Vassar College
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| File:Old Main, Vassar College edit1.jpg | |
Former name | Vassar Female College[1] |
|---|---|
| Type | Private liberal arts college |
| Established | 1861 |
| Endowment | $1.10 billion (2020)[2] |
| President | Elizabeth H. Bradley |
Academic staff | 355 (2019)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 2,441 (2019) |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Suburban; 1,000 acres (400 ha)[4] |
| Newspaper | The Miscellany News |
| Colors | Burgundy and gray[5] |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III – Liberty League |
| Affiliations | |
| Mascot | The Brewer[6] |
| Website | www |
| File:Vassar College logo.svg | |
Vassar College (/ˈvæsər/ VASS-ər) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York. It was founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar. It was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. It became coeducational in 1969.
It was a member of the Seven Sisters, seven historical woman's colleges.
Vassar College Media
An 1861 oil portrait of Matthew Vassar by Charles Loring Elliott
- Vassar College ca 1862 edit1.jpg
The Main Building, built in 1861 by architect James Renwick Jr., had the most interior space of any building in the United States, until the United States Capitol was completed in 1868.
- Liberation Lawn at Vassar College (cropped).jpg
Liberation Lawn at Vassar College, one of the college protest encampments surrounding the List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in 2024
- Vassar College Observatory, March 2014.jpg
The Vassar College Observatory is one of two National Historic Landmarks on the college's campus, along with Main Building.
- Thompson Library (Vassar College).jpg
A photo of the Thompson Library at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, taken by me on November 2, 2007.
- Bridge for Laboratory Sciences exterior west, March 2016.jpg
Bridge for Laboratory Sciences exterior west nearing completion, March 2016
- Rockefeller Hall (Vassar College).jpg
Rockefeller Hall, built in 1897, is home to the departments of Political Science, Philosophy, and Mathematics.
- Founder's Day quintet, Vassar College, April 1935.jpg
Vassar students celebrating Founder's Day in 1935
- Vastards, Vassar College, December 2014.jpg
The Vastards performing in 2014
- The Miscellany News, May 20, 1922 front page.png
Front page of the May 20, 1922, Miscellany News
References
- ↑ Honan, William H. (May 14, 2000). Three Decades of Men at Vassar. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/14/nyregion/education-three-decades-of-men-at-vassar.html. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
- ↑ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Vassar College Common Data Set 2019-2020, Part I" (PDF). Vassar College.
- ↑ "About Vassar". Vassar College. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Color - Style Guidelines". Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ↑ O'Connor, Acacia (October 8, 2004). "Vassar mascot suits school's spirit". The Miscellany News. http://newspaperarchives.vassar.edu/cgi-bin/vassar?a=d&d=miscellany20041008-01.2.66#. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
