Communications And Marketing
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Blair student selected to 2018 SEC Student Music Ensemble
Blair School of Music junior Hiram Rodriguez was among the seven SEC student musicians who used the activities surrounding the 2018 SEC Football Championship Game in early December to showcase their jazz and improvisational music skills to thousands of SEC administrators, staff and fans as part of the third SEC Student Music Ensemble. Read MoreDec 13, 2018
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Blair School offers adult Tai Chi classes for stress release
Learn gentle Tai Chi movements and breathing techniques with instructor Cindy Hui-Lio to help ease chronic stress and anxiety. Learn how to “tune in” to your body and balance your movements. Read MoreDec 13, 2018
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Make sleeping better your resolution for the new year
Work/Life Connections–Employee Assistance Program is offering a five-week workshop to help improve sleeping habits. Utilizing the first-line treatment Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, this workshop will teach you new tools to guide you toward a better rest for success. Read MoreDec 13, 2018
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Health Plus presents ‘Eat Well, Live Well: A Nutrition Presentation’ Dec. 18
Join Health Plus health educators Marissa Wertheimer, a registered dietitian, and Emily Cox, a certified health education specialist, to receive the information and tools you need to make better food choices. Read MoreDec 13, 2018
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Babies and You: ‘Getting Back in Shape after Baby’ Dec. 20
Health Plus wants to support you in having a healthy pregnancy by offering Babies & You, a pre- and postnatal education program to encourage consistent care. Read MoreDec 13, 2018
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Find Your Impact – Vanderbilt University PSA Commercial
Watch as Vanderbilt students and faculty highlight how their passions inspire them to make positive impact in this 2018 public service announcement commercial created by Vanderbilt Communications. Read MoreDec 12, 2018
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Expert Q&A: Staying healthy during the holidays
How do we stay healthy during the holidays when we’re traveling and have so many family and friends together with so much potential to spread germs? Dr. Ruth Stewart of the Vanderbilt Health and Williamson Medical Center Walk-In Clinic in Brentwood, Tennessee, shares healthy holiday tips. Read MoreDec 12, 2018
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What’s On My Mind: Vanderbilt’s new athletics director
In this week's column, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos praises the experience and vision of Vanderbilt's new athletics director, Malcolm Turner. Read MoreDec 12, 2018
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Biomedical engineering student-dancers find joy, community, stress relief at the barre
Junior Danielle Liu and senior Dominque Szymkiewicz, both biomedical engineering majors, have found a valuable outlet in VUPointe Ballet Theatre, a student-run dance company. Read MoreDec 11, 2018
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IRS announces 2019 retirement plan contribution limits
The Internal Revenue Service annually reviews and adjusts the limits for employee retirement plan contributions. Learn more about the limits for 2019. Read MoreDec 11, 2018
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Transforming Community: Nyree Ramsey, BS’97, MEd’00, and Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes, BS’96
When Nyree Ramsey visited New Orleans in 1995, three words came to mind: “This is home.” “I loved the culture, the food, the sense of community—all things intergenerational,” she says. “My father was a musician, an immigrant from Jamaica, and my mom comes from a… Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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The Value of a Dollar: How a simple pricing idea launched the retail giant Dollar General
With more than 14,000 stores in the U.S. and $24 billion in revenue, Dollar General is showing the world that there’s still life in the brick-and-mortar retail sector. In this excerpt from his memoir, My Father’s Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company, Cal Turner… Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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Chief HR officer directs CUPA-HR award money to support Employee Hardship Fund
Barbara Carroll, Vanderbilt’s chief human resources officer, has received the Donald E. Dickason Award from the national College and University Professional Association for Human Resources and has directed its prize money to the Vanderbilt University Employee Hardship Fund. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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Three Vanderbilt undergraduates awarded prestigious fellowships and scholarships
Vanderbilt seniors Javan Latson and Sasha Whitley have been awarded Pickering Fellowships for 2019, and junior Mary E. Tezak has been named a Boren Scholarship recipient. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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Limited Submission Opportunity: St. Baldrick’s Foundation research grants
Vanderbilt may submit research grant, supportive care research grant and consortium research grant proposals for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation spring grant cycle. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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Tips for greening your holiday season
Want to reduce your impact this holiday season? Here are a few tips from SustainVU’s Holiday Greening Guide to make your holiday a little greener this year. Read MoreDec 10, 2018
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New working group provides support services for international students
The International Student Support Working Group launched this fall and will focus on identifying various ways to support international students at Vanderbilt. Read MoreDec 7, 2018
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VUPD: Racist and homophobic flyers sent through external online advertising service
Vanderbilt University Police Department said there is no evidence to believe there is a Vanderbilt connection to the flyers, and that Vanderbilt was not specifically targeted, nor were universities in general. Read MoreDec 7, 2018
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Ensuring trade agreements don’t undermine environmental protections
Research by Tim Meyer suggests that selective enforcement of trade rules in unexpected ways has penalized renewable industries while propping up those that rely on exhaustible natural resources. Read MoreDec 7, 2018
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Chancellor Zeppos: Let’s cheer on our Commodores at the Texas Bowl
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos is encouraging Commodore fans to purchase tickets for the 2018 Texas Bowl. The Vanderbilt Commodores will take on the Baylor Bears in Houston on Dec. 27. Read MoreDec 7, 2018