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117-479: Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She began her music career in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the mid-1980s. Grant has been referred to as " The Queen of Christian Pop ". Grant made her debut as a teenager, gaining fame in Christian music during the 1980s with hits such as "Father's Eyes", " El Shaddai ", and " Angels ". In

234-459: A Target ad campaign, performing songs off the album. When Heart in Motion was released in 1991, many fans were surprised that the album was of contemporary pop music. Grant's desire to widen her audience was frowned upon by the confines of the popular definitions of ministry at the time. The track " Baby Baby " written for Grant's newborn daughter Millie, of whom Grant wrote, her "six-week-old face

351-772: A Worship service . The Ichthus Music Festival started in 1970. Today festivals are held annually around the world, and may draw upwards of 100,000 people. New Zealand's Parachute Music Festival , the largest Christian music festival in the Southern Hemisphere, began in 1989 and is held annually at Mystery Creek Events Centre outside the city of Hamilton. England's Big Church Day Out Festival began in 2009 and has annual attendance of approximately 20,000. Like any musical group or act, many Christian musical artists perform concerts in concert halls , bars & clubs, or outdoor venues, as well as in church-related venues. Sometimes it may be for pure entertainment, other times with

468-566: A "Christian" record. Years later Lead Me On would be chosen as the greatest Contemporary Christian album of all time by CCM Magazine . The mainstream song "Saved by Love" was a minor hit, receiving airplay on radio stations featuring the newly emerging Adult Contemporary format. The album's title song received some pop radio airplay and crossed over to No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "1974 (We Were Young)" and "Saved By Love" also charted as Adult Contemporary songs. In 1989, she appeared in

585-567: A Little Time " was a moderate hit single, the album failed to sell like the previous two albums, which had both gone multi-platinum. Behind The Eyes was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA . The video for "Takes a Little Time" was a new direction for Grant; with a blue light filter, acoustic guitar, the streets and characters of New York City, and a plot, Grant was re-cast as an adult light rocker. She followed up "Behind The Eyes" with A Christmas To Remember , her third Christmas album, in 1999. The album

702-587: A Vince Gill-influenced mix of bluegrass and pop and marked Grant's 25th anniversary in the music industry. Grant followed this up with Simple Things in 2003. The album did not have the success of her previous pop or gospel efforts. Soon after Simple Things , Grant and Interscope /A&M parted ways. The same year, Grant was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame by the Gospel Music Association , an industry trade organization of which she

819-544: A church. Some metrical psalters include melodies or even harmonisations. The composition of metrical psalters was a large enterprise of the Protestant Reformation, especially in its Calvinist manifestation. Mostly used in reformed churches, and anabaptists. Some examples of psalters are: A Reformation approach, the normative principle of worship , produced a burst of hymn writing and congregational singing. Martin Luther

936-587: A decrease in blood volume and fluid loss outside the vascular bed as a key factor in traumatic shock and pioneered the use of replacement fluids for its treatment. This treatment saved countless lives in World War II, during which Vanderbilt was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. German biophysicist Max Delbrück joined

1053-550: A few pictures." The book was released on October 16, 2007. In November, it debuted at No. 35 on the New York Times Best Seller list . In the same web chat, Grant noted that she is "anxious to get back in the studio after the book is finished, and reinvent myself as an almost-50 performing woman". 2007 was Grant's 30th year in music. She left Word/Warner, and contracted with EMI CMG who re-released her regular studio albums as remastered versions on August 14, 2007. Marking

1170-527: A heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later Middle Ages some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music). Mostly used in Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox churches. Some examples of chants are: A metrical psalter is a kind of Bible translation: a book containing a metrical translation of all or part of the Book of Psalms in vernacular poetry, meant to be sung as hymns in

