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Think about the environment before ordering print copies of directory

The Sustainabilty and Environmental Management Office urges employees to use the online Vanderbilt directory in conjunction with PeopleFinder instead of ordering the printed VU phone directory.

Get vaccinated

Flu season is right around the corner so keep yourself healthy by getting your seasonal flu vaccine.

Students get an enhanced college experience through Vanderbilt ROTC

ROTC is a college-based officer commissioning program of the United States Armed Forces. Vanderbilt’s ROTC program plays host to students from as many as nine area universities.

Meet punk rocker Exene Cervenka of X

Exene Cervenka, a poet, artist and singer best known as a member of the seminal Los Angeles punk band X, will visit the Vanderbilt campus this month.

Black and gold attire encouraged on College Colors Day Sept. 3

The Vanderbilt Bookstore is helping to promote this four-year-old campus tradition by offering fans the chance to win a $200 prize package of Vanderbilt merchandise.

SEC single game tickets on sale Sept. 1; Season tickets still available

Tickets are $50 for each game in Vanderbilt Stadium against the Commodores’ SEC Eastern Division opponents.

Green Zipcars have arrived on campus

The success of the campus-wide car sharing program prompted the University and Medical Center parking offices to request that two hybrid Toyota Priuses be placed in Lot 113B, located at the corner of 21st & Pierce Avenues across from the Village at Vanderbilt.

Nashville Women’s Half Marathon to be held Sept. 25

Grab your girlfriends and join Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the inaugural Nashville Women’s Half Marathon & 5K on Saturday, Sept. 25.

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*  This Week

Sept. 2: International Lens Film Series: “Copyright Criminals”

Sept. 4: Employee Celebration – Employee Tailgate 2010

Sept. 7-11: Fall registration for – Dance Program (Sept. 7-11) and Saratt Art Studios (Sept. 8-9)

Sept. 7: Health Related Events – special talk, community health seminar and special TV presentations

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Sept. 11: “Clarity – Planning – Action: Getting Common Good Done” Workshop

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Sign Up for a Clinical Trial

Vanderbilt Researchers Seeking Infants and Parents for a Study Linking Sight and Sound for Infant Learning

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Announcements

Personal Cash Flow Management Seminar part 1 on Sept. 9

Health Plus offers ‘Know Your Numbers’ throughout September

University expands participation in the E-Verify program

Outdoor siren test Sept. 4 at noon

Drive for blood and registries for bone marrow, organs and tissue

Teammates for Survivors educates childhood cancer survivors about physical fitness and nutrition

Experience American Tastes (EAT!) program accepting participants



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Fall Faculty Assembly: 60 endowed faculty chairs to be added over two years

Vanderbilt will invest substantial resources over the next few years to its faculty, announced Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at Fall Faculty Assembly. This will include $15 million per year toward luring new faculty and the creation of 60 new endowed faculty chairs.

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Mary Ann Cathey has The Last Word

Mary Ann Cathey is addicted to geocaching – a hobby she’d never even heard of a year ago.

The sport is a high-tech scavenger hunt in which a handheld global positioning satellite (GPS) is used to find expertly hidden containers with notes and treasures inside.

“It’s easy to start,” said Cathey, a patient service representative at Vanderbilt’s Surgical Weight Loss Center.

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