Chancellor Gordon Gee addressed members of the Vanderbilt faculty April 16, at the inaugural Spring Faculty Assembly. Mark Jarman, professor of English, began the proceedings with a reading of five original poems. Malcolm Getz, associate professor of economics and president of the Faculty Senate, introduced the Chancellor whose remarks follow:

Thank you very much, and thank you Malcolm, for that superb introduction. Inspiration from a Chancellor is an oxymoron, I think, and I therefore appreciate that. And I appreciate Malcolm and his colleagues -- the executive committee of the Senate -- and the great work they have done making me feel welcome and wanted and certainly being great advisers and supporters, and for that I am very grateful. And thank you, Professor Jarman, for that superb reading and I must beg the audience's forgiveness, in advance, if my best efforts now seem a bit more pedestrian.

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by Skip Anderson

More than 40 Vanderbilt staff members helped bring a playground designed for all children -- including those with physical challenges -- one step closer to reality last week.

The volunteers are graduates of Vanderbilt's Leadership Development Forum, an in-house training program designed to cultivate management skills in employees throughout the University. More than 180 people have completed the annual 11-month course since the LDF was initiated in 1990