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Vassar College ( VASS-ər) is a coeducational private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie Town, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college became coeducational in 1969. The college offers BA degrees in more than fifty majors. Student groups at the college include theater and comedy organizations, a cappella groups, club sports teams, volunteer and service groups, and a circus troupe. Vassar College's varsity sports teams, known as the Brewers, play in the NCAA's Division III as members of the Liberty League. Currently, there are close to 2,500 students. The college is one of the historic Seven Sisters, the first women's colleges in the U.S. The Vassar campus comprises over 1,000 acres (400 ha) and more than 100 buildings, including two National Historic Landmarks and an additional National Historic Place. A designated arboretum, the campus features more than 200 species of trees, a native plant preserve, and a 530-acre (210 ha) ecological preserve. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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- Wesley Strick
- Anne Crawford Flexner
- Michael Wolff
- Valerie Martínez
- Harriet Zuckerman
- Neil Strauss
- Clarisse Doris Hellman
- Esther Friesner
- Owen King
- Carol Goodman
- Christina Weir
- Victoria Strauss
- Margaret Leech
- Aimee Friedman
- Margaret Hodges
- Marjorie B. Kellogg
- Lynn Povich
- Caroline Furness
- Anne-Marie O'Connor
- Alice Kaplan
- Greg Rucka
- Alexandra Ripley
- Mary McCarthy
- Michael Kimmel
- Nunzio DeFilippis
- Urvashi Vaid
- Mary Borden
- David Wong Louie
- Delia Sherman
- E.R. Frank
- E. Lockhart
- Jeanette Eaton
- Jesse Ball
- Paco Underhill
- Katherine Center
- Marilyn B. Young
- Richard Krautheimer
- Scott Westerfeld
- Ruth Benedict
- Ellen Swallow Richards
- Grace Hopper
- Adria Lawrence
- Constance Rourke
- Jean Webster
- Brooke Hayward
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