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Reading Day

Yesterday was the last day of classes for the fall semester. Today is Reading Day. Finals begin tomorrow, and continue throughout next week. For everyone, this is an intense time of year. How to capture the feel? People head in every direction. Papers, projects, and presentations were due this week and last—and were being completed...

Posted by Frank on December 11, 2009 in Academic Life, Advice for Parents, Balance, Commons, Freshman Commons, Housing, , , , , , , , , ,

On to Finals

This is always an interesting time of year at Vanderbilt. Everyone has just returned from a week-long (plus two weekends) Thanksgiving Break. It’s not wise for us professors to suggest to our students that they’re going off on vacation for a week. The way our academic calendar is structured, students inevitably have some work, sometimes...

Posted by Frank on December 2, 2009 in Academic Life, Balance, College of Arts and Science, Commons, Diversity at Vanderbilt, Freshman Commons, Housing, Living on Campus, Nashville, Political Life at Vanderbilt, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt in Pop Culture, Vandy Athletics, , , , , , , ,

It’s a quiet Friday morning on The Commons

It’s a quiet Friday morning on The Commons. The campus is pausing for a week-long Thanksgiving Break that begins tomorrow. Many people are headed home. Others, especially students who live abroad, will stay here or travel elsewhere in the United States. Hard to believe that it’s “only” been twelve weeks since the semester began in...

Posted by Frank on November 21, 2009 in Balance, Commons, Freshman Commons, Housing, Living on Campus, Nashville, , , , , , , , , ,

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