Alums

The dedication and official opening of the Richard L. Cretella Tennis Center in September kicked off a new era for Vassar’s men’s and women’s tennis teams, thanks to donors with a strong connection to the sport and to Vassar.

Multicultural and Affinity Engagement in the Office of Advancement is gearing up to introduce an exciting initiative, which strives to deepen connections and foster engagement among Vassar alums globally, celebrating their shared experiences and diverse backgrounds.

The Department of Athletics and Physical Education will host its annual Athletics Day of Giving on October 5 and 6. Funds raised in the 27-hour event will benefit the College’s 29 teams and the department at large.

Forty alums with a combined 689 years of experience in the field of education gathered on campus recently for the first Education Alumni Reunion.

Will Dwyer ’20 has been awarded a three-year Knight-Hennessy Scholars grant to pursue his PhD in molecular biology at Stanford University.

The first weekend of June was a particularly joyous one for Vassar as the College welcomed back more than 1,200 alums from near and far for Reunion. This year Reunion was for classes ending in 3 and 8, but Vassar rolled out the burgundy carpet for 1973, the 50^th Reunion Class.

The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) has selected five alums to honor for their impact on the College, their communities, and the larger world. Two of these awards were given at Reunion 2023 in early June. The other three will be presented in the coming academic year.

Three members of the board of trustees who are retiring this year were honored for their combined 15 years of service to the College at a dinner during Commencement weekend.

Three years after a global pandemic interrupted their normal college experience, members of Vassar’s Class of 2023 were lauded for their remarkable resiliency at the College’s 159th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 21.