Pictures from ABLD 2015 (Vanderbilt University - Nashville, Tennessee)

Here are my pictures from the great meeting hosted by Hilary Craiglow and the staff at the Walker Management Library at the Owen Graduate School of Management (Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee).

There are some featured pictures and links to more pics via my flickr account.  Please share as you would like!

About Campus

Kirkland Hall - perfectly framed within the trees on a beautiful sunny day.

Here are some more pictures of Kirkland Hall.  Here are my pictures of various scenes on campus at Vanderbilt.

Meetings

Stephen leading the group in a choral rendering of the hymn...."Let my Space Go" - Maybe I have that wrong.

Great talk by Vanderbilt faculty member David Owens on Innovation.

Excellent Conference Host Hilary Craiglow showing how large the squirrel are on campus - I am pretty sure that is what is going on here.

Vanderbilt faculty member Kimberly Pace giving a talk on branding the CEOs,

Becky and Erin mugging to the photographer!

Life Imitating Art - at the University Club - Jeffry Archer and his portrait doppelganger. 

Not sure why this statue had Pizza Rolls...Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Statue on walk to the University Club.

Here are all my pictures of the meetings in "Old Mechanical" and the Owens Graduate School of Management. 


Tours


Arboretum Tour

Tour of the Arboretum on Campus with Robert Waits, Vanderbilt University Arboretum Director

Here are all my pictures from the Arboretum Tour on Tuesday the 21st.

Quick Stop at the Parthenon

Hilary making sure we only spend 5 minutes there....

Here are all my pictures from our stop at the Parthenon.

Here is Athena from the inside (on Tuesday the 21st), she is 42 feet tall...and does not look very pleased...

Here are all my pictures from the Parthenon - both inside and out - from my visit on Tuesday the 21st before the meetings started.

Canadian Love!!!!!!!!!!

The evening tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Nashville on the last day was wonderful.  Here are all the pictures from that great event at the museum.


Squirrels and Other Animal Friends

Squirrel Enjoying Fried Chicken at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee) - April 23, 2015

I enjoyed getting on campus early both mornings.  Lots of active squirrels including #432 on my squirrel bucket list - squirrel eating fried chicken.  (Seriously, I do not have a squirrel bucket list...yet).

Here is one from the morning of the last day over by the Student Center.  Kinda mugging for the photographer!

Here is a link to all my squirrel pictures at Vanderbilt during ABLD

Chipmunk near the Student Center - they are actually easy to find since they are noisy (unlike most squirrels)

Here is a link to all my chipmunk pictures at Vanderbilt during ABLD (not as many - sorry fans for Alvin and Co)!

Finally, on the way back from lunch, a red-tailed hawk flew low over us as we walked.  I do not think he was interested in us, but I did get a cool picture.  It was Explored on flickr - which is very cool - this is for the 500 or so "most interesting" pictures posted each day.  This is why the picture has over 10,000 views already (hey - these are the stats that I care about)!

Red-Tailed Hawk - looking for lunch!

Here are the other pictures of that hawk on Wednesday.

And for my flight geeks - here is a view of Nashville on the way out of town

If you want to go back - you can see all my ABLD pictures back to 2009 (Tuscaloosa).

Once again - Here are all my ABLD pictures from this great meeting in Nashville.

Thanks Hilary and the great staff at Walker for making this a fantastic meeting!

Announcing the 4th Annual Kresge Library Food Drive 2015 (Ross School of Business - University of Michigan)

4th Annual Kresge Library Food Drive 2015
Ross School of Business (University of Michigan)
Monday April 20 through Friday June 5, 2015

Part of the food collected in 2013 (in our old digs)

Please join the Kresge Library of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business as we embark on our 4th springtime food drive for Washtenaw County food banks.  We are looking to collect non-perishable food donations that will be distributed to local food banks in June. We are undertaking this food drive now for two big reasons:

• While many organizations coordinate food drives around the holidays, hunger is a year round problem.  Food drives during the spring and summer are less common, but are critical for food banks’ ability to help families in need.
• At Ross, nearly 40% of our students graduate every year after Winter Term and many leave Ann Arbor.  A food drive is a great way to lighten your load as you head out with your degree in hand, while helping less fortunate people in Michigan.

Starting on Monday April 20th through Friday June 5th (which also happens to be National Doughnut Day), the Kresge Library will be collecting non-perishable food items and other personal products for Washtenaw Area food banks (Saline Area Social Services and the Hope Clinic  in Ypsilanti).  We missed our food drive last summer because of the move with the construction project - but we are back this year.  We will try to restart the “Food Fight” with Gast Library at MSU next year.  Regardless, the real winner will be the food banks that will be able to replenish their stocks at a time when donations are at their lowest.  During our food drives from 2011 through 2013, we collected over 50 boxes of food each year for Washtenaw County Food Banks.  

Here are the specs:

• Dates: Monday April 20 through Friday June 5, 2015
• Location: Drop-off boxes in the Ross Modular Offices (or MOtown - right across from the front of Ross).  The boxes will be at the Kresge Library Services Reference Desk (right when you enter to Modulars).
• Times: The Modulars Offices are open Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.

Per the guidelines established by many food banks, we ask you to make sure that the donated items are: 
• Non-perishable food products
• Contained in factory-sealed containers
• Currently not expired products
• Not in glass containers (most food banks avoid these as they can break in transit)

Food Items in great need include:
• Tuna Fish or other canned fish or meat
• Beef Stew, Meat Soups
• Hearty Soups
• Canned Spaghetti or Pasta
• Chili
• Beans (kidney, pinto, green, yellow, refried or black beans)
• Baby Food or Formula
• Ensure or other nutritional supplement drinks
• Rice
• Dry Beans
• Noodles, Macaroni
• Powdered Milk
• Pancake or Baking Mixes
• Cereal/Oatmeal
• Granola Bars
• Peanut Butter
• Jelly (in plastic jars)

Many Food Banks also collect unopened personal products including:
• Diapers
• Toothpaste
• Toothbrushes
• Soap
• Shampoo
• Disposable Razors
• Travel sized personal products are also very useful

If you have any questions or special requests, please contact Corey Seeman atcseeman@umich.edu or 734-764-9969.  

Thank you in advance for supporting this great cause and helping those in our area who are less fortunate.