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Dustin Wood’s Class Visits Site of MLK Address
Sep. 20, 2024—The Civil Rights Movement has been described as a religious phenomenon. Many of the Movement’s leaders were ministers, and many more people were inspired to participate in the Movement due to their religious beliefs. While religion motivated many individuals to join the struggle for civil rights, most churches were hesitant to support the Movement at...
Department of Communication Studies Hosts the 2024 Houston Communication Symposium
Apr. 19, 2024—On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, the Department of Communication Studies hosted its annual Houston Communication Symposium. This event is named for Frank K. Houston, a Vanderbilt Student. in the 1930s, well before the University had a Communication Studies Department. However, Vanderbilt did have courses in public speaking, in which Houston was a student. An accomplished...
VU Spotlights CMST Graduating Senior Haley Bishop
Apr. 16, 2024—
Dustin Wood’s Class Visits The Hermitage
Apr. 9, 2024—The People’s President or King Andrew? Andrew Jackson remains one of the most complex presidents in U.S. history. In his Jackson biography, American Lion, historian Jon Meacham writes, “[Jackson] was the most contradictory of men.” The same man who championed democracy for commoners and saved an Indian orphan from the battlefield was a slaveholder responsible...
Isaac West awarded the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Jan. 8, 2024—Dr. Isaac West was recently awarded the Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The Jeffrey Nordhaus Award was established in 1982 by a gift from Katherine Stumb Nordhaus and George Nordhaus in memory of their son, Jeffrey, who was a victim of an airplane crash in 1979. George Nordhaus, Jeffrey’s father, is a...
From Vanderbilt to the U.S. Debate Team: Meet Daniel Ardity
Dec. 11, 2023—
Then and Now: The tradition of debate at Vanderbilt
Dec. 7, 2023—