In addition, the School of Nursing ranks 27th and the School of Engineering's biomedical specialty ranks 18th. The Gathering, coordinated by associate professor of English and published Southern poet, Kate Daniels, includes various workshops, forums, panels, and readings. The Office of Volunteer Activities, Interhall, the Student Government Association, and the Community Service Coalition sponsor a Community Service Outreach Day. Approximately 130 volunteers visit 18 sites in neighborhoods around Nashville. The Vucept student program sends another 200 volunteers to 13 other sites.
Activities range from painting and cleaning to visiting with patients at area hospitals.
Vanderbilt Board of Trust member and motion picture director Delbert Mann receives the Vanderbilt Alumni Association's 1999 Distinguished Alumnus Award. After graduating from Vanderbilt University, Mann went on to direct such classic films as All Quiet on the Western Front , The Dark at the Top of the Stairs , and David Copperfield . He won an Academy Award for his debut film, Marty , in 1956. Mann has served on the Board of Trust since 1962. The Social Religious Building on Peabody campus is renamed the Faye and Joe Wyatt Center for Education in honor of the retiring Chancellor and his wife.