Vanderbilt Office News Today

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier visited Washington, D.C., this summer to show support for federal investments in research and higher education on a trip organized by the Vanderbilt Office of Federal Relations.  Diermeier met with Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator Bill Hagerty (BA’81, JD’84), Representative Chuck Fleischmann and Representative David Kustoff — all of whom are Republican members...

Assistant director tapped for interim role as Potter Center leader leaves for Pittsburgh university Chris Purcell, director of Vanderbilt’s Office of LGBTQI Life since 2013, will leave the position Dec. 31 to become assistant dean of students at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. Vanderbilt.edu reports that Rob Nelson, assistant director of LGBTQI Life, will serve as the interim director while a national search is conducted to fill the role. The director of the K.C. Potter Center and Office o...