Faculty Senate

As a new academic year begins, so does the work of a select group of faculty charged with addressing university issues and helping to plan for Vanderbilt’s future. Read More

The Vanderbilt Fall Faculty Assembly will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 22, in the Student Life Center’s Commodore Ballroom. Read More

The design of Vanderbilt’s academic regalia and the colors worn by graduating students, faculty and administrators are significant from cap to collar to cuff.

 But what does this ornate attire mean? Read More

Vanderbilt’s annual Spring Faculty Assembly is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music. All faculty are encouraged to attend. Read More

Mothers at Vanderbilt will find it more convenient to breastfeed on campus, thanks to a new initiative to increase locations where they can do so comfortably and privately. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will speak Aug. 23 at the 2012 Fall Faculty Assembly. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) The annual Fall Faculty Assembly is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Student Life Center. Opening remarks will be provided by Faculty Senate Chair Salvatore March. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (Vanderbilt University) The annual Spring Faculty Assembly is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in Langford Auditorium. Opening remarks will be provided by Faculty Senate Chair David Weintraub and Vice Chair Greg Barz. The faculty presentation will be performed… Read More

First-year students take the honor code pledge. (Vanderbilt University) Vanderbilt needs to retool its honor system to adapt to an era in which unauthorized aid with schoolwork has become more of an issue than copying answers during a test, according to a report by a Faculty Senate committee. Read More

(photo by Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) This year it will be substantially easier for faculty members at Vanderbilt University to sponsor student interns from other universities, local high school teachers and other non-Vanderbilt visitors for educational purposes. That is because the Office of the Provost has adopted a… Read More

Antonina Gove circa 1970. (Image courtesy of Vanderbilt University Special Collections & University Archives) Vanderbilt Professor Emerita of Russian Antonina (“Nina”) Filonov Gove died on Aug. 29 in Seattle, Washington. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. at St. Read More

Vanderbilt must continue to develop new revenue streams to ensure its financial health in the face of federal budget deficits that are likely to impact government grants and awards, said Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at Fall Faculty Assembly. Read More

Representatives of the Vanderbilt University faculty have passed a resolution supporting the continued ban of firearms on college campuses in Tennessee. Read More

David Lowe, an expert in Russian literature who taught at Vanderbilt for three decades, died April 9. He was 63. Read More