‘Academics’
Three Cups of Tea Author Visits VU
Oct. 12, 2010—This past Wednesday, Greg Mortenson, author of New York Times Bestsellers Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools, visited the Vanderbilt campus and held a question and answer session for the class of 2014 and their VUceptors. Over the summer, all freshman received a copy of Three Cups of Tea and were asked to...
Journaling the Experience
Oct. 5, 2010—Hey everybody out there! I’ve always wanted to have a journal I could look back on and do all the corny things you see in the movies—laugh at the funny memories, shed a few tears over the tough times, but mostly just remember. Remember my initial impressions of friends; remember running through the V at...
The First Few Weeks
Oct. 5, 2010—My name is Erica Graff, from Miami Beach, Florida, and I am one of the new student bloggers here at Vanderbilt. I am a first-year student in the College of Arts and Science, with an undecided major but the intention of going ‘pre-med.’
Thinking Positive
Apr. 29, 2010—Finals week always sounds dreadful. As classes come to an end, work builds up. Essays, projects, presentations, exams – the workload is never openly welcomed. However, there can be a few good things about finals week…
Citizenship
Mar. 17, 2010—Many people don’t understand the true value of a U.S. citizenship. Being a U.S. citizen gets you access in some countries without a visa for a certain length of time; it’s also extremely easy to get a visa to most parts of the world. I am currently a citizen of the People’s Republic of China,...
Behavioral Modification
Mar. 8, 2010—In my Psychology of Eating Disorders First Year Seminar, we were assigned a “Behavior Modification” project. To give background, behavior modification is exactly what it sounds like – a technique used by clinicians to literally modify people’s undesirable behavior with a healthier or more productive option. It essentially capitalizes on intervention in undesirable behavior instead...
A Different Approach
Feb. 25, 2010—Today Julie Simpson, Professor of Voice at the University of Colorado at Boulder, came to conduct a master class for the voice department at Blair. Before today, I knew what a master class was, but had never been lucky enough to attend one. Not to insult the intelligence of people that already know, but for...
Week # 7
Feb. 23, 2010—This past weekend was a busy one. Being in Blair, we are required to attend certain performances when faculty or other professional musicians perform. I attended a stellar show featuring our own Blakemore Trio (faculty pianist, cellist and violinist). They also played behind the well known composer and Soprano Susan Botti. The show was very...
Melodores in Action
Feb. 8, 2010—This past weekend was the ICCA Acappella competition at UGA in Athens, Georgia. Although the Melodores did not advance to the next level of the competition, we did have a successful performance and a great time to bond with each other. As I mentioned before, Vanderbilt does a great job of actively supporting student organizations;...
The Soundtrack to “A Typical Vandy Week”
Feb. 3, 2010—I don’t know about y’all (yeah yeah I’m your resident southern belle blogger…) but I sometimes wish that there was music playing in the background of my life everyday. Don’t lie… you know you’ve thought about it too. Well I decided to thoroughly search through my iTunes library to find the perfect soundtrack to my...