Alumni
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Commodore Launch events welcome Class of 2026 students and families to Vanderbilt community
Vanderbilt held 52 Commodore Launch events this summer to welcome members of the Class of 2026, incoming transfer students and their families. Hosted by Vanderbilt alumni and parents, the annual gatherings are an opportunity to introduce new undergraduate students and families to the university community. Read MoreSep 9, 2022
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Renderings of new tennis facility unveiled
The latest chapter of Vandy United was highlighted Sept. 8 when artists’ renderings of the Lummis Family Tennis Center were unveiled. Fred and Claudia Lummis, both BA’76, and their sons Fred III, Dan, BA’05, and Ben, BA’08, made a lead gift with the goal of inspiring other alumni and donors to champion state-of-the-art tennis facilities to benefit both the Vanderbilt and greater Nashville communities. Read MoreSep 8, 2022
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Patricia Ingram Hart, BA’57, philanthropist and civic leader, has died
Patricia Ingram Hart, one of Vanderbilt University’s most generous benefactors, died Aug. 13 at her home in Nashville. Read MoreSep 7, 2022
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‘Leaps of faith’ led engineering alumna to career in problem-solving through tech
Miti Joshi, BS’19, has been taking what she calls “leaps of faith” ever since she left Mumbai, India, to attend Vanderbilt University. These bold and sometimes scary moves have led her to experience life-changing opportunities at the School of Engineering and have helped her find her passion as a successful woman in tech. Read MoreSep 6, 2022
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Jim Schifman, BS’90: ‘Bee’ for Business
Jim Schifman, BS'90, and his wife, Melissa, launched Project Hive Pet Company last year, selling dog toys and treats that directly contribute to rebuilding bee habitats. Their beehive-themed dog toys are sustainably manufactured in the United States and the company donates 1 percent of gross sales to the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund, which works with private, public and corporate partners to help establish and manage pollinator habitats on their lands. Read MoreAug 15, 2022
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School of Engineering alumnus develops location technology to help visually impaired navigate independently
Chris Webb, BE'90, is the CEO and co-founder of Foresight Augmented Reality, a cutting-edge technology that allows those with visual impairments to live more independently. Read MoreAug 8, 2022
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Conkin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and eminent American intellectual historian, has died
Paul K. Conkin, Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, former chair of the Department of History and author of more than 20 books on a wide range of American intellectual history, died July 23 in Nashville. Read MoreAug 8, 2022
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The Vanderbilt Ventriloquist: Alumna Megan Piphus Peace finds her voice as the first Black female puppeteer on ‘Sesame Street’
Megan Piphus Peace, BA’14, MSF’15, is an accomplished ventriloquist and puppeteer who has performed in front of audiences across the nation, including on The Tonight Show and America’s Got Talent. In 2021, she made history as the first Black female puppeteer to work on the long-running children’s television show Sesame Street. Read MoreAug 2, 2022
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UPDATED: School of Medicine invests in future of health care with Dean’s Scholarship Challenge
At the beginning of 2022, the School of Medicine launched a $5 million Dean’s Scholarship Challenge to help ensure that tomorrow’s leaders in medicine are educated at Vanderbilt. The success of the early months of the effort has prompted the university to boost the available matching funds by $5 million. Read MoreAug 2, 2022
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Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame honors Vanderbilt trustee, athletics philanthropist John R. Ingram as Tennessean of the Year, inducts former vice chancellor David Williams II
John R. Ingram, a longtime university benefactor whose generosity continues to shape the historic Vandy United campaign, will be honored as the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame’s Tennessean of the Year on July 23. The event also serves as the induction ceremony for a Hall of Fame class that includes the late David Williams II, former vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director, and former Vanderbilt golf and football standout Toby Wilt. Read MoreJul 22, 2022
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Imani Ellis, BA’12: From Dreams to Reality
Imani Ellis, BA'12, went from being an NBC page to vice president in 10 short years. As the NBCUniversal’s vice president of communications, she leads a team that creates comprehensive press strategies and media campaigns for unscripted shows across the NBCU portfolio. Read MoreJul 18, 2022
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Vanderbilt Alumni Association board announces new leadership, adds two members
The Vanderbilt Alumni Association has welcomed a new president and two other alumni leaders to its board. Read MoreJul 15, 2022
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How to Enjoy Vanderbilt’s Arboretum: Expert advice from Vanderbilt landscape architect James Moore
As steward of Vanderbilt's arboretum, University Landscape Architect James Moore works not only to beautify campus and preserve its botanical diversity, but also to study the resilience of campus trees to disease and better understand how they absorb heat and stormwater for midtown Nashville. Read MoreJul 8, 2022
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Record 20 Vanderbilt students and alumni named Fulbright Scholars
The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for 2022-23, with a record 20 Vanderbilt University students and alumni winning the prestigious awards. In addition to the 20 new Fulbright Scholars, four Vanderbilt seniors have been selected as alternates and 32 students and alumni earned recognition as semifinalists. Read MoreJun 17, 2022
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Vanderbilt Law School announces $17.5M bequest from W. Weldon Wilson, JD’86, to extend scholarship program
Vanderbilt Law School Board of Advisors member W. Weldon Wilson, JD’86, and his wife, Elaine, have documented a $17.5 million bequest to support their existing Weldon Wilson Scholarship at Vanderbilt Law School. The scholarship was established in 2011 in honor of Weldon’s 25th reunion. Read MoreMay 11, 2022
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A conversation with VU alumna Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey is May 17
Vanderbilt alumna Martha Craig Daughtrey, BA’64, JD’68, a senior United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, will be featured at an upcoming event in the Nashville Public Library’s Votes for Women: Legacy of the 19th Amendment series. Read MoreMay 4, 2022
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Vanderbilt University Board of Trust names new alumni trustee
The Vanderbilt University Board of Trust elected Tim Warnock, BA’84, to a two-year term as alumni trustee at its April 22 meeting. Warnock, an attorney at Loeb & Loeb in Nashville, is the outgoing president of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board. Read MoreApr 29, 2022
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Michael Brasseur, BS’97: From Vandy Commodore to Actual Commodore
In his long U.S. Navy career, Michael Brasseur, BS'97, has had numerous command postings, including his latest as a full commodore. Based in Bahrain, he commands Task Force 59, the Navy’s first unmanned task force dedicated to securing the waters around the Arabian Peninsula. He directs a team dedicated to rapidly harnessing the power of unmanned and artificial intelligence integration to promote the free flow of commerce in the area. Read MoreApr 19, 2022
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Volunteer Leadership Weekend celebrates alumni, energizes supporters
Nearly 200 alumni and parent volunteers returned to campus April 1–2 for the annual Volunteer Leadership Weekend. The weekend’s theme, Vanderbilt in Classroom, Community and Conversation, was designed to give university volunteer leaders an inside view of changes underway at Vanderbilt and to provide firsthand insights from university leaders, faculty and students about how these initiatives improve the educational experience. Read MoreApr 6, 2022