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Good Neighbors Partnerships grant proposals due Feb 10
Good Neighbors Partnerships provides grants of up to $500 to students (and student groups), and $1,000 to college employees, to fund innovative campus-community partnerships with not-for-profit (501c3) organizations in Poughkeepsie.
‘Mindful and Reflective Moments’ Podcast Ready to Debut
Students and staff in four offices – Health Promotion and Education, Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices, Counseling Service, and Student Growth and Engagement – have launched a podcast series of guided meditations called “Mindful and Reflective Moments.”
VIDEO: Candlelight Vigil Honors RBG
Vassar paid solemn tribute to civil rights champion and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a candlelight vigil Monday night, two days after she died of cancer at the age of 87.
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Workshops Open Campus Dialogue on Anti-Semitism
In the wake of the deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue, then-Rachlin Director of Jewish Student Life Elizabeth Aeschlimann organized a pair of workshops on anti-Semitism led by Cherie Brown, founder of the National Coalition Building Institute.
HIGH HOLY DAYS
Sponsored by the Office of Religious & Spiritual Life & Contemplative Practices
Fall Convocation: Wisdom, Advice…and Awards
During Vassar’s Fall Convocation ceremony, Lisa Collins, Professor of Art on the Sarah Gibson Blanding Chair and Professor of American and Africana Studies, gave the Convocation Address, and the Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College bestowed awards upon six distinguished alumnae/i.
Building Interfaith Bridges on Campus
About 35 alumnae/i and family members took part in a program on Jewish and Muslim Student Life during Reunion June 7.
President Bradley Lauds Professional Development Program
19 Vassar Administrators Complete Five-Month Course