All prizes listed in the course catalog every year are awarded at this time. Invitation only.
Chapel
Wine, cheese, lemonade and crackers will be served. But most importantly, a capella featuring the Axies, Devils, Matthew's Minstrels, Measure 4 Measure, Night Owls, Pemium Brew, and the Vastards.
Chapel, Lawn
The African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) will host its 19th annual Kente Cloth Ceremony. The featured alumnae/i speaker at the ceremony will be Dr. Claudia Thomas '71, America's first black female orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Thomas's autobiography, God Spare Life, chronicles her journeys and struggles along the way to and beyond this distinguished achievement (which included surviving a life-threatening illness, a natural disaster, and life as an activist and student at Vassar in the late 1960s, among many other things). Dr. Thomas is the recipient of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOD) 2008 Diversity Award. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Ely Hall, Aula
This is a ceremony for graduating Asian and Pacific Islander students to mark their transition from the world of Vassar to the world outside. 2:30-4:30pm. Alumnae House.
No location listed
Presented by the Music Department faculty.
Skinner Hall of Music, Martel Recital Hall
All seniors and faculty are invited to participate in the procession which will be led by the Kariamu dancers and drummers. This year's Baccalaureate keynote speaker will be Reverend, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, author of sixteen books, including his most recent, April 4th, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America.
Chapel
Semi-Formal for graduating seniors and their families.
Students' Building, Second Floor