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+ | '''Vassar College''' is a highly selective [[Private college|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] in [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Founded in 1861 by [[Matthew Vassar]], it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely following [[Elmira College]]. It became coeducational in [[1969]] and now has a gender ratio at the national average. The college is one of the historic [[Seven Sisters (colleges)|Seven Sisters]], the first elite women's colleges in the U.S., and has a historic relationship with [[Yale University]], which suggested a merger before they both became coeducational institutions. About 2,450 students attend the college. | ||
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+ | The college offers [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degrees in more than 50 majors and features a flexible curriculum designed to promote a breadth of studies. Student groups at the college include theater and comedy organizations, acappella groups, club sports teams, volunteer and service groups, and a circus troupe. Vassar College's varsity sports teams, known as the Brewers, play in the [[NCAA]]'s [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]] as members of the [[Liberty League]]. | ||
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+ | The Vassar campus comprises over {{convert|1000|acre|ha}} and more than 100 buildings, including two [[National Historic Landmarks]] and an additional [[National Historic Place]]. A designated [[arboretum]], the campus features more than 200 species of trees, a native plant preserve, and a {{convert|530|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[ecological preserve]]. | ||
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+ | ==Academics== | ||
+ | [[File:Rockefeller Hall (Vassar College).jpg|thumbnail|left|Rockefeller Hall, built in 1897, is home to the departments of Political Science, Philosophy, and Mathematics.]] | ||
+ | Vassar confers a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) degree in more than 50 majors, including the Independent Major, in which a student may design a major, as well as various interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary fields of study. Students also participate in such programs as the Self-Instructional Language Program (SILP) which offers courses in Hindi, Irish/Gaelic, Korean, Portuguese, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, and Yiddish. Vassar has a flexible curriculum intended to promote breadth in studies. While each field of study has specific requirements for majors, the only universal requirements for graduation are proficiency in a foreign language, a quantitative course, and a freshman writing course. Students are also encouraged to [[study abroad]], which they typically do during one or two semesters of their junior year. Students (usually juniors) may apply for a year or a semester away either in the U.S. or abroad. Vassar sponsors programs in [[China]], [[England]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy, [[Turkey]], [[Mexico]], [[Morocco]], [[Spain]], and [[Russia]]; students may also join pre-approved 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. | ||
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+ | All classes are taught by members of the faculty, and there are no graduate students or teachers' assistants. The most popular majors, in terms of sheer numbers, are [[English studies|English]], [[political science]], [[psychology]], [[economics]] and [[biology]]. Vassar also offers a variety of correlate sequences, or minors, for intensive study in many disciplines. | ||
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+ | ==Notable people== | ||
+ | Notable Vassar alumni include: | ||
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+ | * [[Elizabeth Hazleton Haight]] (1894), notable feminist and Classics scholar | ||
+ | * [[Anita Florence Hemmings]] (1897), their first graduate of African ancestry | ||
+ | * [[Edith Clarke]] (1908), the first female Electrical Engineer | ||
+ | * [[Mary Shotwell Ingraham|Mary Ingraham]] (1908), founder of the United Service Organizations (USO) | ||
+ | * [[Ruth Starr Rose]] (1910), artist | ||
+ | * [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]] (1917), poet | ||
+ | * [[Grace Hopper]] (1928), computer pioneer | ||
+ | * [[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]] (1933), critic and novelist | ||
+ | * [[Elizabeth Bishop]] (1934), poet | ||
+ | * [[Frances Scott Fitzgerald]] (1942), writer and journalist | ||
+ | * [[Beatrix Hamburg]] (1944), physician | ||
+ | * [[Frances Farenthold]] (1946), politician and activist | ||
+ | * [[Vera Rubin]] (1948), astrophysicist | ||
+ | * [[Linda Nochlin]] (1951), Art Historian | ||
+ | * [[Lois Haibt]] (1955), member of [[Fortran|FORTRAN]] development team | ||
+ | * [[Nina Zagat]] (1963), Zagat Survey co-founder | ||
+ | * [[Bernadine P. Healy]] (1965), physician and National Institutes of Health director | ||
