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Ely Hall is a two-story Richardsonian Romanesque classroom and laboratory building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, US.The structure houses Vassar's Department of Earth Science and Geography, the A. Scott Warthin Jr. Museum of Geology and Natural History, and the Aula, a spacious and frequently used gathering space.
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]
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.
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
Vassar's Main Building is a large brick building, four stories in height, with a fifth floor under its mansard roof.It is U-shaped, with a central portion 500 feet (150 m) long, and transverse wings 164 feet (50 m) in length projecting forward at the ends of the central section.
It totals 80,000 square feet (7,400 m 2) in floor space, making it Vassar's largest academic building. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] Facilities in the Bridge include a wet laboratory , a robotics laboratory, a phytotron , a scientific visualization laboratory, machine and electric shops, a herbarium , an exterior patio, and a coffee shop.
The Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film is the home to Vassar College's drama and film departments. Before its 2003 renovation, the building was known as Avery Hall, and before that, the Calisthenium and Riding Academy. It was originally designed by J.A. Wood. It has been adapted to many uses since its construction.
A large proportion of the district's residents are well educated with a strong commitment to students and their education. One of the largest IBM Corporation facilities in the country is located within the district. Vassar College, Marist College and Dutchess Community College (DCC) are located within 10 miles of the high school. [10]