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2011 Nonfiction honorable mention
Jun. 28, 2011—The Landing at Shah-har-adin by Michael Woodard LifeFlight Our flight operations building stood on a gently sloping hill, it was old, sand colored, barely more than a shack, handed down from unit to unit in the years since the American Army arrived here and now we had it. Inside, our ready room was a tranquil...
Bring the Au Bon Pain
Jun. 28, 2011—Vanderbilt’s newest dining option, Au Bon Pain, is now open in the space formerly occupied by McDonald’s on the Medical Center Plaza. The new restaurant features a wide variety of menu options including a salad bar with more than 30 items, hot grab-and-go entrees, soups, sandwiches, wraps, baked goods, a smoothie bar, breakfast items, healthy...
Time to update VU Directory information
Jun. 28, 2011—The annual update process has begun for the 2011-2012 Vanderbilt University Directory. The information for the new edition of the directory is pulled from the online PeopleFinder application. The following information from People Finder will be listed in the directory: Name Email address Department name Department phone number Location Please review your information in People...
The books of our lives
Jun. 28, 2011—What books influenced your life? What have been your most meaningful experiences as a reader? Since this is the Summer Reading Issue of House Organ, I thought it would be fun for some of us to compare notes. I’ll go first. My parents still sometimes talk about what a pain I was to read to...
Holmes assumes presidency of Tennessee Dietetic Association
Jun. 2, 2011—Marilyn Holmes, the manager of Health Plus, the staff and faculty wellness program, and a registered dietitian, assumed the presidency of the Tennessee Dietetic Association (TDA) on June 1. The TDA is an affiliate of the American Dietetic Association, and seeks to improve health and nutrition of the citizens of the state. TDA serves the...
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...
An eight-feet-high foundation
May. 31, 2011—She would get the remodel she always wanted. That’s the positive spin Sandra Davis-Carter, program coordinator for the Human Simulation Center, tried to put on things following last year’s flood, which left her house nearly underwater. She now has proof of the power of positive thinking. In the last week of December 2010, she and...
Excited to go home every day
May. 31, 2011—Kia Churchwell felt lucky to have found a contractor who could start rebuilding her Shelby Park home so quickly. Unfortunately, her good luck turned to bad luck when she realized that the work was substandard and that her reconstructed home would not pass code. She, her husband and four children alternately moved between a Ramada...
Back home with the angels
May. 31, 2011—Linda Stewart lived in a Madison residence hotel for two months and 10 days, after rising water forced her from her Old Hickory home. The situation was made more challenging by the fact that she was joined at the hotel by her four dogs: Kobe the peekapoo, Summer the poodle mix, Niki the Pomeranian, and...
Love and lessons
May. 31, 2011—For Slattery, the experience of the flood disaster last year unfolded in two ways: first was the total loss of the house, followed by the process of putting the house back right. That part, Slattery says, is now behind them. “We are absolutely done,” he says. The total reconstruction of the single-level home that took...