Monday, August 4

Deadline for intra-university transfer. Consult the registrar for more details.

Thursday, August 7

Last day of classes for second half and full term summer students in most schools.

Friday, August 8

FREE telescope night at the Dyer observatory. Noreservations are required. The observatory is located at 1000 Oman Dr. in Brentwood. For more information call615-373-4897.

Saturday, August 16

First year residence halls open to students at 7 a.m.

Saturday, August 23

Upper class residence halls open for students at 9 a.m.

Thursday, July 10

The “Tactile Clay: Structure and Texture Exhibition” will be open to the public all day in the Studio Arts Center gallery, room 204. The show is curated ceramics professor, Susan DeMay.

Friday, July 11

Deadline to register at the Outdoor Recreation Center for spelunking in Espey Cave. The trip will be on Sunday, July 20 and costs $24.

Tuesday, July 15

The Children’s Hospital will be hosting a Red Cross blood drive from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the second floor Children’s Theatre. For more information and to make your appointment, click here.

Thursday, July 17

The Women’s Center is hosting a discussion group for those interested in making closer connections with others and themselves. Topics may include body image, self-confidence and managing stress. Event will be held in the Gallery of the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center from 5:30 p.m. until 6:50 p.m.

Monday, July 21

Free Israeli folk dancing in the Schulman Center. Warm up and dancing for beginners is held 7:30-8:30 p.m., followed by intermediate, advanced and request dancing from 8:30-10 p.m.

Saturday, July 5
The first-half summer session
residence halls close. See the housing site for more information.

Sunday, July 6
The second-half summer session
residence halls open at noon. See the housing site for more information.

Monday, July 7
Session 7 of the Recreation
Center’s Swim School begin today. The session includes 10 classes and is
designed to meet the individual’s needs. The classes are open to the public.

Monday, July 7
Free Israeli folk dancing in the
Schulman Center. Warm up and dancing for beginners is held 7:30- 8:30 p.m. followed by intermediate, advanced and request dancing from 8:30-10 p.m.

Thursday, July 10
The “Tactile Clay: Structure and
Texture Exhibition” will be open to the public all day in the Studio Arts
Center gallery, room 204. The show is curated ceramics professor, Susan
DeMay and will continue until July 15.

Sunday, July 13
The week long fiddle school
hosted by the Blair School of Music begins today. Registration is open to the
public. Participants have the chance to learn from professionals of bluegrass,
Irish, Scottish, old-time, Texas, swing and rock genres.

Wednesday, April 23
Reading day
Students can spend their day off of school and finals studying in any number of 24/7 study spaces, including The Commons, Sarratt Student Center and the Student Life Center. Most of the locations will have free coffee.

Wednesday, April 23
26th annual research forum
This forum is open to all Vanderbilt staff and medical students. Oral presentations will occur from noon to 2 p.m. in the First Tennessee Theater in the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital.

Thursday, April 24
‘Obsession: Can a Disease Have a History?’
Lennard Davis, professor of English, Disability and Human development and Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will lecture at 4:10 p.m. in the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Auditorium. A reception will follow the lecture.

Friday, April 25
Web Spiders meeting
The Spiders Web Developer Group is a forum for networking, sharing and learning. Anyone who is a member of the Vanderbilt community — student, faculty or staff — can join the group, which will meet at 10 a.m. in Sarratt 116.

Friday, April 25
‘Text + Movement’
Poet and professor Bruce Andrews and dancer Sally Silvers will collaborate together at 5 p.m. in Alumni Hall, Room 117.

Friday through Sunday
Baseball games
The Commodores will take on the Kentucky Wildcats at 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at Hawkins Field.

Friday, May 9
Commencement
Commencement will be held for all university students on Alumni Lawn at 9 a.m. Receptions for each school will be held afterward.

Monday, April 21
International Stress Fest
International Stress Fest is held annually on the last day of classes in the Spring Semester. This event introduces the campus to relaxation techniques from around the world, including origami, henna tattoos, Turkish fortune readings, international tea tasting, batik tie-dye T-shirts and more in the Student Life Center Ballroom from 3 until 6 p.m.

