Committees

Charge: In support of Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan, the university is moving forward with building out the residential College Halls to enhance the undergraduate experience. As new buildings are constructed and new land use plans are discussed for our campus community via FutureVU, this committee is charged to review and… Read More

ChargeThe Office of the Provost charged this committee with creating a vision of the future of the Blair School of Music.MembershipPeter Kolkay, associate professor of bassoon, co-chairMelissa Rose, associate dean (collegiate program), associate professor of piano, co-chairTucker Biddlecombe, associate professor of choral studiesCarolyn Huebl, professor of violinJi Hye Jung, associate professor of percussionRyan Middagh, senior… Read More

The Arts and Humanities Micro-Grant Fund Committee provides oversight to the Arts and Humanities Rapid Response Micro-Grant Fund and are responsible for reviewing funding requests for faculty to pursue time-sensitive projects that will amplify and advance the university’s arts and humanities. Launched in 2018, the fund offers faculty the ability to… Read More

Charge The VCFC Advisory Task Force was created to build on the strengths of the current program and address: The scope of services provided to the Vanderbilt community; Accessibility, via an Opportunity Vanderbilt-inspired tuition structure; The development of a professional development and compensation philosophy for teaching staff; and The physical… Read More

Comprehensively assessing all digital initiatives at Vanderbilt University is the charge of the Digital Resources Committee. The committee will articulate clear descriptions of the digital initiative missions and provide a resource inventory.Digital Resources Committee MembershipJohn M. Sloop (Chair), associate provost for education development and technologies, professor of communication studies, Office of… Read More

Cynthia Cyrus, vice provost for learning and residential affairs, professor of musicology, affiliated faculty in women’s and gender studies, Office of the Provost; co-chair;John Sloop, associate provost for digital learning; professor of communication studies, Office of the Provost, co-chair;Rin Abernathy, graduate assistant, professional student, Peabody College;S. Toufeeq Ahmed, director, education informatics,… Read More

TIPs Council, Cycle 2015 Co-chair John Geer, Vice Provost for Academic and Strategic Affairs, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science Co-chair Larry Marnett, Senior Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine Dana Nelson, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English Larry Bartels, May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science,… Read More

Charge:To select winners of international research collaboration seed grants.Working Group Members:Timothy McNamara, professor, psychology, College of Arts and Science; chair;Douglas Clark, professor, teaching and learning, Peabody College;Guil Gualda, assoicate professor, Earth and environmental sciences, College of Arts and Science; andTracy Miller, associate professor, history of art, College of Arts and Science;Melissa Skala, assistant professor, biomedical… Read More

Leveraging Vanderbilt’s many assets and strengths in “big data” and “data science” is the charge of the Data Science Visions Working Group, which will help to ensure that the university is positioned for continued success in these areas. The working group, which is comprised of faculty from each of Vanderbilt’s… Read More