Admissions

After an extensive national search, Susan R. Wente has been named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos announced today. Read More

Minutes from the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate’s Dec. 5 and Feb. 13 meetings are now available online on the Faculty Senate website. (The January 2014 meeting was for elected senators only, and no minutes were taken.) For the December meeting, Vice Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions… Read More

David D. Mohning, executive director of the Office of Student Financial Aid and Undergraduate Scholarships, plans to retire from Vanderbilt, Vice Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions Douglas L. Christiansen announced Jan. 8. Read More

Vanderbilt University Divinity School will develop strategies to boost the economic well-being of its future graduates, thanks to a $250,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. Read More

Sabre Rucker grew up just a few miles from the Vanderbilt campus in East Nashville. Despite her successes in high school, her dreams of “black and gold” seemed out of reach. But Opportunity Vanderbilt made her dreams real. Her story is featured in a new video on Opportunity Vanderbilt, the… Read More

The Vanderbilt Class of 2017 was selected from the largest, most academically prepared and diverse pool of applicants in the university's history. Read More

[View the story "Our favorite Tweets of the week: PreVU edition" on Storify]… Read More

Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read More

It was a jam-packed week of excitement: More reaction from the new Class of 2017; celebrating the arrival of spring; celebrity sightings; and things got a little squirrely on April 1. [View the story "Our favorite Tweets and Instagrams of the week, March 30-April 5" on Storify]Our favorite… Read More

Regular Decision letters were mailed this week, and the excitement from the new class of ‘Dores – and their families, friends, and Vanderbilt alumni – was all over social media. Here are some of our favorite displays of Black & Gold pride. [View the story "Vanderbilt… Read More

Accessibility, inclusiveness and community made the difference for these students. Read More

The theme this week: Everyone wants to go to Vanderbilt. Whether waiting on acceptance letters or committing at Signing Day, it was a week full of school spirit. Below are just a few of our favorite Tweets and Instagrams of the week.   Be a part of the conversation: talk… Read More

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions mailed Early Decision 1 letters this week, and the reaction on Twitter and Facebook has been incredible. Here are just a few of our favorite posts from the past week. [View the story "Our favorite Tweets and Facebook posts of the week, Dec. Read More

Vanderbilt University and the Vanderbilt Curb Creative Campus Initiative have launched a highly customizable mobile video booth designed to collect and share real-time, authentic stories and voices. Read More

Due to Hurricane Sandy, the Vanderbilt Office of Undergraduate Admissions released this message to prospective students: “The Admissions Office at Vanderbilt understands that many of you on the East Coast are being impacted by Hurricane Sandy. We understand that you may have difficulty submitting the Common Application or acquiring required… Read More

Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management has named Christie St-John as its new director of admissions, effective Oct. 1, 2012. Read More

The Ingram Commons’ first class graduates First-year students and faculty heads of house gathered at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons in August 2008 for their first-ever class photo. The taking of a class photo each year has become an Ingram Commons tradition. (John Russell/Vanderbilt) On a bright spring day… Read More

A group of Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff will share their research and passion for science and technology with middle and high school students at the nation’s largest science fair April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. Read More

Vanderbilt University has received a record 28,306 undergraduate applications for the fall 2012 semester, 3,658 (15 percent) more than at the same time last year. Read More

Douglas L. Christiansen, Vanderbilt University’s vice provost for enrollment, dean of admissions and assistant professor of public policy and higher education is among three new national trustees elected to the College Board. Read More