This grant award will support the continuing project of invasive species monitoring, assessment, and control this summer on Vassar’s Ecological Preserve, as well as at collaborator's sites.
The Infant Toddler Center at Vassar has been awarded the workforce retention grant this year with bonuses targeted at retraining, rewarding, and recruiting early childhood professionals.
This grant will support Vassar Athletics' commitment to providing more opportunities for women and ethnic minorities in Division III athletics leadership positions.
Elizabeth Cannon, Director of Community-Engaged-Learning, in collaboration with Celebrating the African Spirit and Revive College Hill Park Coalition, secured a Civic Imagination Partnership Grant from Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE). This grant will support the Frederick Douglass Day Celebration, a true community event that brings together organizations across the City of Poughkeepsie to focus on racial healing, anti-racism, and coalition-building.
Max VanDyck ’23 used his knowledge of biochemistry to help a team of scientists unlock some secrets about some spiders who are very good at catching moths.
Students and faculty at Vassar and other local colleges have begun training on Vassar’s new $1-million confocal microscope, acquired with a grant from the National Science Foundation.
The Environmental Cooperative received grant funding from New City Parks to implement outdoor education programs in two local parks. Expanding on current partnerships with the City of Poughkeepsie School District and community organizations, the Cooperative will host field trips for elementary students at Malcolm X Park and Pershing Avenue Park.
For the 2023–2024 academic year, Vassar has ten Davis United World College Scholars—the most of any academic year in the past decade. The Program provides scholarship funding to financial aid-eligible Davis United World College Scholars.
According to recent studies, four-year colleges in the United States graduate about half of their students in six years. But some institutions, including some that lack the resources of more prestigious colleges and universities, achieve much higher-than-expected results.
