Lauding the success of a five-year experiment known as the Engaged Pluralism Initiative, President Elizabeth H. Bradley has announced the program will continue as an integral part of the campus culture.
Amanda Potter has joined the staff at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center as Assistant Director of Learning and Community Engagement, ramping up the museum’s community outreach efforts.
President Elizabeth H. Bradley and Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), have laid the groundwork for mutually beneficial collaboration between the two institutions—the third such global partnership Bradley has established.
Vassar has received a grant to develop more robust partnerships with community colleges that take part in the Exploring Transfer program and to engage more four-year liberal arts colleges in developing such programs of their own.
Construction has begun on a project that will add 40 apartments to Vassar’s faculty housing stock. The four-story, 54,000-square-foot building will be located on Watson Road between Hooker and Raymond avenues adjacent to the campus
Jonathan Littman ’85, Chief Executive Producer of Jerry Bruckheimer Television, talked to a gathering of Vassar students about his life in the entertainment industry and offered some career advice.
Led by the Black Students’ Union, members of the Vassar community gathered on a chilly April afternoon to dedicate the Garden to Celebrate Black Lives on the Vassar campus.
Five members of Vassar’s Engaged Pluralism community co-taught a course on storytelling called “Communities Are Critical.” The multimedia exhibit that was created by the class is on display in the Campus Center.
Vassar and the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a recently established medical school in Rwanda, have been engaged over the past three years in initiatives that benefit both institutions. The partnership has shown how the liberal arts can enhance health care.
