President Elizabeth H. Bradley announced yesterday that Vassar will return to fully in-person learning and resume most pre-pandemic policies and protocols for the Fall 2021 Semester. Additionally, she announced that the College will require all students to be vaccinated.

Vassar College’s ALANA Center, which provides resources and programs for students of color, will be named for Professor Jeh Vincent Johnson, the pioneering African American architect and former Vassar faculty member who designed it. President Elizabeth H. Bradley made the announcement as part of last weekend’s African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) Triennial, which celebrates the contributions of African American alumnae/i, students, faculty, administrators, and staff of Vassar College. Johnson died in January.

Grammy Award winners Wyclef Jean and Jerry Wonda will be featured at the Vassar Haiti Project’s (VHP) annual Art & Soul Gala, which will be held virtually on April 29. The organization will honor Vassar College President Elizabeth H. Bradley and Dr. Carole M. Berotte Joseph, City University of New York Professor Emeritus and past president of Bronx Community College and Massachusetts Bay Community College, at the event. To register, go to www.thehaitiproject.org/art-soul-2021

Vassar’s Archives and Special Collections Library will host an online exhibition of the works of noted Hudson Valley photographer Eric Lindbloom, the College announced. The exhibit may be viewed at https://vclibrary.vassarspaces.net/workprints/

Jessica O. Matthews, an award-winning innovator and entrepreneur, will deliver the address at Vassar’s 157th Commencement on June 6, President Elizabeth H. Bradley announced. Matthews, a Poughkeepsie native, is the Founder and CEO of Uncharted Power, a sustainable infrastructure company that helps cities turn their sidewalks into data centers to improve grid resilience, broadband connectivity, and mobility. The company recently partnered with Poughkeepsie to demonstrate the potential of this new technology.

Vassar College today announced that it will allow pre-approved supervised off-campus student travel, paving the way for its spring athletic teams to compete. The new guidelines will go into effect March 22.

We hope you are well. We are writing to communicate the plans to return to campus for Spring 2021. Students are assigned a return date based on the last digit of their 999#. The intention here is to create a manageable and safe transition back to campus that accounts for testing and a gradual return.