The 2009 graduation was held indoors to Memorial Gym on 25th Ave. South due to inclement weather.

Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development is the best graduate school of its kind in the nation, according to rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.

Tuesday, April 21
Last day of classes
Classes end in all undergraduate schools. So close to summer - just have to get through exams first.

Desserts with Kirkland

Decision time is fast approaching for the accepted students of the class of 2013. To help them decide, there have been a number of opportunities over the past few weekends for accepted students and their families to visit campus.

However, it is usually difficult for the accepted international students to make their final decisions, due to the distance and expense of traveling.

If you were to ask Peabody Professor Andrew Van Schaack if cheating is a problem on Vanderbilt's campus, his answer would be simple - yes.

In the 2007-2008 academic year alone, the Vanderbilt Honor Council heard 63 cases, involving a total of 81 students, all regarding questions of academic integrity on Vanderbilt's campus. Van Schaack said he thinks this number is small, and more cheating is occurring than people are willing to acknowledge.

"It's human nature, people want to get ahead," said Centennial Professor of Philosophy John Lachs over a cup of coffee at Panera.

Lachs, who specializes in human nature and teaches a class on ethics, has much to say on the topic of cheating. He sees it as a violation of the trust system that society and local communities rely so heavily on. The philosopher, who has spent much of his career stressing philosophy's relevance to everyday life, sees an important parallel to the ethical construct set up by the Honor Code and the requirements of the larger society.

Both Vanderbilt Student Government and the bookstore took part in a joint effort to encourage professors to submit textbook lists Wednesday.

With Commencement less than a month away, seniors are excited but also apprehensive about the changes graduation will bring.

Thanks to the first year of the Global Summer Fellows Program, 38 students participating in 19 different study abroad programs will be able to travel to countries around the world for an uncommon summer experience.

The Vanderbilt School of Engineering will introduce a class focused on smart phone technology next year in collaboration with Apple and Google. Prof. Doug Schmidt and Prof. Jules White discuss the class and it's objectives in this podcast. For more information, check out the full article: Students help launch hands-on iPhone course.