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Scholarship students show the impact of Opportunity Vanderbilt
Nov. 20, 2013—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 university’s initiative to replace all...
Voices of giving: A Schola Prophetarum perspective
Nov. 18, 2013—Keith Caldwell came to study at the Vanderbilt Divinity School because he wants to help reimagine a better version of this world. “People here are not just doing God talk,” Keith says. “They are pulling it down and putting it in action.” As a community organizer in Nashville for the past fifteen years, Keith’s world...
Yunus speaks at Global Social Business Summit
Nov. 14, 2013—Muhammad Yunus, Phd‘71, and the 1996 Vanderbilt Distinguished Alumnus, was an inspiring keynote speaker during the fifth annual Global Social Business Summit. After Vanderbilt, Yunus began his active work to fight poverty in Bangladesh by issuing microcredit loans to the poor, eventually creating the Grameen Bank. Yunus and the bank were awarded the Nobel Peace...
Class of 2012 leads the way in giving back to Vanderbilt
Nov. 9, 2013—The Class of 2012 is accustomed to leading the way. As freshmen, they became the first class to live at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. As seniors, they broke a Vanderbilt record at the time by giving back to Vanderbilt at a rate of 48 percent through the Senior Class Fund. Today, they continue to...
Alumnus publishes portraits of Freedom Riders
Nov. 6, 2013—After finding the original mugshots of the Freedom Riders, Eric Etheridge, BA’79, took on a unique project; he tracked down 328 of the original activists, photographing them again and displaying their current portraits alongside their mugshots. The portraits are collected in Etheridge’s book, “Breach of Peace.” Etheridge recently visited the Freedom Rides Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.
AVBA names new leadership
Nov. 1, 2013—Vanderbilt’s Office of Alumni Relations and the Association of Vanderbilt Black Alumni are excited to announce the AVBA’s newest leadership team. William Wyatt, BE’95, is president, Damien Charley, BS’99, is vice president and Charity Hemphill-Frierson, BA’10, will serve as secretary. The AVBA made great strides under its previous leadership and William, Damien and Charity are...
Alumni career services offer easy video resumes with Optimal Resume
Nov. 1, 2013—A video resume lets your personality and speaking skills set you apart from your competition. Vanderbilt is here to help you with Optimal Resume, now available through the Alumni Career Services program. The process could not be easier. Optimal Resume gives you the tools to create your script, an easy to read teleprompter and even...
Author and alumnus James Patterson supports two new reading programs for middle schoolers
Oct. 31, 2013—Middle school students are experiencing the joy of reading thanks to best-selling author and Vanderbilt alumnus James Patterson, who recognized the need for engaging literature for the younger set.
Liberal arts grad turns hobby into lucrative career
Oct. 29, 2013—Matt Rubinger, BA’10, learned to authenticate designer handbags as a teenager. Today he is in charge of the luxury accessories division at Heritage Auctions.
Troubleshooter – Smartphones could help pinpoint snipers
Oct. 25, 2013—A team of computer engineers from Vanderbilt University’s Institute of Software Integrated Systems (ISIS), including Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Akos Ledeczi, PhD’95, has developed inexpensive hardware and software that can transform an Android smartphone into a simple shooter location system.
Goldfarb named to ‘Popular Mechanics’ top 10 innovators list
Oct. 21, 2013—"Popular Mechanics" named Vanderbilt mechanical engineer Michael Goldfarb one of this year's “Ten Innovators Who Changed The World” for an exoskeleton he developed that helps people with paralysis to stand.
Alumni celebrate Reunion 2013
Oct. 8, 2013—This year, more than 3,000 alumni and guests gathered on campus Oct. 3–5 for Reunion 2013.