Samana Shrestha, Class of ’18 International Profile 3# The International community is highly diverse and welcoming. This week, we will meet Samana Shrestha, Vassar 2018’!!!! Samana is from: Nepal/ Nepali/…
International Profile – Ruoyu (Lucy) Li
Today we bring to you the coolest fresh(wo)man apprentice from OIS! Ruoyu (Lucy) Li, Class of 2019 Beijing, China Undecided, but interest in Art History Hello Ruoyu! International kids…
International Profile 1# – Robyn Winona Lin
International Profile 1# The International community is highly diverse and welcoming. Interested in knowing some of these cool people? Wondering about what are they like? Let’s welcome Robyn, Vassar 2018’!!!!…
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…
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!
Featured Senior: Noor Mir ’12
1. Describe your thesis. My thesis is titled: “Tribal Territories and the Trap of the Story of a Postcolonial Pakistan.” It addresses– or at least makes a preliminary attempt to–…
Featured Junior: Contessa Mwedzi ’13
1. Did you go JYA? Yes, to Paris 2. What was that experience like? It was a great experience and I was challenged in many ways. 3. What were the challenges? Communicating in…
Featured Sophomore: Carlos Hernandez ’14
1) Describe your 2nd year experience at Vassar. Sophomore year has definitely been a lot more hectic than my first year here at Vassar. First of all, on the academic…
Featured International Freshman: Meropi Papastergiou ’15
1. What was surprising or unexpected about Vassar? “I guess what I found most surprising about Vassar was the openness of the people. They are not afraid to be who…