Preliminary Organizations
While the VSA is comprised of many full fledged organizations, there are also a number of organizations that are just getting off the ground and are recognized by the VSA to help them grow until they can be certified. Below you can find all of the current preliminary organizations and information about what the groups do.
ArtShare
Katie Spence ( kaspence@vassar.edu )
Big Night In
Kohei Joshi ( kojoshi@vassar.edu )
Brewer Investments Group
Jordan Gotbaum, Leonard Rentrup, Stephen Jennings ( jogotbaum@vassar.edu lerentrup@vassar.edu stjennings@vassar.edu )
At Brewer Investments Group we seek to provide a well rounded and comprehensive experience for Vassar students interested in a career in the financial services industry, as well those solely interested in investing individually. We accomplish this both passively and actively. Passively through informational and learning activities, and actively through equity research and trading
Brewtiful: Vassar Coloring Club
Laura Price and Sara Mathes ( laprice@vassar.edu samathes@vassar.edu )
Casual Improv
Griffin Berlstein (Fall), Matt Stein (Spring) ( grberlstein@vassar.edu mastein@vassar.edu )
Casual Improv (CI) is a low-commitment, high-fun, open-to-all improv group for anyone who wants to do improv for fun or practice. We meet once a week and are not necessarily a performing group although we may occasionally put on a showcase for anyone who wants to participate. CI works in both short-form and long-form improv comedy and drama.
Chinese Students Community
Ruoyu Li, Xiaoqing Xu, Yijia Zhang ( ruli@vassar.edu; xixu@vassar.edu; yizhang@vassar.edu )
Content Creators
Ciara Tomlinson ( citomlinson@vassar.edu )
Crafts Not Bombs
Delphine Douglas & Colby Byrne ( dedouglas@vassar.edu cobyrne@vassar.edu )
Indeecent
Adam Senack ( adsenack@vassar.edu )
Jewish Voice for Peace at Vassar College
Landry Levine; Henry Rosen; Jake Pardee; Noah Goldberg; Sara Goldberg; Ally Fernandez; Sophia Steinert-Evoy; ( nogoldberg@vassar.edu; sagoldberg@vassar.edu; alfernandez@vassar.edu;japardee@vassar.edu;lalevine@vassar.edu )
Men's club soccer
James Gibson ( jagibson@vassar.edu )
Mock Trial
Jesser Horowitz ( jehorowitz@vassar.edu )
Vassar's Mock Trial team is committed to training students interested in law and/or drama in the ins-and-outs of trial law and courtroom procedure. We will attend monthly invitational tournaments and a yearly regional tournament, hosted by the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) throughout the competitive season, which lasts from September to March.
Modern Science
Steph Jump, Peter Kim ( stjump@vassar.edu pekim@vassar.edu )
Novel Noshings
Jenna Lang ( jenlang@vassar.edu )
Pre-Veterinary Club
Sarah Leonard and Josue Lugardo ( sarleonard@vassar.edu )
Smash Club
Louis Brown ( lobrown@vassar.edu )
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Ann Tartakoff, Max Henderson ( antartakoff@vassar.edu alhenderson@vassar.edu )
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
Alex Trunnell ( altrunnell@vassar.edu )
The Clove
Cristian Uriostegui, Chris Dietz ( cruriostegui@vassar.edu chdietz@vassar.edu )
The National Society of Leadership and Success
Amelia Rivoir ( amrivoir@vassar.edu )
unFramed
Matthew McCardwell ( mamccardwell@vassar.edu )
Vassar Artists Collective
Nicole Lipman ( nilipman@vassar.edu )
Vassar Card Sharks
Michael Oosterhout ( mioosterhout@vassar.edu )
Vassar Chess Club
Noah Kulick ( nokulick@vassar.edu )
The Vassar Chess Club is a group of students that enjoy playing and discussing chess. All levels of chess players are welcome. Club members also participate in nation-wide chess tournaments, and we frequently discuss and analyze interesting games. If you'd like to learn how to play chess, hone your chess skills, or just casually play a game then drop by!
Vassar College Majors
Nick Ruggeri '18 ( niruggeri@vassar.edu )
Vassar College Pre-Veterinary Club
Laura McNamara and Karla Zabala ( lamcnamara@vassar.ed kazabala@vassar.edu )
Vassar College Tech Conglomerate
Lydia Wood ( lywood@vassar.edu )
VC Electronic Music Production
Zoe McNichols ( mamcnichols@vassar.edu )
Vassar Hindu Association
Shiv Ruparell ( shruparell@vassar.edu )
Vassar Just Food
Siennah Yang ( siyang@vassar.edu )
Vassar Refugee Solidarity
Patrick Deyoung ( padeyoung@vassar.edu )
Vassar Rotaract Toastmasters
Hui Zhang ( huizhang@vassar.edu )
Vassar Model Congress
Noah Webster ( nowebster@vassar.edu )
Vassar Model Congress is the college's mock legislative body. We convene legislative sessions to debate and vote on mock legislation, according to Robert's Rules of Order. The body deliberates on foreign policy, the economy, immigration, healthcare, education, labor, and all forms of public policy. Bills are created and written entirely by members. VMC is dedicated to its basis in the American legislative process, and to promoting free, open thought and discussion. Join the greatest debating society in the world since the United States Senate!
Vassar Rotaract Toastmasters Club
Hui Zhang ( huizhang@vassar.edu )
VC Student Co-OPERA-tive
J Nichols ( jonichols@vassar.edu )
Vassar Student Veterans
Patrick Deyoung ( padeyoung@vassar.edu )
VPrint
Saskia Globig 19' and Dakota Peterson 19' ( saglobig@vassar.edu dapeterson@vassar.edu )
When Geisha Meets Pina
Xiangyi Tan ( xitan@vassar.edu )
Women in STEM
Carmen Kloer ( cakloer@vassar.edu )
WSV is a community of Vassar students interested in the role of women in science careers and disciplines. We hope to foster an open space for discussing and promoting female presence in male-dominated fields. While this organization is dedicated to women who either want to pursue science careers or support women in science careers, individuals of all gender are welcome. Events will include lectures given by established female scientists and researchers, discussion panels among Vassar students and off-campus conferences.
Vassar Step Team
Oluwabukola Oloyede ( Ooloyede@vassar.edu )
Vasssar Urban Enrichment
Antoine Robinson ( antrobinson@vassar.edu )