Student Life Category
The Other “Extra Credit”
Nov. 20, 2014—As the marketing and advertising enthusiast that I am, I love an opportunity to think about connecting brands to people. In the last few months, I've had the honor of working with a group of four other Advanced Marketing students and my Marketing professor on a national marketing case competition through EdVenture Partners.
Can you play music without majoring in music?
Nov. 18, 2014—Whether you are a violinist, clarinetist, or tenor who loves Vanderbilt but would like to pursue engineering, psychology, or economics as a career, it is possible for you to be a part of the music program on campus without becoming a performance major at the Blair School of Music, even when you are accepted to a different school!
Visions: My First Vanderbilt Family
Nov. 17, 2014—Visions: A tradition I am going to miss.
Diwali 2014: She’s The Man!
Nov. 16, 2014—Experience Diwali: the biggest multicultural performance at Vanderbilt!
Workin’ Hard For The Money
Nov. 9, 2014—Heather gets a job, and of course it involves food...
Corn Mazing
Nov. 5, 2014—This past Halloween, I was able to combine my two loves of corn mazes and petting zoos by going to a place called: Shuckles. Shuckles is a corn maze located in Gallatin, Tennessee which is about 40 minutes away from Vanderbilt’s campus. Although its a bit far away, its totally worth the drive since corn...
Retreat Weekend
Oct. 28, 2014—This past weekend I spent Friday evening through Sunday afternoon as a staff member for the Nashville Awakening Retreat at Camp Marymount, a camp ground that’s just a quick drive headed south along West End. I have participated in this retreat every single semester since I went on it my first semester as a retreated and...
How to Get Exercise Without Setting Foot in the Gym
Oct. 28, 2014—Don’t get me wrong: the Student Rec Center here at Vanderbilt is great. With the swipe of your Commodore Card, you get free access to an indoor track, a basketball court, more treadmills and weight machines than I can count, and even a couple of rooms for racquetball that I’m dying to try out. And...
Passport to Nashville Weekend
Oct. 27, 2014—At the beginning of this month I was very, very busy. With it being midterm season AND Homecoming week my weekdays were packed with lots of time spent studying, finishing projects, planning birthday surprises for friends, seeing Bill Nye the Science Guy (Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!) and going to Commodore Quake. This meant carefully...
A Series of Firsts
Oct. 24, 2014—Hey guys! My name’s Ishani and I’m a freshman in the School of Engineering. As an international student from London, England, my time at Vanderbilt could be characterized as a series of firsts, for example going to my first football game (a rite of passage, even though I had no idea what was going on and accidentally...