Passion has launched thousands of books, paintings, movies and songs. But a number of College of Arts and Science alumni are proof that passion ignites successful careers as well.
“Passion brings laser focus to things,” says Cindy Funk, director of Vanderbilt’s Career Center. “When you’re at a university like Vanderbilt with a strong College of Arts and Science, it provides the opportunity to explore things you’re passionate about. Those things can very well lead nicely to a career, though most people don’t think of it that way.”
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As alumni, trustees, philanthropists and visionaries, Orrin Ingram and Rodes Hart reflect on the opportunities—and challenges—of eliminating need-based loans and increasing scholarship endowment.
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Basketball’s global growth and marketing opportunities thrive under alumna Heidi Ueberroth’s leadership.
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Leor Halevi exercises his imagination and love of history in the study of Islam.
Read more »Take two scholars, one specializing in U.S. literature, the other in British. Normally the classes they teach are as far apart as, well, as the width of the Atlantic Ocean. How can they challenge a group of graduate students—and themselves—into seeing the parallels in two subsets of literature, and indeed, the parallels to modern life?
I had a brilliant research project, one that I was sure would make an impact on people’s lives and the environment. The project was part of the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program (VUSRP), a research opportunity that affords students the opportunity to partner with a faculty mentor in a field of study.
Arts and Science in the World Time spent abroad experiencing other cultures and gaining new knowledge has been part of the College of Arts and Science experience for thousands of alumni. Groups of students recently traveled to Australia, Britain, China, Egypt, Germany, Greece and Canada (with Washington, D.C. thrown in for good measure) for intensive learning experiences known as Maymester.
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Inside the Trauma Ward of the World's Financial Markets I feel like I work in the trauma unit. Not in a hospital as you might imagine, but at the heart of the global financial crisis. And for some weird reason I really enjoy it. At Vanderbilt I shifted from premed to economics as I concluded that passing out at the sight of blood might not be good in a medical career. Now I tie tourniquets to stem the hemorrhaging of capital in the credit markets.
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Five Minutes With … Penny Peirce You can call it kismet, karma or serendipity, but whatever approach you prefer, there is little doubt that Penelope “Penny” Peirce is exactly where she’s supposed to be—at the helm of Technology Support Services for the College of Arts and Science.
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Behavior and the Brain Forget what you’ve seen on The Sopranos, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Frasier or cop shows. Despite the almost universal depiction of psychology in the media, the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science focuses on the bigger picture: how brain processes affect human behavior.
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College Cabinet 2008-2009 Every year, we take the opportunity formally to say thank you to the alumni, parents and friends who support the College of Arts and Science in providing students with an exceptional educational experience. This page lists the College Cabinet, which recognizes those donors who contributed $1,000 or more during our last fiscal year, July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
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Like great parents, great professors seek independence and self-reliance for their students. In Vanderbilt’s College of Arts and Science, we teach the crafts of writing and speaking, of critical thinking, of skepticism and analysis.
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James Dickerson, assistant professor of physics, has been awarded a new, three-year research grant of more than $360,000 from the Office of Naval Research.
Marshall Eakin, professor of history, has been appointed director of the Ingram Scholars Program.
John Geer, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, has been invited by Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy to spend fall 2009 as a fellow of the center.
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Worker Isaac Gaither of N&S Waterproofing finishes a caulking project in front of the former exterior wall of the historic Cohen Memorial building on the Peabody campus.
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