Vassar
Americannoun
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He is comfortably smarmy in the role of an overconfident undergrad at Vassar College who reassures everyone that he is certain to win an important fellowship for the summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“They’re really expensive. They spend a lot per student,” said Hill, who served as president of Vassar College, which is one of those 300 schools, from 2006 to 2016.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2025
Catharine B. Hill is the managing director of Ithaka S+R and a former president of Vassar College.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
The novel is believed to be where the state’s name came from, Alex Vassar, a spokesman for the California State Library, told me, though the matter isn’t entirely settled.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
On her winter break from her first year at Vassar, Imogen had rummaged in Gil Sokoloff’s file cabinet, looking for her adoption records.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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