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Call for Entries: House Organ Writing Contest
Mar. 3, 2011—27th Annual House Organ Writing Contest Deadline May 9 For the 27th year, the July House Organ will be the Summer Reading Issue, filled with the winners of the House Organ Writing Contest—poems, short stories and nonfiction pieces contributed by Vanderbilt staff, faculty and students. Every year demonstrates that Vanderbilt has a lot of people...
House Organ Pet Poll winners announced
Feb. 17, 2011—The winners of the 2011 House Organ Pet Poll, conducted in conjunction with the annual “Pets of Vanderbilt” issue, are in after voting closed at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17. The winner in the Dog category was Duke, the European Doberman who lounges in the driveway of Wendy Ashe of the Neonatal Intensive Care...
Writing Contest, 2011: Call for Entries
Jan. 26, 2011—Are you a poet or writer walking around disguised as a regular person? Enter the House Organ Writing Contest and come one day next summer you can be forwarding the link to your story or poem around to all your envious friends.
2011 House Organ Photography Contest Winners
Jan. 7, 2011—Judges for this year’s House Organ Photography Contest were the Division of Public Affairs photography staff. From more than 1,200 entries, about 150 finalists were narrowed down to the extraordinary 12 images that you see in this year’s calendar. January: “Izzybelle.” Lu Ellen Davie, Institutional Review Board. February: “Night Blooming Cereus.” John R. Sparks, Space...
Jewel Kavanaugh, Long-Time Credit Union Leader, Dies
Jan. 7, 2011—Jewel Kavanaugh, Vanderbilt University Employees Credit Union’s first full-time employee who went on to the lead the organization for four decades, died Nov. 17. She was 77. The funeral was Nov. 20 at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Dignity Hall in Nashville. “There is great sadness in all of our hearts as we mourn the passing of Jewel,” said...
Pets next time
Jan. 7, 2011—The pictures of employee pets—all those slobbering dogs, cats curled up in bathroom sinks, unblinking fish, and the rest—will be printed in the February 2011 issue of House Organ, which will be on the stands the morning of Friday, Feb. 4. We should hasten to add that the deadlines for entries has passed, so if...
Holiday is a good time to check out Discount Program
Jan. 7, 2011—The Vanderbilt Faculty and Staff Discount Program, also known as the Perqs program, provides a listing of businesses offering reduced prices or special offers to Vanderbilt employees. The discounted goods range from Apartments to Rental Cars to Theme Park admissions. The list is updated throughout the year, and can be viewed online at http://hr.vanderbilt.edu/benefits/perqs.htm.
Turkey giveaway slated for Friday, Dec. 17
Jan. 7, 2011—This year’s Vanderbilt holiday turkey giveaway for full-time and part-time faculty and staff will take place on Friday, Dec. 17, at Langford Auditorium. Hours of the giveaway are from 6 a.m. to midnight, said Trish Stapp, director of Medical Center Special Events. To add to the celebratory atmosphere, there will be entertainment throughout the day....
Purchase of tags, cookies, more support Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Jan. 7, 2011—The annual Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Holiday Project is under way. A variety of cards (including photo cards), gift tags, wrapping paper, all designed by young patients and their siblings are for sale. Other holiday gifts for sale include Christie Cookie tins, winter decaf coffee, and holiday java coffee. To...
Flu Shots Continue at Variety of Medical Center Locations
Nov. 2, 2010—Flu vaccine is available in the Employee Health Clinic, 640 Medical Arts Building, from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Other locations around campus for shots may be found on the Flu Shot Event Calendar at http://occupationalhealth.vanderbilt.edu/uploads/ohcFluCalendar.pdf. A Vanderbilt ID badge is required. For a complete calendar of locations for faculty and staff to get a flu vaccine...