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Alumni Relations Resources

Congratulations on becoming an Owen Graduate School of Management & Vanderbilt alumni member! We are thrilled to have you! The Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) team is here to serve you. Our goal is to help you navigate as you explore the many Owen/Vanderbilt Alumni community resources available to you.We are excited for you to connect and engage in this incredible Owen alumni community.
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Welcome to Your City

We know you are eager to explore your new city! Vanderbilt Chapters are the foundation of the Vanderbilt University Alumni Association - they provide a great way to build your alumni network. Find your new city, and explore the Life After Vanderbilt Guide for information on Where To Live, Things To Do, and more!

Below are specific links to some top Owen alumni cities:

Atlanta	Dallas	New York
Boston	Denver	San Francisco
Charlotte	Huntsville	Seattle
Chicago	Nashville

Connect & Engage

There are many ways to connect and engage in this new incredible 12,000+ OGSM alumni community.

Join the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management LinkedIn Group to stay connected with alumni, students, faculty, and students.

For any alumni interested in hosting an Owen event in their region, the Owen DAR team will share an Event-In-A-Box that contains Owen-branded event materials, SWAG items, and informational documents to help you organize the gathering. Learn more.

Interested in staying involved with the Owen community? View our Ways to Support Owen's Mission document, or contact Anne Rawlins at anne.rawlins@vanderbilt.edu for more information.

Ready to give back? Owen’s Annual Fund supports the school’s areas of greatest need, including scholarships, corporate site visits, recruiting the best students and faculty, and more. By making a gift of any size (even one dollar!), you can make an immediate impact on Owen’s tight knit community. Make your first gift to Owen.

Career Management Resources

If you are an Owen Class of 2026 graduate who is still seeking a position, you will have standard 12Twenty access until July 7, 2026. On July 8, all alumni will receive an invitation to register for 12Twenty access as an alumnus. Access will include job listings as well as appointment scheduling with your designated career coach

Leadership Development Resources

Our interest in your professional growth does not end at commencement. Rather, we want to be there for you whenever you need us. And we want to be there with the tools and support that you need wherever you are on your career journey. OwenAlumniLDP.com—your link to dedicated resources and support. For all Owen alumni. For all stages of your career. For life.

Library Resources

As an Alumni, you have access to electronic resources. If you have any follow-up questions, please Ask a Librarian. Remember: you are always welcome to visit the Vanderbilt Libraries and have free lifelong borrowing privileges.

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Executive Education Programs for Individuals

As a valued alumnus of the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Business, you are eligible to receive a 20% discount on our Executive Education Programs for Individuals.

Vanderbilt Executive Education offers a range of practical, results-oriented open-enrollment programs designed to enhance leadership effectiveness and strategic thinking. These programs provide alumni with the opportunity to broaden their skill sets, deepen their expertise, and continue their professional growth beyond graduation.

Faculty Summer Reading List

What are one to three management books you think are particularly good and that you would recommend?

