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Fast Co. names Katrina Markoff, BA’97, to 100 Most Creative People in Business 2015
Katrina Markoff, BA’97, co-founded the pioneering boutique chocolate label Vosges Haut-Chocolat. Read MoreJul 9, 2015
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Aca-believe it: Vanderbilt Peabody grad becomes 'Pitch Perfect' Treblemaker
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 MoreJul 9, 2015
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Hiram “Hi” Lewis, BS’99, MEd’01, to receive Young Alumni Volunteer Award
Hiram “Hi” Lewis, BS’99, MEd’01, is the recipient of the 2015 Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board’s Young Alumni Volunteer award. Read MoreJun 28, 2015
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David Price to receive Young Professional Achievement Award
David Price, ’09, is the recipient of the 2015 Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board’s Young Professional Achievement Award. Read MoreJun 28, 2015
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Buddy Fisher, BA’50, to receive Alumni Volunteer Award
John “Buddy” Fisher, BA’50, is the recipient of the 2015 Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board’s Alumni Volunteer Award. Read MoreJun 28, 2015
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Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board announces eight new members
The Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors is pleased to announce eight new directors. Read MoreJun 26, 2015
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Alumni Association Board announces 2015 alumni awards
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 MoreJun 26, 2015
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The Alumni Association hopes to hear from you in August
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 MoreJun 20, 2015
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Young alumni secure $100,000 gift to Opportunity Vanderbilt for third consecutive year
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 MoreJun 10, 2015
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Q&A: Top Boeing engineer, Vandy alum lauds aerospace club for wins
Paul Turczynski graduated Vanderbilt University in 1990 with dual undergraduate degrees in electrical and biomedical engineering and a plan to go to medical school. Today, he’s the director for The Boeing Company’s Solution Architectures Group with the Electronics & Information Solutions unit. Read MoreMay 21, 2015
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Shan Foster, BS’08, joins YWCA as MEND director
Shan Foster, BS’08, is joining the YWCA of Nashville & Middle Tennessee as director of MEND, a primary prevention initiative dedicated to ending violence against women and girls in our community. A retired professional basketball player and the all-time leading scorer for Vanderbilt University men’s basketball team, he has served… Read MoreMay 21, 2015
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Melvin Porter, LLB’59 honored on Oklahoma State Senate floor
Melvin Porter, LLB’59, Oklahoma’s first African-American state senator, was recently honored on the floor of the Senate, 50 years after his election to office. Read MoreMay 21, 2015
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Middle school teacher ignited Matt Belsante’s love of jazz
Matt Belsante, BS’06, an engineering science and economics major at Vanderbilt, didn’t grow up planning to be a professional musician, but he ultimately followed his love of jazz. Now he is a critically acclaimed writer and singer of jazz, pop and swing music similar in style to the crooners of… Read MoreMay 1, 2015
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Medical student follows call to practice family medicine thanks to scholarship support
A Canby Robinson Society scholarship enabled Mary Masterman to attend Vanderbilt and pursue her dream of practicing family medicine without the worry of impending debt. Read MoreApr 22, 2015
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Vanderbilt helps Arts and Science student frame his world view
Born in a northwest suburb of Chicago to parents who immigrated to the U.S. from southwestern India, Shawn Albert realized early on that he wanted to travel the world. Read MoreApr 22, 2015
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Alumna Mary Beth Ballard shares her story to raise awareness about bladder cancer
Ballard currently is organizing BCAN’s inaugural Walk for Bladder Cancer in Nashville, which will take place May 3 at Sevier Park and will feature several Vanderbilt teams. Read MoreApr 21, 2015
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Divinity Distinguished Alumnus Gardner Taylor dies
Divinity distinguished alumnus was strong voice for civil rights Divinity distinguished alumnus was powerful Christian personality and preacher Read MoreApr 13, 2015
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Timo Weiland, BS’06, returns to city always in fashion to him
After spending four years absorbing the style and personality of Nashville while attending Vanderbilt, Timo Weiland, BS’06, is back as one of the headliners for Nashville Fashion Week. The Tennessean profiles Timo’s journey from Vanderbilt to his highly decorated career in fashion as co-founder of the Timo Weiland brand. Read MoreApr 8, 2015
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Alumna helps Nashville build a fashion industry
With several Nashville-based fashion brands on the cusp of a major breakout (imogene + willie, Ceri Hoover Bags and Otis James Nashville), Van Tucker, EMBA’96, is helping build the businesses to help them achieve that. Read MoreApr 3, 2015
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U.S. Department of State profiles Kristin Fleschner, BS’03, as part of Women’s History Month 2015
Kristin Fleschner, BS’03, who has worked on gender, peace and security issues for the federal government since 2008 was one of 17 women profiled by the U.S. Department of State for Women’s History Month 2015. The 2015 theme, “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives,” is intended to weave women’s stories—individually… Read MoreApr 3, 2015