Monday and Tuesday
SPEAR Earth Day celebration
Students can join Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility in celebrating Earth Day and learn how to lower their environmental impact and win prizes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sarratt Student Center.

Tuesday, April 22
Pay Equity Day
On Pay Equity Day, the day on which women’s earnings will match men’s earnings from the previous fiscal year, the Vanderbilt Feminists will be on the Wall during lunch and are inviting students to a meeting at 6 p.m. at the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center to discuss and learn more about pay equity, the wage gap and women in the workforce.

Tuesday, April 22
All-American Chill Out, Grill Out
Come to the All-American Chill Out, Grill Out on the last day of classes for a final hoorah before exams. Students can enjoy free food, music and games at Branscomb Quad from 5 to 7 p.m. This event will be benefiting the VA Hospital and the troops in Iraq, so students should bring some cash to make a donation.

Tuesday, April 22
Vanderbilt Student Film Festival
The second annual Vanderbilt Student Film Festival will cover stories on-campus and in the Nashville community. Fiction topics range from seniors contemplating life after college to a mockumentary on surviving a difficult science class. The festival runs from noon until 11 p.m. in Buttrick Hall, Room 103.

Tuesday, April 22
Island Paradise Party
Island Paradise is a fun, tropical-themed party celebrating the end of the academic year and all that the Vanderbilt Lambda Association has accomplished as an organization. Students can drop by the Office of GLBT Life anytime between 7 and 9 p.m. to enjoy the music, tropical decorations and food at the free event.

Friday and Saturday
Bookstore Annual Crazy Sale
Students can save an additional 25 percent off clearance merchandise at the Rand Hall Bookstore's annual crazy sale. Tents will be set up on the Rand Terrace from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday and Saturday
Rites of Spring
Vanderbilt’s Programming Board will put on the annual Rites of Spring music festival. The indie band Spoon will headline Friday and Lil’ Jon is headlining Saturday. The show starts at 3 p.m. on Alumni Lawn both days.

Saturday, April 19
Vanderbilt Dance Line tryouts
Tryouts for the Vanderbilt 2008-2009 dance team will take place in the Student Recreational Center Aerobics Room at 1 p.m.

Saturday, April 19
Baseball game
The Vanderbilt baseball team will play Auburn University at 2 p.m. at Hawkins Baseball Field.

Saturday and Sunday
Vanderbilt Hillel is celebrating Passover with three seders this weekend. On Saturday, there will be two seders, one at 5:30 p.m., which will be shortened for Rites of Spring, and another at 8. On Sunday, there will be a traditional seder at 6 p.m. The seders cost $30.

Sunday, April 20
March for Babies benefit
The Vanderbilt Medical Center and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital are sponsoring the 2008 March for Babies benefiting March for Dimes. Registration begins at 12:30 and the walk starts at 2 p.m. at Centennial Park.

Wednesday, April 16
Media/communications Total Access
Students can learn and network with industry-specific experts from 4-7 p.m. in the Student Life Center Ballrooms B and C.

Wednesday, April 16
World on Wednesdays
The last World on Wednesday of the semester will feature Barbie Green detailing her three years of experience as a teacher in Takasaki, Japan. Japanese lunch will be provided in the Student Life Center lower level meeting rooms 1 and 2 from 12:10 to 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 16
‘War or Civilization?’
Seven faculty members will discuss the legal, political, historical, philosophical, religious and spiritual dimensions of human conflict and war from 4 to 6 p.m. in Flynn Auditorium in Vanderbilt Law School.

Wednesday, April 16
Vanderbilt Wishmakers
Vanderbilt Wishmakers will be granting the wish of one child with the Make a Wish Foundation and Chi Omega sorority at the Chi Omega house at 8 p.m.

Thursday, April 17
Kissam plans revealed
College Halls and Vanderbilt Student Government will introduce the preliminary plans for the new dormitories that will replace Kissam. There will be an info session from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sarratt Promenade. Pizza will be served.

Thursday and Friday
Bookstore sale
Tents will be set up on Rand Terrace from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for students to save an additional 25 percent off clearance merchandise at the Vanderbilt Bookstore’s annual crazy sale.