+ | * [[Lucinda Cisler]] (1965), feminist and abortion rights activist | ||
+ | * [[Geraldine Laybourne]] (1969), Nickelodeon President and Oxygen Media founder and CEO | ||
+ | * [[Linda Fairstein]] (1969), author and prosecutor | ||
+ | * [[Rebecca Eaton]] (1969), Emmy award-winning executive producer of Masterpiece on PBS | ||
+ | * [[Meryl Streep]] (1971), three-time Academy Award winner actress | ||
+ | * [[Jane Smiley]] (1971), Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer | ||
+ | * [[Michael Wolff (journalist)|Michael Wolff]] (1975), author and journalist | ||
+ | * [[Richard L. Huganir]] (1975), Neuroscientist and Director of Johns Hopkins Medicine Brain Science Institute | ||
+ | * [[Chip Reid]] (1977), CBS News Chief White House Correspondent | ||
+ | * [[Jeffrey Goldstein]] (1977), former World Bank CFO and Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance | ||
+ | * [[Michael Specter]] (1977), ''[[The New Yorker]]'' magazine science writer | ||
+ | * [[Jamshed Bharucha]] (1978), Cooper Union President | ||
+ | * [[Phil Griffin]] (1979), MSNBC President | ||
+ | * [[John Carlstrom]] (1981), astrophysicist and MacArthur Award Fellow | ||
+ | * [[Mark Burstein (academic administrator)|Mark Burstein]] (1984), President of Lawrence University of Wisconsin | ||
+ | * [[Lisa Kudrow]] (1985), actress | ||
+ | * [[Hope Davis]] (1986), actress | ||
+ | * [[Evan Wright]] (1988), journalist | ||
+ | * [[Jonathan Karl]] (1990), ABC News Chief White House Correspondent | ||
+ | * [[Jeffrey Brenner]] (1990), physician and MacArthur Award Fellow | ||
+ | * [[Noah Baumbach]] (1991), writer-director | ||
+ | * [[Jason Blum]] (1991), film and television producer | ||
+ | * [[Caterina Fake]] (1991), Flickr founder | ||
+ | * [[Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)|Elisabeth Murdoch]] (1992), Shine Limited CEO and Chairman | ||
+ | * [[Jon Fisher]] (1994), author | ||
+ | * [[Katherine Center]] (1994), novelist | ||
+ | * [[Joe Hill (writer)|Joe Hill]] (1995), novelist | ||
+ | * [[Jessi Klein]] (1997), Emmy Award-winning comedy writer-producer | ||
+ | * [[Jesse Ball]] (2000), writer | ||
+ | * [[Alexandra Berzon]] (2001), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reporter | ||
+ | * [[Victoria Legrand]] (2003), musician and songwriter | ||
+ | * [[Jonás Cuarón]] (2005), screenwriter and director | ||
+ | * [[Sasha Velour]] (2009), winner of [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 9)|RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9]] | ||
+ | * [[Lilli Cooper]] (2012), Tony Award-nominated actress | ||
+ | * [[Ethan Slater]] (2014), Tony Award-nominated actor | ||
+ | * [[Raph Korine]] (2017), and runner-up of [[Big Brother 18 (UK)]] | ||
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+ | Notable attendees who did not graduate from Vassar include: | ||
+ | * [[Julia Tutwiler]], notable education and prison reform advocate | ||
+ | * [[Anthony Bourdain]], professional chef and television personality | ||
+ | * [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]], First Lady | ||
+ | * [[Katharine Graham]], ''[[Washington Post]]'' publisher | ||
+ | * [[Susan Berresford]], president of the [[Ford Foundation]] | ||
+ | * [[Anne Hathaway]], actresses [[Jane Fonda]] and | ||
+ | * [[Justin Long]], actor | ||
+ | * [[Mike D]], member of the [[Beastie Boys]] | ||
+ | * [[Mark Ronson]], Oscar-winning musician | ||
+ | * [[Rachael Yamagata]], musician | ||
+ | * [[Curtis Sittenfeld]], and writer | ||
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+ | Notable Vassar faculty include: | ||
+ | * [[Maria Mitchell]], pioneering female astronomer | ||
+ | * [[Grace Hopper]], computer scientist | ||
+ | * [[Monique Wittig]], philosopher | ||
+ | * [[Grace Macurdy]], classicist | ||
+ | * [[Richard Edward Wilson]], composer | ||
+ | * [[Uma Narayan]], philosopher | ||
+ | * [[Mitchell Miller]], philosopher | ||
+ | * [[Bryan W. Van Norden]], philosopher | ||
+ | * [[James Merrell]], historian | ||
+ | * [[Peter Stillman (academic)|Peter Stillman]], political scientist | ||
+ | * [[Paul Russell (novelist)|Paul Russell]], writer | ||
+ | * [[Hua Hsu]], writer | ||
+ | * [[Nancy Willard]], writer | ||
+ | * [[Frank Bergon]], writer | ||
+ | * [[Michael Joyce (writer)|Michael Joyce]], writer and pioneer of hypertext fiction | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Formation | 1861 |
Headquarters | Poughkeepsie, New York |
Type | Private liberal arts college |
Other name | Brewers |
Exclusive and rich New York college, traditionally for women, now co-educational. |
Vassar College is a highly selective private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely following Elmira College. It became coeducational in 1969 and now has a gender ratio at the national average. The college is one of the historic Seven Sisters, the first elite women's colleges in the U.S., and has a historic relationship with Yale University, which suggested a merger before they both became coeducational institutions. About 2,450 students attend the college.
