Message-ID: <15357368.1075855215408.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 07:12:22 -0800 (PST) From: messenger@directtrak.com To: jarnold@enron.com Subject: Alumni e-news Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Vanderbilt University @ENRON X-To: jarnold@enron.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \John_Arnold_Jan2002_1\Arnold, John\Deleted Items X-Origin: Arnold-J X-FileName: jarnold (Non-Privileged).pst [IMAGE]=09 Vol. 1, No. 7 * December 2001 Table of Contents Alumni News Campus News = Vanderbilt in the News Research at Vanderbilt Sports News Alumni Club Happ= enings Alumni News What's in a Name? The Office of Alumni Programs has a= new name and a new location. Now called Alumni Relations, our office has = moved from Alumni Hall to the 10th floor of the Baker Building on 21st Ave= nue South. Our new name better describes the broad range of programs and s= ervices provided by the staff and volunteers. These services range from st= udent recruitment and alumni club events to online services and Alumni Tra= vel programs. Please visit us in person or click here for our Web page. = Expand Your Horizons It's time to make your travel plans for 2002. Alumn= i Association tours are filling up fast, so don't wait to sign up for one = of these trips. Destinations include a journey through China and down the = Yangtze River; a visit to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands; a trip t= hrough Cuba; and a Mississippi River boat cruise. All trips feature a Vand= erbilt professor who will share a unique perspective and knowledge of the = region with members of the tour. Hot Off the Press Vanderbilt's first Alu= mni Guide has hit the mail and should be in your living room now. Packaged= together with the latest issue of Vanderbilt Magazine, the comprehensive = guide is loaded with useful phone numbers, answers to frequently asked que= stions, and other relevant information about campus happenings. You can al= so find information about alumni events, services and programs, by visitin= g http://sdm0.com/index.cfm?n=3D35&s=3D304&c=3D152057&t=3D138&e=3D1874045&o= =3D466 Attention Young Alumni If you are a graduate of the classes of 1998,= 1999, 2000 or 2001, please fill out and submit the annual Young Alumni Su= rvey recently mailed to you. The information will be valuable in planning = young alumni events, updating your contact information, and assessing the = programs offered to young alums. Filling out the survey will also allow yo= u to be included in this year's Black & Gold Pages-Your Class News. If yo= u didn't receive a survey, click here to fill one out. The deadline to su= bmit your survey is coming soon, so don't delay. VU Alum Named One of To= p Artists Defining the Visual Arts Vanderbilt graduate Mel Chin was select= ed by PBS as one of 21 artists who are defining the visual arts for a new = millennium. Chin and the other 20 artists discussed their lives, their wor= k and their visions in Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century, a four-part= series that premiered in September on PBS. Board of Trust Chair Writes= Biography About Late Husband, Bronson Ingram NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL--= Martha Rivers Ingram has written a biography about her late husband, Brons= on Ingram, titled E. Bronson Ingram: Complete These Unfinished Tasks of Mi= ne. The 320-page book presents a behind-the-scenes look at a man who was r= enowned for his multiple business interests and philanthropic involvement.= Martha Ingram became the chairman of Ingram Industries, her husband's com= pany, five days after he died in 1995. The company is now an $11 billion d= istribution conglomerate, and Martha Ingram is well-known as one of the to= p female executives in the nation. She is also chair of the Vanderbilt Boa= rd of Trust. Vanderbilt Alumna Writes Book About FBI Spy Vanderbilt gradua= te Elaine Shannon, BA'68, covers the Justice Department and the FBI for Ti= me magazine and specializes in writing about terrorism. Little Brown will = publish her third book in January-The Spy Next Door: The Extraordinary Sec= ret Life of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Damaging FBI Agent in U.S. His= tory. Shannon is a correspondent with Time magazine's Washington bureau. = Vanderbilt Crew Forms Local Alumni Club Aboard USS Porter Three Vanderbilt = alumni-Lt. Cmdr. Roger Camp, BS'90, Lt. j.g. Lauren Brick, BS'99, and Ensi= gn Katie Dudash, BS'00, recently completed a six-month Mediterranean cruis= e as sailors onboard the USS Porter. The Porter is one of the Navy's newes= t Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. These destroyers have a w= ardroom complement of 22-24 officers; so three