Monday, April 14
Standing room reservation opens
Students can call 322-2448 or stop by the Office of Schedules and Reservations in Sarratt 208 to make their fall 2008 standing room reservations for their student organization starting at 8 a.m.

Monday, April 14
Words and Woods tree tour
Biology lecturer Steve Baskauf will lead the Words and Woods group on a tour of the Vanderbilt arboretum beginning in Alumni Hall, Room 117 at 3 p.m. He will also discuss the process of designing Vanderbilt's online tree tour.

Monday, April 14
The Blair Commissions: New music for the 21st century
Come see the world premiere of “Music for Trio” by American composer Lowell Liebermann at 8 p.m. in the Blair School of Music at the Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall.

Tuesday, April 15
Senior lecturer Rosevelt Noble and senior Stephanie Crews will present their documentary series titled "Lost in the Ivy" at noon in the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center Auditorium. The series chronicles the experience of African-Americans at Vanderbilt University from a variety of perspectives.

Tuesday, April 15
Relay for Life
Relay for Life will host the Relay For Life Rain Check at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Tickets are being sold on the Wall and the Sarratt Box Office Monday and Tuesday.

Tuesday, April 15
Israel @ 60 anniversary picnic
Students can celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary with free Mediterranean food at the Wall in the grass behind Rand from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Friday, April 11
Lambda Island Paradise party
Students can join the Vanderbilt Lambda Association for its final party of the year. Island Paradise celebrates the end of the academic year and all that Lambda has accomplished as an organization. There will be music and food. The event begins at 7 p.m. at the Office for GLBT Life.

Friday, April 11
Blair benefit concert
The Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir, Blair Chamber Choir and Blair Collegium will perform “Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem” as a benefit concert for the Shade Tree and the Lwala clinics. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Ingram Hall.

Friday, April 11
Outdoor adventure trips deadline
The deadline to register for the climbing, canoeing and hiking adventure trips is today. To sign up, go to the Outdoor Recreation Center behind the Student Recreation Center. The center is open until 6 p.m.

Friday and Saturday
‘Misalliance’
VUTheatre will perform George Bernard Shaw’s comedy “Misalliance.” The show will begin 8 p.m. in Neely Auditorium.

Sunday
Sankofa concert
Vanderbilt’s African Drumming and Dance ensemble will perform traditional African drumming and dance at 7 p.m. in Ingram Hall.

This Weekend
‘A Fine Affair’
Original Cast will present selections from “Godspell,” “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” “Cabaret” and “Into the Woods.” The show begins at 8 p.m. at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center Andrew Johnson Theatre.

Wednesday, April 9
ASuB benefit
Alternative Summer Break will host its benefit from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Student Life Center courtyard. There will be barbecue, Chick-fil-A and entertainment.

Wednesday, April 9
RADR interest meeting
Rescue and Aid for the Dominican Republic will hold an interest meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center.

Wednesday, April 9
Karl Dean lecture
Alumnus and Mayor Karl Dean will speak on politics, his campaign and vision for Nashville at 7 p.m. in the Board of Trust room in the Student Life Center. It will be the final installment of the leadership lecture series sponsored by Vanderbilt Student Government’s Arts and Science Council.

Thursday, April 10
ASU fashion show
The African Student Union will host its third annual fashion show to raise money for African Global Mission and FaceAIDS in the Student Life Center Ballroom. Dinner starts at 7 p.m. with the show starting at 7:30. Tickets are $7 for students.

Thursday, April 10
Adore 2097 Tour
Vandy+Catholic will present the Adore 2097 Tour at 7:30 p.m. at Rocketown on 6th Avenue. Tickets are $15 at the door or $12 in advance at www.vanderbiltcatholic.org

Thursday, April 10
Engineers Without Borders benefit
Engineers Without Borders invites students to its benefit from 7 to 9 p.m. in Langford Auditorium in the medical center. Tickets can be purchased at the Sarratt Box Office for $10. The event will support Vanderbilt students who are working to get clean water to four communities in Peru.