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AAAVC’s Triennial 2024: Reconnecting and Remembering

The African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) Triennial XIV, held on campus April 12–14, marked the 40th anniversary of the group, created in 1984 to engage Black graduates and students. The theme of the weekend was “Storytelling: Creating Our Future, Celebrating Our Past.”

20 people sitting around a large oval table in a room with large paintings, floor to ceiling windows, and long, gold drapery.

Convening in Edinburgh, International Group of Education Leaders Collaborate on Liberal Arts Initiatives

In March, representatives of Vassar, the University of Edinburgh, University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay convened on the campus of the revered University of Edinburgh in Scotland to collaborate on initiatives incorporating the principles of the liberal arts.

Vassar Celebrates Alumnae House’s 100th Birthday in Style

Nearly 200 alums joined dozens of others in the Vassar community to celebrate the Alumnae House’s 100th anniversary and to pay tribute to its original benefactors, sisters Blanche Ferry Hooker of the class of 1894 and Queene Ferry Coonley, class of 1896.

Five people dressed in a purple theme sweating. They are pushing a sled on a beach loaded with large wooden chests as if in a race.

Getting Real

Jessica “Jess” Chong ’08 became the second alum contestant to compete on Survivor,” following Ethan Zohn ’96, winner of Survivor’s third season in 2002. Chong reflects on her time on the show and life after Vassar.

Vassar Everywhere

Drag artist Sasha Velour ’09 is the subject of a lengthy Washington Post feature on queer activism, the culture wars, and a new reality series called We’re Here.

Author readings are gaining in popularity—selling out for many authors, including Professor Amitava Kumar, as told by the New York Times.

President Bradley reflects on Vassar’s collaboration with Rwanda’s University of Global Health Equity and helping the medical school integrate a liberal arts perspective on WAMC.

Archaeology magazine featured research by Professor of Anthropology April Beisaw and her students on the Catskills communities destroyed by Ashokan Reservoir construction.

The late writer Craig Harris ’80 is featured prominently in the WNYC Blindspot podcast episode “Respectability Politics and the AIDS Crisis.”