Wanna buy five copies for my mother

Remember the old Dr. Hook song “On the Cover of the Rolling Stone”? (For those of you who do, that song will now be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. You’re welcome). That dream came true in its own way for Vanderbilt photographer extraordinaire John Russell, whose photo at the NAIA [...]

Johnson staying

Coach Bobby Johnson is sticking with the ‘Dores, Vandy Athletics announced this afternoon. Coach has removed his name for consideration for the head coaching job at Duke. Color the Commodore Nation happy! Get the whole story here.

On the board he is

Congratulations to Vanderbilt special education prof Ted Hasselbring for being named to a six-year term on the national advisory board of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, which sponsors the cool Web site and publication Edutopia. May the force be with you, Professor Hasselbring.

Grammy nomination goes to Blair prof

You may recall a report on this blog a few weeks ago that Vanderbilt had been nominated for 11 Emmy awards. Former student Al Gore won an Oscar last year. Completing the trifecta is Blair School of Music Professor of Ethnomusicology Greg Barz, who found out yesterday that he has been nominated for a Grammy. [...]

Go ‘Dores!

I crawled out from under my virtual rock long enough last night to watch the Commodores beat Wake Forest in a heckuva (I guess it should be heckuvan) exciting game – 83-80, touch and go until the last second of course in fine Commodore tradition. So, hey, turns out it’s basketball season! Turns out the [...]

Want more? Expect more

Read this op-ed by Jim Guthrie, professor of education and public policy in Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education on human development, calling for higher expectations of Tennessee students by teachers, administrators, policy makers and parents. “Tennessee expects too little of its students. Consequently, our students learn too little. This is not opinion. This [...]