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Christopher Roellke, acting dean of the college and professor of education, and a team of colleagues developed a proposal funded by the Dyson Foundation to launch a three-year pilot project, Exploring College
The Dyson Foundation awards Vassar College $600,000 grant to establish the program Exploring College, designed to help prepare Poughkeepsie High School students for college success
The Dyson Foundation of Millbrook, NY, has awarded Vassar College $600,000 to fund the Exploring College Program, a three-year pilot project to better prepare Poughkeepsie High School students with combined high academic achievement and low income backgrounds for admission and success in college. The program is designed to improve college readiness and aspirations for students from underrepresented backgrounds, to increase the number of these students who attend college, and to expand the collaboration between Vassar College and the City of Poughkeepsie schools.
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- Peace Week features film screening, lectures, panels, and a peace vigil, 9/21-25
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Education Tracey Holland has received an award from the U.S. Institute of Peace for her project, "Examining the Social Impact of Human Rights Education in Peace-building."
- Celebration of local children's art at the Palmer Gallery, 3/22-3/28/09