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OACS Service-Learning Programs
Jun. 1, 2015—The OACS global service-learning programs to Ecuador, South Africa, and Morocco have commenced, with the London program and Vanderbilt Internship Experience in Washington, D.C. (VIEW) soon to follow. In all, 63 students selected from a robust pool of applicants will participate this summer. Each student participated in a comprehensive seminar series during the spring semester,...
Congratulations to Newly Graduated DOS Staff Members
May. 15, 2015—Congratulations to the following DOS staff members who reached educational milestones this May: Lani San Antonio Lani San Antonio, Associate Director for Residential Education, received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Leadership with a concentration in Higher Education and cognate in Human Resources Development on May 9, 2015 from Clemson University. Her dissertation was...
Kristin Torrey named to the AFA Board of Directors
May. 15, 2015—Kristin Torrey, Director of Greek Life at Vanderbilt University, has been named to the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA) Foundation Board of Directors. Torrey joins a group of fourteen campus based professionals, national headquarters staff members, and volunteers on a two year term on this board. Appointed board members were required to apply and have...
New Hiring Guidelines Developed by DOS Staff
May. 15, 2015—In order to facilitate the hiring process and to provide greater accountability and transparency, DOS has developed hiring guidelines for internal and external postings for open positions. A need for guidelines was identified during the first open staff forum held in December and a working group was formed to work on this project. Thanks to...
New Hiring Guidelines Developed by DOS
May. 14, 2015—Dean of Students Hiring Guidelines Dean of Students: Hiring Guidelines For EXTERNAL Postings *Director (or equivalent) Search Search Committee Required Chair of the Search Committee must be a director level or above and may not be the position supervisor (hiring manager). Should consist of a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 7 committee...
Congratulations DOS Graduate Students
May. 14, 2015—Congratulations! Congratulations to the following graduate assistants, graduate fellows, and graduate program coordinators who were graduated on May 8. — Georgia Asfoura– OHARE Hannah Bolton– Arts & Campus Events Elizabeth Boyd– Vice Provost Office Kevin Cleland– OHARE Janessa Dunn– OACS Taylor Jantz– OHARE Hyemin Kim– Women’s Center Sam Lamere– Greek Life Courtney Lennartz– Student Accountability...
STARS Recognition for April
May. 1, 2015—Congratulations to all the staff members who received STARS recognition over the past month! April Alan Binkley Alex Hollifield Alyson Farzad Andrea Ramos-Lewis Angela Covington Ann Nielson Annetta Pickett Aubree Henderson Cara Tuttle Bell Carol High Catherine Kelly Chris Reed Clay McCullough Clayton Arrington Clive Mentzel Courtney Kelly Courtney Salters Dave Brown Dwayne Elliott Eda...
May. 1, 2015—Following the forums with Dean Bandas, the senior administrative team spent many hours reflecting upon the information gathered from DOS staff members. The action plan distributed earlier this month to all staff members was one of the products of this reflection. The credo, below, is also a product of this reflection and articulates the beliefs...
New Cell Phone Policy
May. 1, 2015—The Office of the Dean of Students has adopted a new cell phone policy. BACKGROUND: Many University divisions have recently implemented new cell phone policies including VUMC which stopped all provision of cell phones, and VUIT which adopted a stipend based model. Plant Operations and Business Services are also in the process of defining new...
DOS Staff Volunteers Needed for 2015 Senior Move-Out: May 9
May. 1, 2015—DOS Staff Volunteers are Needed to Assist Seniors Moving Out of Carmichael Towers and Highland Quad on Saturday, May 9th Historically, the Dean of Students staff members generate a lot of fanfare when our first year students arrive on campus, but we don’t really pay much attention to our seniors as they depart campus. Again...
Congratulations Petey Peterson!
May. 1, 2015—Congratulations Petey Peterson The Office of LGBTQI Life wishes to announce the departure of Petey Peterson. They have accepted a position as the first ever Director of LGBTA Affairs at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. We are so thrilled for Petey, as we have all known for some time they are “director ready.” Of...
Vanderbilt Recovery Support Featured in Tennessean
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Sarratt-Rand Closure in May
Apr. 30, 2015—Sarratt | Rand will be closed for electrical renovations starting on Wednesday, May 13 at 4:00 PM. All services within Sarratt | Rand will be closed, and offices will be relocated temporarily from May 14 – May 17. Unless notification to the contrary is posted, Sarratt | Rand will reopen at 7:00 AM on Monday,...
Conference Presentations for ISSS Staff
Apr. 30, 2015—Sherif Barsoum of the ISSS staff will be presenting at the following conferences: NAFSA Association of International Educators Regional Conference October, Jackson MS: Competitors and Colleagues, Enrollment Trends of Internationals in SEC schools AIEA Association of International Education Administrators in February in Washington DC: Entrepreneurship & Innovation in International Education SACAC Southern Association of College...
File Sharing Options
Apr. 30, 2015—File Sharing Options The decommissioning of the Dean of Students filer server and the termination of the Vshare file sharing service provides us with an opportunity to review the availability of various file-sharing tools, and services to be avoid because their use violates both University and Dean of Students protocols in that documents do not...