Vassar College

124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 -  View Map

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• To fulfill the mission, Vassar was the first college in the country to include a museum and teaching collection among its facilities. The college’s gallery predates such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was founded in 1880, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, established in 1870. The college’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, with over 16,000 works in its collection, stands as a contemporary acknowledgment of that early commitment. Vassar College was chartered with "An Act to Incorporate Vassar Female College", passed by the New York State Legislature.
• Campus is maintained as an arboretum, with more than 200 varieties of trees on 1,000 acres. The campus hub, Main Building, connects to the College Center, with a snack bar, café, art gallery, bookstore, post office, and computer store. The central campus includes classroom buildings, residence halls, the library, three science buildings, two observatories, the computer center, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, the studio art facility, the music building, and three theaters.
• Vassar sponsors programs in England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Russia and Spain; students who meet the requirements may also join preapproved programs offered by other colleges. Students may also apply for approved programs at various U.S. institutions, including the historically Black colleges and members of the Twelve College Exchange.
• Within five years of graduation, approximately 80% of Vassar graduates pursue advanced study. Graduates are accepted regularly at top-ranking schools of law, medicine, business, and education. Vassar is a leader in producing Ph.D. candidates.
• Campus Life includes over 100 student-run organizations and clubs, including WVKR-FM radio; debate; a volunteer network; dance, theater, and comedy troupes; classical, jazz, gospel, a cappella, and rock groups; nearly a dozen student publications; and a broad spectrum of ethnic, religious, and political groups. About 1,650 campus-wide events annually, including guest lecturers, visiting artists, performers, workshops, athletic events, and concerts.
• Profile last updated: 10/16/2008.

In the News:

• Sheik sneak peek (New York Post)
  posted on July 13, 2011 at 03:37:43 am
  Strolling through the West Village the other night, I ran into Duncan Sheik, who, with lyricist Steven Sater, wrote the Tony-winning "Spring Awakening." He'd just come from Poughkeepsie, where he saw a production of his latest show -- "Nightingale" -- at Vassar College. The production, which featured Michael Cerveris...
• Vassar Show Features Works Donated by 3 Alumnae (New York Times)
  posted on July 8, 2011 at 01:56:42 am
  More than 40 artists are represented in “A Taste for the Modern: Gifts from Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, Edna Bryner Schwab, and Virginia Herrick Deknatel,” at Vassar College.
• Vassar grad marks momentous occasion (Cumberland Times-News)
  posted on July 4, 2011 at 03:10:00 am
  PINTO — Mary Louise Buzzell Young, 90, of Pinto recently celebrated a momentous occasion. She attended her 70th reunion at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 
• Vassar College's Art Center Highlights Three Collectors and 48 Outstanding Works (Art Daily)
  posted on June 28, 2011 at 12:01:07 pm
  Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954), designer; Edmond Vairel (French, 19th-20th centuries), printmaker, Le cow-boy (The Cowboy), from the album Jazz, 1947. Pochoir (stencil).
• 150 YEARS YOUNG: Vassar College celebrating sesquicentennial (video) (Kingston Daily Freeman)
  posted on June 27, 2011 at 07:07:58 am
  POUGHKEEPSIE — It’s indelicate, however delicately put, to ask a woman’s age. And, most women, at 150, would certainly show their age. But, Vassar College, now marking its sesquicentennial, is as vibrant as when founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, a wealthy Poughkeepsie resident.

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