1287-671: A large impact on American thought and letters: the Fugitives and the Agrarians . Meanwhile, Frank C. Rand , who served as the President and later Chairman of the International Shoe Company , donated US$ 150,000 to the university in 1925; Rand Hall was subsequently named for him. In 1928, the construction of three more buildings was completed: Garland Hall, named for Chancellor Landon Garland; Buttrick Hall, named for Wallace Buttrick of

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1404-583: A laugh." The article which was based on that interview was constructed in such a manner so as to make it appear as though Grant condoned premarital sex. Later Grant reflected on how the article misrepresented her views, stating: "We probably talked for two hours about sexual purity, but when the interview finally came out he worded it in such a way that it sounded like I condoned premarital sex. So I picked up that article and thought, 'You've made me say something I've never said, and you've totally disregarded two hours of Bible put in one flippant comment that I made about

1521-408: A moan. ' " Christian music Like other forms of music the creation, performance, significance and even the definition of Christian music varies according to culture and social context. Christian music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes or with a positive message as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Among

1638-761: A new song, "Say It With a Kiss", with accompanying video. During November and December 2017, Grant performed another series of Christmas concerts with Vince Gill at the Ryman and embarked on another U.S. and Canada Christmas tour with Michael W. Smith and Jordan Smith. Grant has been a guest narrator for Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World in 2012, 2013, and 2015. On June 19, 1982, Grant married fellow Christian musician Gary Chapman . Their marriage produced three children. In March 1999 she filed for divorce from Chapman. On March 10, 2000, Grant married country singer-songwriter Vince Gill , who had been previously married to country singer Janis Oliver of Sweethearts of

1755-639: A railroad executive. He is the namesake of the annual Cole Lecture; his marble bust and his wife's portrait can be seen in Kirkland Hall. His son, Whitefoord Russell Cole , who was the chairman of the Board of Trust from 1915 to 1934, defended Chancellor Kirkland's decision to split with the Methodist Church. He is the namesake of Cole Hall, completed in 1949. In the 1920s and 1930s, Vanderbilt University hosted two partly overlapping groups of scholars who had

1872-549: A significant role in Evangelical Christian worship . A great variety of musical styles has developed traditional praise. Similar developments took place in other language, for example the German Neues Geistliches Lied and Korean Contemporary Christian music. Christian music is supported by a segment of the general music industry which evolved as a parallel structure to the same. Beginning in

1989-507: A situation, and they're like a big spotlight. What they do is reveal, by comparison, the painful dynamics that are already in existence. In June 2020, Grant had an open-heart surgery to repair partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR), a congenital heart condition. On July 27, 2022, Grant was injured and briefly hospitalized when she fell from her bicycle while riding near Nashville's Harpeth Hills Golf Course. She sustained cuts and abrasions. Along with praise for her contributions to

2106-573: A student-led drive to retire Wallace's jersey finally succeeded. In 1964, Vanderbilt held its first IMPACT Symposium, which has since become a university tradition of hosting speakers in a multi-day annual symposium to discuss current events and topics of a controversial nature. Participants have included Martin Luther King Jr. , Allen Ginsberg , Stokely Carmichael , Strom Thurmond , Robert F. Kennedy , Margaret Thatcher , Madeleine Albright , Vicente Fox , Ehud Barak , and multiple Presidents of

2223-604: Is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Several research centers and institutes are affiliated with the university, including the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities , the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center , and Dyer Observatory . Vanderbilt University Medical Center , formerly part of the university, became a separate institution in 2016. With

2340-453: Is a longstanding member, in her first year of eligibility. Grant released a sequel in 2005 titled Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith . Grant joined the reality television phenomenon by hosting Three Wishes , a show in which she and a team of helpers make wishes come true for small-town residents. The show debuted on NBC in the fall of 2005 however it was canceled at the end of its first season due to high production costs. After Three Wishes

