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Thanksgiving Feasts of Yesteryear

According to the Vassar Online Encyclopedia, “As the students only had a day off for Thanksgiving, very few chose to leave campus. Emma Logan McCoy described the event to her parents in 1872. Apparently, they ate an elaborate turkey feast at dinner, which was followed by a dance. President Raymond then read “The Merchant of Venice” until eight, when the students went to a reception with the teachers in the president’s parlor where the vocal teachers sang and the instrumental teachers played. The students were served ice cream in the dining hall at the rather late hour of ten-thirty before they were told to go to sleep.”

Brewers Final Four Bound

X-Ray Vision: Helping First-Year Students Get Illuminating Views of Renaissance Art

Students in a first-year writing seminar learn how modern X-ray technology helps art historians study paintings that are more than five centuries old.

Memorial Conference Celebrates 50 Years of Africana Studies at Vassar

Alumnae/i, students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered for the Larry H. Mamiya Memorial Conference Celebrating 50 Years of Africana Studies at Vassar College in early November. Several alumnae who participated in the three-day occupation of Main Building in 1969, widely credited for helping to secure support for the college’s new Black Studies program, were in attendance.

Vassar Women’s Cross Country Earns At-Large Bid To NCAA Division III Championships

Vassar Insider Gains Some National Recognition

Overtime Goal Sends Women’s Field Hockey to Liberty League Championship Game

Straight From The Vassar Political Review: Vassar to Go Carbon Neutral

In an effort to combat the growing climate crisis, Vassar’s board of trustees took the monumental step of adopting a plan to make Vassar carbon neutral by 2030.

AAVC Bestows 2019 Spirit of Vassar and Outstanding Faculty Awards

The AAVC presented its annual Spirit of Vassar Award to dance educator Russell Baker ’91 and its Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award to Robert K. Brigham, Vassar’s Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations, at an October 18 awards dinner.

Vassar celebrates 50 years of Africana Studies with a three-day conference

From November 1 to November 3, the college will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the program with a conference, “Africana Studies and the Future of Freedom.” The event will feature noted scholars, current and former faculty and staff, and current and former students—including some who helped create the program 50 years ago.