleges and universities in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Harvard University and the University of North Carolina in affirmation of 40 years of legal precedent in allowing the consideration of race and ethnicity as one of many factors in admission.
Award-winning producer Jason Blum ’91, CEO and Founder of Blumhouse, responsible for such films as Whiplash, Get Out and BlacKkKlansman, will donate $10 million to Vassar College, President Elizabeth Bradley announced.
Award-winning writer-actor-producer John Leguizamo regaled the 635 members of the class of ’22 with humor, passion, and practical advice at Vassar College’s 158th Commencement exercises Sunday on the Town of Poughkeepsie campus.
A rally in 1908 supporting women’s suffrage, opposed by then–Vassar College President James Monroe Taylor, was commemorated at the College on May 7 with the presentation of a historic marker from the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites.
Vassar College is pleased to announce the return of the Powerhouse Theater Season. The annual summer season brings together some of today’s most influential theatrical voices and welcomes the next generation of theater artists as members of the renowned Powerhouse Theater Training Program.