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In 1966, the [[Oberlin College|Oberlin]] Graduate School of Theology moved from Ohio to Nashville, in order to merge with the Vanderbilt Divinity School. In 1979, Vanderbilt absorbed its neighbor, [[Peabody College]].
 
In 1966, the [[Oberlin College|Oberlin]] Graduate School of Theology moved from Ohio to Nashville, in order to merge with the Vanderbilt Divinity School. In 1979, Vanderbilt absorbed its neighbor, [[Peabody College]].
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[[Image:vandyconfederatehall.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial Hall, located on the Peabody campus, was the subject of a lawsuit to remove the word ''Confederate'' from its façade.]]
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History, race, and civil rights issues again came to the fore on the campus in 2002, when the university decided to rename a residence hall on the Peabody campus, Confederate Memorial Hall, to Memorial Hall.<ref>{{cite news |last = Vanderbilt University |title = Confederate Memorial Hall renamed Memorial Hall |work = The Vanderbilt Register |date = [[2002-09-19]] |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=3316 |accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> Nationwide attention resulted, in part due to a lawsuit by the Tennessee chapter of the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]], who had helped pay for the building's construction in 1933 with a $50,000 contribution.<ref>{{cite news |last = Latt |first= Elizabeth P |title = Court ruling supports Vanderbilt decision to change name of building |work = The Vanderbilt Register |date = [[2003-10-01]] |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=6663 |accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref>
 
History, race, and civil rights issues again came to the fore on the campus in 2002, when the university decided to rename a residence hall on the Peabody campus, Confederate Memorial Hall, to Memorial Hall.<ref>{{cite news |last = Vanderbilt University |title = Confederate Memorial Hall renamed Memorial Hall |work = The Vanderbilt Register |date = [[2002-09-19]] |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=3316 |accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref> Nationwide attention resulted, in part due to a lawsuit by the Tennessee chapter of the [[United Daughters of the Confederacy]], who had helped pay for the building's construction in 1933 with a $50,000 contribution.<ref>{{cite news |last = Latt |first= Elizabeth P |title = Court ruling supports Vanderbilt decision to change name of building |work = The Vanderbilt Register |date = [[2003-10-01]] |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=6663 |accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref>
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==Organization==
 
==Organization==
 
===Administration===
 
===Administration===
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[[Image:Vandy Old Main.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Old Main (1875), photographed before it burned in 1905]]
   
Vanderbilt University, as a private corporation, is wholly governed by an independent, self-perpetuating Board of Trust. The board comprises 45 regular members (plus any number of trustees emeriti) and the chancellor, the university's [[chief executive officer]]. Each trustee serves a five-year term (except for four recently-graduated undergraduates, who serve two two-year terms). A complete, up-to-date listing of the members of the Board of Trust can be found [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/boardoftrust/ here]. [[Martha Rivers Ingram]] is the board's current [[chairman]].
 
Vanderbilt University, as a private corporation, is wholly governed by an independent, self-perpetuating Board of Trust. The board comprises 45 regular members (plus any number of trustees emeriti) and the chancellor, the university's [[chief executive officer]]. Each trustee serves a five-year term (except for four recently-graduated undergraduates, who serve two two-year terms). A complete, up-to-date listing of the members of the Board of Trust can be found [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/boardoftrust/ here]. [[Martha Rivers Ingram]] is the board's current [[chairman]].
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Since the opening of the university in 1875, only six other individuals have served as chancellor.<ref>{{cite web |last = Office of the Chancellor |title = History of the Office |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/history.html |accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref>  Landon Garland was the university's first chancellor, serving from 1875 to 1893.  Garland organized the university and hired its first faculty.  Garland Hall, an academic building on campus, is named in his honor.
 
Since the opening of the university in 1875, only six other individuals have served as chancellor.<ref>{{cite web |last = Office of the Chancellor |title = History of the Office |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellor/history.html |accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref>  Landon Garland was the university's first chancellor, serving from 1875 to 1893.  Garland organized the university and hired its first faculty.  Garland Hall, an academic building on campus, is named in his honor.
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[[Image:Vandy-Kirkland-2.jpg|thumb|upright|right|After the fire, Old Main was rebuilt with one tower and renamed Kirkland Hall.  It is currently home to Vanderbilt's administration.]]
   
