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Venture capitalist Bruce Evans shares entrepreneurial fundraising advice at Engineering’s Chambers Lecture
Mar. 1, 2018—As part of the Spring 2018 Chambers Family Entrepreneurial Lecture, alumnus Bruce R. Evans, BE’81, senior adviser and chairman of Boston-based growth equity and venture capital firm Summit Partners, shared details about his journey from Vanderbilt to the venture capital industry and offered some fundraising advice. The audience for his presentation, “Entrepreneurial Finance: The Venture Capital Fundraising...
What Is Tokenism, and Why Does It Matter in the Workplace?
Mar. 1, 2018—February is Black History Month, and both Vanderbilt Business and Vanderbilt University have commemorated the month with a variety of programming. Last week, The Wond’ry hosted a panel of eight African-American women business leaders from the Vanderbilt and Nashville communities, including two representatives from the Owen Graduate School of Management: Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence...
Greater Fort Lauderdale goes to Nashville as both cities compete for Amazon’s HQ2
Feb. 28, 2018—The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance recently released its 2017 fiscal year results, which showed that the organization assisted more than 300 companies and surpassed its original goals for job creation and retention. For the 2017 fiscal year, the economic development partnership brought in 1,978 new jobs, exceeding initial expectations by 24 percent.
Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center opens new spaces to serve students
Feb. 23, 2018—Vanderbilt leaders, students, faculty and staff celebrated the opening of three new dedicated spaces Feb. 16 to serve students and build community at the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos spoke to the group, and Center Director Rosevelt Noble shared a high-level overview of his Lost in the Ivy project, an extensive and comprehensive archive of...
New Vanderbilt basketball scholarship pays tribute to civil rights pioneer Perry Wallace
Feb. 20, 2018—Civil rights trailblazer Perry Wallace, who became the first African American varsity basketball player in the Southeastern Conference when he suited up for Vanderbilt University in 1967, has been honored with a new scholarship at the university. The Perry E. Wallace Jr. Basketball Scholarship provides support for student-athletes at Vanderbilt, rotating recipients between the women’s...
New connector helps faculty, student startups launch in China
Feb. 16, 2018—The workshop is co-organized by DesignX, an entrepreneurship center in the School of Architecture and Planning. “DesignX is dedicated to accelerating innovation in design, cities, and the built environment,” says Dennis Frenchman, the faculty director for DesignX and Class of 1922 Professor of Urban Design and Planning. “We’re excited to share our unique model with...
Meet NBJ’s 2018 40 Under 40 winners
Feb. 15, 2018—Have you ever climbed Mt. Fuji? How about surfed Hawaii’s North Shore? Have you visited more than 60 countries? Our 2018 40 Under 40 winners have done all of that and more. The men and women in this year’s list are making epic moves to keep Music City’s business community prosperous and thriving, and they’re...
Design competition makes Vanderbilt libraries more meaningful for students
Feb. 14, 2018—Developing a formal plan to bring more librarians’ expertise into the undergraduate research experience was among the winning ideas in a student design competition to make the library’s resources more accessible and meaningful for users.
“A Day in the Life” by Darko Osman
Feb. 12, 2018—DARKO OSMAN SERVED AS AN INTERN IN THE HOD INTERNSHIP OFFICE IN THE FALL OF 2017. HE CAME TO US FROM THE NEXT STEPS PROGRAM AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, AND FROM DAY ONE, HIS PRESENCE AND HARD WORK CONTRIBUTED IMMENSELY TO OUR TEAM!
The Global Game Jam at the Wond’ry
Feb. 8, 2018—On Jan. 26-28 the Wond’ry hosted the Global Game Jam for the second year in a row. The Global Game Jam is a worldwide 48-hour game development marathon around a secret theme announced at the beginning of the weekend. This year’s theme was “termination.” More than 100 game enthusiasts from Vanderbilt and around Middle Tennessee...