Faculty	Recommendation
Bruce Barry	"The 99 Percent Economy: How Democratic Socialism Can Overcome the Crises of Capitalism" by Paul Adler "Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals?" by Virgil Henry Storr and Ginny Seung Choi
Jesse Blocher	Fooled by Randomness by Taleb It doesn't have to be crazy at work by Fried and Hansson Deep Work by Cal Newport
Hallie Cho	Everybody lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz The naked statistics by Charles Wheelan Linked: The New Science of Networks by Albert-László Barabási
Rita Gunn	My favorite M&A book is the Art of Capital Restructuring by Baker (It is very dense but super interesting). Getting (More of) What you Want by Neale and Lys is a book I like on negotiations, though I am biased as Lys was my advisor.
Kelly Haws	Deep Work by Cal Newport The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath Good Leaders Ask Great Questions by John Maxwell
Kejia Hu	The gig economy The platform revolution Sign up for a news feed for two areas you are interested in from leading newspapers
Jessica Kennedy	Ray Dalio, Principles Trevor Voss, Never Split the Difference Adam Grant, Give and Take Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese
Michael Lapre	Bradley Staats Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive
Jon Lehman	"Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World's Largest Automakers Committed a Massive and Stunning Fraud" by Jack Ewing. “A rich history of a company whose cars, for better and worse, have touched millions of lives, a character study of a brilliant but deeply flawed leader, and a case study in how a corporate culture can turn toxic.” —Bethany McLean, New York Times Book Review
Ted Lomicka	Good to Great - Jim Collins
David Owens	Conceptual Blockbusting by James L. Adams Influence by Robert B. Cialdini
Miguel Palacios	The last two might not be considered management books, but I think they are good for managers: The Innovator's Dilemma (C. Christensen) Antifragile (N. Taleb) 12 Rules for Life (J. Peterson)
David Parsley	The fifth Risk, by Michael Lewis 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Harari The Curse of Money, by Kenneth Rogoff
Veronika K Pool	HBR's 10 Must Reads 2020: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
Kimberly Pace	Speak Like a CEO - Suzanne Bates Presentation Zen - Garr Reynolds Data Story - Nancy Duarte Made to Stick - Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Steve Posavac	Re: Management - I only read journal articles. Otherwise, my reading is theology.
Berk Sensoy	I've been reading Principles by Dalio. Don't necessarily agree with everything, but interesting.
Riichard Willis	Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher et al.
Tim Vogus	Give and Take by Adam Grant Leading Teams by Richard Hackman The Fearless Organization by Amy Edmondson

What “fun to read” books on any topic would you recommend?

Faculty	Recommendation
Yasin Allen	Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
Jesse Blocher	Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram Kendi Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow I have an odd definition of "fun to read".
Ray Friedman	The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson. A powerful novel about life in North Korea. Won the Pulitzer Prize. News of the World: A Novel. Paulette Jiles. Set in the Western US. in the late 1800s. The story of a man who ends up taking care of a child. A Man Named Ove. Fredrik Backman. A sad and sweet story of an old man in Sweden, seemingly left alone, who meets an immigrant family.
Kelly Goldsmith	The Happiness Advantage
Rita Gunn	My fun to read books are mostly children’s books at this time. I really like the Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen.
Jessica Kennedy	Status Anxiety and How Proust Can Change Your Life (both by Alain de Botton) Living Forward (Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy) The New Yorker Magazine’s weekly fiction article, such as these two https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/cream https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/out-there
Mumin Kurtulus	Magicians of the Gods by Graham Hancock Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Hariri
Kelly Haws	Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz I Am Malala The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
Michael Lapre	If you like Formula One racing: Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One by Ross Brawn, Adam Parr Winning Is Not Enough by Jackie Stewart
Jon Lehman	"A History of the World in Six Glasses" by Tom Standee tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola.
Ted Lomicka	Going Long - Joe Friel
Brian McCann	Each of these is the first book in a series that is at the top of my fiction list (lead character in parentheses). Killing Floor by Lee Child (Jack Reacher) The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva (Gabriel Allon) Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Harry Dresden) The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais (Elvis Cole / Joe Pike) Rules of Prey by John Sanford (Lucas Davenport)
David Owens	Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
Kimberly Pace	The Color of Water - James McBride Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Dispatches from Pluto - Pat Conroy The Physician - Noah Gordan
Miguel Palacios	The Source (J. Michener) Love in Times of Cholera (G. García-Márquez) Sapiens (Y. Harari)
Veronika K Pool	Just some random titles from my recent Audible picks: Predictably Irrational - by Dan Ariely Flash Boys - Michael Lewis Beloved - Toni Morison
Rangaraj Ramanujam	These are not fun in any sense of the word, but they are hugely important and informative. The Emperor of Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wells-Wallace
Berk Sensoy	Comic books
Tim Vogus	Movies (and Other Things) by Shea Serrano He also has two great PDFs he sells called Conference Room Five Minutes (10 Essays about the Office) and Where Do You Think We Are? (10 Essays about Scrubs). They are all amazing.
Richard Willis	A Mind at Home with Itself by Byron Katie

Discounts for Alumni

The Vanderbilt Alumni Association provides members with an elite collection of local and national discounts from thousands of hotels, restaurants, movie theaters, retailers, florists, car dealers, theme parks, national attractions, concerts, and events through Abenity.

