Congratulations to the 2023-24 VSC Award Winners

🏆 We love to celebrate our amazing students! ✨   Congratulations to the 2023-24 VSC award winners who were recognized at our Year-End Celebration and Awards Ceremony. Fun fact: All awards include a cash prize! To learn more about VSC’s awards, visit https://vandymedia.org/award-info/.   And the winners are …   🏆 The Charles Forrest Alexander […]

Farewell to VSC Adviser Jim Hayes

After two decades of dedicated service, VSC Adviser Jim Hayes will be moving on from Vanderbilt. He and his family are relocating to Indiana to be closer to their extended family, which is a wonderful opportunity for them. Jim has been an integral part of our team, particularly in his role advising students in television […]

VSC Alumni Spotlight: Meet Scott Head, ’15

Scott Head, ’15, recently spoke with first-year student producers who work in our MyCommons.Life publication. During the video conference, Scott talked about his career path, advice for college media producers, and whatever the students asked him. Scott now works as a television producer based in Los Angeles, where he said, “I produce guest segments, interviews, […]

🎶🎶If I had $340 Million…🎶🎶

Twenty-five years ago in the Commodore yearbook, writers Neil Vigdor (VSC Hall of Fame) and Holly Eagleson mused on how students would choose to spend the record $340 million gift Vanderbilt received from the Ingram family. Did you know you can look up full copies of 120 years of Commodore yearbooks online? Check them out […]

VSC Students Invited to Apply for Annual Awards; Deadline March 26

Students! All students who participate in VSC groups are invited to apply for Vanderbilt Student Communications’ annual awards. The deadline to apply is noon on Tuesday, March 26. Cash prizes for all awards! Awards are given for exceptional contributions, innovation, first-year excellence, distinction in journalism, sports journalism, excellence in radio, journalistic fairness, and leadership. Click […]

VSC Student Spotlight: Meet Jorie Fawcett

Jorie Fawcett, editor of The Vanderbilt Hustler

Jorie Fawcett, a junior majoring in Secondary Education and Sociology from Tiffin, Ohio, is the Editor-in-Chief of The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt’s student-run newspaper. Inside VSC: “I manage a staff of over 200 writers and editors, give final edits for clarity and content, and work with the Vanderbilt community to report on the issues that matter […]

Seniors, applications are now open for our $3,000 Stelzer stipend

Seniors, applications are now open for our $3,000 stipend for student media participants headed into media-related careers. More info and the application can be found here: https://vandymedia.org/senior-stipend/ The inaugural recipient of the Richard J. Stelzer Starter Stipend was Abigail Forsythe, ’23, pictured here with college friends Aleksander Lucy and Keegan Fong. Abigail, formerly a member […]

VSC Student Spotlight: Meet Daniel Sak

Daniel Sak, president of Anchor Marketing at Vanderbilt Student Communications

Daniel Sak, a junior majoring in Human and Organizational Development, Communication Studies, and Political Science from Shelby Township, Michigan, is the president of Anchor Marketing at Vanderbilt Student Communications.