Members named to Academic Strategic Plan committees
(Vanderbilt University)
Two committees tasked with fleshing out key initiatives in Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan are now staffed and ready to begin work.
Members of the immersion experience and cross-college teaching committees are set, announced John Geer, vice provost for academic and strategic affairs.
The Immersion Vanderbilt Initiative calls for all university undergraduates to immerse themselves in creative independent projects that give them the opportunity to engage, question and forge change. The parameters of Immersion Vanderbilt are to be kept broad and flexible, so students have the opportunity to work with a faculty mentor to forge a project that has the capacity to shape them for the rest of their lives.
“Many students already have these kinds of experiences at Vanderbilt,” Geer said. “But given the quality of our students and their ability to work with our amazing faculty across 10 world-class colleges, we want to extend this opportunity to all Vanderbilt students.”
Members of the committee are:
Co-chair Cynthia Cyrus, Provost’s Office
Co-chair John Geer, Provost’s Office
Bruce Barry, Owen Graduate School of Management
Cynthia Brame, Center for Teaching
Roger Cone, School of Medicine
Victoria Davis, Peabody College of education and human development
Jana Lauderdale, School of Nursing
Holly McCammon, College of Arts and Science
Jens Meiler, College of Arts and Science
William H. Robinson III, School of Engineering
Melissa K. Rose, Blair School of Music
Samira Shiekh, College of Arts and Science
Melissa Snarr, Divinity School
Mike Vandenbergh, Law School
Also staffed is the committee for the Cross-College Teaching Initiative, which will assist faculty as they strive to conceive and structure innovative courses that exploit the natural synergies among Vanderbilt’s 10 colleges. The committee will offer support, including incentives, to professors who wish to team teach with colleagues in other schools. The result should be innovative courses that break through traditional school boundaries, such as Law and Education, Demography and Health, or Music and Business.
Members of this committee are:
Chair John Geer, Provost’s Office
Ex-officio Cynthia Cyrus, Provost’s Office
Ellen Armour, Divinity School
Robin Fountain, Blair School of Music
Christopher Loss, Peabody College of education and human development
Jonathan Metzl, College of Arts and Science
David Miller, School of Medicine
David Owens, Owen Graduate School of Management
Doug Schmidt, School of Engineering
Mavis Schorn, School of Nursing
Kevin Stack, Law School
Vanderbilt’s Academic Strategic Plan aspires to shape the future of higher education and to foster the creation of knowledge that together improve the human condition. The cross-college teaching and immersion experience are initiatives that will allow Vanderbilt to achieve its ambitions.