The college offers B.A. degrees in more than 50 majors and features a flexible curriculum designed to promote a breadth of studies. Student groups at the college include theater and comedy organizations, acappella groups, club sports teams, volunteer and service groups, and a circus troupe. Vassar College's varsity sports teams, known as the Brewers, play in the NCAA's Division III as members of the Liberty League.
The Vassar campus comprises over 1,000 acres (400 ha) and more than 100 buildings, including two National Historic Landmarks and an additional National Historic Place. A designated arboretum, the campus features more than 200 species of trees, a native plant preserve, and a 530-acre (210 ha) ecological preserve.
Academics
Vassar confers a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in more than 50 majors, including the Independent Major, in which a student may design a major, as well as various interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary fields of study. Students also participate in such programs as the Self-Instructional Language Program (SILP) which offers courses in Hindi, Irish/Gaelic, Korean, Portuguese, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, and Yiddish. Vassar has a flexible curriculum intended to promote breadth in studies. While each field of study has specific requirements for majors, the only universal requirements for graduation are proficiency in a foreign language, a quantitative course, and a freshman writing course. Students are also encouraged to study abroad, which they typically do during one or two semesters of their junior year. Students (usually juniors) may apply for a year or a semester away either in the U.S. or abroad. Vassar sponsors programs in China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, [[Italy, Turkey, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, and Russia; students may also join pre-approved 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.
All classes are taught by members of the faculty, and there are no graduate students or teachers' assistants. The most popular majors, in terms of sheer numbers, are English, political science, psychology, economics and biology. Vassar also offers a variety of correlate sequences, or minors, for intensive study in many disciplines.
Notable people
Notable Vassar alumni include:
- Elizabeth Hazleton Haight (1894), notable feminist and Classics scholar
- Anita Florence Hemmings (1897), their first graduate of African ancestry
- Edith Clarke (1908), the first female Electrical Engineer
- Mary Ingraham (1908), founder of the United Service Organizations (USO)
- Ruth Starr Rose (1910), artist
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1917), poet
- Grace Hopper (1928), computer pioneer
- Mary McCarthy (1933), critic and novelist
- Elizabeth Bishop (1934), poet
- Frances Scott Fitzgerald (1942), writer and journalist
- Beatrix Hamburg (1944), physician
- Frances Farenthold (1946), politician and activist
- Vera Rubin (1948), astrophysicist
- Linda Nochlin (1951), Art Historian
- Lois Haibt (1955), member of FORTRAN development team
- Nina Zagat (1963), Zagat Survey co-founder
- Bernadine P. Healy (1965), physician and National Institutes of Health director
- Lucinda Cisler (1965), feminist and abortion rights activist
- Geraldine Laybourne (1969), Nickelodeon President and Oxygen Media founder and CEO
- Linda Fairstein (1969), author and prosecutor
- Rebecca Eaton (1969), Emmy award-winning executive producer of Masterpiece on PBS
- Meryl Streep (1971), three-time Academy Award winner actress
- Jane Smiley (1971), Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer
- Michael Wolff (1975), author and journalist
- Richard L. Huganir (1975), Neuroscientist and Director of Johns Hopkins Medicine Brain Science Institute
- Chip Reid (1977), CBS News Chief White House Correspondent
- Jeffrey Goldstein (1977), former World Bank CFO and Undersecretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance
- Michael Specter (1977), The New Yorker magazine science writer
- Jamshed Bharucha (1978), Cooper Union President
- Phil Griffin (1979), MSNBC President
- John Carlstrom (1981), astrophysicist and MacArthur Award Fellow