officers from Vanderbilt pr= actically constituted a local alumni club. Alumna Works With Burn Victims= of World Trade Center Attacks Vanderbilt alumna Hayes Vargo, BA'96, went o= n to earn a BSN in nursing from Columbia University, and now works as a st= aff nurse in the William Randolph Hearst Burn Center located at New York P= resbyterian's Cornell Medical Center. She was there on Sept. 11 and has sp= ent the days since working with the burn victims from the World Trade Cent= er terrorist attacks. Campus News Vanderbilt Funds Bridge Across 21st Av= enue South NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL--The Metropolitan Planning Commissio= n has approved a $2 million campus footbridge that will span 21st Avenue S= outh and connect the Peabody campus to the Vanderbilt historic campus near= the Central Library. Plans call for the pedestrian bridge to cross the he= avily congested road near the Edgehill intersection, with endpoints near M= agnolia Circle on the Peabody side and Godchaux Hall on the other. Vander= bilt Community Office Helps Students Be Good Neighbors THE TENNESSEAN--Ma= ry Pat Teague says things are not perfect between Vanderbilt University st= udents who live off campus and their neighbors, but she's trying to change= that. Teague is the assistant director of the Office of Community, Neighb= orhood and Government Relations at Vanderbilt. The results of the office's= work are apparent, Teague said. Last academic year, she received 22 compl= aints from neighbors, most of them about noisy parties. This year, Teague = said, she's had to intervene only six times. Owen School, Law School Esta= blish New Program THE TENNESSEAN--To the students, it's a way to get a tast= e of how lawyers and executives think and work-before the two groups are = thrown together on the job. At Vanderbilt University's new law and business= program, MBA and law students come together in special courses focusing = on transactions. Law students earn a law degree with a certificate of spec= ialization in law and business. Business students graduate with an MBA deg= ree and a concentration in law and business. Vanderbilt Student-Conducte= d Poll: Nashvillians Favor Scrutiny of People from Middle East THE TENNES= SEAN--Most Nashvillians say it's OK to single out people of Middle Eastern= descent for special law enforcement checks, according to a poll released = recently by Vanderbilt University. The poll indicated that more African-Am= ericans than others supported the extra security checks for people who are= -or appear to be-Middle Eastern. Seventy-four percent of African-Americans= said they support such special scrutiny vs. 64 percent of white and other= residents. VUMC Board Votes to Build Outpatient Tower Next to Children'= s Hospital THE TENNESSEAN--The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Board = has approved an 11-story pediatric outpatient tower to be built next to th= e Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital now under construction on the camp= us. If the university's Board of Trust approves the plan, work will begin = right away on the 169,000-square-foot tower. It would almost triple the am= ount of outpatient clinic space and consolidate services that are now spre= ad over five buildings. Vanderbilt in the News Vanderbilt Generates Lot= s of Jobs in Middle Tennessee NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL--According to fede= ral statistics, research and development activities at Vanderbilt Universi= ty generated more than 5,000 jobs in Middle Tennessee on and off campus. T= hose jobs are among the nearly 1 million created by research and developme= nt activities at colleges and universities throughout the United States. = Owen Recognized as One of Most Tech-Savvy Business Schools NASHVILLE BUSI= NESS JOURNAL--Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management h= as been recognized as one of the most tech-savvy business schools in the n= ation by Business 2.0 magazine. For its eLab and tech offerings in other a= reas of study, the Owen School joined 19 others across the nation on the m= agazine's list. Research at Vanderbilt VUMC Plans to Build Facility to = Care for People With Diabetes THE TENNESSEAN--Vanderbilt University Medic= al Center plans to build a multimillion-dollar, one-of-a-kind facility dev= oted exclusively to the care of people with diabetes and research into the= disease. The plans for the new comprehensive-care center, set to open in = the next few years, were formally unveiled recently at a dinner that cappe= d a daylong symposium. Mosquito May Be Nature's Most Effective Bioterro= rist Laurence Zwiebel calls the mosquito "the ultimate bioterrorist." He = should know. The assistant professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt = University has contracted malaria many times while studying the bugs throug= hout the Third World. Recently, however, Zwiebel and colleagues reported a= genetic breakthrough that might tip the scale of the people-versus-mosqui= to battle decidedly into the human camp. The Road to Greener Cities Com= munication of Science, Engineering and Technology intern Nana Koram descri= bes the process of developing more efficient fuel cells as replacements fo= r the internal combustion engine based on her experience working in the la= boratory of chemistry professor Charles Lukehart. Differences in Brain Us= age Among Braille Readers Shed New Light on the Relationship Between Thoug= ht and Language Individuals who have been blind from birth use different p= arts of their brain when reading Braille than those who lost their sight e= arly in life-a difference that sheds new light on the relationship between= thought and language. VU Creates Innovative Engineering and Multidiscipl= inary Program NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL--The National Science Foundation h= as granted $2.7 million to Vanderbilt to teach engineers to design safer a= nd more reliable aircraft, automobiles and buildings-just about anything = that requires a complex engineering system. Using the Science Foundation c= ash, the university will create the Multidisciplinary Training in Reliabili= ty and Risk Engineering and Management Program. Sports News Vanderbilt = Athletics Official Home Page For the latest on Vanderbilt athletics, inclu= ding news about the men's and women's teams, visit the official Vanderbilt= Website at: http://sdm0.com/index.cfm?n=3D35&s=3D304&c=3D152057&t=3D138&e= =3D1874045&o=3D462 Vanderbilt Women's Basketball Coach is "Philly Guy" = THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER--Fourth-ranked Vanderbilt visited Temple recentl= y to complete a homecoming weekend for Commodore women's basketball coach = Jim Foster. He has never stopped being a "Philly guy" since leaving as co= ach of St. Joseph's in 1991 for Nashville and the Southeastern Conference.= He is a 1980 graduate of Temple and also served in the late 1970s as head= coach of the Bishop McDevitt High girls' team, where he persuaded his fri= end Geno Auriemma-now the women's coach at No. 1-ranked Connecticut-to joi= n him on the bench with the Lancers. Alumni Club Happenings For upcomi= ng alumni club events in your area, click on the headline above Nashville = Young Alums Gather for Po' Boys and Hush Puppies On Thursday, Nov. 29, memb= ers of the Nashville Vanderbilt Club "GOLD" (Graduates Of the Last Decade)= gathered for a fun-filled night at the South Street restaurant. The crowd= enjoyed food, drink and beach ambiance. Louisville, Tampa, and Dallas Hap= py Hours Alumni in Louisville got together at Brasserie Deitrich on Oct. 2= 5; the Tampa Vanderbilt Club gathered with the University of Florida-Tampa = Gator Club at Pop City on Nov. 1; and the Dallas Vanderbilt Club joined t= he SMU Young Alumni Club at Sambucca Jazz Caf? on Nov.14. American Icon Ro= ckwell Highlighted in the Big Apple The New York Vanderbilt Club paid tribu= te to Norman Rockwell on Nov. 17, when more than 70 alumni and guests gath= ered for a breakfast reception at the Stanhope Park Hyatt. The breakfast w= as followed by a lecture and slide presentation on Norman Rockwell by Amy = Kirschke, assistant professor of fine arts at Vanderbilt. After the lectur= e, the group walked to the Guggenheim Museum to view the exhibit, Norman R= ockwell: Pictures for the American People, the most comprehensive collecti= on of Rockwell's art ever organized. Windy City Art Event The Chicago Van= derbilt Club hosted one of their most successful events this fall on Nov. = 10 in conjunction with the Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South e= xhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before touring the exhibit, the gr= oup gathered for breakfast and a lecture at the Hilton Chicago and Towers.= The featured professor was Vivien Fryd, associate professor of art histor= y and American and Southern Studies. .commodore e-news is published month= ly by the Division of Institutional Planning and Advancement, Vanderbilt U= niversity, from editorial and business offices at the Baker Building, Suit= e 1000, 110 21st Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37203. Phone: 615-322-2601. Fax: 6= 15-343-8547. E-mail: Lew.Harris@vanderbilt.edu . Editor: Lew Harris, BA'68= . Co-editor: Joanne Beckham, BA'62. Design/development: Arlene Samowich. P= roduction: Samantha Fortner. =09 If you do not wish to receive future Emails from Vanderbilt University, pl= ease CLICK HERE =20 [IMAGE]