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| Vanderbilt joins The Precisionists, other employers in creating careers for 500 neurodiverse individuals in Nashville |
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Vanderbilt University and the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt are collaborating with The Precisionists, Inc., a Wilmington, Delaware-based company that assesses, trains and employs neurodiverse adults to carry out project-based consulting work. TPI anticipates steady growth in Nashville and plans to create more than 500 local jobs for adults with autism and neurodiversities within the next three to five years.
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| Open Enrollment 2024 is an active enrollment year |
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All fully benefits-eligible faculty and staff will be required to make an active plan selection during Open Enrollment for 2024 benefits coverage. Watch for communications from VU Human Resources between now and the Open Enrollment period, Oct. 16–27.
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| Celebrate Diverse ‘Dores Day TODAY |
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Diverse ’Dores Day, which allows students, staff, faculty and postdoctoral scholars to learn more about support and services offered to Vanderbilt’s diverse population, is today, Sept. 20, until 6 p.m. The event will end at Alumni Lawn with music, giveaways, treats from local restaurants and custom-made shirts.
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| Vanderbilt University Plant Operations renamed, restructured to better serve university community |
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Vanderbilt University Plant Operations, a division within Facilities, is being renamed to Vanderbilt University Maintenance and Operations to better encapsulate all the roles and duties of the organization.
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| Nominate a graduating student for the Outstanding Senior Award |
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The Outstanding Senior Award recognizes an exceptional graduating student who has gone above and beyond to build a better Vanderbilt campus. Nominations are due by Friday, Sept. 29.
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| History of early Cherokee, Chickasaw students explored in library exhibit; conversation this Thursday |
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Vanderbilt Law School professor Daniel Sharfstein will host a conversation with the National Trail of Tears Association’s Tory Wayne Poteete and the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Charles Tate on Thursday, Sept. 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. They will discuss research that contributed to Cherokee and Chickasaw Students at Vanderbilt, 1885–1899, an exhibit on display at Central Library through Sept. 29.
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| Flulapalooza is Sept. 27; high-dose vaccine will be available |
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Celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Flulapalooza mass influenza vaccination event on Sept. 27. This year, a high-dose vaccine will be available to faculty and staff who are eligible to receive it. The CDC recommends the high-dose flu vaccine for faculty and staff who are 65 and older, as it has been shown to be more effective in this age range than the standard flu vaccine.
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| Vanderbilt University Campus Dining launches Get Well Meals; program to support sick students |
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Get Well Meals is designed to provide nourishing and comforting meals to students who are not feeling well, ensuring they receive the care and support they need when unable to visit campus dining halls.
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| Major Jackson wins 2023 Academy of American Poets Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement |
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For his “eclectic but refined, musical, talky and witty” poetry, renowned poet Major Jackson, professor of English, director of creative writing and holder of the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities, has been awarded the 2023 Academy of American Poets Fellowship.
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| Marjan Rafat wins Biomedical Engineering Society's CMBE Young Innovator Award |
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Chemical and biomedical engineer and cancer researcher Marjan Rafat has received the Young Innovator Award from the Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering division of the Biomedical Engineering Society. The CMBE Young Innovator Award is a distinguished honor for young faculty in the biomolecular engineering field.
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Fall Staff Assembly is tomorrow
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Register for the Fall Staff Assembly. All Vanderbilt University staff are invited to attend, either in person or virtually, at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Student Life Center ballroom.
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