MyVU News

Vanderbilt University invites the community to events celebrating Juneteenth hosted by a number of campus partners. Vanderbilt recently announced that university staff will receive Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in United States, as a paid holiday beginning in 2023. Read More

Joseph C. Hough Jr., who led the Vanderbilt Divinity School from 1990 to 1999, died May 15 in Claremont, California, after a long illness. He was 89. Read More

In celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, Vanderbilt is inviting members of the university community to events offered this June through the K.C. Potter Center and the Glammadores LGBTQIA+ Employee Affinity Group, as well as community partners across Nashville. Read More

Representatives from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development visited the American University of Iraq—Baghdad in April and May to advance the collaboration between the institutions on improving Iraqi higher education and strengthening the teacher workforce. Read More

MyVU has shifted its schedule for the summer to two days per week. Beginning the week of June 5, the newsletter will publish every Wednesday and Friday; the Monday edition will resume publication in August. During the summer, students receive MyVU on Fridays only.  Read More

College Sports Communicators released its at-large academic all-district team, naming seven student-athletes from the Vanderbilt cross country and track and field programs. To be nominated for academic all-district honors, student-athletes must compete in at least 50 percent of scheduled competitions, maintain at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA and hold at least sophomore standing academically and athletically. Read More

The Broadview at Vanderbilt residential community, the university’s first public-private partnership, is nearing completion. The building will open for resident move-in on July 10. The second retail business to occupy the space, 8th & Roast Coffee Co., also will open this summer.   Read More

A campus survey is now available for the Vanderbilt community to make suggestions on what a new campus time capsule should contain. Ideas are now being collected to fill the shoe box–sized box with meaningful relics from life at Vanderbilt today.   Read More

Vanderbilt has revealed artistic renderings for enhancements to Hawkins Field, home of the two-time national champion Vanderbilt baseball team. A cornerstone of Vandy United’s Dare to Grow phase, the Hawkins Field initiative creates premium seating opportunities, expands capacity and reimagines the game day experience. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust elected five new members on April 20 during its annual spring meeting. Lamar Alexander, BA’62; John Arnold, BA’96; Nina Kohler; Shaiza Rizavi, BS’91; and Jon Winkelried will serve five-year terms beginning July 1. In addition, Peter Marshall, BA’14, and Somto Okoye, BE’19, will begin two-year terms as a Young Alumni Trustee and a Young Alumni Leader, respectively. Read More

K.C. Potter made campus more inclusive and welcoming as dean of residential and judicial affairs. Read More

Vanderbilt won the 2023 SEC Tournament championship with a 10-4 victory over Texas A&M. The Commodores are tournament champs for the fourth time in program history, third under head coach Tim Corbin. Read More

Brown, a former three-time All-SEC student-athlete who was part of Vanderbilt’s most successful men’s tennis team, is returning to the Commodores as head coach for the program. He will replace Ian Duvenhage, who has led the team for 18 seasons and will depart as the all-time winningest coach in the program’s history. Read More

A campus survey is now available for the Vanderbilt community to make suggestions on what the new time capsule should contain. Read More

Human Resources and Payroll will launch a new timekeeping system this summer that streamlines time entry and approval, increases accuracy and improves the experience for employees and managers.  Read More

The College of Arts and Science has recognized its most dedicated instructors representing faculty excellence in teaching effectiveness, innovative teaching practices and extraordinary contributions to undergraduate immersion experiences. Read More

A Data Science for Social Good summer project is bringing history and education to life with artificial intelligence through Professor Holly Tucker’s EUS 2230W class. The class throws out the textbook, allowing students to learn history by living it through an elaborate role-playing game. Read More

Vanderbilt hosted a Regional Innovation Showcase April 27, to bring together research and innovation experts from nine universities in Tennessee and Kentucky. Participants connected and shared the latest developments in regional research and innovation with each other and with Erwin Gianchandani, assistant director of the National Science Foundation’s TIPS Directorate. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier lauded university staff and the “milestone achievements” they helped accomplish this semester during the 2023 Spring Staff Assembly. Read More

Students, fellows and the educators and administrators of graduate and postgraduate programs are encouraged to attend a series of virtual public listening sessions hosted by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The purpose of these sessions is to hear from the early career researcher community about the challenges and opportunities for advancing open science. Read More