The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) has selected four alums and one administrator as recipients of its 2025 annual awards. Find out who they are.
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- Vassar’s Office of Community-Engaged Learning Celebrates an Impactful Year With an End-of-Year Party and Awards CeremonySixteen students who participated in community-engaged learning during the past academic year won awards for their service to the local community.
- Sa’ed Atshan, Randolph Fellow in Peace, Conflict, and the Middle East, Examines ‘Peace at Vassar’Professor Sa’ed Atshan, the 2024-2025 Randolph Fellow in Peace, Conflict, and the Middle East, provided students and College leadership with a wealth of opportunities to examine issues related to peace, conflict, and restorative justice during his time at Vassar.
- Musician & Vassar Alum Rowland Winton Evans Commits $28 Million to Vassar CollegeRowland Winton Evans ’75 has committed a generous $28 million gift to Vassar College.
- Phyllis Klaus ’57: Doyenne of DoulasA naturally curious alum, Phyllis Klaus ’57, P’82, played a key role in starting the modern doula movement, combining research with a lot of heart. From her days taking childhood development classes at Vassar to her early work in Guatemala—and earning her doctorate in psychology in her 80s—she has remained committed to learning and supporting others.
- Vassar Celebrates Eight Faculty Members Granted Full ProfessorshipsVassar’s Board of Trustees has voted to award full professorships to eight members of the faculty, Dean of Faculty Brian Daly announced.
- Graduates—all 630 of them—Celebrate Four Years at VassarAmid the cheers of over 3,000 guests and words of wisdom from fellow alums, College administrators—and even Yoda—more than 600 graduates celebrated Commencement on May 25.
