Commons Reading
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Campus Reading announced for 2021-22 academic year
The Campus Reading for the 2021-22 academic year will be "When Breath Becomes" Air by Paul Kalanithi. The selection was chosen by a team of faculty and students. Read MoreMar 10, 2021
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New students engage with author Dolly Chugh at 14th annual Lawson Lecture
This year’s Lawson Lecture featured Dolly Chugh, author of "The Person You Mean to Be," the 2020 Commons Reading for first-year and transfer students, and Dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons Melissa Gesalfi in a fireside chat via webinar. Read MoreOct 9, 2020
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Incoming students celebrated at virtual Founders Walk
Incoming first-year, transfer and Next Steps students were welcomed into the Vanderbilt community on Sunday during Founders Walk, an annual event that marks the start of the academic year as well as the students’ time at the university. Read MoreAug 23, 2020
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Inclusive Book Group to discuss ‘The Person You Mean to Be’ Aug. 5
Vanderbilt’s Inclusive Book Group will meet online Aug. 5 to discuss "The Person You Mean to Be," which explores causes of inequality and offers tools for recognizing implicit bias. Read MoreJul 15, 2020
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Commons Reading dovetails with university initiatives on diversity, inclusion
While all incoming Vanderbilt undergraduates are expected to read "The Person You Mean to Be," the Commons Reading for 2020-21, the book will be particularly useful for anyone trying to understand the root causes of inequality. Read MoreJun 17, 2020
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Commons Reading announced for 2020-21 academic year
The Commons Reading for the 2020-21 academic year will be "The Person You Mean to Be" by award-winning author Dolly Chugh. The book will be distributed to all incoming first-year undergraduate students as well as incoming transfer students. Read MoreApr 6, 2020
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VU community discussion of 2019 Commons Reading set for July 23
The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center and the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host a discussion of the 2019 Commons Reading, "The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity" by Kwame Anthony Appiah, on Tuesday, July 23. All in the Vanderbilt community are invited to read the book and join in the discussion. Read MoreJun 25, 2019
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Commons Reading announced for 2019-20
The Commons Reading for the 2019-20 academic year will be "The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity" by Kwame Anthony Appiah. Read MoreMar 11, 2019
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Commons Reading announced for 2018-19
The Commons Reading for the 2018-19 academic year will be "The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom" by Jonathan Haidt. Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente and Vanessa Beasley, dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, announced the selection March 26. Read MoreMar 26, 2018
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Writer-in-residence Andrew Maraniss shares the story of Perry Wallace on ‘The Zeppos Report’
On the latest episode of "The Zeppos Report," Vanderbilt writer-in-residence Andrew Maraniss tells Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos about his personal journey to Vanderbilt and how it led him to write Perry Wallace's biography. Read MoreNov 27, 2017
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First-year students explore resilience through Commons programming
Resilience—the ability to adjust to change, recover from setbacks or overcome life’s challenges—is a key theme being explored by first-year students on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons during 2017-18. Read MoreOct 19, 2017
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Time Machine: Old technology finds new life in first-year student programming
When first-year students arrived last August at Stambaugh House, a residence hall on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, no doubt much of what they encountered was brand new. But a relic from the past awaited them in the Stambaugh lobby. Read MoreMay 1, 2017
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Commons Reading announced for 2017-18
"Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South" will serve as the Commons Reading for a second year in 2017-18, with members of the incoming first-year class exploring additional themes of the book and participating in new and expanded programming. Read MoreFeb 23, 2017
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Register now for Osher 2017 winter classes at Vanderbilt
The diverse classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt for winter 2017 include a look behind the scenes of 'Romeo and Juliet,' Perry Wallace's inspiring story, and steel drum band. Read MoreNov 21, 2016
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First-year students learn lessons on race and inclusion at 10th annual Lawson Lecture
A reunion 50 years in the making made a significant impact on first-year students at the 10th annual Lawson Lecture Sept. 27, when Vanderbilt alumni Perry Wallace and Godfrey Dillard shared their stories of being young African American basketball recruits and students on campus in the late-1960s. Read MoreSep 29, 2016
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Fine Arts Gallery exhibition examines era when ‘Vandy woke up’
The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery presents “Race, Sports and Vanderbilt: 1966–1970,” which will showcase photographs, front pages from "The Tennessean," and related artifacts from this time period, beginning Friday, Sept. 23. Read MoreSep 9, 2016
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Reading, interactive technology gives students insight to African American athletics pioneer
Faculty and staff at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons are kicking off the newly revised Vanderbilt Visions curriculum for first-year students with an interactive activity that will give students, faculty, staff and visitors to campus an opportunity to learn more about African American athletics pioneer and Vanderbilt alumnus Perry Wallace. Read MoreAug 24, 2016
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Commons Reading announced for 2016-17
The Commons Reading for the 2016-17 academic year will be "Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South" by Vanderbilt alumnus Andrew Maraniss, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan Wente and Vanessa Beasley, dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, announced today. Read MoreJan 25, 2016