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This year, Human Resources will host three Benefit Fairs at the end of September. Attend whichever one is convenient for you to review the changes to benefits for 2011, meet with HR staff and meet company representatives from the various benefit administrator companies.
Vanderbilt will host its annual candidates picnic on Olin Lawn, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16. The candidates picnic has become a tradition over the last decade at Vanderbilt. The candidates join several thousand members of the greater Vanderbilt community gather for a free picnic lunch, a live Dixieland jazz band, and to discuss current events and issues of the day.
Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea. One Man’s Mission to promote Peace…One School at a Time, will be speaking at Vanderbilt on Sept. 22. Mortenson’s book, which details his efforts to build schools in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan, is the first annual Commons Reading, a book distributed in June to Vanderbilt’s incoming first year class.
A conference on synesthesia will bring together psychologists, neuroscientists and artists at Wilson Hall Oct. 1-3 to discuss the latest information about what is described by some as a unique “sixth sense.”
Don’t miss the Sept. 24 United States debut performance of Prophets of Funk – Dance to the Music, a dance tribute to Sly and the Family Stone performed by the David Dorfman Dance company. The performance is the first of this season’s Great Performances at Vanderbilt series.
Fans who attend the Vanderbilt women’s soccer game on Sept. 26 have the opportunity to help the community and also get some free Vanderbilt gear by taking part in a canned food drive.
The International Black Film Festival Nashville will kick off in Sarratt Cinema Sept. 29. All films will be screened at 7 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema unless otherwise noted. For a screenings schedule, go to http://www.ibffnashville.com/film-schedule/.
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