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…
Interview with Ellie Damashek ’09
1) What is your current occupation? I am a Brand Strategist for Lifetime TV at Horizon Media, the largest independent media advertising agency. We plan marketing strategies for Lifetime’s program…
Global Perspectives at Vassar: 2012 International spring break trips
Global Perspectives at Vassar At Vassar, cultural diversity is experienced through its students, (11% of whom are international), faculty, administration and employees who come from a wide range of different…
Country of the Month: Kenya!
Kenya Capital: Nairobi Official Languages: Swahili, English Population: 41,070,934 GDP: $70.573 billion (largest in East and Central Africa!) Current President: Mwai Kibaki Area: 582,646 sq km (224,961 sq miles) Major…