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by Sandy Smith | Spring 2009— Up Close
Sociology department builds on existing strengths in key areas.
Sociology department builds on existing strengths in key areas. Sometimes new leaders make their mark on an organization by changing everything. Fortunately for the Department of Sociology, new chair Katharine Donato doesn’t hold that philosophy. Instead Donato is building on the strengths of the programs in place to generate growth.
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by Sandy Smith | Fall 2008— Up Close
The Managerial Studies program blends liberal arts strengths with business know-how.
The Managerial Studies program blends liberal arts strengths with business know-how. In this global, fast-changing, digital age, people in business need to know more than just business. That’s why the Managerial Studies program in the College of Arts and Science combines a liberal arts education—cultivating creativity, knowledge, innovation and the ability to think critically—with a strategic foundation in business methods.
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One major combines learning, research and service to develop real world solutions now.
One undergraduate travels to Jamaica to research whether the health clinic is open when the population needs it most. Another works with a local hospice. A third studies the effect of literacy on diabetics’ renal function. Vanderbilt has always strived to educate its students so they will go forth and contribute as leaders after they graduate. But why wait?
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