DOS News
Welcome to DOS Matt Sinclair!
Feb. 15, 2013—Matthew Sinclair moved to Vanderbilt from Statesville, North Carolina after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Education Studies. He served as a resident advisor during his junior and senior year at Guilford College, and as a Head Resident Advisor during his senior year. His experience in these capacities had such an impact on his...
Congratulations Alan Binkley!
Feb. 15, 2013—
Ally Appreciation Week Feb 18-22
Feb. 15, 2013—Vanderbilt’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI) Life office was created five years ago in order to better support LGBTQI students, faculty, and staff, and raise a dialogue within the larger Vanderbilt community about sexual orientation and gender issues. This year, in addition to our regular slate of programs and services (outlined...
News Flash from Dean Bandas
Feb. 14, 2013—During the months of November and December, focus groups were held to give staff members the opportunity to assess DOS News, telling us what they liked about DOS News and suggesting improvements to the monthly newsletter. Communication has been a point of discussion this year and the focus groups’ conversations expanded quickly and organically to...
ACE Design Team is Here to Help
Feb. 1, 2013—ACE Design Team is growing! ACE Design Team is a free resource to all faculty and departments at Vanderbilt University. ACE creates logos, posters, banners, fliers, table tents, T-shirts, LCD Screens, and websites…. FOR FREE! ACE completed over 110 individual projects last semester; almost a 300% increase over the prior semester alone! We have grown...
February Professional Development Session
Feb. 1, 2013—February 14, 9-11 AM 216/220 Sarratt-Rand Topic: Making Campus Safer Together: Green Dots at Vanderbilt Presenters: Wil De Los Santos, Kayce Matthews & Mike Zimmerman You’ll leave this session better able to: – Respond more effectively to those who have experienced intimiate partner violence, sexual assault, stalking or identity-based targeting; – Help students connect to...
Student Campus Events Welcomes Billy Joel
Jan. 31, 2013—Vanderbilt students, faculty, and staff packed Langford Auditorium the evening of Wednesday, January 30th for “Billy Joel: An Evening of Questions and Answers and a Little Bit of Music,” sponsored by Vanderbilt Programming Board, along with its Music Group, Speakers, and VenUe committees. The format involved significant audience participation: Joel used a laser pointer to...
Rhythm and Roots Performance
Jan. 31, 2013—
MLK Commemoration Recap
Jan. 31, 2013—
Sharepoint is Here
Jan. 31, 2013—Dean of Students IT Support continues to deploy Microsoft Sharepoint for users in the supported shops. Sharepoint is a tool which enables collaboration on documents across departments or teams, in a web-based environment. Features include collaborative document editing, integrated version tracking, calendars, data lists, reports, and work flow tools. Like Google Docs, all documents can...
Magnolia Award Submissions
Jan. 31, 2013—Presented by the Office of the Dean of Students, the Magnolia Awards recognize outstanding student efforts in the campus community. With fifteen awards ranging from demonstrated leadership in intramural sports to commitment to cultural education, the Magnolia Awards recognize outstanding leaders across campus. Additionally, awards are available for students of all academic standings: freshmen, sophomores,...
Asian New Year Festival
Jan. 31, 2013—Asian American Student Association – Asian New Year Festival When: Saturday, February 16, 2013 Time and Location: Dinner will be at 5:30 pm in the SLC, show will be at 7:00 pm in Langford Auditorium. Tickets: Tickets cost $10 for show only and $15 for both show and dinner. The Asian New Year Festival is...
Thank Goodness It’s LGBTQI Faculty/Staff Appreciation Friday
Jan. 31, 2013—Join the Office of LGBTQI Life on Friday, February 15th from 12:00-1:30pm at the K.C. Potter Center for our weekly brown bag lunch series, Thank Goodness It’s LGBTQI Friday. February 15th, we are formally making the event TGI LGBTQI Faculty/Staff Appreciation Friday. Vanderbilt’s LGBTQI and allied students would like to take this lunchtime opportunity to...
W-2 Forms Have Been Mailed
Jan. 31, 2013—
Thank You Mike Petruna!
Jan. 31, 2013—As the DOS News has evolved over the academic year, Mike Petruna in DOS IT deserves a lot of the credit. Mike developed the initial design and was more than happy to accommodate any tweaks that were requested. Thanks for all of your hard work!
Welcome to DOS Charles Lowman!
Jan. 15, 2013—Charles Lowman is joining us as the new Associate Director for Residential Education. Below is a note from Charles. Please take the time to introduce yourself if you see him around campus. Greetings, colleagues! My name is Charles A. Lowman and I will be serving as the new Associate Director for Residential Education. I will...
Welcome to DOS Christopher Nold!
Jan. 15, 2013—Christopher Nold, a 2011 graduate of the Vanderbilt University Film Studies Program, is now assisting with the coordination of the FLiCX film program. Chris works in Technology Support Services in the College of Arts & Science, and teaches fundamentals of film making at the Curb Center for the Medical School. During his senior year, Chris...
Anchor Link Update
Jan. 15, 2013—Anchor Link had a very successful fall semester and saw high levels of usage by students and departments across campus. Total Page Views: 772,993 Total Site Views: 115,061 Average Site Views per Day: 926 Events Registered: 1294 Attendees Swiped: 70,992 Organizations (Groups): 665 Service Hours Logged: 6919 Thanks to everyone for their continued support of...
MLK Day Observance
Jan. 15, 2013—On Monday, January 21, the Vanderbilt community will be commemorating the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday with a day of service and remembrance. Dean of Students staff members are encouraged to attend as many events as their schedule allows. There are many events throughout the day including: A keynote address by Michelle Alexander A...