Category Archives: Owen Podcast Series

Owen Podcast Series: Project Pyramid with Prof. Bart Victor (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Blake Knight

This episode of the Owen Podcast Series is the second in a two-part series covering Vanderbilt’s Project Pyramid, an on-campus, student run organization that seeks to educate students on poverty alleviation and then empowers them to create and implement both local and international projects. We welcome Owen professor Bart Victor (and an audience of noisy birds) as we discuss the vanishing line between a business doing “well” and doing “good”, commonly referred to as the “Carnegie bargain.”

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Owen Podcast Series: Project Pyramid with Claire Brown & Margaret Jones (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Blake Knight

The Owen Podcast Series welcomes current Owen students Claire Brown and Margaret Jones. Claire discusses the genesis of Project Pyramid, an interdisciplinary community of Owen students and faculty advisors who are working to address poverty at a global scale. Margaret then discusses the Project Pyramid class, as well as the annual trip taken in the Spring. The class and the trip are both planned and moderated by Vanderbilt students.

We will be posting a follow-up with Bart Victor, Cal Turner Professor of Moral Leadership and Project Pyramid faculty, later on this week. Be sure to check back!

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Owen Podcast Series: Interview with OSGA President Yuri Mamchur

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Blake Knight

This episode of the Owen Podcast Series welcomes our current student government president, Yuri Mamchur. Yuri, who hales from Moscow and possesses an impressive entrepreneurial drive, shares his thoughts on his life before graduate school, why he chose Owen, and how the Owen faculty and the greater Nashville community has helped foster some important relationships for his post-Owen plans.

This post and podcast was produced by Blake Knight and Clark Bosslet, members of the MBA Class of 2012 and Vice Presidents for OwenBloggers.

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Owen Podcast Series: Project BE BOLD (Part 2)

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Blake Knight

The Owen Podcast Series welcomes its first return guest, Van Tucker, who continues to lead a major ideation process here at Owen to help drive the strategic vision of our school over the next decade. This session recounts the progress made to date and discusses the major stakeholders for the process, the goals articulated by the Dean, and the next steps available to students who wish to participate.

This post and podcast was produced by Blake Knight and Clark Bosslet, members of the MBA Class of 2012 and Vice Presidents for OwenBloggers.

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Owen Podcast Series: Owen Students Get Involved in Strategic Planning Initiative

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Blake Knight

OwenBloggers presents the first episode of the Owen Podcast Series and welcomes Owen alum Van Tucker. Van discusses “Project Be Bold,” a unique ideation process at Owen that incorporates the input of faculty members, alumni and current Owen students to make a series of large and small improvements to the school.

The brainstorming portion of the project is scheduled to last until early October, when a vetting process will begin, distilling the various ideas into a measurable action plan.

We will revisit the subject in the coming weeks to hear more about the specific ideas generated, as well as the vetting process.

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