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| Veterans celebrated for contributions to VU community; Zoom backgrounds now available |
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Vanderbilt will celebrate the many contributions military veterans and service members bring to their roles at the university with several initiatives to mark Veterans Day 2022. Four virtual backgrounds are now available for download and use on Zoom to show users’ status as veterans or their support for veterans on campus.
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| Bass Military Scholars program collaborates with football team |
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Retired U.S. Army brigadier general and Bass Military Scholars program director Scott Brower is giving Vanderbilt football head coach Clark Lea and his team valuable guidance in developing leadership.
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| ‘Not for ourselves alone’: Bass Military Scholar guided by duty to serve |
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Service to others and high regard for education spurred Joseph Behrendt to join the military and attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated as an infantry officer in 2014. Behrendt, now a Bass Military Scholar at Vanderbilt, is pursuing a master of education in higher education administration from Peabody College.
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| Clinton Global Initiative University accepting Vanderbilt student applications for 2023 cohort |
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Vanderbilt University is encouraging all interested students to apply for the Clinton Global Initiative University’s 2023 cohort. CGI U is a unique opportunity to connect aspiring student leaders with leading experts in business, technology and social impact.
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| Artist and writer Dylan Robinson to serve as visiting Patterson Fellow |
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Vanderbilt will welcome xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah) artist, curator and writer Dylan Robinson as a visiting Patterson Fellow the week of Nov. 7. Among other events, Robinson will participate in a conversation with University Distinguished Professor of Music Joy Calico on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Blair School of Music’s Choral Hall from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m.
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| Vanderbilt celebrates Native American Heritage Month in November |
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November is Native American Heritage Month. The Student Center for Social Justice and Identity is hosting a series of events for students, faculty and staff related to Native American heritage, featuring programs from across campus and the Nashville community.
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| ‘One to Watch Out For: An Afternoon with Alison Bechdel’ is today |
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Award-winning cartoonist and graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel will present Vanderbilt’s annual Cuninggim Lecture on Women in Culture and Society on Monday, Nov. 7. The event, hosted by the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, will begin at 5 p.m. in the Jean and Alexander Heard Library Community Room.
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| Ambassador of Finland to discuss ‘War in Ukraine, NATO and the Future of Europe’ Nov. 9 |
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The Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the United States H.E. Mikko Hautala and former U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus will discuss themes of international politics, the war in Ukraine, the Finnish-Russian border and European security integration on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Vanderbilt. The conversation will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Central Library’s fourth-floor Community Room.
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| VUSRP application workshop set for Nov. 10 |
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Applications for the 2023 Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program will open on InfoReady on Tuesday, Oct. 25. VUSRP provides funding to students to work closely with a faculty member of their choosing on joint research efforts.
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| Vanderbilt to celebrate first-generation students through Nov. 11 |
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The Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, in collaboration with the undergraduate student organizations FirstVU and QuestBridge Vanderbilt as well as the Network First-Gen initiative, invites members of the Vanderbilt community to participate in First-Generation Appreciation Week Nov. 3–11.
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| Steine Lecture in Economics: ‘Health Care–Problems and Prospects’ Nov. 11 |
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Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics at Harvard University, will discuss “Health Care: Problems and Prospects” on Friday, Nov. 11, at 4:10 p.m. The Department of Economics’ Steine Lecture will be held in Wilson Hall, Room 103.
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| VU Theatre presents underground classic ‘Unfinished Women’ through Nov. 12 |
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Vanderbilt University Theatre will explore themes related to teenage pregnancy and the Black experience during the 1950s with its latest production, Unfinished Women Cry in No Man’s Land While a Bird Dies in a Gilded Cage.
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| Health equity focus of Nov. 15 VUSN Dean’s Diversity Lecture |
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Vanderbilt alumna G. Rumay Alexander will present the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Dean’s Diversity Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Alexander will discuss providing health equity despite inequitable structures and systems.
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| Racial inequities during COVID-19 pandemic explored in newly published work by Vanderbilt professor |
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Vanderbilt Divinity School professor Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas has edited and published Religion, Race, and COVID-19: Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic, an anthology exploring the countless challenges, racially charged acts, setbacks, triumphs and newfound hope through the eyes of individuals living through one of the most pressing, perplexing social crises in recent memory.
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