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  Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019  
 
 
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President George W. Bush to visit for Chancellor’s Lecture March 11
 
Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will welcome the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, for a conversation on Monday, March 11.
 
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Zeppos to welcome distinguished guests to campus during spring lectures
 
A former United States president, groundbreaking political figures, and nationally renowned science advocates are among the speakers to be featured over the next two months of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series at Vanderbilt.
 
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‘The View’s’ Meghan McCain reflects on her father, civility at Chancellor’s Lecture
 
During her Chancellor’s Lecture Series appearance Tuesday evening, Meghan McCain, political analyst, best-selling author and co-host of “The View,” said she loves visiting universities and talking to young people about politics because they’re more curious and open than older generations.
 
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Annual Service Award Ceremony is today
 
Vanderbilt University’s annual Service Award Ceremony, which recognizes employees who celebrated significant service milestones in 2018, is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 3 p.m. in the Student Life Center Ballroom. Red carpet arrivals will begin at 2:45 p.m. All Vanderbilt University employees are invited to attend.
 
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Schorr, leading expert on social entrepreneurship, dies
 
James Schorr, who started the social entrepreneurship program at Vanderbilt University, where he was an adjunct professor at the Owen Graduate School of Management and Peabody College of education and human development, has died. He was 51.
 
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Beasley to give Divinity School’s Bogitsh Lecture tomorrow
 
Vanessa Beasley, associate provost and dean of residential faculty and associate professor of communication studies, will give a talk titled “Enough: Imagining a Political Culture of Worthiness in the United States” beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Room 124.
 
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LGBTQI Life hosts 2019 OUT in Front Conference Feb. 23
 
Vanderbilt’s Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Life will host the 2019 OUT in Front conference Feb. 23. The keynote speaker is award-winning author, musician and dancer Brontez Purnell.
 
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Voice services ordering to be streamlined through SerVU system
 
The SerVU system includes new order forms and an automated approval process that will streamline and speed the voice services ordering process for the university.
 
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Applications invited for the OpEd Project at Vanderbilt
 
The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center and the Program in American Studies invite Vanderbilt faculty, graduate and professional students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff to apply for an upcoming two-day workshop administered by the OpEd Project on the Vanderbilt campus. The nonprofit OpEd Project is a social venture founded to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world.
 
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Women’s Center seeking nominations for 2019 awards
 
The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center is seeking nominations for its annual awards that recognize and honor Vanderbilt community members for their contributions to the advancement of university women. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, Feb. 22.
 
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Employee Appreciation: Women’s Basketball Fan Fest is March 3
 
Vanderbilt University employees and their families are invited to cheer on the Vanderbilt women’s basketball team as they take on the Florida Gators on Sunday, March 3. The free Employee Appreciation event begins with a Fan Fest at 12:30 p.m. in the Memorial Practice Gym, followed by the game at 2 p.m.
 
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Vanderbilt Magazine: Launch Pad
 
Vanderbilt’s internationally acclaimed student rocket team has propelled many alumni into the science of spaceflight.

 

Take Note

Executive Education: Take the next step in your leadership journey

Blair School offers adult Tai Chi classes for stress release

Fidelity offers online Financial Education Workshop Series

Limited Submission Opportunity: Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship and Seed Grant

‘The Future of Legal Education’ Feb. 26

Video Editing Basics workshop Feb. 27

‘Explorations in Research’ networking event Feb. 27

YouTube’s ‘Physics Girl’ discusses using videos in science outreach Feb. 28

‘Helping People with Obesity Better Understand Their Surgical Options’ March 1

SENSE Theatre to perform ‘The Makeover’ March 8-9

Vandy Cooks: ‘The Pastabilities are Endless’ March 13

Life Phase Series: ‘First-Time Home Buying’ March 14

Virtual Private Network to begin using multi-factor authentication March 18

Inaugural SCRIPS symposium set for March 21

Report outside retirement contributions to HR by April 1

 

Coming Up

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  Babies and You: ‘Coping with the Stresses and Emotions of Pregnancy’
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21
  ‘Love Your Heart’
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22
  Annual Academic Pathways Symposium
· FEB ·
25
  Flexner Deans’ Lecture: Dr. Mamta Swaroop
· FEB ·
26
  Life Phase Series: ‘Raised-Bed Gardening with an Expert’

 

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Vanderbilt in the News
 
Associated Press: Former colleagues pay tribute to former Vandy AD Williams
 
Numerous Vanderbilt officials and former athletes paid tribute to David Williams II at a funeral for the Southeastern Conference’s first black athletics director.
 
National Geographic: How roaches avoid deadly zombification—and more breakthroughs
 
Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences Kenneth Catania’s cockroach research is featured.
 
The Wall Street Journal: Raise a cup to the coffee nerds
 
Vanderbilt’s Institute for Coffee Studies is mentioned.
 
Axios: Hospitals are making a lot of money on outpatient drugs
 
Stacie Dusetzina, associate professor of health policy, is quoted.
 
 
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