Graduate Students Focus Efforts to Alleviate Poverty in Bangladesh
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Students gathered in Benton Chapel on April 19, 2007, for a vigil honoring those who were killed in the Virginia Tech shootings. “I’m looking forward to Japanese lunch will PARLER be provided in the serving in this capacity again Student Life Center by ADAM WEINSTEIN “As the situation developed, we took to work out with the system, such as this semester,” she said. “I think the Versus lower level meeting Asst News Editor that time to review our own procedures making sure everyone receives their staff has laid a strong foundation for a great rooms 1 and 2 from for similar incidents,” Lynch said. “We warning in a timely fashion, but for publication. 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Vanderbilt campuses, which are among the safest sirens, phone calls and text messages, really helped me with that directly,” A committee will conduct a second interview Wishmakers will be places around, can become victims of but also mobilization of the police said freshman Brian Linhares. “The with the candidate by Friday. granting the wish horrible tragedies.” force to warn and protect students. real stuff that keeps you safe gets to The candidacy for the position remains of one child with As Marlon Lynch, chief of Vanderbilt “Our mass notification system now you by word of mouth.” ■ open, and interested students may still submit the Make a Wish Police Department, pointed out, the relies upon redundancy of warnings, applications. ■ Foundation and Chi university took steps as soon as reports rather than just text messages,” Lynch —Adam Weinstein can be reached at Omega sorority at the of the shooting were made available. said. “We have a few things we need [email protected] Chi Omega house at 8 p.m. THURSDAY, APRIL 17 Kissam plans Graduate students focus efforts to revealed College Halls and Vanderbilt Student alleviate poverty in Bangladesh Government will introduce the preliminary plans for by LILY CHEN a speech by alumnus Muhammad Yunus, the new dormitories Staff Reporter who received the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. that will replace The trip even took on a personal context Kissam. There will They went on a mission to alleviate for Asif Shah Mohammed, a second-year be an info session poverty. Owen student and native of Jamalpur, a from 11:30 a.m. to Twenty-eight —To view a village in Bangladesh. 1 p.m. on Sarratt Vanderbilt graduate slideshow of photos “We had the opportunity to go to Promenade. Pizza will students and from the trip to my own village and speak with actual Bangladesh, go to: be served. faculty traveled to micro-finance borrowers and villagers,” Bangladesh over Mohammed said. THURSDAY AND their spring break Mohammed’s family had done previous FRIDAY to help discover and poverty alleviation work in his village, Bookstore sale create financial opportunities for local but he said this visit changed his view of Tents will be set up villages. Bangladesh. on Rand Terrace “We wanted to use for-profit business “I look at Bangladesh differently from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to alleviate poverty and not just provide now than prior to the trip because the for students to save charity funding,” said Ryan Igleheart, a greatest thing I saw was the work all the an additional 25 first-year student at Owen Graduate School organizations working in Bangladesh had percent off clearance of Management and an organizer of the done to alleviate poverty,” Mohammed merchandise at trip. “We’re trying to find working business said. “I saw a lot of opportunity for people the Vanderbilt models to help the life of the poor, to provide like us in developing long-term solutions.” Bookstore’s annual access to information, goods and services.” The group participants were able to have crazy sale. The group worked with Project Pyramid discussions with leaders from two of the to engage in a variety of activities including largest non-governmental organizations interviewing borrowers of micro-finance in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Rural RYAN IGLEHEART / Photo provided loans, visiting garment and textile facilities, Advancement Committee and Grameen Groups of women line up in columns of five to pay back part of their loaned money at a BRAC lending meeting in Bangla- See http://calendar.vanderbilt.edu meeting heads of organizations in charge Bank, including Yunus. desh. 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