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Photo courtesy of the Vanderbilt
French Department
More than 350 Vanderbilt undergraduate students will
study abroad this year. This summer, Kelly Harreld (from left),
Anne Kehoe, Annabelle Pham Ngoc Thuan, Mandy Belden, Kathy
Schmidt, Ian Scott, Meredith Dickens and Marci Thompson found
a field of sunflowers in Provence while in France.
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Globe-trotting
students learn abroad
by Lew
Harris
Around the globe, Vanderbilt undergraduates are
discovering much more than classroom learning. They're having
a g'day in Australia, mate. They're enjoying the exquisite cuisine
in France, "la dolce vita" in Italy and the bustling life in
Madrid, where the plazas and streets are still crowded at 2
a.m. They're skiing in the Andes in Chile and witnessing daily
life in China.
In all, 100 Vanderbilt students are taking advantage
of international learning opportunities this semester in Vanderbilt
study abroad programs in eight countries, including one each
in Russia and China.
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Gores
to host 9th 'Family Re-Union'
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Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore announced last week
that the ninth annual Family Re-Union will be held at Vanderbilt
University Nov. 20.
The vice president and his wife will moderate "Family Re-Union
9: Families and Seniors: Across the Generations." The yearly
conference addresses major policy issues of concern to families
and children.
New telescope to
honor associate dean's late brother
by Skip Anderson
A 14-inch reflector telescope and a new dome in which to
house it was dedicated at Vanderbilt's Dyer Observatory Oct.
8. Thegift was made in memory of Eric Bergquist, the brother
of Fräncille Bergquist, associate dean of the College
of Arts and Science and assistant professor of Spanish.
Eric Bergquist was killed in Vietnam in1969 when the helicopter
he was piloting was shot down. Gae Nell Bergquist Trommald,
whom Eric married only weeks before his death, flew in from
Hawaii for last week's dedication.
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