Alumni Association
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Alumni Association Board announces new leadership and members
The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board is pleased to announce new leadership and the addition of eight new members. Read MoreJun 30, 2016
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Chapters Bring Vanderbilt Classrooms to Alumni
Vanderbilt alumni share a passion for lifelong learning and often request educational programs. The Alumni Association is responding by sponsoring more Commodore Classrooms events in chapter cities. Read MoreMay 12, 2016
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Vanderbilt For Life: Learning and Adventure Don’t End with Graduation
Vanderbilt Alumni Association chapters currently exist in 37 U.S. cities and five international locations—the newest one in Japan—and offer a range of activities to help keep Vanderbilt’s 135,000 alumni connected to each other and to the university. Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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Lifelong Journey Begins for Recent Grads
When the Class of 2015 walked across the Commencement stage in May, their steps were just the first along a lifetime path with Vanderbilt. Read MoreOct 23, 2015
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MLB Pitcher David Price among Alumni Honored
Four outstanding alumni known for their service to the university, service to others, and for their professional accomplishments have been chosen by the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors to receive alumni awards in 2015. Read MoreJul 31, 2015
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Vanderbilt Alumni Association: Continue the connection
Graduation is just one step in alumni's lifelong journey with Vanderbilt. The Class of 2015 can continue its connection with the university and global alumni community through the Alumni Association. Read MoreMay 1, 2015
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VU alumna Nora Tyson tapped to command Navy’s 3rd Fleet
Vice Adm. Nora Tyson has been nominated to command the U.S. 3rd Fleet, which stretches from the Western coast of the United States to the International Date Line in the Pacific. Read MoreApr 23, 2015
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Networking Night Draws Thousands
Nearly 1,500 alumni and friends gathered Nov. 6 in 36 Vanderbilt chapter cities, including London, Beijing and Shanghai. From the industry-coded name tags to the networking tips and attendee lists provided in advance, the entire focus was on facilitating connections. Read MoreMar 23, 2015
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Alumni Association Taps New Talent
Last summer Patti Early White, BA’76, and Perry Brandt, BA’74, JD’77, began two-year terms as president and president-elect, respectively, of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Directors. Read MoreDec 23, 2014
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Goddu receives 2014 Chancellor’s Cup
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented the 2014 Chancellor’s Cup to Associate Professor of English Teresa Goddu during a surprise ceremony Oct. 7 in Benson Hall with many of Goddu’s colleagues and students looking on. Read MoreOct 8, 2014
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Obituary: Todd Jackson, BA’96, EMBA’08, ‘We Have to Be the Change’
In 2003, Todd Jackson was diagnosed with a brain tumor that was surgically removed and followed by 30 doses of radiation therapy. Last year another cancer, this time a grade IV brain cancer, surfaced, and Jackson died June 9, 2014, at age 40 in Nashville. During the decade between diagnoses, he did his best to ensure that researchers have the resources to create innovative cancer therapies. Read MoreSep 26, 2014
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New path announced for young alumni service on Board of Trust
The Vanderbilt Board of Trust has approved a new approach to involve recent graduates in the university beyond their student days while expanding the opportunities for trustees to interact with all students at Vanderbilt. Read MoreSep 17, 2014
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Alumni Association honors Geer for educational contributions
John Geer, the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science, has been recognized for his significant contributions to educational programming as a speaker for Vanderbilt Reunion and other alumni events. Read MoreApr 17, 2014
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Moses to receive Vanderbilt Distinguished Alumni Award
Harold “Hal” Moses, the Hortense B. the Ingram Professor of Cancer Research at Vanderbilt University, is the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award — the highest honor for a member of the Vanderbilt alumni community. Read MoreJan 20, 2014
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Todd Jackson, BA’96, EMBA’08 to receive new Alumni Volunteer Award
Todd Jackson, BA’96, EMBA’08, is the recipient of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Director’s new Alumni Volunteer Award. As founders and co-chairs of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Young Ambassadors, Jackson and his wife, EB, have helped raise $250,000 and award seven Discovery Grants to innovative cancer… Read MoreJan 17, 2014
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Evan Mack, B.Mus’03, receives Young Alumni Professional Achievement Award
Evan Mack, B.Mus’03, is the recipient of one of the newest awards presented by the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Directors — the Young Alumni Professional Achievement Award. Read MoreJan 16, 2014
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Kasey Folk, BA’02, elected partner at Ulmer & Berne
Kasey M. Folk, BA’02, is one of eight attorneys at Ulmer & Berne elected to partnership. Kasey also serves on the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Directors and is co-president of the Chicago chapter. Read MoreJan 7, 2014
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VU Alumni Association board names new members
The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association board is pleased to announce the addition of seven new members. Read MoreJul 1, 2013
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Rear Adm. Nora Tyson to receive Distinguished Alumni Award
Rear Admiral Nora Tyson (BA’79), the vice director of the Joint Staff and first female commander of a U.S. Navy carrier strike group, is the recipient of the highest honor for a member of the Vanderbilt alumni community: the Distinguished Alumni Award. Read MoreSep 5, 2012
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VUCast Newscast: Louder Than a Bomb
This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s weekly newscast highlighting research, experts, students, sports and everything Vanderbilt: How the Louder Than a Bomb poetry slam changed a Vandy student’s life How the GOP can attract Latino voters … Read MoreFeb 10, 2012