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The goal for this year’s campaign is $1 million. The four campaign partners — Community Health Charities, Community Shares of Tennessee, Nashville Alliance for Public Education and United Way of Metropolitan Nashville — address some of the most critical needs in Middle Tennessee.
A memorial service for Donna Williams will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, in Benton Chapel at Vanderbilt Divinity School. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that any donations be sent to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 2107 Wilson Blvd., No. 300, Arlington, VA, 22201-3042.
Both Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean emphasized the importance of regular exercise at the conclusion of a special walk across the Vanderbilt campus on Thursday, Oct. 14.
The goal: be the university and/or division with the least amount of waste generated per person at the game. Vanderbilt will compete with other universities around the country, and as part of the Southeastern Conference against other conferences, in the EPA’s Recycling Challenge.
Kate Daniels, author of the soon-to-be-published A Walk in Victoria’s Secret and three other poetry collections, has been named winner of the 2011 Hanes Award for Poetry by the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
This award is given by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy to universities that have demonstrated a commitment to energy efficiency through innovative design and policy.
This is the 29th year that House Organ has called on Vanderbilt staff, students, volunteers and faculty to submit photographs to the House Organ Photography Contest, the winners of which will be featured, one per month, in the 2011 House Organ Calendar, to be included in the combined December/January issue.
In a provocative evening of abstract art and a contemporary installation, Sarratt Gallery hosts two artists: abstract painter and sculptor Kit Reuther and dancer and installation artist Yanira Castro.
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