On Monday, April 20, student group Nobody Fails Vassar College (NFVC) launched a round of strikes on classes and other online gathering spaces. NFVC’s main mission is to persuade Vassar’s…
In the soon-to-be-dubbed decade that was March 2020, many students traded in their college classrooms for a less traditional learning environment—home. Gone are the trappings of a traditional college classroom:…
In an effort to combat loneliness amid social isolation, the Animal Farm Foundation’s “Pets Together” program aims to virtually connect pets and people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through these connections,…
Classes, office hours, group projects, dorm rooms, lectures, parties, commencement, the Deece––in the wake of the virus, these are all parts of college life that have been canceled or modified…
As coronavirus cases in New York State continue to increase—over 123,000 have been reported as of Monday morning—so too does the fear that hospitals will be unable to accommodate the…
Vassar students expected to spend the last week of March settling back into campus life. Now, the majority instead remain at home, quarantined and social distancing in response to the…
Dear all, I am writing to update you with some difficult news. We had hoped to resume in-person classes after several weeks of distance learning; however, it is now apparent…
On March 12, President Elizabeth Bradley announced that Vassar would be moving to online classes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vassar, like countless institutions across the country, is still…
The Hudson Valley stayed alert as New York City confirmed the state’s first case of COVID-19 in early March. Then a Westchester County man, who commutes to his Manhattan law…
On Sunday, March 15, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and Ulster County Commissioner of Health Dr. Carol Smith hosted a Telephone Town Hall on COVID-19, the disease caused by a…
