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  12 things you need to know this week  
 
 
 
 
     
1.   Class of 2022 unlocks $100K gift to Experience Vanderbilt; donors invited to special reception with Chancellor Diermeier
    Senior students stepped up on Giving Day to unlock a challenge gift that provided $100,000 to Experience Vanderbilt. In honor of meeting this challenge, and as part of the yearlong 2022 Seniors Give Back campaign, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier invites all senior students who have made a gift to join him at a special reception.  [ Read More ]
     
     
2.   Bowling team finishes third in NCAA tournament
    Two titans of collegiate bowling traded momentum back and forth in a classic four-hour megamatch before the Vanderbilt Commodores finally succumbed to an onslaught of strikes from the McKendree Bearcats April 16 at the NCAA Final Four in Columbus, Ohio. [ Read More ]
     
     
3.   2021–22 Vanderbilt Awards for Leadership Excellence announced
    On April 6 the Vanderbilt community celebrated the first in-person Vanderbilt Awards for Leadership Excellence ceremony since 2019. During the ceremony, 19 student leaders and seven student organizations were recognized for their service to the community. [ Read More ]
     
     
4.   Vanderbilt Law student selected for Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics law program
    Samantha Smith, BA’19, JD’22, is one of 14 law students worldwide chosen for the 2022 law program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. FASPE provides a unique historical lens to engage graduate students in professional schools and early-stage practitioners in an intensive course of study focused on contemporary ethical issues in their professions. [ Read More ]
     
     
5.   Story Photo 2 Chainz, Miguel headline Rites of Spring
    Rites of Spring is scheduled for Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23, on Alumni Lawn. Tickets for Vanderbilt students, staff and faculty are on sale now. [ Read More ]
     
     
6.   Vanderbilt adds volleyball as a varsity sport
    Vanderbilt University has announced the addition of women’s volleyball as the university’s 17th varsity sport. Enabled by the transformational Vandy United campaign, the sport will begin competition in the 2025–26 academic year. [ Read More ]
     
     
7.   Basketball operations center and practice facility timeline revealed
    As part of the ongoing Vandy United campaign, Vanderbilt University today unveiled detailed plans for the men’s and women’s basketball operations center and practice facility. [ Read More ]
     
     
8.   Student Care Network offers tips on test preparation and managing test anxiety
    The Student Care Network, in partnership with a variety of campus partners, offers resources and services to help students prepare for final papers, examinations and presentations. [ Read More ]
     
     
9.   Office of Global Safety provides community resources amid COVID-19 travel advisory updates
    Changes in federal agencies’ procedures for designating nations’ level of travel risk will allow Vanderbilt’s Office of Global Safety to better communicate those risks to potential travelers connected with the university. [ Read More ]
     
     
10.   Helmuth honored with 2022 K.C. Potter Award for outstanding service to students
    Faculty Head of Sutherland House Chalene Helmuth has received the 2021–22 K.C. Potter Outstanding Service to Students Award, given by the Office of the Dean of Students to a faculty member who provides outstanding service consistently to individual students or student groups through personal advising, development of programs, or improvements to university systems and policies that affect students. [ Read More ]
     
     
11.   Vanderbilt Blair School of Music performs children’s opera at zoo as part of mission to deepen community ties, engagement
    Blair School Dean Lorenzo F. Candelaria sees opportunities to revolutionize the experience of classical music in ways that cultivate new and diverse audiences for the art form. In some cases, it means taking the music to unexpected places.  [ Read More ]
     
     
12.   Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering graduate trainee program now accepting applications
    Applications are open through June 15 for the Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering graduate trainee program. The NISE program engages students across STEM disciplines in the development, deployment and commercialization of future of work at the human technology frontier (FW-HTF) approaches and devices that support neurodiverse individuals, and/or that are inspired by their abilities. [ Read More ]
     
 
 
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