‘freshman’
An Inside Look at McGugin Magic
Nov. 16, 2010—All freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences are required to take a freshman writing seminar. I chose to take an American Studies Class called Food for Thought. We study food in American culture while honing our writing skills.
An Evening with the Chancellor
Nov. 9, 2010—Last week for Vanderbilt Visions all of the first-year students attended “An Evening with the Chancellor,” in which each Visions group prepared a few questions to ask Chancellor Zeppos. The questions ranged from professional, to personal, to even pretty random. We learned that if Chancellor Zeppos could have any super power, it would be the...
Professors…They’re Real People Too
Nov. 1, 2010—This week for Vanderbilt Visions, the freshman orientation program, my group went to an event called Talking Heads at Dean Wcislo’s House. The ‘talking heads’ were three of the Faculty Heads of Houses of the Commons. This installment of the Talking Heads series featured Chalene Helmuth, of Sutherland House, and Tony Brown and Chase Lesane-Brown,...
Family Weekend
Oct. 12, 2010—This weekend, Vanderbilt celebrated official ‘Family Weekend,’ so my parents and grandparents made the trip and spent the weekend with me.
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.’
Senior Year Begins with a Jump into the “Real World”
Sep. 7, 2010—Well… it’s happened… I have officially started my senior, and last, year at Vanderbilt University. Is it a bad thing that I was (and still am) extremely jealous of the freshman moving into their dorms a few weeks ago? Is it bad that I didn’t want everyone to come back to campus from their summer...
It's really all a blur
Apr. 23, 2010—It’s really all a blur! Freshman to Junior year. Today I was instated as a citizen of the United States of America. I’m proud to be a U.S. citizen. The court proceedings were very serious and the judge’s speech made me a bit emotional. The judge said, “Never be ashamed of where you are from…The...