Features
Flood, Sweat and Tears: One Year Later
Jun. 2, 2011—Last year, only days after the floodwaters receded, House Organ published a special issue, “Flood, Sweat and Tears,” examining the 2010 Nashville Flood’s effect on Vanderbilt and its staff and faculty. In this issue, we returned to many of the people profiled in that issue one year ago to check in and ask how they...
Giving patients a hand
May. 31, 2011—The human hand has five digits, 27 bones, and a complicated system of nearly 80 tendons and muscles, and Peggy Haase and Skip Brown have spent the last 20 years caring for each and every one of them. Haase and Brown were the first occupational therapists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to become certified hand...
Cyril Stewart finds labor of love in Franklin Theatre
May. 31, 2011—Cyril Stewart is a guy who appreciates old theaters. “My wife and I had our first date at the Belle Meade Theater,” he says, referring to the gone-but-still-lamented movie palace on Harding Road in Nashville. “She was 15, I was 16.” Later, when he was studying architecture at the University of Tennessee, he was involved...
100 reasons why Vanderbilt is a great place to work
May. 3, 2011—compiled and written by Wayne Wood, with Leslie Hill, Rhonda Kelley and Stacey Kendrick Vanderbilt University is a great place to work. There are a lot of reasons for this, and that’s what this list is about. Vanderbilt, the largest private employer in Nashville, combines great benefits, the cultural advantages of a major university, and the...
Convenience/Quality of Life
May. 3, 2011—Let Vanderbilt Valet get your oil changed or your dry cleaning done.
Health and Wellness
May. 3, 2011—Health Plus, Dayani, Student Rec
Stuff You Hope You Never Need
May. 3, 2011—Life insurance, pet insurance, disability, more.
Kids and Families
May. 3, 2011—Head to Disney on the cheap.
Life is a Classroom
May. 3, 2011—Never stop learning, just because you have a job.
Cool stuff
May. 3, 2011—TPAC, tailgate, fine art