Vanderbilt Administration

Vanderbilt University has hired Matthew Redd as its director of commencement. In this role, Redd will oversee the university's three days of events each year that culminate in Commencement exercises held the second Friday in May. Read More

Alexander Heard, an adviser to three U.S. presidents who, as Vanderbilt's fifth chancellor, guided the university smoothly through the stormy period of the 1960s and 1970s without the unrest and violence that afflicted many college campuses, died July 24 at his home after a long illness. He was 92. Read More

Brett Sweet, dean of administration and finance of Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been named vice chancellor and chief financial officer at Vanderbilt University, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced today. Read More

The Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management today announced that Dean James W. Bradford has been named to the board of directors of the Graduate Management Admission Council, the association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. The appointment is effective July 1. Read More

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos joins John Seigenthaler on Nashville Public Television's "One On One" series to talk about what's going on at the university and his vision for its future. Read More

August Washington, whose 30-year law enforcement career has included service at six universities, was named the police chief and an assistant vice chancellor of Vanderbilt University on Monday. He begins work on July 27. Read More

Nelson C. Andrews, widely regarded as one of Nashville's greatest philanthropists, humanitarians and civic leaders, died June 13 of leukemia at the age of 82. Andrews, a 1949 Vanderbilt graduate, served on the Vanderbilt Board of Trust since 1979. He was elected trustee emeritus in 2003. Read More

Nora Spencer has been named the new director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center at Vanderbilt, a year after she joined Vanderbilt as the director of the first full-time office to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex community at Vanderbilt University. The appointment is effective July 1. Read More

Chris Guthrie, a seven-year veteran of Vanderbilt University Law School and former associate dean for academic affairs, was named dean of the law school effective July 1, 2009. Read More

Two Vanderbilt alumni and a Vanderbilt parent – all having provided strong volunteer leadership for the university's initiatives – join a graduating Chancellor's Scholar as the newest members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. Read More

Vanderbilt graduates along with their family and friends will gather for the annual Senior Day address - this year by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin - indoors in Memorial Gymnasium. Read More

An Environmental Commitment Statement has been adopted by Vanderbilt, and the university has completed its first greenhouse gas inventory. Read More

Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development is the best graduate school of its kind in the nation, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report. Read More

Dr. Harry R. Jacobson will retire as vice chancellor for health affairs at Vanderbilt University June 1, and Dr. Jeffrey Balser, dean of the School of Medicine, will succeed him, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced today. Read More

The Information Systems Security Association has honored Mark Johnson, chief information security officer for Vanderbilt University, with its Security Professional of the Year award for 2008. Read More

Edward L. Rubin announced that he is stepping down from his position as dean of Vanderbilt University Law School effective June 30. Rubin said he will continue to teach and write as a member of the faculty. Read More

Connie Vinita Dowell, a Vanderbilt University graduate with three decades of experience working in academic libraries, will begin her new position as the university's first dean of libraries on March 2. Dowell previously served as dean of the library and information access at San Diego State University. Read More

Endowment managers at Vanderbilt University bested many of their peers in the last six months of 2008, with Vanderbilt's endowment declining 16.5 percent during a period of severe economic downturn. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos sent the following message to the Vanderbilt community Jan. 28, 2009, regarding the economy and the university. To Members of the Vanderbilt Community: As Vanderbilt’s community of faculty, staff and students advances its work in the new year, I want to update you on… Read More

James E. Stofan, a leading alumni relations professional in higher education, has been named associate vice chancellor of alumni relations at Vanderbilt University. Read More