The Greater Good

In 2014, Lester “Ruff” Fant, BA’63, and his wife, Susan, made a significant commitment to the College of Arts and Science to establish, among other things, an endowed Lester G. “Ruff” Fant III Dean’s Fund and the James Thornton Fant Chair in Sustainability Studies. Read More

Since Dance Marathon was established in 2003, the student-led organization has raised more than $1.3 million for Children’s Hospital. Read More

More than 1,300 members of Vanderbilt’s faculty and staff contributed $1.1 million to reach the 2014 Faculty–Staff Campaign goal. Read More

Jorge Bacardi and his wife, Leslie, recently established the Caridad Bolivar Bacardi Research and Fellowship Training Fund in Vanderbilt’s Department of Otolaryngology in honor of his mother. Read More

Fran Hardcastle’s impact on Vanderbilt ranges from the formation of a children’s hospital-within-a-hospital with the Junior League, to telephones in waiting rooms, sleeper chairs for parents, and fundraising for needs all over campus. Read More

Parents showed support for their Vanderbilt students like never before in the 2014 academic year, and as a result, a single challenge gift of $200,000 benefited multiple academic and student-life programs across the university. Read More

Four of the longest-running fundraisers for Vanderbilt University Medical Center are also local Nashville traditions. Iroquois Steeplechase, the Music City Tennis Invitational (MCTI), Eve of Janus and Christmas Village collectively have contributed more than $20 million to VUMC. Read More

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded Vanderbilt University more than $1.475 million to form the Mellon Partners for Humanities Education initiative, a partnership with Tennessee State University, Tougaloo College and Berea College. Read More

The Littlejohn Undergraduate Research Program expands opportunities for students from summer-only experiences to full academic-year endeavors. Read More

John F. Brock III, chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises—along with his wife, Mary, and their three children—have established an endowment to support an oncology fellowship at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Read More

Vanderbilt extends its gratitude for record-breaking support during its most recent fiscal year, which ended June 30. Read More

Nancy and Hilliard Travis spent a lifetime doing all they could to benefit their community, especially their beloved Vanderbilt. The most recent example is a generous bequest gift to the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing for scholarships and pediatric research. Read More

“I’ve contributed to the Senior Class Fund because I want other students to have access to the opportunities I’ve been given.” The words used by Vanderbilt senior Aladine Elsamadicy to explain his financial support of the undergraduate experience also provide inspiration behind the efforts that drive the Senior Class Fund. Read More

The spirit of mentorship and support shown to one medical student decades ago has come full circle in a bequest to establish a full scholarship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Read More

As the first class to have begun its Vanderbilt education experience at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, the Class of 2012 has grown accustomed to having the spotlight on it. Now, as members of that class prepare to receive their diplomas in May, they already are demonstrating leadership and innovation… Read More

Irène Mathieu received a Canby Robinson Society scholarship. As a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic, Irène Mathieu developed a passion for global health. But she knew attending medical school would likely leave her with substantial debt. A native of Virginia and graduate of The College of William & Mary,… Read More

Dr. W. Bedford Waters celebrates with his mother, Irene Georgia Bedford Waters, on her 90th birthday. Dr. W. Bedford Waters, BA’70, MD’74, established the Irene Georgia Bedford Waters Scholarship in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine to honor his mother, whose compassion and encouragement brightened the world around her. Irene… Read More

Michael Greshko blogged about his college selection process for The New York Times. During the spring of my senior year of high school, as I sallied forth ready to do battle with everything life threw my way, one herculean task remained: my college choice. I had been admitted to Yale… Read More