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Inaugural Vanderbilt Giving Day set for April 21
April 21 marks Vanderbilt's inaugural Giving Day, a 24-hour event to celebrate the university and advance its mission to discover, educate and lead. Read MoreJan 22, 2016
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Imagination Grants nurture Divinity students’ social justice passion
Vanderbilt Divinity students can enhance their global education while learning leadership skills through creative, self-directed projects funded by Imaginations Grants. Read MoreJan 15, 2016
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When Commodores talk, we listen
Vanderbilt alumni care deeply about their university. They are loyal and willing advocates, and are excited to be “Vanderbilt for Life.” They want to hear about the latest faculty research and Vanderbilt events in their city, as well as connect with networking and career resources offered by the university. Those are just some of the findings from the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association’s recent, expansive alumni satisfaction survey. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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Alumni: Reach your career goals through Vanderbilt
Take the next steps on your career path with help from the Alumni Career Services program. Whether you are just getting started, looking to make a transition or want to build skills in your current role, we offer valuable resources that will help you along the way. Read MoreJan 14, 2016
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The Big Short brings Burry’s market genius to silver screen
The Big Short brings Burry’s market genius to silver screen In 2010 Michael Burry, MD’97, became known as the first financial analyst to predict America’s financial crisis. The New York Times bestseller The Big Short, written by Michael Lewis, tells the story of how Burry and a few others discovered… Read MoreJan 4, 2016
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Nashville’s ‘Negotiators’: How Samar Ali Gets Enemies In Syria To Sit Down And Talk
Nashville’s ‘Negotiators’: How Samar Ali Gets Enemies In Syria To Sit Down And Talk Samar Ali, BS’03, JD’06, a former Alumni Association Board member and an attorney for Nashville law firm Bone McAllester Norton, is a third-party mediator in Syria. WPLN recently interviewed her as part of its live journalism… Read MoreJan 4, 2016
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Vanderbilt MBA student awarded $25,000 Sohr Grant for startup
A second-year business student at the Owen Graduate School of Management has won an annual $25,000 Sohr Grant for her idea to start a ticketing company focused on tour operators. Read MoreDec 16, 2015
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Jack Rutledge builds career with talent for music and business
Learn how Jack Rutledge, BMus’03, MBA’09, turned his talent for music and business to become head of catalog and selection for Amazon Music. Learn how he blended his music and business acumen into a successful career. Read MoreDec 15, 2015
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Working for Play: Erin Sullivan, MBA’04
Would working at a toy company really be all fun and games? Erin Sullivan can tell you. She has worked at Mattel since landing a marketing internship while a student at Owen. Now senior director for Fisher-Price marketing, she has handled virtually every Mattel brand, except dolls, in her 11… Read MoreDec 15, 2015
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Ann Marie and Greg Brink’s personal partnership inspires their investment in nonprofit management
Greg Brink, EMBA’03, is a senior risk manager at Fannie Mae and has spent his career working with commercial mortgages. His wife, Ann Marie, is a professional musician who is the associate principal violist for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. They met at a patrons’ event for the orchestra in Dallas. Read MoreDec 15, 2015
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Heiki Miki, Vanderbilt’s Man in Japan
Heiki Miki, MBA’96, travels the globe as Shinagawa Refractories’ executive officer and general manager of overseas business for Americas, Europe/Middle East and Oceania—and as one of Vanderbilt’s most visible and appreciated international supporters. The 2015 Owen Distinguished Alumni Award recipient formed the Vanderbilt Japan Chapter in 2015 and is taking… Read MoreDec 15, 2015
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Maria Renz, MBA’96, discusses women and technology with Dean Eric Johnson
Maria Renz, MBA’96, technical adviser to the CEO of Amazon.com, recently returned to Nashville to attend an Owen Alumni Board meeting. During her visit she also spoke during an Opening Bell event and sat down with Dean Johnson for a video interview that covers leadership, career and how technology is… Read MoreDec 15, 2015
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New Testament scholar hosts Twitter Q&A on ‘first Christmas’ Dec. 15
Learn more about the first Christmas described in the Bible when New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine answers questions with the hashtag #AskVU on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Read MoreDec 9, 2015
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Grand Ole Opry Chief Steve Buchanan on Prepping the Landmark’s 90th Anniversary and Producing ‘Nashville’
Steve Buchanan, BS’80, MBA’85, arrived on Vanderbilt’s campus in 1975 with plans to become an environmental engineer. His experience on the university’s concert committee opened his eyes to a career in the country music industry. Billboard.com profiles Buchanan’s executive producer role on the television show Nashville and his work to… Read MoreNov 30, 2015
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Engineering alumnus among youngest African American tenured professors in computer science
James Hill, MS’06, PhD’09, an associate professor of computer and information science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, has become one of the youngest African Americans to become a tenured professor in computer science at a research university in the United States. Read MoreNov 30, 2015
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Engineering alumnus turned brewer says background comes in handy for beer biz
Justin Cox, BE’04, faced a conundrum four years ago – keep working at a steady, prestigious job with the federal government or turn his home brewing passion into a business. The Vanderbilt University School of Engineering alumnus decided he wanted no regrets as an old man and chose the latter. Read MoreNov 30, 2015
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Q&A: Vanderbilt alum, Twitter video platform designer shares advice on career
If you have ever posted or watched a video on Twitter, then you have witnessed the work of Can Envarli, BS’05. Read MoreNov 30, 2015
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Vanderbilt’s Peabody College appoints associate dean for students and equity, diversity and inclusion
Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development has named Monique Robinson-Nichols associate dean for students and equity, diversity and inclusion. Read MoreNov 23, 2015
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Bartley Scholarship to support future Methodist seminarians
A new Divinity School scholarship pays tribute to a father and son who became noted Methodist ministers in the Missouri Conference after earning master of divinity degrees at Vanderbilt. Read MoreNov 11, 2015
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Wcislo receives 2015 Chancellor’s Cup
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented the 2015 Chancellor’s Cup to Associate Professor of History Frank Wcislo during a surprise ceremony Nov. 6 in Kirkland Hall, with many of Wcislo’s friends and colleagues from across the university in attendance. Read MoreNov 6, 2015