October, 2019
Rainbow Cake Celebration
Oct. 28, 2019—Thursday October 31st 12:00-1:30 K.C. Potter Center. The Vanderbilt community is invited to join the Office of LGBTQI Life in celebrating the end of LGBTQI History Month will a Rainbow Cake Celebration! In addition to wonderful cake and sandwiches, it’s Halloween so LGBTQI staff will be dressed in costumes and encourage everyone attending to wear...
[IM]Perfection Project Speak-Out
Oct. 28, 2019—Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 7:00pm-8:00pm Commons Conference Room 223 Join us for a special student Speak-Out event. First-Year panel members will share stories about experiences with navigating a new environment, the culture of perfectionism, and mental health. Following the panel, all participants will have an opportunity to engage in dialogue about personal experiences with perfectionism....
VandyHacks VI
Oct. 28, 2019—VandyHacks VI will be held at The Wond’ry from Friday, November 1st to Sunday, November 3rd. Head over to apply.vandyhacks.org and register now! It’s a great chance to create a project or learn something new with our workshops, and it’s a good opportunity to meet companies, such as Microsoft and Capital One.
Undergraduate Honor Council Recruiting
Oct. 28, 2019—The Undergraduate Honor Council is recruiting new members! Join the university’s oldest student organization and represent the values of honor and integrity to your peers. Come out to Information Sessions on Monday 10/28 at 7pm in the Commons MPR or Wednesday 11/6 at 7:30pm in Featheringill 134 (Jacobs Believed in Me Auditorium) to learn more...
Dual-Professor Dinner, Philosophy & Mathematics
Oct. 28, 2019—Tuesday, Oct 29th 5:00-7:00 pm EBI Multipurpose Room The applications of Mathematics range from Machine Learning to Data Protection to Financial Analysis to Quantitative Social Science Research. All STEM students as well as some social science students are required to study math, or at least, to learn how to apply math in their fields. At...
Boo to the Flu!
Oct. 21, 2019—Flu shots at Night? What a Fright! Do you still need your flu shot and daytime hours just don’t work with your busy schedule? If yes, then come to BOO TO THE FLU on Tuesday, October 29th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Student Health Center. The SHC staff will be working...
The Frank Armstrong Crawford Lecture on Women, Leadership and Engaged Citizenship
Oct. 14, 2019—Wednesday, Oct. 30th 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. The Commons Center MPR This year’s lecture will feature Supriya Vani, a Human Right’s Defender, International Journalist, and author of “Battling Injustice: 16 Women Nobel Peace Prize Laureates”. The topic of her lecture is “How the Young Girls and Women Can Change the World”. Sponsored by: The Martha...
Kitchen Table Series: What Does it Take to Get a Female Head of State?
Oct. 14, 2019—Tuesday, October 22 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Sarratt 363 As of 2018, 70 countries have had a woman leader over the course of the past 60 years, but the United States has yet to reach that milestone. With an election year fast approaching and a record number of women running for a presidential nomination,...
Homecoming 2019
Oct. 14, 2019—Come out to our events Blood Drive, Block Party, Commodore Quake, and Tailgate to celebrate Homecoming! For more info visit: https://studentorg.vanderbilt.edu/vpb/homecoming/ Dates: Monday, October 14th – Saturday, October 19th Blood Drive (Sarratt 216/226) – Monday, October 14th – Wednesday, October 16th, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Block Party (University Club Lot) – Thursday, October 17th,...
Study Abroad 101
Oct. 14, 2019—Wednesday, October 16 12 noon – 1pm Sarratt 112 Learn the basics of studying abroad. Hear from GEO staff and study abroad alums about the benefits of studying overseas, how study abroad works at VU, etc.