<p>myVU Preview Sept. 10, 2009 myVU Preview provides top news and information each week for faculty and staff of Vanderbilt University. Send questions, comments or story ideas to [email protected].</p><p>TOP NEWS</p><p>Balser speaks on state of the medical center</p><p>Open Enrollment for benefits is Oct. 1-15</p><p>New pandemic influenza education module required for VUMC faculty/staff</p><p>Sept. 11 is National Day of Service and Remembrance</p><p>Fans Can Still Buy Football Season Tickets</p><p>Free Car Seat Checks offered Sept. 12 and 15</p><p>Forum: Is America postracial?, Sept. 16</p><p>Professor to lecture on life as embedded social scientist in Iraq Sept. 17</p><p>Miles and Music for Kids benefit to be held Oct. 11; Sign up now!</p><p>For more information and more top stories, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu.</p><p>ANNOUNCEMENTS</p><p>Prizes, music, food at Travel Fair Sept. 16</p><p>Gmail to be exclusive service for undergrads starting Oct. 2</p><p>Great Performances extends subscription package deadline</p><p>Hicks speaks Sept. 15 at Divinity School as part of Southern Folk Art Exhibit</p><p>Professor publishes book on politics of pharmaceutial trials</p><p>Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health hosts an Open House Sept. 11</p><p>Heart Walk Silent Auction to be held Sept. 15</p><p>Southern Festival of Books looking for volunteers</p><p>For more announcements, visit www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu. EVENTS THIS WEEK:</p><p>Sept. 10: Cal Turner Program: "Wooing Strange Bedfellows: Leading the Evangelical Coalition Against the Bomb" Sept. 10: Discovery Lecture Series: Helen Hobbs Sept. 10: Love & Responsibility Lecture Series - The Law of the Gift & the Temptation to Use Sept. 10-12: Hey Florence! A Musical Sept. 10: International Lens Film Series: "Quantum Hoops" Sept. 11: "Leading the Church Amid Conflict: Exploring Alternatives to Arguing" Sept. 11: Employee Celebration - Brown Bag Lunch Series: "Kids Heading Toward College?" Sept. 11: Green Couture - Reception & Exhibit Sept. 11: "Commercial Law and Practice in Maimonides' Code of Jewish Law, …" Mark R. Cohen Sept. 11: "Hamsters and Parrots and Snakes Oh My: Using Evolutionary Relationship …" Laura Novick Sept. 11: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Open House Sept. 11: Dyer Open House Telescope Night Sept. 12: Employee Celebration - Garage Sale Sept. 12: Survive & Thrive for Young Adult Cancer Survivors </p><p>NEXT WEEK:</p><p>Sep. 13: Blair - Music On Film Sep. 14: "Imperial Commodities and the Search for a Modern Islam ..." Leor Halevi Sep. 15: Employee Celebration Month Event - Cancer Survivorship … Sep. 15: "Healthcare Reform and Emergency Medicine." Dr. David C. Seaberg Sep. 15: Reception for Southern Folk and Outsider Art from the Collection of Robert Hicks Sep. 16: Employee Health Screening Sep. 16 & 17: Great Performances at Vanderbilt - Australia's Strange Fruit Sep. 16: International Lens Film Series - "My Stepbrother is a Frankenstein …" Sep. 17: Employee Celebration Month Events Sep. 17: "Every Man's Struggle." Andy Garner Sep. 17: Art Makes Place (Off Campus) Sep. 17: Blair - Vanderbilt Orchestra/Vanderbilt Concert Winds Sep. 18: Employee Celebration Month Events Sep. 19: VU Football vs. Mississippi State </p><p>MARK YOUR CALENDAR:</p><p>Sep. 23-25: State of the Clinics Address Sep. 24: Cal Turner Program Events Sep. 29: "In Pursuit of Excellence On and Off the Field." Tiki Barber Sep 30: Employee Celebration Month Event - Taste @ Vandy </p><p>FEATURED PODCASTS AND VIDEO THIS WEEK</p><p>Video: State of the Medical Center Address by Jeffrey Balser Tune in to VUCast, www.vanderbilt.edu/news, for audio and video of events happening around campus. You can also find VU podcasts on iTunes at www.apple.com/education/itunesu/ and VU videos on YouTube at www.youtube.com/vanderbilt.</p>