VASSAR'S COLLEGE RADIO PUMPS DIVERSE SOUNDS: Behind a door plastered with posters in a little-known corridor on the third floor of Main Building lies a cache for which many a Vassar student would give up Founder’s Day: tens of thousands of CDs and records that date back to the 1920s. The recordings are all part of the collection of WVKR, Vassar’s student-run radio station.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT: Vassar’s Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (RSL) isn’t just for believers. In addition to supporting and embracing an extraordinary range of practices and beliefs, the office is also a resource for the spiritually curious. “One of the most satisfying things about working in RSL is seeing students get excited about what they are learning both from their own traditions and also from being in a mix of students from so many different backgrounds”…
THE FLYRM PEOPLE: “People tend to think that scientists are antisocial or have lab tans from sitting in front of the white lights from microscopes all day,” says associate professor of biology Nancy Pokrywka with a laugh. “It’s wonderful, however, to build a lab community and to be able to share research and ideas in a group. College is a very social experience, and we want to simulate this in the lab.”…
WHAT MAKES FOUR YEARS? Vassar may be just one campus, but there are as many journeys through it as there are Vassar students and alumnae/i. What are the classes, extracurricular activities, off-campus adventures, humbling moments, career-altering professors, and life-changing experiences that somehow all come together over four years to make a Vassar career? How does college make us who we are? How does it all correlate?
MEN’S VOLLEYBALL TURNS IT AROUND: Two years ago, the Vassar men’s volleyball team struggled through their season with a win-loss record of 2-17. This year, the Brewers finished 26-7, won their conference championship, and beat volleyball powerhouse UC-Santa Cruz to take second place at the Molten Four, the national volleyball championship…
MOVING IN: At the end of every August, Vassar students turn into a giant moving crew to help first-year students get situated in their new dorm rooms. After all the boxes are unpacked, Vassar’s newest residents meet with student fellows and participate in orientation activities and events, which consist of everything from practicing slam poetry to learning how to juggle.