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An 1861 oil portrait of Matthew Vassar by Charles Loring Elliott. Vassar was founded as a women's school under the name Vassar Female College in 1861. [6] Its first president was Milo P. Jewett, who had previously been first president of another women's school, Judson College; [7] he led a staff of ten professors and twenty-one instructors. [8]
The consortium was founded in 1915 when Vassar President Henry Noble MacCracken called Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, and Mount Holyoke together “to deliver women opportunities for higher education that would improve the quality of life for the human family and that would put them on an equal footing with men in a democracy that was about to offer them the vote.” [3] The success of this Four ...
The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) maintains information on endowments at U.S. higher education institutions by fiscal year (FY). [1] As of FY2024 [update] , the total endowment market value of U.S. institutions stood at $837.720 billion, with an average across all institutions of $1.322 billion and a ...
The Hazzards – ukulele-based band, best known for their cult hit single "Gay Boyfriend" Victoria Legrand, class of 2003 – singer (Beach House) Genghis Tron, classes of 2005 and 2006 – band composed of Vassar graduates; MS MR, class of 2010 – pop duo composed of Max Hershenow and Lizzy Plapinger
The Main Building of Vassar College is the oldest surviving building on its campus in Poughkeepsie, New York, and the center of academic life.It was built by James Renwick Jr. in the Second Empire style in 1861, the second building in the history of what was one of America's first women's colleges.
That part of the structure is known as the Van Ingen Art Library, in memory of Henry Van Ingen, professor of art at Vassar from 1865 to 1898. The other addition was named after Vassar librarian, Adelaide Underhill .
College or University: Vassar College What she studied: Drama What she said about it: “ One value of a Vassar education is that it kind of dooms you to a life of awareness …
Ely Hall is a two-story Richardsonian Romanesque classroom and laboratory building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, US.The structure houses Vassar's Department of Earth Science and Geography, the A. Scott Warthin Jr. Museum of Geology and Natural History, and the Aula, a spacious and frequently used gathering space.