Vanderbilt University

Learning How to Be a Professional Artist Is a Lifelong Process

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Maya Lin, Public Art, Vanderbilt University, Bureau of Labor Statistics, University of Indiana, Mary Miss, Business of Art, National Endowment for the Arts, Tom Otterness, Arts News
Daniel Grant

What was considered so important for artists to know back then now seems vaguely irrelevant. These days, the focus of artist-as-businessperson workshops and classes is not how to apply for money but how to earn it -- how to be entrepreneurial.

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God, Family, Country, Vanderbilt

Leslie Reece Schichtel | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Community, Graduation, Tom Brokaw, Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Commodores, College Graduates, College News
Leslie Reece Schichtel

Though we have neither been through World War II nor had to suffer through the Great Depression, many of the values Mr. Brokaw emphasized are true of Vanderbilt's culture. I echo his challenge for this generation to become the next greatest generation.

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Janell Ross

For Latino Voters, Immigration NOT The Biggest Campaign Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Welfare, Video, Latino Voters, Food Stamps, Vanderbilt University, Illegal Immigration, Magali Sanchez Hall, University of California Los Angeles, Social Safety Net, Undocumented Immigrant, The Life of Julia, Election 2012, Pell Grants, Efren Perez, Latino Voices News

When she was 12, Magali Sanchez's parents divorced. Her mother, unable to find work in Mexico that would feed the family, made a desperate decision. ...

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Tennessee Guv Vetoes Bill Targeting College Religious Groups

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Anti-Bias, Vanderbilt University, Bill Haslam, Tennessee, Vandy, Non-Discrimination, Tennessee Governor, All Comers Policy, College Religious Groups, Religious Groups, Vandy University, College News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam plans to veto a measure that tried to force Vanderbilt University to exempt student religious grou...

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Your Game Plan to Conquer Finals Week

Leslie Reece Schichtel | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Studying, Sports, Finals-Week-Survival, Study Tips, Vanderbilt University, Coffee, Exams, Grades, Finals Week, Studying for Finals, College Life, Finals Week Survival, College News
Leslie Reece Schichtel

Welcome to the most popular time of the year for complaining over schoolwork. Instead of adding to the unproductive noise that usually detracts from everyone's focus, combat it with these helpful tools.

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The College Senior's Bucket List

Leslie Reece Schichtel | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: College Freshmen Advice, College Students, Graduation, Commencement, Vanderbilt University, College, College News
Leslie Reece Schichtel

Reliving college traditions with the people who made college not only enjoyable, but unforgettable, one more time before throwing the cap up in the air may help alleviate the process of letting go.

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Controversial Policy Causes Catholic Group To Leave Vanderbilt University

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Catholic Church, Vanderbilt Discrimination, Vandy Catholic, Catholicism, Vanderbilt University, Catholic Students, Vanderbilt, Religious Freedom, Catholic, Vanderbilt Bias, College News

Vanderbilt University's Catholic student group is disaffiliating with the school due to a clash with the college's non-discrimination policy. Vand...

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Tennessee College Kids Tell Us Which GOP Candidate Is The Craziest

Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Gop Primary, Video, Republican Primary, Republican Candidates, Republican Presidential Race, Vanderbilt University, Gop 2012, Tennessee, MTV Super Tuesday, Super Tuesday, Presidential Candidates, Interview, College News

To mark Super Tuesday, The Huffington Post teamed up with mtvU in an effort to take the political pulse on college campuses. We asked Vanderbilt Hu...

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My Doctorate in Tebowing

Carol Orsborn | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: John 3:16, Miracles, Tebowing, Tim Tebow, The Bible, Vanderbilt University, Religion News
Carol Orsborn

I like to think that God is in the Tebow passes. But I am also making the effort to grow spiritually mature enough to know just as surely that God is not the perpetrator of the bad things that happen to us.

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WATCH: Vanderbilt Fumbles Away Chance To Upset Arkansas

AP | TERESA M. WALKER | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Arkansas, College Football, Zac Stacy Fumble, Arkansas Razorbacks, Video, Jerry Franklin, Zac Stacy, Vanderbilt University, Jerry Franklin Touchdown, Vanderbilt, Sec, Vanderbilt Fumble, Vanderbilt Football, Vanderbilt-Commodores, University of Arkansas, Arkansas Football, Sports News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Call them the Cardiac Hogs for falling behind early yet again. The eighth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks only care about the win....

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Forget That 'Starving Artist' Myth -- They're Just a Little Hungry

Daniel Grant | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Artists' Employment, Business of Art, Curb Center, Steven J. Tepper, Vanderbilt University, Survey of Artists, Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, Arts Careers, Arts Jobs, Arts Professional Training, Arts News
Daniel Grant

Let's lay out all our ideas about who and what fine artists are: They are largely unemployed and their professional training prepares them to be unemployable. For some things we don't need proof, we just know.

