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Main article: Vanderbilt Commodores baseball. Baseball has been a part of Vanderbilt athletics since its official debut in 1886. The sport started out as a two-game schedule which featured a draw between Vanderbilt and then conference rival Sewanee. As the number of games increased the game became more and more popular especially in 1921 when ...
A unique feature of the Spirit of Gold is that membership in the marching band is open to all students enrolled at Vanderbilt as well as students from other colleges in the Nashville area. This includes Belmont, Lipscomb, Fisk, Trevecca, Vol State and Nashville State. [1] [2] This does not apply to Tennessee State University as they already ...
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War.
Vanderbilt University will pay out $55 million as part of the settlement of a class action lawsuit that accused the school, along with 16 others, of being a "price-fixing cartel" when it came to ...
Current enrollment at Vanderbilt's business school is 617 students, a university spokesman said. The business school has 97 faculty members, and the annual cost of attendance is about $103,000.
The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine was founded in 1851 as the school of medicine at the University of Nashville and only became affiliated with Vanderbilt University in 1874. [4] The first degrees issued by Vanderbilt University were to 61 Doctors of Medicine in February 1875, thanks to an arrangement that recognized the University of ...
The Blair School of Music, located in Nashville, Tennessee, provides a conservatory-caliber undergraduate education in music performance, composition, or integrated music studies ( theory and history) within the context of a major research university, Vanderbilt University. Blair also provides music lessons, classes and ensembles to over 800 ...
William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Known as "Billy," he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family.