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Lilly Endowment funds planning resources for VU Divinity students
Vanderbilt University Divinity School will develop strategies to boost the economic well-being of its future graduates, thanks to a $250,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. Read MoreJan 13, 2014
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Groundbreaker — Sam Hirt, MA’63, EdS’69, bids farewell to Campus Recreation
Long before there was a Student Recreation Center or any of the adjacent outdoor facilities, Sam Hirt was doing what he could to promote sports activities on campus, initially as Vanderbilt’s first full-time intramural director and then as head of the physical education department. In short, Hirt was Campus Recreation before there was even such a thing. Read MoreJan 11, 2014
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Five alumni named to ‘Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list
Five Vanderbilt alumni have been named to Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30.” The third annual list recognizes rising stars across the fields of energy, education, entertainment, marketing and more. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Wherever the Next Road May Lead: After the Boston Marathon bombings, an Owen alumnus moves forward
What would you do if you were out with your family one day and suddenly you found yourself in the middle of a personal horror and an international news story? Where would you be, physically and reflectively, nine months later? Kevin White, MBA’10, can tell you. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Churchwell named to new VUSM diversity post
Andre L. Churchwell, M.D., associate dean for Diversity at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has been promoted to the new position of senior associate dean for Diversity Affairs. Read MoreJan 9, 2014
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Good Business: Joe Bozich, CEO of Knights Apparel, provides a thread of hope for hundreds in the Dominican Republic
As Lolita Olivo carefully feeds the Vanderbilt T-shirt through her sewing machine, she dreams about building a decent house for her elderly father and three small children. Her dream soon may come true, thanks to the efforts of Joseph “Joe” Bozich. Read MoreJan 8, 2014
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Kasey Folk, BA’02, elected partner at Ulmer & Berne
Kasey M. Folk, BA’02, is one of eight attorneys at Ulmer & Berne elected to partnership. Kasey also serves on the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Directors and is co-president of the Chicago chapter. Read MoreJan 7, 2014
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Brenda Gilmore, MEd.’88, elected to Women in Government leadership
Rep. Brenda Gilmore, MEd.’88, has been elected as state director for Women in Government, a group that advocates for women serving in state legislatures. She was elected to the position by her female colleagues in the state General Assembly. Read MoreJan 3, 2014
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Emerging playwright now in residence at Vanderbilt
Sheri Wilner, an emerging playwright whose work has been performed all over the United States, will spend the spring semester as the Fred Coe Playwright-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. Read MoreJan 2, 2014
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Statement from Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos on boycott of Israeli universities by American Studies Association
"Vanderbilt University stands with its Association of American Universities colleagues in opposing a boycott of Israeli academic institutions as proposed by the American Studies Association," said Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos in a Dec. 31 statement. Read MoreDec 31, 2013
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Embrace the Unknown: Lessons from African plains and Cambridge classrooms
I’m leaving Africa with a heavy heart and a monumental task before me. When saying goodbyes at the Center for the Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers, Edna [not her real name]—an 18-year-old who was abducted by Ugandan rebels at the age of 12—asked me to promise her two things. First, not to forget the experiences and lives of the women I had been working with for the past year. Second, that I would use my voice to create positive change. Read MoreDec 16, 2013
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Roslyn Clark Artis, EdD’10 – Lift Ev’ry Voice
Lift Ev’ry Voice “First-generation students who don’t have cultural capital, who don’t come to the table with college-educated parents or economic resources—for those kids to walk across the stage at graduation makes every single day worthwhile,” says Roslyn Clark Artis of her work in higher education. Read MoreDec 13, 2013
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Civil rights activist and alumnus Francis Guess wins humanitarian award
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has recognized Francis S. Guess, MBM’74, for his commitment to equality, justice and the advancement of Middle Tennessee with the Kraft Humanitarian Award. He served six years on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and an additional 32 years on the Tennessee Human Rights… Read MoreDec 4, 2013
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Snapchat snaps up Instagram’s Emily White, BA’00, as its new COO
Emily White, BA’00, is the director of business operations at Facebook’s Instagram—a job she has held since April of this year. She recently accepted a job at Snapchat, where she will be second in command to CEO Evan Spiegel. Read MoreDec 4, 2013
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Alumni engineering solutions for developing world
For CEO and Vanderbilt mechanical engineering graduate Krista Donaldson, BE’95, revolutionary engineering is about changing the world, one life at a time. Read MoreNov 26, 2013
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Scholarship students show the impact of Opportunity Vanderbilt
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… Read MoreNov 20, 2013
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Voices of giving: A Schola Prophetarum perspective
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… Read MoreNov 18, 2013
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Yunus speaks at Global Social Business Summit
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… Read MoreNov 14, 2013
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Family’s support enhances cancer research training
John F. Brock III, chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, his wife, Mary, and their three children have established an endowment to support an oncology fellowship at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The Brock Family Fellowship will provide financial assistance long into the future for young physicians, postdoctoral students and medical investigators who are furthering their training in cancer research. Read MoreNov 14, 2013
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iPads help late-speaking children with autism develop language
The iPad you use to check email, watch episodes of "Mad Men" and play Words with Friends may hold the key to enabling children with autism to express themselves through speech. Read MoreNov 12, 2013