News Vanderbilt University News from Vanderbilt University. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sitemason Content Management System http://www.sitemason.com/ Vanderbilt University Logo 174 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/jjkfpC/vu06b+copy.jpg/main.jpg 144 news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) commencement video podcast Accomplishments will flow naturally from the talents, training and motivation of Vanderbilt graduates, said Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at the Vanderbilt Commencement ceremony on Friday. Happiness is a trickier proposition, he said, and offered some guidance on how to achieve it. (Video and audio of address included). http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/9/community-fairness-key-to-happiness-vanderbilt-graduates-advised-chancellor-nicholas-s-zeppos-addresses-commencement-gathering Vanderbilt News Service Accomplishments will flow naturally from the talents, training and motivation of Vanderbilt graduates, said Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at the Vanderbilt Commencement ceremony on Friday. Happiness is a trickier proposition, he said, and offered some guidance on how to achieve it. (Video and audio of address included). http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/9/community-fairness-key-to-happiness-vanderbilt-graduates-advised-chancellor-nicholas-s-zeppos-addresses-commencement-gathering Fri, 09 May 2008 10:35:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) humanities science New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early migration route followed the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/8/new-evidence-from-earliest-known-human-settlement-in-the-americas-supports-coastal-migration-theory Vanderbilt News Service New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early migration route followed the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/8/new-evidence-from-earliest-known-human-settlement-in-the-americas-supports-coastal-migration-theory Thu, 08 May 2008 14:45:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) commencement speakers Graduating seniors should become "the new American revolutionaries" aiming for the stars even if they find themselves sometimes lying in the gutter, said musician and social activist Bob Geldof, who gave the Senior Day address Thursday to Vanderbilt graduates. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/8/geldof-tells-vanderbilt-graduates-to-be-unreasonable-change-the-world Vanderbilt News Service Graduating seniors should become "the new American revolutionaries" aiming for the stars even if they find themselves sometimes lying in the gutter, said musician and social activist Bob Geldof, who gave the Senior Day address Thursday to Vanderbilt graduates. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/8/geldof-tells-vanderbilt-graduates-to-be-unreasonable-change-the-world Thu, 08 May 2008 13:50:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) students A roundup of news and feature items related to Vanderbilt Commencement, May 7-9, 2008. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/7/commencement-2008-a-summary-of-news-and-feature-stories Vanderbilt News Service A roundup of news and feature items related to Vanderbilt Commencement, May 7-9, 2008. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/7/commencement-2008-a-summary-of-news-and-feature-stories Wed, 07 May 2008 15:57:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) Terry B. Grier will receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development during Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 9. Grier is the new superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District, in San Diego. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/7/san-diego-superintendent-to-receive-vanderbilt-peabody-distinguished-alumnus-award Vanderbilt News Service Terry B. Grier will receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development during Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 9. Grier is the new superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District, in San Diego. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/7/san-diego-superintendent-to-receive-vanderbilt-peabody-distinguished-alumnus-award Wed, 07 May 2008 15:35:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) There is a threat of severe weather on Thursday, May 8. Senior Class Day events will be moved indoors. Video of the event will be streamed live from this Web site at 10 a.m. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/7/senior-day-activities-for-thursday-may-8-are-being-moved-inside-due-to-threat-of-severe-weather Vanderbilt News Service There is a threat of severe weather on Thursday, May 8. Senior Class Day events will be moved indoors. Video of the event will be streamed live from this Web site at 10 a.m. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/7/senior-day-activities-for-thursday-may-8-are-being-moved-inside-due-to-threat-of-severe-weather Wed, 07 May 2008 09:46:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) students Read a selection of profiles of some of the stellar members of the Class of 2008. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/5/graduates-developed-passions-at-vanderbilt-that-extend-well-beyond-may-9 Vanderbilt News Service Read a selection of profiles of some of the stellar members of the Class of 2008. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/5/graduates-developed-passions-at-vanderbilt-that-extend-well-beyond-may-9 Mon, 05 May 2008 09:24:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) commencement students La Chureca, the city dump on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua, could be the setting for a dreary, futuristic movie. A city of scavengers, many of them orphans, they live in the filthy heaps of refuse at this municipal garbage dump. Clothed in rags, they rummage for food, scrounging out a meager existence by selling the small trinkets or recyclables they find, or sometimes selling their own bodies to survive. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/2/vanderbilt-students-post-graduation-plans-center-on-service Vanderbilt News Service La Chureca, the city dump on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua, could be the setting for a dreary, futuristic movie. A city of scavengers, many of them orphans, they live in the filthy heaps of refuse at this municipal garbage dump. Clothed in rags, they rummage for food, scrounging out a meager existence by selling the small trinkets or recyclables they find, or sometimes selling their own bodies to survive. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/2/vanderbilt-students-post-graduation-plans-center-on-service Fri, 02 May 2008 12:22:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) commencement sports students Vanderbilt basketball star Shan Foster, who will receive a degree in human and organizational development from Vanderbilt's Peabody College on May 9, is the kind of student who gives teachers hope that the next generation is in good hands, said Sharon Shields, professor in the practice of human and organizational development. "He embodies the idea that learning should be transformational," Shields said. "And it was for him. But he also transformed those around him." http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/2/shan-foster-to-graduate-leaves-behind-more-than-shattered-records Vanderbilt News Service Vanderbilt basketball star Shan Foster, who will receive a degree in human and organizational development from Vanderbilt's Peabody College on May 9, is the kind of student who gives teachers hope that the next generation is in good hands, said Sharon Shields, professor in the practice of human and organizational development. "He embodies the idea that learning should be transformational," Shields said. "And it was for him. But he also transformed those around him." http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/2/shan-foster-to-graduate-leaves-behind-more-than-shattered-records Fri, 02 May 2008 10:45:00 CST Vanderbilt University News news@vanderbilt.edu (Vanderbilt News Service) Vanderbilt University has partnered with the University of Memphis and East Tennessee State University to host a statewide, free electronics recycling event May 14 to 17. The LP Field parking lots will be the collection point for Middle Tennessee. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2008/5/1/vanderbilt-university-to-host-free-electronics-recycling-event-public-recycling-day-is-saturday-may-17 Vanderbilt News Service Vanderbilt University has partnered with the University of Memphis and East Tennessee State University to host a statewide, free electronics recycling event May 14 to 17. 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