International Students

Please remember to:

1) Contact your ISSS advisor regarding your next steps. After your program ends, you have a 60 day grace period during which you may: apply to change your status to another visa category, transfer your SEVIS record to another institution, apply for OPT/STEM OPT or depart the U.S.

2) Update your local mailing address in YES.

Reunion

SAVE THE DATE: Owen Graduate School of Management Reunion, October 15-18, 2026

We are excited to share that Reunion 2026 is scheduled for the weekend of October 15-18. We can’t wait to welcome all Owen Alumni back to campus and look forward to celebrating the classes of 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, & 2021.

In the meantime, please explore this site for ways to connect with fellow alumni, and check back regularly for updates. We look forward to seeing you all at Reunion 2026!

Commencement Updates and Information

Photo Gallery & Recap

Congratulations, Class of 2026! As you embark on this new chapter of your journey, we invite you to relive the memories and excitement of your commencement ceremony by exploring our Commencement 2026 photos and recap article.

Dates & Details

Commencement will be live-streamed on Owen's YouTube channel. The recording is now available.

Thursday, May 7: Celebrations

Commencement Reception for Daytime Programs will be held from 4:00-6:00 PM at Owen's Management Hall Lobby and Great Room. This social event is for all graduating MBA, MAcc, MSF, and MMark students and their guests to celebrate your achievement.

Executive MBA Reception will be held from 5:00-8:00 PM at the Noah Liff Opera Center (3622 Redmon Street, Nashville, TN, 37209).

Friday, May 8: Commencement Ceremony

The Owen Graduate School of Management Diploma Ceremony will be held at 11:00 AM at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center Field House. Graduates will line up at 10:30 AM.
Updated Weather Plan - Owen's Diploma Ceremony start time will shift to 4:00 PM in the event of severe weather impacting the undergraduate ceremony.

Please Note: Immediately following the Commencement Ceremony, there will be strawberries and champagne available at Owen for pick-up to take as a a parting gift.

For additional Commencement information, visit
Vanderbilt's Commencement website.

Share on Social

We encourage you and your family members to share photos and videos of your graduation celebrations using the hashtag #VU2026 so we can enjoy this special day together.

Transition FAQs

How to I request an official transcript?

Please contact the Office of the University Registrar directly for any transcript-related questions and requests.
When will my swipe card access to the Owen Building be deactivated?

Under normal circumstances, graduating students would retain privileges for 24/7 card access to the Owen building through the Tuesday before Commencement (per University Registrar procedures).
How long will I keep my VU Net ID?

The VUNet ID itself will not expire; the password will expire one year from the time it was last set. The password can be reset and managed by going to it.vanderbilt.edu and clicking "change password" any time before it expires.
How long will I have to download anything from Course Brightspace that I want to keep?

You will have access to Brightspace for a year. That said, faculty often de-activate their courses after they are complete. Try to download any material by May 31st if at all possible. If a course has been de-activated by a professor, you will need to reach out to individual professors to request access to the course content. Here is the official Vanderbilt policy .
How long will I have access to the WSJ?

The Wall Street Journal allows graduating students to maintain access for a three month period. Access will be available until mid-August. If you have not yet signed up for an account, you can do so at this site.
How long will we have access to the University Counseling Center (UCC) post-graduation?

Specific and tailored treatment plans and referrals are developed for each client. Please visit the Counseling Center website for more information.
How long after graduation will I be covered by student healthcare?

The termination date is August 11, 2025.
Additional information and answers to frequently asked questions about Student Health Insurance are available on the Student Health Insurance page.
How long will I have access to Zoom?

Although there is no specific date, you should anticipate that your Zoom account will become inactive sometime during the mid-late summer after graduation.
How long will I be able to keep my email?

Graduating Owen students can keep access to their current Vanderbilt email address for one year post-graduation. Learn more about about Vanderbilt's Email Account Expiration Policy.
Will Owen alumni have access to the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center after graduation?

Alumni Memberships are not available at this time.

Need More Information

If we missed anything you’d want to know and you aren’t sure who to ask, simply email embark@vanderbilt.edu with your question and you will be routed to the right person to respond.

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