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Faculty granted semester of paid parental leave

by Jessica Howard

Beginning July 1, faculty members who are new parents -- either as birth or adoptive mothers, fathers or declared domestic partners -- will be granted one semester of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child.

"This is one of the most progressive policies in the country," said Linda Manning, director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center and co-chair of the Women's Faculty Organization at Vanderbilt. WFO researched and pushed for such a policy over the past 10 years. "The [WFO] hopes the policy will help us recruit the talent we need at Vanderbilt, and will also promote a family-friendly environment."

Manning said the new policy encourages men to be involved in the primary care of the child.

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Six elected to University Board of Trust

A Georgetown University professor, business executives from Connecticut, Memphis and Nashville, and a graduating senior from Atlanta are the newest members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust.

During its spring meeting April 25-27, the board elected to five-year terms: Sheryll D. Cashin, professor of law at Georgetown University; Mark F. Dalton, president and director of Tudor Investment Corporation of Greenwich, Conn.; Orrin H. Ingram II, president and CEO of Ingram Industries in Nashville; and Jackson W. Moore, chairman, president and CEO of Union Planters Corporation in Memphis. Elected to a two-year term was Stephen Riven, managing partner of Avondale Partners in Nashville. Graduating Vanderbilt senior Ibrahim Nasmyth of Atlanta, was elected to a four-year term.

Riven, outgoing president of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association, succeeds John Loomis of Larchmont, N.Y., as an alumni trustee. Nasmyth was chosen from among three graduating seniors to be a Young Alumni Trustee. He succeeds Michele Sena of Nashville.

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