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Zeppos to assume duties of provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs March 15

Nicholas S. Zeppos will assume his new role as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs March 15. In this newly created position, Zeppos, who is also a professor of law, will be the University's chief academic and advancement officer [see Jan. 14, 2002, Register]. He succeeds Thomas G. Burish, professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Science and professor of medicine, who served 10 years as provost. Burish will be on leave for the academic year 2002-03 and will return to the faculty full time in the academic year 2003-04.

Van Etten named interim associate vice chancellor for human resource services

Effective March 11, Tom Van Etten joins Vanderbilt on an interim basis to assume the duties of Darlene Lewis, former associate vice chancellor for human resource services. Van Etten will serve as interim chief human resource services officer until an associate vice chancellor of human resource services is hired. Lewis began a new position as senior vice president and chief human resources officer at the University of Chicago Hospitals March 1. Van Etten recently retired from SunTrust Bank, having served as the senior vice president and director of human resources. He will be available Monday through Wednesday each week at 322-8322, or via e-mail at tom.van.etten@vanderbilt.edu.

Staff Advisory Council meets March 12

The University Staff Advisory Council will meet March 12 at 8:30 a.m. in Room 189 of the Sarratt Student Center. The USAC serves as an advisory group to administration and staff on various problems and policies that affect the University, and maintains communication between University staff and administration. All USAC meetings are open to Vanderbilt staff. The following meeting is scheduled for April 9.

Salon V to feature new Kennedy Center director March 12

The next Salon V is scheduled for March 12 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Langford Auditorium Lobby. The featured guest is Pat Levitt, who will be the new director of the John F. Kennedy Center, effective June 1. Levitt was formerly the Thomas Detre Professor and Chair of Neurobiology and co-director of the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh. Until June 1, he will serve as a special consultant to facilitate the Kennedy Center's recent transition to a University-wide research center. Levitt will speak about his new duties at Vanderbilt at 5:15 p.m. Salon V is an informal gathering for all faculty sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 322-4959.

The Faculty Senate meets March 14

The Faculty Senate will meet March 14 at 4:10 p.m. in the Alumni Room (Room 144) of the Law School. The Faculty Senate is the representative, deliberative, legislative body of Vanderbilt faculty. James F. Blumstein, Centennial Professor of Law, is the chair of the Faculty Senate. The following meeting is scheduled for April 18.

Recycle old phone books until March 15

Old yellow pages or white pages phone directories can be recycled until March 15 in the Station B Post Office in Rand Hall or at the dock of the Peabody Mailroom in the Hill Center. For more information, call 343-6923.

Speakers, activities surround dedication of new Law School building

The Law School will hold the formal dedication ceremony for its newly expanded and renovated building Saturday, March 16. U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson will speak at the 11 a.m. event, which will be held on Curry Field near the Law School and Wilson Hall. The dedication ceremony, to be followed by an open house and reception beginning at noon in the Law School, will be the capstone to the $22.5 million building campaign and more than two years of construction and renovation. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 322-2606. Award-winning journalist and historian David Halberstam will speak at the Law School March 15. His speech, "The Media and the Professional Expert," is a Cal Turner Program Lecture. A prominent figure in American journalism and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Halberstam is one of the nation's most distinguished social and political commentators. He is author of The Powers that Be, The Best and the Brightest, The Reckoning, The Fifties and The Next Century. His speech is sponsored by the Vanderbilt University Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership for the Professions and co-sponsored by the Law School, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs and the First Amendment Center. The speech, scheduled for noon in Flynn Auditorium, is free and open to the public. For more information, call 343-5447.

Class organizes icy evening to benefit Edgehill Elementary School

Students enrolled in an undergraduate marketing class are selling tickets to the March 21 Nashville Predators hockey game as part of a class project. "Vandy Takes the Ice for the Kids" will donate 25 percent of each $16 ticket sold for the game to Edgehill Elementary School. The class hopes to raise $4,000 -- by selling 1,000 tickets -- for the children of Edgehill. The Predators will face the New Jersey Devils at the Gaylord Entertainment Center at 7 p.m. An information and ordering table will be set up on the wall outside of Rand Hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 11-15. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Bob Milhizer at 770-2136. Mention "Vandy Takes the Ice for the Kids."

Correction

In the Feb. 25 issue of the Register, the School of Engineering honor society was incorrectly identified. The correct name of the honor society is Tau Beta Pi

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