October, 2008
Vandy Admissions Deadlines: Your to-do list for this weekend
Oct. 31, 2008—There’s a great line from an Arrested Development episode, spoken as a teaser by a TV news anchor, “Packs of wolves loose on the streets of Orange County – we’ll tell you what it means for your weekend when we come back.” Just thought of it when I was writing the title for this post. ...
Price in The World Series…
Oct. 26, 2008—It has been a few weeks since I’ve posted. This year my travels have brought me far and wide. Still, I can’t resist the opportunity to express how exciting it is to see Vandy grad (and Tennessee native) David Price pitching on the biggest stage in baseball. If you haven’t heard the ultra feel-good story...
Commons is to Hogwarts what Sociology is to "Muggle Studies"
Oct. 17, 2008—Great article out yesterday in Time Magazine about VU’s Freshman Commons. A Frosh New Start Taking my son to a quidditch match this weekend. Should be bloody brilliant.
The ED & Financial Aid Quandary
Oct. 16, 2008—We got a really good question about Early Decision & fin aid from Talha and I thought I would answer it here instead of replying over email. “Hey bloggers, I was wondering wheather (sic) applying early decision to Vander-awsome-bilt would affect at all the financial need of a student/family. I know that once you are accepted...
Expanded Aid program: make it plain
Oct. 7, 2008—Sometimes it’s hard to get your brain around financial aid. You may have seen this, but my friend Amy Wolf and the folks with the VUcast have really done a nice job with this video that puts this new aid program into simple terms. Go ‘Dores! 5-0 baby!
Three Promises
Oct. 3, 2008—I might have the greatest job in the world. I get to travel. I get to meet intelligent, interesting young people. When not traveling, I go to work on a beautiful campus in the middle of Nashville. I even have a season baseball ticket. Still, the best part is that I can make some...
New Expanded Aid Program
Oct. 1, 2008—Greetings from Nashville! For a football fanatic like myself, I love the fall; especially when my favorite teams are doing well. This fall, however, has held an additional focus for me in the development and launching of Vanderbilt’s New Expanded Financial Aid Policy. If you are not familiar with our announcement and the details, please...