A Day at Vassar

October 13, 2012

Thompson library at Vassar

Registration

Deadline extended: October 9, 2012

A Day at Vassar is open to friends and neighbors in the Hudson Valley, alumnae/i and staff, administrators and faculty of Vassar College  (over the age of 15).
 
Registration must be made in advance. No registrations will be taken at the door.

Lectures, walking tours and exhibition viewings are free.
An optional lunch is available at $10 per person
Registration is limited to one guest per person.

On October 13, Registrants must check in at the Reception Table in the Villard Room in Main Building to receive their packets. This will include their schedule with the time and location of classes for which they’ve registered, a Campus Map, and a Meal Ticket required for admission to lunch in Students’ Building.

Registrants must select the class that they and their guests plan to attend during both periods. Attendees on the same registration will be assigned to the same lectures. If guests wish to bring more than one guest, we advise that the additional guests register on their own.
Contact: programs@vassar.edu

Directions

Visit the College’s visitors page

Parking

Enter campus through the North Gate off Collegeview Avenue. Security will direct you to on-campus parking. Additional parking, if necessary, will be available on the Vassar Farm (accessible off the intersection of Raymond and Hooker Avenues). Shuttle bus service will be available to and from the campus. More information

Video and Photos From Last Year

Video - A Day at Vassar

See a video of last year’s A Day At Vassar, which was part of our 150th Anniversary celebration.

Library tourLecture
Museum and gallery tour

Clockwise from top left: Walking tour of the library; Professor Emeritus Glen Johnson lecturing on Vassar and the Roosevelts; and an Art Center tour.

Schedule

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Registration

Main Building / Villard Room
Receive Schedule and Locations of Lectures / Campus Map / Meal Tickets

10:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.

Elective Lectures

Period I
Period II

Lecture descriptions

1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Students’ Building
Ticket required for admission

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Elective Lectures:

Period III - Conversations in an Election Year

Lecture descriptions

Campus Walking Tours
Departing from the front of Main Building

Exhibition Viewings

  • Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
    Sawdust Mountain: Large-scale Photographs by Erik Johnson Selections from the Permanent Collection
  • Thompson Memorial Library
    Re-examing Books: Book Objects and Artist’s Books by Werner Pfeiffer
  • Palmer Gallery / Main Building
    Sacred Ground: Held in Trust / Pastel paintings of Marlene Weidenbaum
  • Warthin Museum / Ely Hall
    Permanent installation of geological and fossil collection

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Music Department Concert

Contacts

Office of Regional Programs
programs@vassar.edu

Press and Media
Emily Darrow
emdarrow@vassar.edu
845.437.7690