Faculty Senate
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Faculty survey working group seeks input on preliminary findings
The Faculty Working Group appointed to analyze and assess the results of a faculty survey conducted last spring has prepared a preliminary report on the survey’s topline findings and will seek faculty input at two town hall meetings this spring. Read MoreFeb 16, 2017
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February issue of Faculty Senate’s ‘Engage’ newsletter now available
The latest issue of the Faculty Senate newsletter is now available online. Learn about two motions that require faculty voting at the Spring Assembly. Read MoreFeb 13, 2017
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Faculty Senate, EDI office encourage you to Savor Diversity in January
The Faculty Senate and the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are partnering during the month of January for Savor Diversity, a series of hour-long lunch sessions. Read MoreJan 11, 2017
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Faculty Senate passes resolution affirming faculty guiding principles
The Faculty Senate passed a resolution affirming the guiding principles of the faculty at its Dec. 8 meeting. Read MoreDec 14, 2016
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Fauchet elected to National Academy of Inventors
Vanderbilt School of Engineering Dean Philippe Fauchet has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a high professional distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Read MoreDec 13, 2016
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Kudos: Read about faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements
Read about the latest faculty, staff and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read MoreNov 30, 2016
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Increasing faculty engagement aim of new Shared Governance Project
Deeper faculty engagement in university decision-making and initiatives is the aim of the new Shared Governance Project being launched next month by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. Read MoreNov 17, 2016
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Fleming, Hopkins named as SEC Academic Leadership fellows
Two Vanderbilt University faculty have been named as SEC Academic Leadership Development Program fellows for 2016-17. Read MoreOct 19, 2016
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Nine from Vanderbilt receive SEC faculty travel grants for 2016-17
Now in its fifth year, the SEC Faculty Travel Program provides support for selected Southeastern Conference faculty members to collaborate with colleagues at other SEC member institutions. Read MoreOct 7, 2016
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New faculty: Megan Lawrence helps companies improve their organizational practices
By understanding the systematic ways in which practices differ from one organization to another, new Assistant Professor of Strategic Management Megan Lawrence hopes her research will help companies learn to adapt and renew themselves as they look for long-term success in changing markets. Read MoreOct 6, 2016
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New faculty: Duane Watson studies the cognitive processes of communication
The next time you find yourself stumbling through a presentation or public speaking engagement, take heart. The most polished speakers are not necessarily the most effective ones, says Duane Watson, a new associate professor of psychology and human development at Peabody College. Read MoreOct 6, 2016
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Two working groups appointed to analyze new faculty survey data
Provost Susan R. Wente and Vice Chancellor George C. Hill have appointed a new faculty working group charged with analyzing and assessing the results of a faculty survey conducted last spring. The provost also has appointed a second working group charged with providing insights for each of the deans and their faculty. Read MoreOct 6, 2016
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Vanderbilt panel: ‘The Limits of Free Speech?’
John M. Seigenthaler will moderate a panel discussion titled "The Limits of Free Speech?" Oct. 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Vanderbilt Central Library's Community Room. Read MoreOct 5, 2016
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New faculty: Sharece Thrower examines how U.S. presidents exercise, expand power
There’s one thing we already know about the chief executive who will follow President Obama into the White House, according to Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt’s newest presidential scholar. “With every president, there’s been an accumulation of a little bit more power,” she said. Read MoreOct 5, 2016
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New faculty: Jose Sibaja brings performance experience, trumpet fundamentals to Blair
Jose Sibaja is a versatile performer in demand for his ability to teach and play trumpet in a variety of styles—classical, Latin, jazz and pop. “I like quality music, and quality music comes in a lot of different flavors,” he said. Read MoreOct 5, 2016
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Chancellor Faculty Fellows nominations open for 2017
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2017 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced today. Read MoreSep 12, 2016
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Troxel named director of Vanderbilt University DIVE initiative
Associate Professor of the Practice of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lori A. Troxel will lead the creation and implementation of the Design as an Immersive Vanderbilt Experience (DIVE) program, which has been selected as Vanderbilt University’s Quality Enhancement Plan. Read MoreSep 1, 2016
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Kudos: Read about faculty and student awards, appointments and achievements
Read about the latest faculty and student awards, appointments and achievements. Read MoreAug 31, 2016
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Zeppos shares vision for ‘inclusive excellence’ at Vanderbilt during Fall Faculty Assembly
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos shared his vision for a Vanderbilt campus that stresses inclusive excellence through its people, places and culture at the fall faculty assembly on Aug. 25. Read MoreAug 26, 2016
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Chancellor presents top prizes, including new award for excellence in equity, diversity and inclusion research, at fall assembly
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos presented seven faculty research awards, including two new awards for efforts that advance understanding of diversity, at the Fall Faculty Assembly Aug. 25. Read MoreAug 25, 2016