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Think! Education Summit 2017
Sep. 28, 2017—Last Thursday, September 21st, Tennessee Works, a collaboration supported in part by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, hosted the 5th Annual Think Employment! Summit. The summit was open to the general public, but because of its commitment to elevating employment outcomes specifically for Tennesseans with disabilities, families, employers, service providers, partners...
Introducing Varun Kaushal
Sep. 21, 2017—Greetings Commodores and the people of Nashville! My name is Varun Kaushal. I am a second year MBA student at the Owen graduate school of Management – Vanderbilt University. I am one of 6 great student ambassadors at the Wond’ry. I was born and raised in the Middle East, in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. I...
Introducing Jay Cavenaugh
Sep. 21, 2017—Hi, my name is Jay Cavenaugh and I am studying Product and Industrial Design through the Engineering Science program. After working here over the summer, I am continuing in a part-time capacity through the Fall 2017 semester. Since this summer, I have picked up several new projects through the Wond’ry and through my schoolwork that...
Introducing Jose Hurtado
Sep. 20, 2017—Hello Vanderbilt community! My name is Jose Hurtado and I am a Fall 2017 Student Ambassador at the Wond’ry. I am studying the second year of my MBA at the Owen Graduate School of Management, concentrating on Marketing and Strategy with an Emphasis in Entrepreneurship. I am from Mexico City and I lived most of...
Introducing Alexa Levitt
Sep. 19, 2017—My name is Alexa Levitt and I am sophomore studying Human and Organizational Development, as well as Business and Special Education. I am a new Student Ambassador this semester here at the Wond’ry and I’m thrilled to be in an environment that cultivates such creative collaboration as well as both personal and professional development each...
Introducing Olivia Steinmetz
Sep. 12, 2017—Hello Vanderbilt community! My name is Olivia Steinmetz and I am a Fall 2017 Student Ambassador at the Wond’ry. I am a sophomore studying Civil Engineering with minors in Music and Communication of Science and Technology. I hail from a small town outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and came to Vanderbilt knowing one thing: I am...
Workshops at the Wond’ry
Sep. 7, 2017—Last Thursday in the Makerspace, I had the pleasure of designing and teaching a workshop about engineering flexible electrical circuits to 20 Vanderbilt employees from the Office of Alumni Relations. At the beginning of the workshop, I asked everyone to raise a hand if he or she had experience working with circuits of any kind....
Welcome back to the Wond’ry
Aug. 30, 2017—A new semester at Vandy brings fresh faces, new outlooks, and a variety of new programming and events to get involved with at the Wond’ry! Whether you are an HOD student interested in the MakerSpace or a MechE student wanting to learn the best ways to network, there is something for everyone here. The new...
LEED Gold Certification
Jul. 10, 2017—The Wond’ry was awarded a LEED Gold Certification for sustainable design by the U.S. Green Building council. During the construction of the building, almost all of the waste generated was diverted from landfills to be recycled. The trees originally located in the building’s footprint were used to construct parts of the interior wooden facade of...
Hosting Accelerator
Jun. 21, 2017—Students from the Vanderbilt Accelerator Summer Business Institute have made their home in the Wond’ry for the next two weeks. Accelerator is rigorous four-week consulting program in which students work in teams of 7-8 members to solve real world business problems for four companies in the Nashville area and conduct a financial evaluation of a...