2457-571: Is another growing area, especially with the help of the internet. Church drama groups frequently enjoy performing musical dramas which can be downloaded on-line for free use. There are Christian tv shows and movies. One example of a Christian tv show is the drama series called The Chosen , and children's shows such as VeggieTales . There is a whole series of Christian movies by the Kendrick Brothers production company, who have created movies such as Fireproof , Overcomer , and Courageous . In

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2574-427: Is just for those songs to provide companionship, remind myself and whoever else is listening what's important. I feel like songs have the ability to connect us to ourselves and to each other, and to our faith, to the love of Jesus, in a way that conversation doesn't do. Songs kind of slip in and move you before you realize it." In September 2012, Grant took part in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half

2691-562: Is just more comfortable." 1982 saw the release of her breakthrough album Age to Age . The album contains the signature track, " El Shaddai " (written by Michael Card ) and the Grant-Chapman penned song, "In a Little While". "El Shaddai" was later awarded one of the " Songs of the Century " by the RIAA in 2001. Grant received her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Gospel Performance, as well as two GMA Dove Awards for Gospel Artist of

2808-714: Is notable not only as a reformer, but as the author of hymns including "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" ("A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"), "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" ("Praise be to You, Jesus Christ"), and many others. Luther and his followers often used their hymns, or chorales, to teach tenets of the faith to worshipers. The first Protestant hymnal was published in Bohemia in 1532 by the Unitas Fratrum. Mostly used by Protestant churches, principally Lutheran, Methodist, and Hussite traditions, but in some areas also by Roman Catholic and Anabaptists. Some examples of famous hymnals are: From

2925-495: Is one of the most selective universities in the United States. In 2015, Vanderbilt was ranked fifth overall and fourth among private universities in enrollment of National Merit Scholars. In its most recent annual comparison of admissions selectivity, The Princeton Review gave Vanderbilt a rating of 99 out of 99. The class of 2023 included 231 National Merit Scholars and 116 valedictorians or salutatorians . Additionally,

3042-555: Is speculation that the school initially intended to rebuild both towers of the original Kirkland Hall but lacked the funds to do so. Many of the university's early leaders had prominent ties to slavery and the Confederacy before the Civil War. Frank Vanderbilt was "a Confederate sympathizer" during the Civil War. McTyeire was born into a slave-owning family and authored an essay in favor of slavery. Garland owned "up to 60 slaves" before

3159-697: Is the band out of Hillsong college and they took the worship music scene by storm in 2016 with the song " What a Beautiful Name " which won the GMA Dove song of the year in 2017. Other famous artists include Chris Tomlin , Casting Crowns , Amy Grant , and Skillet . Today, Christian music is available through most available media. Christian music is broadcast over the radio, television, or the Internet. Christian Albums and video recordings ( CD , LP , digital download , DVD , etc.) have been increasingly more popular and have continued to increase in sales. Christian Musicals

3276-628: Is the youngest of four sisters. Her family settled in Nashville in 1967. She is a great-granddaughter of Nashville philanthropist A. M. Burton (founder of Life and Casualty Insurance Company, eponym of Nashville's Life & Casualty Tower , WLAC Radio, and WLAC-TV ) and Lillie Burton. She has acknowledged the influence of the Burtons on her development as a musician, starting with their common membership in Nashville's Ashwood Church of Christ . According to

3393-553: The Times Higher Education 2016 World University Rankings, Vanderbilt is 87th. The 2023 QS World University Rankings ranked Vanderbilt 199th in the world. Human Resources & Labor Review , a national human competitiveness index & analysis, ranked the university as one of 50 Best World Universities in 2011. Poets & Writers ranked Vanderbilt's English Department's MFA Program in Creative Writing 18th among

3510-662: The Adult Contemporary chart. She also scored No. 18 on Billboard AC in 1986 with " Stay for Awhile ". Grant scored her first Billboard No. 1 song in 1986 with " The Next Time I Fall ", a duet with former Chicago singer/bassist Peter Cetera . That year, she also recorded a duet with singer Randy Stonehill for his Love Beyond Reason album, titled "I Could Never Say Goodbye", and recorded The Animals' Christmas with Art Garfunkel . Lead Me On (1988) contained many songs which were about Christianity and love relationships, but some interpreted it as not being enough of