The next chancellor was [[James H. Kirkland]]&mdash;serving from 1893 to 1937, he had the longest tenure of any Vanderbilt chancellor.  He was responsible for severing the university's ties with the Methodist church and relocating the medical school to the main campus.  Vanderbilt's Main Building was renamed Kirkland Hall after Kirkland left in 1937.
 
The next chancellor was [[James H. Kirkland]]&mdash;serving from 1893 to 1937, he had the longest tenure of any Vanderbilt chancellor.  He was responsible for severing the university's ties with the Methodist church and relocating the medical school to the main campus.  Vanderbilt's Main Building was renamed Kirkland Hall after Kirkland left in 1937.
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===Medical Center===
 
===Medical Center===
 
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a vital component of the university and is the only Level I Trauma Center in Middle Tennessee.<ref name="revu">{{cite web |last = Vanderbilt University News Service |title = RE:VU: Quick Facts about Vanderbilt |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/facts.html |year = 2008 |month = January |accessdate = 2008-01-10 }}</ref> VUMC comprises the following units:<ref>{{cite web |title=Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Visitors |url=http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/visitors.html |publisher=Vanderbilt University |accessdate=2007-07-02 }}</ref>
 
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a vital component of the university and is the only Level I Trauma Center in Middle Tennessee.<ref name="revu">{{cite web |last = Vanderbilt University News Service |title = RE:VU: Quick Facts about Vanderbilt |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/facts.html |year = 2008 |month = January |accessdate = 2008-01-10 }}</ref> VUMC comprises the following units:<ref>{{cite web |title=Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Visitors |url=http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/visitors.html |publisher=Vanderbilt University |accessdate=2007-07-02 }}</ref>
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[[Image:Vanderbiltchildrens.JPG|thumb|left|The 11-story Doctor's Office Tower of the Monroe Carell, Jr., Children's Hospital, which was completed in 2004.]]
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* Vanderbilt University Hospital
 
* Vanderbilt University Hospital
 
* Monroe Carell, Jr., Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
 
* Monroe Carell, Jr., Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
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==Students and faculty==
 
==Students and faculty==
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[[Image:Vanderbilt Benson Science Hall.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Benson Science Hall, one of the first campus buildings, has not been used for science classes in many years. Benson currently houses the departments of History and English.]]
   
===Profile===
 
===Profile===
 
As of December 2006, Vanderbilt had an enrollment of 6,532 undergraduate and 5,315 graduate and professional students. Students from all 50 states and more than 90 countries attend Vanderbilt, with 55% of the total student body coming from outside the Southeast; 8% of students are from outside the United States.<ref name="oua-students">{{cite web |last = Office of Undergraduate Admissions |title = Students |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/fastFacts.php#Students |accessdate = 2007-07-01 }}</ref><ref name="revu" /> Moreover, 24% of the undergraduate class of 2010 was non-Caucasian, while roughly half were women.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |last = Office of Undergraduate Admissions |title = Class of 2010 |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/admissions/fastFacts.php#Profile |accessdate = 2007-05-28 }}</ref>
 
As of December 2006, Vanderbilt had an enrollment of 6,532 undergraduate and 5,315 graduate and professional students. Students from all 50 states and more than 90 countries attend Vanderbilt, with 55% of the total student body coming from outside the Southeast; 8% of students are from outside the United States.<ref name="oua-students">{{cite web |last = Office of Undergraduate Admissions |title = Students |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/fastFacts.php#Students |accessdate = 2007-07-01 }}</ref><ref name="revu" /> Moreover, 24% of the undergraduate class of 2010 was non-Caucasian, while roughly half were women.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |last = Office of Undergraduate Admissions |title = Class of 2010 |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/admissions/fastFacts.php#Profile |accessdate = 2007-05-28 }}</ref>
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|accessdate = 2007-07-05 }}</ref> In 1998, the university settled a [[class action|class action lawsuit]] with the mothers and surviving children for $10.3 million.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, LLP |title = Vanderbilt University Radiation Class Action |date = [[1998-07-27]] |url = http://www.lieffcabraser.com/vanderbilt.htm |accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref>
 
|accessdate = 2007-07-05 }}</ref> In 1998, the university settled a [[class action|class action lawsuit]] with the mothers and surviving children for $10.3 million.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, LLP |title = Vanderbilt University Radiation Class Action |date = [[1998-07-27]] |url = http://www.lieffcabraser.com/vanderbilt.htm |accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref>
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[[Image:MRB3.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Medical Research Building III was completed in 2003 as a joint venture between the College of Arts and Science and the School of Medicine.]]
   