- Mark Burstein (1984), President of Lawrence University of Wisconsin
- Lisa Kudrow (1985), actress
- Hope Davis (1986), actress
- Evan Wright (1988), journalist
- Jonathan Karl (1990), ABC News Chief White House Correspondent
- Jeffrey Brenner (1990), physician and MacArthur Award Fellow
- Noah Baumbach (1991), writer-director
- Jason Blum (1991), film and television producer
- Caterina Fake (1991), Flickr founder
- Elisabeth Murdoch (1992), Shine Limited CEO and Chairman
- Jon Fisher (1994), author
- Katherine Center (1994), novelist
- Joe Hill (1995), novelist
- Jessi Klein (1997), Emmy Award-winning comedy writer-producer
- Jesse Ball (2000), writer
- Alexandra Berzon (2001), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Wall Street Journal reporter
- Victoria Legrand (2003), musician and songwriter
- Jonás Cuarón (2005), screenwriter and director
- Sasha Velour (2009), winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 9
- Lilli Cooper (2012), Tony Award-nominated actress
- Ethan Slater (2014), Tony Award-nominated actor
- Raph Korine (2017), and runner-up of Big Brother 18 (UK)
Notable attendees who did not graduate from Vassar include:
- Julia Tutwiler, notable education and prison reform advocate
- Anthony Bourdain, professional chef and television personality
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady
- Katharine Graham, Washington Post publisher
- Susan Berresford, president of the Ford Foundation
- Anne Hathaway, actresses Jane Fonda and
- Justin Long, actor
- Mike D, member of the Beastie Boys
- Mark Ronson, Oscar-winning musician
- Rachael Yamagata, musician
- Curtis Sittenfeld, and writer
Notable Vassar faculty include:
- Maria Mitchell, pioneering female astronomer
- Grace Hopper, computer scientist
- Monique Wittig, philosopher
- Grace Macurdy, classicist
- Richard Edward Wilson, composer
- Uma Narayan, philosopher
- Mitchell Miller, philosopher
- Bryan W. Van Norden, philosopher
- James Merrell, historian
- Peter Stillman, political scientist
- Paul Russell, writer
- Hua Hsu, writer
- Nancy Willard, writer
- Frank Bergon, writer
- Michael Joyce, writer and pioneer of hypertext fiction
Alumni on Wikispooks
Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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Anne Armstrong | 27 December 1927 | 30 July 2008 | Diplomat Politician | United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
Susan Berresford | 1943 | US | Spook Philanthropy | President of the Ford Foundation | |
Natasha Bertrand | 12 May 1992 | US | Journalist | American journalist who has been promoted several times despite - or because of - publishing fake news stories on behalf of the deep state. | |
Anthony Bourdain | 25 June 1956 | 8 June 2018 | Celebrity Clinton body count Chef | Celebrity chef that was found dead after he became more vocal in the Me Too movement. | |
Nancy Walker Bush Ellis | 4 February 1926 | 10 January 2021 | US | Bush family | Daughter of Prescott Bush, sister of George H. W. Bush. |
Lauri Fitz-Pegado | Propagandist | The inventor of the Nurse Nayirah lie which was instrumental in facilitating the First Gulf War | |||
Katharine Graham | 16 June 1917 | 17 July 2001 | US | Deep state functionary Media executive | Quad Bilderberger, TLC, deep state functionary? |
Mary Pinchot Meyer | 14 October 1920 | 12 October 1964 | US | Journalist Artist JFK/Assassination/Premature death | Wife of Cord Meyer, lover of JFK, murdered in 1964. |
Elizabeth Murdoch | 22 August 1968 | US UK | Businessperson | Daughter of media mogul and deep state operative Rupert Murdoch. | |
Tara O'Toole | US | Spook Academic | A fellow bioweapons expert stated 'she makes Dr. Strangelove seem sane'. | ||
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | 28 July 1929 | 19 May 1994 | |||
Richard W. Roberts | 1953 | Judge | An associate of Rudy Giuliani who has handled some sensitive cases for the cabal. | ||
Marc Thiessen | 13 January 1967 | Neoconservatism | Chief Speechwriter to George W. Bush from 2004-2008 and as Chief Speechwriter to Donald Rumsfeld from 2001-2004. | ||
Alice Victor | US | Administrator | Chief of Staff for David Rockefeller who witnessed the Bilderbergs from 1991 to 1996. |