# @vanderbiltu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CJEznsMHMcH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/147079-vanderbiltu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-12-21T21:36:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Vanderbilt University (@VanderbiltU) — https://gondola.cc/VanderbiltU

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As we look back on a year unlike any other, we highlight some of the most significant moments of our year together. 

@VandyBoys pitcher Kumar Rocker worked out in the weight room in January while filming for a new Vanderbilt commercial.

On Jan. 20, The Vanderbilt community celebrated the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with the MLK Commemorative series including a joint day of service, a march, and a discussion between @vudivinity Dean Emilie Townes, @janellemonae and @dr.yusefsalaam.

On Feb. 20, Ambassadors Susan Rice and John Bolton—who have both served in the high-profile roles of U.S. national security advisor and ambassador to the United Nations—shared the stage as part of the @vu_chancellor’s Lecture Series.

The street in front of Memorial Gymnasium was renamed “Perry Wallace Way” on Feb. 22 in honor of Vanderbilt Trailblazer and Nashville Native Perry Wallace. He was the first African American to play varsity basketball in the @SEC.

In March, the pandemic sent students home and moved classes online and to alternative learning. But, the Vanderbilt community stepped up to the challenge. Here you see @blairschoolvu professor Tucker Biddlecombe teaching his choral class via Zoom.

By the end of March, an interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty took on the challenge of addressing a dwindling supply of ventilators in hospitals across the country by creating a fabricated, open-source ventilator design.

While an in-person commencement was put on hold for #VU2020, we celebrated online and Nashville’s Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge was lit in Vanderbilt colors in celebration of—and in solidarity with—the Class of 2020.

On July 1, we welcomed @vu_chancellor Daniel Diermeier as the ninth chancellor of Vanderbilt University. Diermeier, an internationally renowned scholar of political science and managerial leadership, was selected by the Board of Trust after an extensive worldwide search.

Move In looked different than any other year, but the excitement was still the same as students returned to campus under new health and safety guidelines. #vandygram

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Siovhan Bolton | @siovhanshow | https://gondola.cc/siovhanshow | Social Media Specialist |
| Vanderbilt University | @VanderbiltU | https://gondola.cc/VanderbiltU | Social Media Specialist |

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