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An 1861 oil portrait of Matthew Vassar by Charles Loring Elliott. Vassar was founded as a women's school under the name Vassar Female College in 1861. [6] Its first president was Milo P. Jewett, who had previously been first president of another women's school, Judson College; [7] he led a staff of ten professors and twenty-one instructors. [8]
1995 – In 1995, the Liberty League was founded as the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA). Charter members included Clarkson University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, the University of Rochester, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), St. Lawrence University, Skidmore College and Union College, effective beginning the 1995–96 academic year.
Elizabeth Williams Champney, class of 1869 – author of Three Vassar Girls series; Barbara Culliton, science journalist and editor; Dorothy Deming, nurse and author; Rebecca Odes – author and co-founder of Gurl.com; Mary Harriott Norris, class of 1870 – author and dean of women; Mary Parker Woodworth, class of 1870 – writer and speaker
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames.. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted. ...
Until the 2017 season, the 10 football-playing NESCAC schools only played 8 regular season games. On April 27, 2017, the NESCAC announced that it would adopt a full 9-game round robin schedule. [58] In addition to the ban on postseason play, the NESCAC football league is notable for member teams playing conference games only.
All affiliations are current for the ongoing 2025 NCAA men's volleyball season. All years listed refer to men's volleyball seasons; since NCAA men's volleyball is a spring sport, any team listed as joining a new conference in the future will actually join in the calendar year before beginning competition in the new league.
Today, The Miscellany News continues in the tradition started by the editors of 1914, publishing every Thursday morning of Vassar's academic year. The paper is typically 16 pages long each week and consists of six sections—News, Features, Opinions, Humor, Arts and Sports—which each contain innovative and professionally reported pieces concerning issues of interest on and off campus.
The Athletics all–time roster is a list of people who have played at least one game for the Athletics, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Athletics, or Philadelphia Athletics baseball teams of the American League, along with their primary position and years played for the team.