Vassar College

©Vassar College
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Founded	1861
School type	Private coeducational
President (on leave)	Frances D. Fergusson
President (acting)	M. Glen Johnson
Location	Poughkeepsie, New York
Enrollment	2,400 undergraduates
Annual Fees	$35,300
Campus surroundings	Urban, park
Campus size	1,000 acres
Sports teams	Brewers
Closeup of the Vassar Main Building

The college was founded by its namesake, Matthew Vassar, in 1861 in the scenic Hudson Valley, approximately 70 miles north of New York City. Vassar is often praised for its beautiful campus—a 1000-acre lot of land marked by period and modern buildings—that is an arboretum. The great majority of students live on campus. It was an all women's college until 1969.

Today over two thousand students attend Vassar, including many international students. They are taught by over two hundred faculty members.

Trivia

• The school's sports teams are known as the Brewers. They are named for Matthew Vassar's occupation.
• Famous Vassar alumni include poets Edna St. Vincent Millay and Elizabeth Bishop, actresses Jean Arthur, Meryl Streep and Lisa Kudrow, and computer scientist Grace Hopper.
• The opening flyby in the movie The Muppets Take Manhattan is over the Vassar campus.
• Vassar has a world class art collection. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is run as a independent museum and is open to the public.

External links

• Vassar College
• A History of Vassar College
• Vassar in Popular Culture
• The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

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