While 38 students were granted scholarships from the Global Summer Fellows program, many others did not receive funding, complicating their summer study abroad plans.

Six such students were selected in December to be participants in the Vanderbilt Initiative for Scholarship and Global Engagement and have been participating in the first module of the program the whole semester, but now could be unable to travel to their service-learning sites after not receiving adequate funding.

The Vanderbilt School of Engineering will introduce a class focused on smart phone technology next year in collaboration with Apple and AT&T.

Rock critic/biblical scholar Mark Allan Powell will speak on how the Bible is used in popular contemporary Christian songs during a visit to a Vanderbilt University class on The Bible and Music.

Due to the successful past year of Vanderbilt Visions with the introduction of The Commons, VUcept will only be making minimal changes, according to VUcept president junior Emilie Strom.

Last Thursday, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions mailed out decision letters to 17,512 regular decision applicants from across the world.

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As the inaugural year of The Commons comes to a close, many first-year students say they feel the mission statement of the program has been fulfilled.

"I definitely think The Commons achieved its mission," said first-year student Alex Booth. "It's really a community."

The Class of 2012 has been the first class to ever experience The Commons, a community of first-year students, residential faculty and professional staff, which Dean of the Commons Frank Wcislo calls "a crossroads where students meet, study, interact with faculty and staff, and dine."

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard McCarty maintains his support for Vanderbilt's decision to honor historian Doris Kearns Goodwin in spite of criticism from students.

Students who choose to spend their spring breaks doing volunteer work may soon have more international options to choose from.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin will receive the Nichols-Chancellor's Medal as part of her address to graduating seniors during the Senior Day festivities on May 7 before the commencement ceremony the following day.