Congratulations, Beth!

From the Tennessean:
The Nashville Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators recently presented Gold Pen Awards to communication industry professionals for work produced or implemented Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2007.
Seigenthaler Public Relations took top honors receiving 13 awards, including 10 Gold, two Silver and one Bronze award. Other award winners included Lovell Communications with seven [...]

OwenBloggers featured on Palestra

Student journalists from Palestra.net visited the Owen Graduate School of Management recently and produced two great videos, one about OwenBloggers and another about the b-school’s take on the nation’s financial crisis. Highly recommend checking them both out.
Palestra is an online news site launched in 2006 staffed by paid student reporters. It is a content partner [...]

4-0!!

The Commodores just defeated Ole Miss 23-17 on the road. What a game! 24 points scored between the two teams in the first 54 seconds (so I was told by the radio people). Hopefully this win means we’ll definitely be watching the next game live on the tube instead of via live stats on the [...]

Wright to join webcast today at 4 p.m. on Wall Street mess

Vice Chancellor for Investments Matthew Wright will be participating in a live webcast hosted by The Tennessean today at 4 p.m. CT on the week’s Wall Street chaos. Tune in here. E-mail any questions you’d like to hear answered to Ryan Underwood or Randy McClain before or during the webcast.

Video of Google @ Vanderbilt

InsideVandy produced a very nice video of Google’s visit yesterday. Watch it on BlipTV.
See Google Apps’ chief Jeff Keltner’s demo on VUCast.
And, check out more photos and Happy Web Diva’s coverage here, in which she calls me a geek.

Google Bus is here

Google sure lucked out – it’s a gorgeous day here in Nashville for their visit. If you’re on campus, walk on over to the Commons Center to check it out. Lots of neat demos and giveaways.

Why we do what we do

Why do we devote so much time and energy to this public affairs work? We do it to raise awareness about Vanderbilt, wherever and whenever we can, so that when prospective students, faculty, friends and neighbors hear ‘Vanderbilt’ they associate it with excellent academic programs, innovative research, worldclass health care, the best students, a gorgeous [...]

Seven years later

A sampling of Vanderbilt experts in today’s headlines, discussing the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon seven years later.
McClatchy News Service: McCain, Obama call a truce for 9/11 anniversary
In a departure from the increasingly nasty environment of the presidential campaign, Barack Obama and John McCain will make a joint appearance on [...]

mentalhealthedu

The university has launched a new online information and training program to help all members of the community learn about what they can do if they are concerned that a student, colleague or friend may be having mental health issues and be in need of help. Provost McCarthy has encouraged all faculty and staff to [...]

Food and fun on Library Lawn today

Employee Celebration Month officially kicks off today with all kinds of food, fun, and yes, festivities on Library Lawn. I’ll be there from 10-1 with my colleagues from Environmental Health and Safety and the Vanderbilt Police Department helping people sign up for AlertVU, our emergency alert system, promoting Emergency Preparedness Month and most importantly, giving [...]