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Undergraduate Support beyond the Classroom

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Chancellor Zeppos, Tiffiny Tung and Nancy Gentry, BSN’73, education co-chair of the Alumni Association’s Nashville Chapter.

Associate Professor of Anthropology Tiffiny Tung received the 2011-12 Chancellor’s Cup for her work with undergraduates. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos surprised her with the university award during an anthropology department meeting.

Tung, a bioarchaelogist, studies past cultures through the clues found in mummies, skeletal remains and other artifacts. In addition to her own research and teaching, she worked with 27 different students on independent research projects and theses both in Nashville and in far-off lands.

Established by the Nashville Chapter of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association in 1963, the chancellor-selected award is given annually to the faculty member most contributing to undergraduate student–faculty relationships outside the classroom.

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Larry Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Professor of Public Policy and Social Science, and Randolph Blake, Centennial Professor of Psychology, were elected to the National Academy of Science. Election is considered one of the highest honors accorded U.S. scientists. Richard Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of American History, has been named the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at Oxford University for 2013-14. Colin Dayan, Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities, has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Be not afraid of greatness—Twelfth Night,
Act 2, Scene 5

It was “methinks” and “sooth” and Shakespeare filling the air as College of Arts and Science students worked with classically trained actors during an intense week of workshops, classes and study with Actors From The London Stage.

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Be not afraid of greatness—Twelfth Night,
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Be not afraid of greatness—Twelfth Night,Act 2, Scene 5

Be not afraid of greatness—Twelfth Night,
Act 2, Scene 5