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Wangari Maathai, the 2004 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the environmentally conscious Green Belt Movement, will receive Vanderbilt University’s prestigious Nichols-Chancellor’s Medal in May 2011 when she will address graduating seniors and their families during Senior Day.
Their Top Hospitals list is based on an annual hospital safety and quality survey, which this year took in some 1,200 of the nation’s approximately 5,800 registered hospitals. VUH is the only Tennessee hospital that made the list.
Vanderbilt is partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank to help raise 8 million meals for hungry people in our community. Food items will be collected around campus Nov. 29-Dec. 10.
Flying home likely isn’t an option. And even if it were, for many the season doesn’t hold the same importance as their own cultural or religious high holidays that take place other times of the year.
If you want to get in the holiday spirit by helping others, Hands On Nashville has several projects ongoing during December.
Muslim and Christian scholars will consider the most revered woman in both traditions during a discussion at the Scarritt-Bennett Center.
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