Matthew Vassar emphasized the importance of athletics and physical education when he founded the college, and its students, coaches and administrators have followed his lead ever since.
When Cristina Lopez ’20 was in elementary school in suburban Baltimore, her mother founded a recreational field hockey program. Lopez loved soccer, but she was something less than enthusiastic about playing field hockey. “Mom played when she was at Middlebury College, and she kind of dragged me to practices in the new league she started,” Lopez recalled.
Professor of Physics Cindy Schwarz and Assistant Professor of Physics Juan Merlo-Ramirez are working on various initiatives, including writing children’s books in English and Spanish, to inspire Latinx children to learn about science.
The third annual Brewers Fund Challenge, Brew3D, begins at 9:00 am February 27, with some new twists that include a three-division system for team competition and prizes for the most creative team videos.
The Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education hosted a series of events on the Vassar campus this fall focusing on the impact of barriers, both physical and psychological, on people coping with forced migration and family separation.
Fourteen first-year students got a jump on their college careers this summer as members of the Summer Immersion in the Liberal Arts program sponsored by Vassar’s Engaged Pluralism Initiative (EPI). The young men and women, many of whom are the first in their families to attend college, spent four weeks on campus taking specially designed, credit-bearing courses, learning about resources the college offers, and taking part in service-based learning in the Poughkeepsie area.
Vassar College has forged a partnership with Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health that will enable Vassar students to earn a master’s degree in public health a year after they graduate from Vassar.
During Vassar’s Fall Convocation ceremony, Lisa Collins, Professor of Art on the Sarah Gibson Blanding Chair and Professor of American and Africana Studies, gave the Convocation Address, and the Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College bestowed awards upon six distinguished alumnae/i.
