Can’t see this email? View it in your browser. Friday, March 6, 2020
 
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  11 things you need to know this week  
 
 
 
 
     
1.   Message from Interim Chancellor and Provost Wente regarding COVID-19
    Interim Chancellor and Provost Susan R. Wente shares an update on campus preparations for novel coronavirus and guidance for the Vanderbilt community. [ Read More ]
     
     
2.   Vanderbilt Athletics to host donation drive for tornado relief efforts tomorrow
    Vanderbilt Athletics will host a donation drive on Saturday, March 7, to assist with Middle Tennessee tornado relief efforts. The event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon at the McGugin Center parking lot. Visit the Vanderbilt tornado impact webpage for additional resources and updates. [ Read More ]
     
     
3.   Playlist Politics: Students create ways to engage apathetic, angry voters
    Two Vanderbilt seniors are taking unique approaches to bringing apathetic and frustrated voters to the political table. [ Read More ]
     
     
4.   University Arts Council announces four areas of focus
    Four additional subcommittees of the University Arts Council have been created to focus on areas related to the council’s goals of advocating for the arts and related scholarship at Vanderbilt. [ Read More ]
     
     
5.   Story Photo Our favorite #vandygram of the week
    Sure, we might share too many photos of E. Bronson Ingram College, but is there really such a thing? We don’t think so, which is why our favorite #vandygram goes to @seanpcarroll for this pre-spring break shot! [ Read More ]
     
     
6.   Black History Month celebrated at Vanderbilt
    Vanderbilt’s 2020 celebration of Black History Month included lectures, off-campus trips, community events and more to celebrate and reflect on the history, impact and contributions of African Americans throughout the country’s history and at the university. [ Read More ]
     
     
7.   Vanderbilt Divinity and VA partner on doctor of ministry for chaplains
    A new partnership between the Divinity School and Mental Health and Chaplaincy, a national program of the Veterans Health Administration, will relaunch a doctor of ministry program at Vanderbilt. [ Read More ]
     
     
8.   Women’s History Month event series kicks off Monday
    Women’s History Month at Vanderbilt will begin with a kickoff event hosted by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center on Monday, March 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sarratt Promenade. Throughout March, educational programs, workshops, film screenings, lectures and more are planned. [ Read More ]
     
     
9.   Food trucks on campus Tuesdays and Thursdays this spring
    Vanderbilt Campus Dining will sponsor local food trucks on campus every Tuesday and Thursday from March 10 to the end of the spring semester as part of the Taste of Nashville program. [ Read More ]
     
     
10.   VandyHacks sponsors ‘Open-saurus Rex Workshop’ March 12
    Do you enjoy playing the Chrome dino game when the internet cuts off? Come to the Open-saurus Rex Workshop on Thursday, March 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. and learn how to build your own version of the game. [ Read More ]
     
     
11.   Immersion plan proposals due April 1; series of events planned to help
    The April 1 deadline to submit Immersion plan proposals is approaching for students who matriculated during the summer and fall of 2018. Students in all phases of Immersion project planning will find helpful resources at the “Spring Into Immersion” events hosted throughout the month of March. [ Read More ]
     
 
 
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