October, 2019
CliftonStrength workshops
Oct. 14, 2019—What’s Your Top 5? We have 3 open and free CliftonStrengths workshops remaining in Fall 2019. Understanding your CliftonStrengths is a valuable way to engage in personal development by way of self-awareness, exploration of your leadership identity, and becoming aware of and investing in what you do well. Visit our website to find out more about CliftonStrengths and to register. You must register...
TEDx ¹ú²úÔ´´ Conference
Oct. 14, 2019—Sunday, November 10 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Sarratt Cinema Join Student Leadership Development for the 5th annual TEDx¹ú²úÔ´´University Conference to hear 7 members of the ¹ú²úÔ´´ community share their ideas worth spreading! ¹ú²úÔ´´ students, staff, faculty, and alumni are all welcome to attend. Please RSVP at tedxvanderbiltuniversity.com by November 4th! Any and all questions...
McTyeire Fireside Chat
Oct. 14, 2019—Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene By Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor of Film and English, and Director of the Program in Cinema & Media Arts Monday, October 21 7-8pm McTyeire International House, Fireside Lounge We will talk about the relationship between climate change (including the proposed geologic epoch, the Anthropocene) and cinema. While this...
Conversation Series on Intersectional Feminism and Social Justice
Oct. 6, 2019—Hey, Wanna Chat? Conversation Series on Intersectional Feminism and Social Justice Thursday, October 10 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Women’s Center Conference Room Come join us for a new conversation series on intersectional feminism and social justice. Coffee, tea, and feminist coloring pages will be provided! Sponsoring office: Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center Contact: Zoraida Hu (xuanyi.hu@vanderbilt.edu)
Avoid the Flu at VU
Oct. 6, 2019—Did you miss Flulapalooza and still need your flu shot? No worries, you can still AVOID THE FLU AT VU! Just stop by the Student Health Center Monday – Friday from 8:00 – 4:30. The flu shot is free to VU students, regardless of type of insurance coverage and no appointment is needed. Just bring...
The Commodore Call Center
Oct. 6, 2019—Do you want to make a difference on campus? The Commodore Call Center is currently seeking goal oriented, outgoing ¹ú²úÔ´´ Students! Our Student Fundraising Ambassadors call hundreds of ¹ú²úÔ´´ alumni, friends, and parents on a nightly basis and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the university annually while building skills of communication and negotiation that are valuable...
VPB Homecoming Blood Drive
Oct. 6, 2019—Join us for the VPB Homecoming Blood Drive in Sarratt 216/220 on October 14, 15, and 16 to donate blood to the Red Cross and help save lives! Not only will you be contributing to an amazing cause, but you’ll receive free food, GME, a T-shirt, service hours, and be entered in a drawing to...
Class of 2020 Homecoming BBQ
Oct. 6, 2019—Tuesday, October 15 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Bishops Commons and Calhoun Portico Class of 2020- come and celebrate your last Homecoming as a student with FREE BBQ and friends! RSVP at vuconnect.com/seniorbbq! Sponsoring Student Org: Senior Class Fund Contact Person: Dominique Marmeno (P: 615.936.0242 E: dominique.a.marmeno@vanderbilt.edu)
Experience ¹ú²úÔ´´
Oct. 6, 2019—Experience ¹ú²úÔ´´ applications for first year and transfer students are open! First year and transfer students who are eligible for or receiving need-based financial aid can apply for up to $500 funding for ¹ú²úÔ´´ extracurricular experiences OR a $75 ticket package event pass that can be used to purchase tickets to on campus events. The application can...
Vandy Tech & Society
Oct. 6, 2019—Vandy Tech & Society’s (VTS) first dual-professor dinner, Artificial Intelligence & Historiography: Searching to Extend Human Intelligence, will take place from 5 to 7 pm on Thursday, Oct 10th in the EBI Multipurpose Room. Historiography (i.e., the study of the way history has been and is written) and AI might sound unrelated at first, but...