''[http://www.exploration.vanderbilt.edu/ Exploration]'' is the university's online research magazine. It publishes multimedia stories that explain campus research projects ranging from [[archeology]] to [[zoology]], probe the motives of the explorers that perform these studies, and describe the experiences of Vanderbilt students who become involved in scientific research.  Vanderbilt undergraduates also publish [http://vurj.vanderbilt.edu/ a journal of original research].  Vanderbilt is a member of the [[Oak Ridge Associated Universities]] and the [[Universities Space Research Association]].
 
''[http://www.exploration.vanderbilt.edu/ Exploration]'' is the university's online research magazine. It publishes multimedia stories that explain campus research projects ranging from [[archeology]] to [[zoology]], probe the motives of the explorers that perform these studies, and describe the experiences of Vanderbilt students who become involved in scientific research.  Vanderbilt undergraduates also publish [http://vurj.vanderbilt.edu/ a journal of original research].  Vanderbilt is a member of the [[Oak Ridge Associated Universities]] and the [[Universities Space Research Association]].
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==Athletics==
 
==Athletics==
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[[Image:Memorial Gymnasium Vanderbilt.jpg|thumb|right|Vanderbilt's basketball teams play in Memorial Gymnasium.]]
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Vanderbilt is a charter member of the [[Southeastern Conference]] and is the conference's only private school. With fewer than 6,600 undergraduates, the school is also the smallest in the conference; University of Mississippi has nearly twice as many undergraduate students.  Vanderbilt therefore fields fewer teams than any of its rivals&mdash;only 16&mdash;and sometimes lacks the national prominence enjoyed by schools such as the [[University of Florida]] or the [[University of Kentucky]]. Additionally, the school is a member of the [[American Lacrosse Conference]] for [[women's lacrosse]], as the SEC does not sponsor that sport.  Conversely, Vanderbilt is the only league school not to field teams in [[softball]] and [[volleyball]], but has discussed adding either or both sports in the future.<ref>{{cite news |last = Patton |first = Maurice |title = Success may add teams at Vandy |work = The Tennessean |date = [[2007-05-14]] |url = http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/SPORTS0602/705140359/1002/SPORTS&template=pdaart]
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Vanderbilt is a charter member of the [[Southeastern Conference]] and is the conference's only private school. With fewer than 6,600 undergraduates, the school is also the smallest in the conference; University of Mississippi has nearly twice as many undergraduate students.  Vanderbilt therefore fields fewer teams than any of its rivals&mdash;only 16&mdash;and sometimes lacks the national prominence enjoyed by schools such as the [[University of Florida]] or the [[University of Kentucky]]. Additionally, the school is a member of the [[American Lacrosse Conference]] for [[women's lacrosse]], as the SEC does not sponsor that sport.  Conversely, Vanderbilt is the only league school not to field teams in [[softball]] and [[volleyball]], but has discussed adding either or both sports in the future.<ref>{{cite news |last = Patton |first = Maurice |title = Success may add teams at Vandy |work = The Tennessean |date = [[2007-05-14]] |url = http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/SPORTS0602/705140359/1002/SPORTS&template=pdaart |accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref>
      
Men's and women's [[tennis]] and men's and women's [[basketball]] are traditionally Vanderbilt's strongest sports, with the more recently founded women's [[lacrosse]] and [[bowling]] programs as well as the long-standing men's [[baseball]] program experiencing moderate national success.  After enjoying success in the first half of the 20th century, the [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|football program]] has struggled in more recent times.
 
Men's and women's [[tennis]] and men's and women's [[basketball]] are traditionally Vanderbilt's strongest sports, with the more recently founded women's [[lacrosse]] and [[bowling]] programs as well as the long-standing men's [[baseball]] program experiencing moderate national success.  After enjoying success in the first half of the 20th century, the [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|football program]] has struggled in more recent times.
    
