{"version":"https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1.1","title":"Dean of First-Year Students","home_page_url":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/news\/","feed_url":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/wp-json\/feed\/v1\/posts","description":"Vassar College","user_comment":"To add this feed to your JSON feed reader, please copy the following URL \u2014 https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/wp-json\/feed\/v1\/posts \u2014 and add it your reader.","authors":[{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6027a0d308294dc71252942e85c4c34391bc217d71895e1f81e30829feff2bcf?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}],"language":"en-US","items":[{"id":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/?p=126","url":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/2017\/11\/16\/star-wars-resistance-rebellion-and-death\/","title":"Star Wars: Resistance, Rebellion and Death","content_html":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>In\u00a0<em>\u201cStar Wars<\/em>: Resistance, Rebellion and Death,\u201d first-year students analyze the\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0saga from a postcolonial perspective, investigating the nature of power and exploitation, authority and subjugation.<\/p>\n","date_published":"2017-11-16T18:52:00+00:00","date_modified":"2021-06-10T18:54:03+00:00","authors":[{"name":"eprunier","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be635ec26808920b3b2972aa31df8f4d90446f0ff287f57764f40d7fe5d9db1f?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}],"tags":[],"author":{"name":"eprunier","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be635ec26808920b3b2972aa31df8f4d90446f0ff287f57764f40d7fe5d9db1f?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}},{"id":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/?p=130","url":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/2016\/12\/21\/numbers-shape-chance-and-change-a-freshman-writing-seminar\/","title":"Numbers, Shape, Chance, and Change &#8211; A Freshman Writing Seminar","content_html":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>One of Vassar\u2019s few college-wide academic requirements is the Freshman Writing Seminar. First-year students choose from about 50 courses in disciplines ranging from Africana studies to women\u2019s studies. So what do students read and write in a Freshman Writing Seminar offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics? Quite a lot, actually. <\/p>\n","date_published":"2016-12-21T18:56:00+00:00","date_modified":"2021-06-10T18:56:42+00:00","authors":[{"name":"eprunier","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be635ec26808920b3b2972aa31df8f4d90446f0ff287f57764f40d7fe5d9db1f?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}],"tags":[],"author":{"name":"eprunier","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be635ec26808920b3b2972aa31df8f4d90446f0ff287f57764f40d7fe5d9db1f?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}},{"id":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/?p=134","url":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/2016\/12\/20\/transitions-a-program-for-first-generation-low-income-and-undocumented-students\/","title":"Transitions: A Program for First Generation, Low Income, and Undocumented Students","content_html":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>Transitions, a program for first-generation, low-income, and\/or undocumented students at Vassar, begins with a six-day pre-orientation experience and continues throughout the students\u2019 Vassar careers with an ongoing peer mentoring program.<\/p>\n","date_published":"2016-12-20T19:06:00+00:00","date_modified":"2021-06-10T19:06:34+00:00","authors":[{"name":"eprunier","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be635ec26808920b3b2972aa31df8f4d90446f0ff287f57764f40d7fe5d9db1f?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}],"tags":[],"author":{"name":"eprunier","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be635ec26808920b3b2972aa31df8f4d90446f0ff287f57764f40d7fe5d9db1f?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}},{"id":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/?p=137","url":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/dean-of-first-year-students\/2016\/03\/15\/important-dates-for-new-students-2016\/","title":"Important Dates for New Students 2016","content_html":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p><strong>New Student Move-in Day<\/strong><br>The move-in date for the Class of 2020 will be Monday, August 22, 2016. &nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/newstudents.vassar.edu\/orientation\/\">Orientation Schedule<\/a>&nbsp;will be updated by June 30, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All Families Weekend<\/strong><br>To be held September 24-25, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional dates are available in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/info.vassar.edu\/resources\/academic\/calendar.html#Four-Year_Calendar\">Academic Calendar<\/a>&nbsp;and more information will be provided after new students have been admitted.<\/p>\n","date_published":"2016-03-15T19:08:00+00:00","date_modified":"2021-06-10T19:08:50+00:00","authors":[{"name":"eprunier","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be635ec26808920b3b2972aa31df8f4d90446f0ff287f57764f40d7fe5d9db1f?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}],"tags":[],"author":{"name":"eprunier","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be635ec26808920b3b2972aa31df8f4d90446f0ff287f57764f40d7fe5d9db1f?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}}],"author":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6027a0d308294dc71252942e85c4c34391bc217d71895e1f81e30829feff2bcf?s=512&d=mm&r=g"}}