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  9 things you need to know this week  
 
 
 
 
     
1.   Commons Dining Center offers enhancements for 2022–23
    Vanderbilt Campus Dining is implementing a number of upgrades at the Commons Dining Center this academic year, including all-you-care-to-eat dining, continuous service hours, and biometric scanners that allow quick, secure entrance to the dining hall. [ Read More ]
     
     
2.   MoveVU now offering transit support for
group excursions  
    MoveVU, Vanderbilt University’s strategic transportation and mobility initiative, has expanded its public transit resources to provide support for group excursions through a commute concierge manager. [ Read More ]
     
     
3.   Story Photo Get to know Vanderbilt’s new residential faculty: Chezare Warren
    Vanderbilt’s undergraduate houses and colleges are led by faculty who live in community with students. Meet the new faculty head of Sutherland House, Chezare A. Warren, associate professor of equity and inclusion in education policy. [ Read More ]
     
     
4.   Alumna Megan Piphus Peace finds her voice
as the first Black female puppeteer on
‘Sesame Street’
    Megan Piphus Peace, BA’14, MSF’15, is an accomplished ventriloquist and puppeteer who has performed in front of audiences across the nation, including on The Tonight Show and America’s Got Talent. In 2021, she made history as the first Black female puppeteer to work on the long-running children’s television show Sesame Street. [ Read More ]
     
     
5.   Undergraduate Research Fair set for Sept. 8; student proposals due Aug. 18
    The fall 2022 Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Student Life Center’s Commodore Ballroom from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Students who have completed research while undergraduates at Vanderbilt are encouraged to apply. [ Read More ]
     
     
6.   Dore Jam fan event is Aug. 20
    Vanderbilt Athletics will host Dore Jam 2022, a celebration of the Commodores across all sports, on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center. Representatives from all available Vanderbilt programs will be in attendance to meet and greet fans. [ Read More ]
     
     
7.   VU students get 25 percent off tickets to TEDxNashville Aug. 27–28
    Vanderbilt University students can get 25 percent off the price of individual general admission tickets to “TEDxNashville: The End of Impossible,” to be held in person at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center Aug. 27–28. [ Read More ]
     
     
8.   Campus Dining introduces reusable to-go container program
    Vanderbilt Campus Dining is partnering with Fill it Forward this fall to offer reusable to-go containers at all residential dining halls, including The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons and E. Bronson Ingram, Rothschild and Zeppos Colleges. Undergraduate students will receive one free container that can be used at the all-you-care-to-eat residential dining locations, then returned for cleaning and sanitizing. [ Read More ]
     
     
9.   Shipping items for student move-in?
Follow this guidance
    Vanderbilt Mail Services is working to ensure a smooth transition for both first-year and returning students ahead of move-in for the 2022-23 academic year. In an effort to streamline the package shipping and distribution process, a number of enhancements have been planned to assist students and parents with move-in. [ Read More ]
     
 
 
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