Hello everybody, My name is Noura Hajjaj and I just joined the Office of International Services (OIS) as an assistant director. In my new leadership role here at Vassar, I…
Hometown: A creative nonfiction rumination on International Living
Recently, I was invited to perform on a piece about my hometown, which was difficult. I move around, a lot and been fortunate enough to call both the jungles of…
OIS goes Ice Skating… or tries to!
Now something of a tradition, OIS plans an ice skating trip to the McCann IceArena at the Mid Hudson Civic Center every February, and with the Winter Olympics taking place this year, it…
Around the World Asia
The Rose Parlor was filled with smells of delicious homemade food and then with the noise of lively conversation on Wednesday, February 12th, when OIS held the third event of…
Trans-Atlantic flights & Bangladeshi Weddings
For winter break I went home to Dhaka, Bangladesh and it was forty degrees warmer than Poughkeepsie. You see in Bangladesh (South-East Asia), the dead of winter is as cold…
Kaleidoscope 2013
On Wednesday, November 20 the Office of International Services (OIS) and the Vassar International Student Association (VISA) hosted the 7th edition of Kaleidoscope, Vassar’s annual international food and cultural festival.…
Summer at Vassar: Featuring Sahara Pradhan ’15
Hello, internationals! Here at OIS, we’ve been working over the past few weeks on updating and improving this website. One of the ideas we came up with is to explore…
VISA/OIS Farewell Dinner May 2013
VISA/OIS Farewell Dinner May 2013, a set on Flickr. Click to see the photos!
Intercultural Communication: Study Abroad Resources
Intercultural Communication: Study Abroad Resources We recommend these resources to Vassar students planning on studying abroad: Peace Corps workbook http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/enrichment/culturematters/index.html. This free online workbook is a terrific, easy to follow…
Featured Faculty: Shona Tucker, Assistant Professor of Drama
1. What do you teach at Vassar? I teach the art of creating theater through acting. I teach beginning and advanced acting. I teach theatrical production. 2. How long have…