Sometimes you just need to go somewhere that feels like a home (Guest Post by L Hildner)

“Sometimes you just need to go somewhere that feels like a home” These words, spoken by Warren Faculty director Dr. Doug Fisher, embody the aim of the Warren and Moore Community. Whether it be in the faculty director apartment, the Kissam Center, or the common areas throughout the halls, the College Halls strive to create…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on September 8, 2016 in News

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Welcome Back, Warren and Moore! (Guest post by Laurel Hogan)

The 2016-2017 academic year has started and our faculty and staff has been eager to get to know the residents of Warren College.  With over three hundred residents living in Warren College this year there certainly are a lot of people to get to know, but that’s part of the fun of living here! In…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on September 1, 2016 in News

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Warren and Moore Environmental Series Dinner

On April 10 Warren and Moore hosted a dinner for students, faculty, and staff on sustainable food at Alumni Hall, in cooperation with SPEAR and ORBIS. Concerns with animal treatment and the environmental consequences of industrial meat production led us to an all vegetarian menu, the specifics of which were developed by Vanderbilt Dining. As…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on April 12, 2016 in News

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Outdoor Recreation and WaM Hiking Club

Linda Rosenkranz, Director of Vanderbilt’s Outdoor Recreation Program, gave a presentation at WaM on March 30 about Outdoor Rec’s many activities and available resources. You can find her presentation slides, which are almost entirely trip pictures, in reduced-memory format, here. We are hoping to have her back at the start of Fall semester 2016, which…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on April 10, 2016 in News

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Warren Envoys receive support for programs they care about

The Warren Envoys program is intended to encourage Warren students to represent Warren in events across campus, typically events that the students would actively participate in anyways. The emphasis here is on “across campus” programs, as opposed to Warren-funded (or WAM-funded) within-Warren (or within WAM) programs. There are plenty of support opportunities already for this latter…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on April 2, 2016 in News

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The Warren Student Showcase

Just after Spring break, Victoria Scott of Warren College gave a wonderful presentation on her internship and travel in Peru last summer (posted with permission). Her slideshow sparked uuhs and ahhs, and lots of Q&A at Warren 503. Campus Dining brought in snacks, which we all enjoyed. Our evening on Peru was the first in…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on March 26, 2016 in News

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Student-Driven Programming

Doug Fisher is the Faculty Director of Warren College. This post reflects Doug’s opinions and not necessarily those of Vanderbilt University. On Friday night (2/19) I went to The Poets’ Choice Awards by Vanderbilt Spoken Word at the Sarratt Cinema. It was awesome. There were over 200 people in the audience, largely students, with some…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on February 21, 2016 in News

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Thoughts on Virginia Tech’s visit to WaM and Vanderbilt

Doug Fisher is the Faculty Director of Warren College. This post reflects Doug’s opinions and not necessarily those of Vanderbilt University. During the first week of Spring semester, Warren and Moore hosted a group from Virginia Tech’s Honors Residential College (HRC). The Faculty Principal, akin to Faculty Directors at Warren and Moore and Heads of…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on January 23, 2016 in News

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Visitors from Virginia Tech’s Honors Residential College

Welcome back, everyone! Visitors from Virginia Tech’s Honors Residential College (HRC) are visiting this week. They will be arriving late afternoon on Tuesday, January 12 and departing about Noon on Thursday, January 14. The visitors team includes the Faculty Principal (aka Faculty Director or Head of House) of HRC, a “Graduate Fellow”, and 6 members…

Posted by Douglas Fisher on January 11, 2016 in News

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