August 6, 2007
Media Contact: Amy Wolf
(615) 322-NEWS
Amy.wolf@vanderbilt.edu
NASHVILLE – Incoming students from the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management are starting the year off right by giving back to the Nashville community. The entire incoming class, along with a group of 2nd year students, faculty, staff, Owen dean Jim Bradford and Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity CEO Chris McCarthy will be a part of a special building project.
Instead of building a Habitat home in the traditional way, a group of more than 300 Owen volunteers will meet at LP Field to construct walls for 7 local Habitat homes in Providence Park.
This service project is one of the unique, hands-on ways Owen teaches its students the value of corporate and social responsibility. The student group 100% Owen is following that positive theme by pledging a minimum of $2,500 to Habitat.
Who: Incoming Vanderbilt students for the MBA, MS Finance and Master of Accountancy programs
When: Saturday, August 18, 8:00 a.m-12:30 p.m.
Where: LP Field, parking lots G and M
The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University is ranked as a top institution by BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, Financial Times and Forbes. For more news about Owen, visit www.owen.vanderbilt.edu
