Event Calendar

3:00 pmIntramurals

28October

Tue

• Lecture Rockefeller Hall, 300, 5:00 pm
• Lecture by Kate Doyle of the National Security Archives. Co-sponsored by Latin American and Latino/a Studies and Political Science.

29October

Wed

• Intramurals Noyes Circle, 3:00 pm
• Lecture Sanders Hall, 212, 5:30 pm
• Dr. Vincent Harding is the guest speaker, sponsored by the Religion Department.
• Fall 2008 GRE Sessions Ely Hall, 114, 5:30 pm
• Practice session. Open to juniors and seniors only. Sponsored by the Learning and Teaching Center. GIS Lab, Ely 114. To register: email Karen Getter, Getter@vassar.edu.
• Gifford Lecture College Center, Villard Room, 6:00 pm
• George Saunders will be the speaker sponsored by the English Department.
• LFC: English Tongue Latin Soul College Center, 223, 6:00 pm

30October

Thu

• Philosophy Lecture Rockefeller Hall, 200, 5:30 pm

1November

Sat

• Walking Tour Calendar, 10:00 am
• Free 90-minute walking tours of the historic Vassar College campus will be led by Colton Johnson, Dean Emeritus of the College, on Saturday, November 1, at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., beginning at the front entrance to the college?s Main Building. Tours will explore the range of the 140-year-old campus, home to the work of such renowned architects as Francis R. Allen, Eero Saarinen, Marcel Breuer, and Cesar Pelli. Main Building is one of two Vassar structures on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the observatory built for the college's first faculty member, the preeminent astronomer Maria Mitchell. Highlights of the tour will also include the college's Thompson Memorial Library, famous both as an early exemplar of collegiate gothic design and for its large and stunning Cornaro stained glass window.Space is limited, so to sign up for one of the tours, or for more information, call the Office of College Relations at 845-437-7405, or e-mail mamorrison@vassar.edu.
• Walking Tour CalendarCalendar, 1:00 pm
• Free 90-minute walking tours of the historic Vassar College campus will be led by Colton Johnson, Dean Emeritus of the College, on Saturday, November 1, at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., beginning at the front entrance to the college?s Main Building. Tours will explore the range of the 140-year-old campus, home to the work of such renowned architects as Francis R. Allen, Eero Saarinen, Marcel Breuer, and Cesar Pelli. Main Building is one of two Vassar structures on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the observatory built for the college's first faculty member, the preeminent astronomer Maria Mitchell. Highlights of the tour will also include the college's Thompson Memorial Library, famous both as an early exemplar of collegiate gothic design and for its large and stunning Cornaro stained glass window.Space is limited, so to sign up for one of the tours, or for more information, call the Office of College Relations at 845-437-7405, or e-mail mamorrison@vassar.edu.