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Bernanke and the War on Senior Citizens

Don McNay | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: McNay Settlement Group, Small Business, Get Rich Slowly, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, A Main Street Guide to Making Money, Move Your Money, Common Sense Advice, Don McNay, Joe Nocera, The Fed, Main Street, Credit Cards, Senior Citizens, Wealth Without Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, New York Times, Eastern Kentucky University, Million Dollar Round Table, Arianna Huffington, Ben Bernanke, Wall Street, Small Business America, Huffington Post 50, Small Business News
Don McNay

If you follow what the Federal Reserve is doing, all the moves are designed to protect Wall Street at the expense of Main Street.

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September 11 Anniversary: A Chance for Main Street to Reflect and Take Economic Action

Don McNay | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: John F Kennedy, Pearl Harbor, A Main Street Guide to Making Money, Richmond Kentucky, Move Your Money, Washington, September 11, Greatest Generaton, Main Street, Don McNay, Gandhi, Credit Cards, Self Employment, Wall Street, Martin Luther King, Vanderbilt University, Wealth Without Wall Street, Eastern Kentucky University, Small Business America, Business News
Don McNay

Until Washington gets the courage to trust the American people to handle hard and sobering decisions -- and develops a plan of action that does not favor one interest group over another -- real economic solutions are not going to come from Washington.

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Getting Rich Slowly

Don McNay | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Annuities, Get Rich Slowly, JG Wentworth, Pensions, Main Street, Don McNay, William Spitz, Richard Thaler, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Wealth Without Wall Street, Eastern Kentucky University, Structured Settlement, New York Times, Million Dollar Round Table, Annuity, American College, Personal Finance, Jerry Springer, Business News
Don McNay

Because the money is harder to access, people who take structured settlements are more likely to "get rich slowly" than my professional clients who can cash in a mutual fund or stock whenever they want.

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LeBron and the Entourage

Don McNay | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Richmond Kentucky, Darren Rovell, Lotteries, Dallas Mavericks, West Virginia, Kentucky, Miami Heats, Don McNay, Basketball, Jack Whitaker, Powerball Jack, CNBC.Com, Cnbc, Sports, Cleveland, Vanderbilt University, Nba, Million Dollar Round Table, Hangers On, American College, Posse, Lottery Winners, LeBron James, Sales, Branding, Marketing, Personal Finance, Sports News
Don McNay

A real friend would tell a guy like LeBron James that he is really messing up his image and his brand. But his yes-men entourage never will. They don't want to get kicked off the gravy train.

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Harvard And Vanderbilt Reportedly Use Hedge Funds To 'Land Grab' In Africa

The Guardian | John Vidal and Claire Provost | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Harvard Africa, Harvard Africa Land Grab, Harvard, Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, College News

Harvard and other major American universities are working through British hedge funds and European financial speculators to buy or lease vast areas of...

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The Economic Hangover: Part Two

Don McNay | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Bailouts, Main Street, Obama, Robber Barrons, Wall Street Bailouts, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Pete Mahurin, John Edwards, Move Your Money, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street, Great Depression, Citigroup, Third World America, Kentucky, Joe Nocera, Iceland Economic Crisis, Credit Cards, Vanderbilt University, Justice Department, Inside Job, Banks, New York Times, Ben Bernanke, Personal Finance, The Fed, Economic Crisis, Business News
Don McNay

The bailout and stimulus money allowed us to limp along for a couple of years. Now we are back to where we started, but worse, since we borrowed trillions to pay for it.

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Professor: Cicada Chirping Could Cause Hearing Damage

AOL Weird News | Steven Hoffer | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Cicadas, Tennessee Cicadas, Weird Animals, Vanderbilt University, Cicada Decibel Level, Cicadas Noise Dangerous, Todd Ricketts, Cicadas 2011, Cicadas Middle Tennessee, Cicada Bugs 2011, Cicada Noise, Video, Weird News News

Cicadas don't bite or string, but that doesn't mean they can't bug your ears. The insect, which emerges from its underground habitat once every 13 ...

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A Different Look at Life Insurance

Don McNay | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Msfs, Structured Settlement, Annuities, Richmond Kentucky, Trust, Chfc, Kentucky, Don McNay, Immediate Annuities, Clu, Life Insurance Trust, Insurance, Bryn Mawr Pa, Vanderbilt University, Banks, Eastern Kentucky University, Million Dollar Round Table, Cssc, Life Insurance, American College, Personal Finance, Economy, Inheritance, Aig, Self Help, Lottery Winners, The Balanced Life, Business News
Don McNay

Why give your family a lump sum and have them blow it? Most insurance policies have options to pay out over time, but few people use them. It limits them to the terms of the insurance company. Thus, I came up with a simple system.

