Police Department announces new structure, management team

The changes reflect an effort to streamline the department – dividing Vanderbilt into three precincts, each headed by a major.

Web site to help faculty assist students in distress

The new site includes listing of points of contact by school, warning signs of distress and guidance for dealing with students in distress to help faculty members quickly and simply determine what to do.

Saturday University starting Feb. 8 features five lectures on art in Vanderbilt collection for $50

The non-degree program has no entrance exams, homework assignments, exams or final papers.

New adult class: Developing Your Musical Sensitivity

The class will be held  Thursday evenings from 7-9 p.m., Jan. 14 and 28, Feb.11 and 25, March 11 and 25, April 8 and 22. The tuition is $340, which includes the registration fee.

Leadership workshop set for Jan. 16

This workshop on transformational leadership is sponsored by the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions. Cost of the workshop is $50, or $25 for Vanderbilt faculty and staff.

Procurement Services is offering training sessions on the Vanderbilt Travel Web site for business and personal travel

Learn to use the new travel portal effectively; how to book trips on-line efficiently and cost effectively; when to use a travel agency and maximize its effort; how to protect yourself from errors, second-guessing and unexpected fees or charges.

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  This Week

Jan. 12: RAD Self Defense Class

Jan. 12: University Staff Advisory Council (USAC) Meeting

Jan. 14: “Advanced Computing for a Clean Energy Future.” Thomas Zacharia

Jan. 14 & 16: Sporting Events – Women’s Basketball & Men’s Tennis

Jan. 15: Political Science Experiments at VU: An Introduction to the RIPS Lab

Jan. 17: NFL Play-Off’s to Support Vanderbilt Trauma Survivors Network

 Mark Your Calendars

Jan. 18-21: 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series Events

Jan. 20-24: Sarratt Art Studios Spring Registration

Jan. 20: International Lens Film Series – “Yacoubian Building”

Jan. 21: InsideOut of the Lunch Box & Blair Nightcap Series Events

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Announcements

Part Two of Get Control of Your Cash Flow offered

*Rescheduled* Work/Life Connections-EAP workshop on handling distressed customers

New Health and Wellness podcast: Smart Patient, Wise Antibiotic Use

Lehrer wins alumni award

Two named to National Academies’ Board on Children, Youth and Families

Used frying oil wanted – Jan. 13-15

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Featured Media

Watch: VUCast: A life-changing journey, food that fills the soul and a holiday party that keeps on giving

VUCast wants you to just slow down and “feel good” at this time of  the year. So, watch a life-changing journey, food that fills the soul and a holiday party that proves it truly is better to give than to receive. Happy New Year everyone.

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From the VUMC Reporter:

Shade Tree program bolsters prenatal care options

When 27-year-old Dayana Moran heard about the Shade Tree Clinic’s new prenatal care service, she signed up right away.

“I didn’t know how I would get prenatal care until a friend told me about this,” Moran said.

Moran is one of the first patients to be seen in the Shade Tree Early Pregnancy Program (STEPP), a clinical partnership between the Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine and School of Nursing.

Second-year medical students Marissa Blanco, Kelly Bingham and Erin Toaz saw a need for comprehensive prenatal care, so they applied for grants to support the once-a-month clinic held at Shade Tree, the free full-service clinic run by VUSM students.