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The Alumni Association: Who We Are, Where We're Headed
The Official Vanderbilt Class Ring
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Be part of a growing tradition! Click here to find out about the OFFICIAL Vanderbilt Class Ring! To purchase the Official Vanderbilt Class Ring, you may call Balfour toll free at 866-BALFOUR (866-225-3687).
Contact Alumni Relations for more information or visit Balfour’s website.
The Official Vanderbilt Class Ring is an indelible link to our past, present and future. Click here to see the process of our Vanderbilt tradition.
Vanderbilt University is an Affiliate School with the Penn Club of New York
Interested in expanding your network of influential people and advancing your career or business? Connect with real movers and shakers by becoming a member of the Penn Club! The private club offers Vanderbilt University alumni and Penn alumni continuted connection to fellow alumni and the vast Ivy League network, especially in the NewYork Metro area.
The Penn Club of New York is located at 30 West 44th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues in midtown Manhattan. Club membership is open to all Vanderbilt alumni nationwide. The Penn Club offers its members exclusive access to a wide range of elegant facilities and outstanding services to enhance their life in New York - from entertaining clients with gourmet dining to relaxing at the spa. Members enjoy full benefits of the clubhouse, attend social events, and reunite with fellow alumni.
To receive a membership package with an application and current dues rates, email membership@pennclub.org stating that you are a Vanderbilt University alumnus or alumna, or call 1-212-403-6627. To learn more about what the Penn Club has to offer and check out their virtual tour, visit www.pennclub.org.
Penn Club Dues and Initiation Fees
Age
Category |
Annual
Dues |
Initiation
Fees |
21-28
years old |
$390.00 |
$250.00 |
29-34
years old |
$860.00 |
$500.00 |
35+ years old |
$1215.00 |
$500.00 |
Spousal Membership |
$235 |
N/A |
Should you have any additional questions, please contact Donna Johnson in the Vanderbilt Alumni Relations Office at (615) 322-2929.
About the Alumni Association
The Alumni Association helps Vanderbilt's 115,000 alumni stay
in touch with each other and with the University. The Alumni Association's
programs, activities, online services and Vanderbilt Chapters worldwide can
help you make the most of being an alum. There are even a few alumni benefits. Each year the
Association finds more ways for alumni to learn about, work with,
and help the University and each other.
The
Office of Alumni Relations provides staff support for the Alumni
Association and services to Vanderbilt alumni. Staff members communicate
and consult with chapter leaders; design educational offerings; plan
alumni trips; schedule and make travel arrangements for University
speakers; help to facilitate newsletters, calendars, invitations,
surveys, and other materials; and provide leadership training.
E-Mail or write the Office
of Alumni Relations, Vanderbilt University, PMB 407735,
2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7735, or call (615)
322-2929.
Alumni Sustaining Memberships
Alumni provide direct support to the Alumni Association and its programs through the Sustaining Membership Program. Sustaining members help fund club activities and mailings, young alumni events, student recruitment, the Commodore Career Connection, and leadership conferences. A Sustaining Membership gift is $35 per year for individuals or $50 for couples. A special rate of $25 for a Sustaining Membership is available to alumni who graduated 10 years ago or less. A lifetime membership gift is $1,000. Lifetime members receive special recognition in addition to a car decal, Vanderbilt Magazine, and discounts that go to all sustaining members. To become a sustaining member contact the Office of Alumni Relations or join online.
For information on planned giving, another way to support the University, click here.
Alumni Association Board of Directors
The Alumni Association is governed by a Board of Directors including a president, vice president/president elect, officers, and directors representing "constituencies" and geographic regions. Other constituencies include the ten largest alumni Chapters and affiliate alumni associations. The Alumni Association Board of Directors works to promote Vanderbilt’s mission of education and service, and represents the diverse body of all Alumni Association members.
Click here for the Board’s mission, nomination process, and being an Alumni Association Board member.
Bill Ray Caldwell, BA’85, of Nashville, Tenn. serves as president of the Alumni Association with John Hindle, BA’68, PhD’81 as president-elect/vice-president and will take office on July 1, 2010. Click here to view all of the new 2008-2009 Board members and the composition of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors meets twice each year, fall and spring.
Distinguished Alumni Award
In 1996 the Alumni Association of Vanderbilt University began periodically granting the Distinguished Alumnus/a Award, not only to honor worthy recipients, but also to inspire students and alumni. The Distinguished Alumnus/a Award is bestowed on an alumnus/a who meets these criteria:
» His/her accomplishments and contributions have had the broadest possible impact and a positive effect on humankind.
» He/she has made a choice to go beyond a successful vocation to do something of greater benefit for the universal community.
The Alumni Association now seeks nominations for the next Distinguished Alumnus/a Award. Please click here to learn more or to nominate an alumnus/a. The deadline to submit nominations is September 15, 2008.
Previous recipients include:
1996 – Muhammad Yunus (PhD'71), Nobel Prize winning Bangladeshi banker
1997 – Dr. Norman E. Shumway (MD'49), pioneer in heart transplants
1998 – Cal Turner Jr. (BA'62), former Dollar General CEO
1999 – Delbert Mann (BA'41), Oscar-winning director
2000 – Dr. Antonio Gotto (BA'67, MD'75), Dean of Cornell Univ. Medical College
2002 – Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr. (BA'60), one of the founders and former chairman of HCA
2004 – Dr. Mildred T. Stahlman (BA'43, MD'46, HO'48), pioneer in neonatology
2005 – The Reverend James M. Lawson (Div'60), renowned nonviolent theorist
2007 – Carol Ann Etherington (MSN'75), health and human rights advocate