VSC Alum Profile: Mikil Taylor, ’11
Mikil Taylor credits his time at WRVU as a major contributor to the career that has led him to his current role as Head of Finance and Data for a healthcare startup. “WRVU helped me truly understand the demands of leadership, and in a way that I wouldn’t have gotten to see professionally until I […]
VSC Hall of Famer publishes new LeBron James book
VSC Hall of Famer Bill Livingston, ’70, covered LeBron James since the basketball star was a high school sophomore. Bill, a sports columnist at the Cleveland Plain Dealer for 34 years, has a new book coming Aug. 6, “The Promise of Lebron James: The Rise, Fall from Grace, and Redemption of Ohio’s Own.” From the publisher, Kent […]
VSC Alumni Profile: Frye Gaillard, ’68
Frye Gaillard has published more than 30 books, been inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame, and served as Writer in Residence at the University of South Alabama, Queens University of Charlotte, and the Honors College at Historically Black Johnson C. Smith University. As a History major at Vanderbilt University during the turbulent 60s, […]
VSC Alumni Profile: Cierra Lockett, ’14
Cierra Lockett recently shared her journey from VSC to her current roles as a writer, adjunct professor of screenwriting, and assistant in original programming at a TV network. Cierra, who majored in Communication Studies and Psychology, worked at Vanderbilt Television as a host for Reel to Reel and The Vanderbilt Hustler as a Lifestyle Columnist. […]
VSC Alumni Spotlight: Alex Heard, ’80
Student Media Hall of Famer Alex Heard served as arts editor at The Vanderbilt Hustler and editor of Versus, and today he’s the editor in chief of Outside magazine. Be sure to read an important story published by Outside earlier this year: “How Did This Climber Get Away with So Much for So Long?” by […]
🎶🎶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 Alumni News: Maraniss Signs Four New Books
Andrew Maraniss, ’92, a former Vanderbilt Hustler sports editor and VSC Hall of Famer, is releasing FOUR new books! He will be signing copies on March 5 at Parnassus Books in Nashville. Maraniss will also be in conversation with Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell during the signing event. The event is full, and registration has closed, […]
30 Years Ago: Willie Geist and Tyler Kepner shared bylines in The Hustler
Thirty years ago this month future VSC Hall of Famers Tyler Kepner, ’97, and Willie Geist, ’97, were sharing bylines on The Vanderbilt Hustler Sports page. These days Kepner is The New York Times’ national baseball writer and Geist co-anchors Morning Joe on MSNBC, Sunday Today with Willie Geist and fills in as a Today […]
Alum Zhubin Parang Wins Third Emmy for Work on ‘The Daily Show’
Congratulations to Zhubin Parang, ’03, Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame member, for his recent Emmy win as supervising producer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. This marks Zhubin’s third Emmy win with the show.
