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Innovating at the Wond’ry
Feb. 13, 2017—Described as “the epicenter for innovation and entrepreneurship at Vanderbilt University,” the Wond’ry is a place where students can turn their ideas into action. With makerspaces, shared work environments, interactive art exhibits, and curricular programming, students will be able to use the Wond’ry to gain real-world experience collaborating on interdisciplinary projects. It’s a place where...
The Student/Faculty Relantionship
Feb. 13, 2017—Hear from Vanderbilt students about what Vanderbilt faculty are really like and how small classes with research faculty and immersive experiences lead to future-changing opportunities.
The Wond’ry January 2017 Newsletter
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Developing solutions
Feb. 10, 2017—Vanderbilt University students in the New Product Design and Development course recently collaborated with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to develop real-world solutions for areas of need. The course, taught by David Owens, Ph.D., M.S., professor for the Practice of Management and Innovation, is conducted inside the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s new innovation makerspace in...
Vanderbilt’s Wond’ry receives grant to bolster entrepreneur education program
Feb. 9, 2017—“The success of the PreFlight, and now the PostFlight, programs at the Wond’ry have demonstrated that there’s a real appetite on campus—and in the community—to learn the fundamentals of converting an idea into a viable for-profit or social venture,” said Robert Grajewski, Evans Family Executive Director of the Wond’ry. “We are pleased that VentureWell has...
Up close with Provost Susan Wente
Feb. 9, 2017—In the fall of 1980, Susan Wente entered college with a plan. The forensic and drama talent she’d displayed as a high school student in Emmetsburg, Iowa, had earned her a college scholarship, but Wente had settled on an eminently practical course of study—dental hygiene.Although her small high school hadn’t offered advanced placement classes, Wente had...
Cool food with a mission: Student runs first-ever campus kosher food truck
Feb. 9, 2017—“There’s no place in Tennessee where you can go and buy a kosher meat sandwich or entrée. So this mobile restaurant is a really big step forward for everybody,” said Rabbi Shlomo Rothstein, director of Vanderbilt’s Rohr Chabad House.Vanderbilt student Zack Freeling, his father Ken Freeling and Rothstein came up with the innovative idea and...
One-on-one with the faculty behind Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing (Part 1 of 3)
Jan. 27, 2017—Vanderbilt University Computer Science professors Douglas C. Schmidt andJules White recently sat down to answer a few questions about their University Course, Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing, which they co-taught during the Fall 2016 semester and are co-teaching again this spring. In the first installment of a three-part series, Profs. Schmidt and White...
One-on-one with the faculty behind Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing (Part 2 of 3)
Jan. 27, 2017—Vanderbilt University Computer Science professors Douglas C. Schmidt and Jules White recently sat down to answer a few questions about their University Course, Tackling Big Questions with Mobile Cloud Computing, which they co-taught during the Fall 2016 semester and are co-teaching again this spring. In the second installment of a three-part series, Profs. Schmidt and...
From Ironman to Vanderbilt
Jan. 27, 2017—Barnes credits his Vanderbilt scholarship for the opportunities he now has to explore new learning experiences. His lack of debt gave him the freedom to study at the University of Dublin in Ireland next semester and will allow him to complete an internship this summer in Washington, D.C.