===Athletics restructuring===
 
===Athletics restructuring===
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[[Image:Hawkins Field.JPG|right|thumb|Hawkins Field in June 2007]]
   
In September 2003, Vanderbilt earned national attention when it announced that it was eliminating its athletic department. Then-Chancellor Gee called Vanderbilt's varsity athletes "isolated", and insisted that student-athletes would perform better if they were integrated into the rest of the student body. So rather than administer athletics separately from student life, Gee folded the university's varsity teams into the Office of Student Life, the same group that oversees all student organizations. The university is unique in Division I in this regard.<ref>{{cite news |last = Bechtel |first = Mark |title = A Process of Elimination: Vanderbilt has found greater sports success since losing its athletics department |work = [[Sports Illustrated]] |date = [[2007-06-06]] |accessdate = 2007-07-02 }}</ref> Despite fears that Vanderbilt would lose coaches and recruits or would be forced out of the SEC, the university has experienced considerable success since the change; 2006&ndash;07 was one of the best in the school's athletic history.  At one point, seven of Vanderbilt's 16 teams were concurrently ranked in the Top 25 of their respective sports.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Seven Vanderbilt teams ranked in Top 25 | publisher = Vanderbilt University | date = [[2007-02-23]] | url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2007/2/23/seven-vanderbilt-teams-ranked-in-top-25 | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref>  Women's bowling won the NCAA championship, bringing the university its first and only team championship since the advent of the NCAA.<ref>{{cite web |last = Vanderbilt Athletic Department |title = Vanderbilt Bowlers Make History |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-bowl/recaps/041407aab.html |accessdate = 2007-04-14 }}</ref> The baseball team qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals in 2004, had the nation's top recruiting class in 2005 according to ''[[Baseball America]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last = Kimmey |first = Will |title = Vandy Recruits Stay For Top Recruiting Class |work = Baseball America |date = [[2005-10-11]] |url = http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/051011vandy.html |accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref> made the NCAA field again in 2006, and won the 2007 SEC regular-season and tournament championships.  Vanderbilt was ranked first in most polls for a large portion of the 2007 season, and the team secured the top seed in the [[2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament|2007 NCAA tournament]].<ref>{{cite press release | title = Vanderbilt Awarded No. 1 National Seed | publisher = Vanderbilt University | date = [[2007-05-28]] | url = http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052807aae.html | accessdate = 2007-05-29 }}</ref>
 
In September 2003, Vanderbilt earned national attention when it announced that it was eliminating its athletic department. Then-Chancellor Gee called Vanderbilt's varsity athletes "isolated", and insisted that student-athletes would perform better if they were integrated into the rest of the student body. So rather than administer athletics separately from student life, Gee folded the university's varsity teams into the Office of Student Life, the same group that oversees all student organizations. The university is unique in Division I in this regard.<ref>{{cite news |last = Bechtel |first = Mark |title = A Process of Elimination: Vanderbilt has found greater sports success since losing its athletics department |work = [[Sports Illustrated]] |date = [[2007-06-06]] |accessdate = 2007-07-02 }}</ref> Despite fears that Vanderbilt would lose coaches and recruits or would be forced out of the SEC, the university has experienced considerable success since the change; 2006&ndash;07 was one of the best in the school's athletic history.  At one point, seven of Vanderbilt's 16 teams were concurrently ranked in the Top 25 of their respective sports.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Seven Vanderbilt teams ranked in Top 25 | publisher = Vanderbilt University | date = [[2007-02-23]] | url = http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2007/2/23/seven-vanderbilt-teams-ranked-in-top-25 | accessdate = 2007-05-24 }}</ref>  Women's bowling won the NCAA championship, bringing the university its first and only team championship since the advent of the NCAA.<ref>{{cite web |last = Vanderbilt Athletic Department |title = Vanderbilt Bowlers Make History |publisher = Vanderbilt University |url = http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/w-bowl/recaps/041407aab.html |accessdate = 2007-04-14 }}</ref> The baseball team qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals in 2004, had the nation's top recruiting class in 2005 according to ''[[Baseball America]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last = Kimmey |first = Will |title = Vandy Recruits Stay For Top Recruiting Class |work = Baseball America |date = [[2005-10-11]] |url = http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/051011vandy.html |accessdate = 2007-01-10 }}</ref> made the NCAA field again in 2006, and won the 2007 SEC regular-season and tournament championships.  Vanderbilt was ranked first in most polls for a large portion of the 2007 season, and the team secured the top seed in the [[2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament|2007 NCAA tournament]].<ref>{{cite press release | title = Vanderbilt Awarded No. 1 National Seed | publisher = Vanderbilt University | date = [[2007-05-28]] | url = http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/052807aae.html | accessdate = 2007-05-29 }}</ref>
  
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