One of the most auspicious events that takes place at any university is the conferring of its highest degree, the doctorate. Representing the culmination of over 20 years of education, creative exploration, rigorous research, and a willingness to work hours that far surpass what most humans see as reasonable, the PhD is a singular academic [...]
Vanderbilt’s own crack student journalist Glenna DeRoy hs been named to the college journalism association UWIRE’s prestigious Top 100 Student Journalist List for 2008. While carrying a full courseload, Glenna put in over 40-hour work weeks making InsideVandy and The Hustler two of the most innovative student news outlets in the country. Her success is [...]
The Vanderbilt University Chinese Students and Scholars Association has organized a fundraising effort on behalf of the victims of the devastating May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province. VUCSSA members are staffing a donation box outside of Eskind Library today and tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. They are also accepting donations, made payable to [...]
The big question for new graduates departing our sunny shores, so to speak, last weekend was, what’s next? Or, did you get a job? Turns out 100 percent - every single student - in the Owen Graduate School of Management’s Masters of Accountancy program left Vanderbilt employed. That’s right, one hundred percent found jobs before [...]
The focus of Chancellor Zeppos’ remarks to graduating students today was the pursuit of happiness - however they may define it.
“Lead lives filled with joy. Start that immediately,” he said.
I am definitely down with that. Read Jim Patterson’s well-done story (as usual, Jim delivered insightful and pithy copy in record time, he’s a wizard) on [...]
Commencement 2008 is underway! Hard to believe another year has gone by already, seems like just yesterday we were here for this wonderful ceremony. Families and friends have taken their seats, the buglers are sounding and the student procession is processing. Watch live streaming video (Real Player) or Windows Media.
Vanderbilt’s own InsideVandy has been recognized as one of the best student newspaper Web sites in the country. 10,000words.net - where journalism and technology meet! - praised our student site for its “massive amounts of content”: video, podcasts, slideshows and blogs, with a special shout out for the new students’ section. Way to go!
Another guest post, this one from David Salisbury, editor of Exploration, Vanderbilt’s groovy online research magazine.
Over spring break more than 100 college journalists from 40 different
universities came to campus for a workshop on new media put on by the Center
for Innovation in College Media workshop. It was a hands-on workshop and the
attendees produced 35 media [...]
Over 100 college journalists from approximately 40 universities are swarming the Vanderbilt campus today through Saturday to learn the ins and outs of capturing audio and video for the Web. The event is being organized by The Center for Innovation in College Media, which happens to have its headquarters right here at Vanderbilt. If you’re [...]
Vanderbilt Student Communications earned some very nice and well-deserved kudos from Duke’s Next Newsroom project. The article features an in-depth, interesting Q&A with VSC director Chris Carroll, and offers insights into how the very slick and wildly successful InsideVandy got its start, spiced up with some excellent metaphors.
“We were talking of creating this mothership [...]
