Alumni

The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust has approved a $10 million project to provide enhanced space in Memorial Gym for instruction, team building, coaching and settings that can foster interactions with returning professional players. Read More

Vanderbilt alumnus and first-time author Andrew Maraniss will receive the 2015 Lillian Smith Book Award for his acclaimed work "Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South." Read More

Being denied admission to Vanderbilt was more painful for us than our kid’s first trip to the emergency room. We agreed to write this in the hope that our family’s story might be helpful to some fellow alums. Read More

To describe James Alexander Jr. as a self-motivated achiever doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of this remarkable young man who is taking part in the dual degree program offered by Vanderbilt Law and Divinity schools. Read More

Ali Sevilla de Cocco began her Vanderbilt journey in 2004, and thanks to the generosity of others and her passion for learning, she’s still here today. Read More

Katrina Markoff, BA’97, co-founded the pioneering boutique chocolate label Vosges Haut-Chocolat. Read More

Before winning NBC’s The Sing Off last December with his fellow Melodores, Ted Moock, BS’15, had already been cast to play a Treblemaker in the movie Pitch Perfect 2, currently out in theatres. Read More

The Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame will induct 2015 class members Roy Neel, Eric Etheridge, Georgia Stitt and Amy Chowdhry during Vanderbilt Reunion at the John Seigenthaler Center. Read More

Helen Tuel, EdD’85, is the 2015 recipient of the 2015 Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Director’s Alumni Public Service Award. Read More

Hiram “Hi” Lewis, BS’99, MEd’01, is the recipient of the 2015 Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board’s Young Alumni Volunteer award. Read More

David Price, ’09, is the recipient of the 2015 Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board’s Young Professional Achievement Award. Read More

John “Buddy” Fisher, BA’50, is the recipient of the 2015 Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board’s Alumni Volunteer Award. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce eight new directors. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2015 alumni award recipients—Helen Tuel, EdD’85, Hiram “Hi” Lewis, BS’99, MEd’01, David Price,’09, and John “Buddy” Fisher, BA’50. Read More

A plan to enhance Vanderbilt's baseball facilities focuses on the full development of student-athletes and would provide space for instruction, team building, coaching and settings that can foster interactions with returning professional players and fellow graduates. Read More

We have commissioned Performance Enhancement Group Ltd. of Houston to conduct an Alumni Attitude Study©, which will measure alumni attitudes and how they impact your engagement with the university. Read More

Vanderbilt head football coach Derek Mason was a featured speaker at the first forum for MEND, a program to end violence against women and girls by empowering men in the community to be positive role models. Read More

Robert F. Heimburger, M.D., a member of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine class of 1943, died June 9. He was 97. Read More

Members of the classes of 2005 to 2014 have shown their commitment to Vanderbilt and its students by rising to the GOLD Challenge3 and securing a $100,000 gift to Opportunity Vanderbilt—the university’s initiative to replace all need-based undergraduate student loans with scholarships and grant assistance. Read More

Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South was honored at the Robert F. Kennedy Book Awards held May 21 at the Newseum. Read More