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Elvis and the Definition of Happiness

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Appalachian Regional Commission, Addictions, Lexington Herald Leader, Media, Kentucky Educational Television, Lottery Winners, Elvis, Russellville Kentucky, Ket, Martha Helen Smith, Al Smith, Living, American College, Comment on Kentucky, McNay Settlement Group, Structured Settlement, Institute for Rural Journalism, What to Do When You Win the Lottery, Entertainment, Richmond Kentucky, Alcholic, Aa, Hugh O?Brian Youth Leadership Organization, Don McNay, Elvis Presley, Dr. Al Smith, Memphis, Mike Behler, Vanderbilt University, College, Eastern Kentucky University, Million Dollar Round Table, Jimmy Carter, Son of a Son of a Gambler, University of Kentucky, Commencement, Commencement Central, Hoby, Healthy Living News
Don McNay

"I believe the key to happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to." -Elvis Presley The King had it right. If...

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College Graduation: A Very Special Mother's Day Gift

Don McNay | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Electronic Media Broadcasting, The South, Mother's Day, Pete Rose, Robert Blythe, Cincinnati, Theresa McNay, Nick McNay, Richmond Ky, Slidepollajax, Mark Zuckerberg, Living, Grandma, Family, Impact, McNay Settlement Group, Above the Line Media, Mark Turner, Relationships, Ollie McNay, Richmond Kentucky, Graduation Day, Bill Gates, Don McNay, Parenting, Commencement Central, Structured Settlements, 4192, Cinematography, Edgewood Ky, Northern Kentucky University, College, Vanderbilt University, Proctor and Gamble, Single Mother, Eastern Kentucky University, Greatest Person of the Day, Million Dollar Round Table, Infomatics, College Life, Grandparenting, College News
Don McNay

Sunday, May 8 is Mother's Day this year. It is also graduation day at Northern Kentucky University. I'll be at Northern, watching my nephew, Nick McNay, go through the graduation procession.

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Ashley Judd and the Quest for Perfection

Don McNay | Posted 06.23.2011

Read More: Ashley Judd, McNay Settlement Group, Nashville, What to Do When You Win the Lottery, All That Is Bitter and Sweet, The Judds, Naomi Judd, John Travolta, Tony Monaro, Addictions, Don McNay, Food Addictions, Structured Settlements, Wynonna Judd, Vanderbilt University, Richmond Ky, Saturday Night Fever, Million Dollar Round Table, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Eastern Kentucky University, New York Times, Lexington KY, Books News
Don McNay

Ashley Judd appears to have a perfect life, and being the sibling of a perfect child can be tough. Just like Wynonna, I have a problem with food.

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Wisdom From a Wealth Wizard

Don McNay | Posted 06.09.2011

Read More: Tom Eblen, Bill Gatton, Hilliard Lyons, Bailouts, Kentucky Democratic Party, Main Street, Lexington Herald Leader, Democratic Party, Ervin Houchens, What to Do When You Win the Lottery, Pete Mahurin, Lexington KY, Gray Construction, Al Smith, Johnny Unitas, Louisville Ky, Mayor Jim Gray, Dixie Mahurin, Msfs, Rand Paul, Move Your Money, Don McNay, Bowling Green Kentucky, Small Town Banks, Vanderbilt University, Banking, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Warren Buffett, Owsley Brown, House of Morgan Jim Gray, Business News
Don McNay

I've spent nearly 30 years around the financial business. I've known a lot of "paper gurus" who can talk a decent game but really don't practice what they preach.

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The Person We Should Be Moving Our Money to

Don McNay | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Cecilia Ky, Grayson County Ky, Hilliard Lyons, Capital One, Mayfield Ky, Kentucky Democratic Party, Main Street, Short Creek Ky, What to Do When You Win the Lottery, Alec Baldwin, Arianna Huffington, Sara Ackerman, Goldman Sachs, Jim Gray, Pete Mahurin, Lexington KY, Richmond Ky, Peter Mahurin, Gray Construction, Al Smith, Debts, Tea Party, American College, Western Kentucky University, Lexington, Dixie Mahurin, Lloyd Blankfein, Structured Settlement, Msfs, Republican National Committee, Rand Paul, Elizabethtown KY, Chfc, Physics, Ivy League, Kentucky, Don McNay, Democratic National Committee, Move Your Money, CBS Evening News, Clu, Senator Rand Paul, Credit Cards, Louisville, Wall Street Bailouts, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Investment, Albany Ky, Banking, Eastern Kentucky University, Million Dollar Round Table, Banks, Bowling Green Ky, Personal Finance, Cssc, Brokerage Houses, Business News
Don McNay

Over 4 million people moved their money from Wall Street Banks in 2010, according to Sara Ackerman, project coordinator for Move Your Money. I bought...

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American Excellence: Do Labels Like 'Uncle Tom' or 'Acting White' Stifle High Achievement?

Curtis Valentine | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Education Reform, Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, Parental Involvement, Barack Obama, Economy, Education News
Curtis Valentine

For those minorities who have reached some level of academic achievement, there is a chance they have been ridiculed by someone at least once.

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