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Quick Stats

Service & Maintenance Staff 208
Campus Size 1,250 acres
Student Centers
  • All Campus Dining Center (ACDC)
  • College Center
  • Students Building
Campus Library? Yes
Main Libraries 4
Popular Places to Chill
  • ACDC
  • Cubbyhole
  • Dorm lounges and parlors
  • Joss “beach”
  • Library lawn
  • Quad
  • Retreat
Bar on Campus
  • The Mug in the College Center
  • The Pub across the street at Alumnae House
Bowling on Campus None
Coffeehouse on Campus
  • Java City Café in the Students Building
  • Matthew’s Bean in the basement of the library
  • The Kiosk in the College Center
Movie Theater on Campus
  • A film screening room at the Center for Drama and Film
  • The auditoriums in Sanders, Blodgett, Taylor, and Rockefeller Hall also serve as spaces in which students watch films.

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Students flock to the library finding the perfect nook to curl up with a book or pulling over chairs to a table with friends. Its gothic stone architecture, large detailed windows, and high ceilings mimic the elegance and beauty of most other buildings on campus. While many maintain their original form, several renovations go above and beyond mere modernization. The Walker Athletic & Fitness Center is surrounded by the Vassar Golf course. For the dramatic, there are black-box theaters at the Powerhouse, Susan Stein Shiva, and the Center for Drama and Film, in addition to a large film screening room, film studio, and film editing suite. The student center and the ACDC provide breathtaking space to hold lectures, band performances, dances, or a place to lounge with friends and a cup of coffee.

However, many buildings are in need of renovation, including many of the science facilities and some dorms. The McWhorter dorms are going to be torn down, as the architects no longer believe they are fit for students to live in. The older classrooms are smaller and don’t have the technological capacity the newer ones do. As class size expands, sometimes desks are crammed into the older classrooms to accommodate all the students.

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Facilities at Vassar College

rohwyxo

Sociology '15

4.6
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Beautiful

Most facilities are up to date- the college center, Walker, etc. Many buildings still have that gothic architecture charm. The best is definitely the library- so beautiful!

Mar 13, 2012

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allison19

Philosophy '14

5.0
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Library

The library is beautifully designed and a great place to study. It offers a writing center for free, available feedback on papers and even has a coffee shop that is open for late night studying. There is also a meditation room and 24 hour work space.

Jan 24, 2011

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yeren

Neuroscience '12

4.6
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Really Nice

The library is beautiful as well as many of the buildings that classes are in. The entire campus is also breath-taking. It's a common occurrence to be walking around and suddenly being taken aback by the general aesthetic. The gym is really nice and reasonably new and it also is completely free.

Aug 09, 2010

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User rating for Vassar College - Facilities is 4.6 out of 5 based on 17 user reviews.

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Favorite Things To Do

At Vassar, you’ll probably go mad even trying to stay on top of everything that’s happening on campus. If you aren’t grabbing a snack at the Retreat or hanging in your neighbor’s room, you can watch a student theater performance, see a band play, watch a film, listen to a faculty or guest lecture, take a free dance or yoga class, or just pick up a good book and read on the Quad.

Going to the Mug (even on Tuesday nights), attending all-campus parties, sledding on Sunset Hill, seeing a friend in a play, lounging on the Quad, making out, pigging out at the Eveready Diner, playing Ping-Pong or pool, and drinking at the Dutch on Thursday nights.

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