3627-513: The Baroque period onwards. A chant is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds , often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones . Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant . Chant may be considered speech, music, or

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3744-489: The Billboard Christian album chart for 32 weeks. It sold five million copies in the U.S. and produced her second no. 1 pop single " Baby Baby ", as well as another three top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: " That's What Love Is For ", " Every Heartbeat " and " Good for Me ". As of 2009, Grant had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, won six Grammy Awards , 22 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards , and had

3861-743: The College of Arts and Science , the School of Engineering , Peabody College of Education and Human Development , and Blair School of Music . The university also has six graduate and professional schools, including the Divinity School , Graduate School , Law School , School of Medicine , School of Nursing , and Owen Graduate School of Management . As of 2021, Vanderbilt has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8:1. The university's undergraduate programs are highly selective: in 2022, Vanderbilt's acceptance rate and yield rate were 6.1% and 52.3%, respectively. Vanderbilt

3978-543: The Eastern Orthodox is also generally unaccompanied, though in the United States organs are sometimes used as a result of Western influence. Some worship music may be unsung, simply instrumental. During the Baroque period in Europe, the chorale prelude (for organ) was widely used, generally composed by using a popular hymn tune thematically, and a wide corpus of other solo organ music began to develop across Europe. Some of

4095-544: The General Education Board ; and Calhoun Hall, named for William Henry Calhoun , a silversmith and Odd Fellows Grand Master. In 1933, the United Daughters of the Confederacy donated $ 50,000 (roughly $ 925,166 in 2015 dollars ) for the construction of Confederate Memorial Hall , designed by architect Henry C. Hibbs . It was completed in 1935. In the 1930s, Ernest William Goodpasture and his colleagues in

4212-552: The Methodist Episcopal Church South had been considering the creation of a regional university for the training of ministers in a location central to its congregations. Following lobbying by Nashville bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire , church leaders voted to found "The Central University of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South" in Nashville in 1872. However, lack of funds and the ravaged state of

4329-585: The Primitive Baptists and the Free Church of Scotland prefer unaccompanied or a cappella singing. Other denominations such as Baptists , Methodists , and Presbyterians sing alongside some form on accompaniments. Some groups, such as the Bruderhof , sing songs both with religious and non-religious meanings and words. For them, the act of singing is important. One of the earliest forms of worship music in

4446-524: The Reconstruction Era South delayed the opening of the college. The following year, McTyeire stayed at the New York City residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt . Vanderbilt's second wife, Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt (1839–1885), was a cousin of McTyeire's wife, Amelia Townsend McTyeire (1827–1891), and both women were from Mobile, Alabama . Cornelius Vanderbilt, the wealthiest man in

4563-416: The School of Medicine invented methods for cultivating viruses and rickettsiae in fertilized chicken eggs. This work made possible the production of vaccines against chicken pox , smallpox , yellow fever , typhus , Rocky mountain spotted fever and other diseases caused by agents that only propagate in living cells. Alfred Blalock , Professor of Surgery, and his assistant Vivian Thomas identified

4680-669: The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition , a statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt, designed by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Moretti , was moved from the grounds of the Parthenon to the Vanderbilt campus. In 1905, Main Building (Kirkland Hall), which originally had two Victorian towers, burnt down and was rebuilt in an Italianate design with a single 170-foot tower after the university received donations totaling over $ 50,000. There

4797-664: The periodic table of elements with the symbol Ts, collaborating with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Moscow Oblast , Russia and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory . It was officially named after the state of Tennessee by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics in 2016. The university's research record is blemished, however, by a study university researchers, in conjunction with

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4914-464: The "Queen of Christian Pop" Grant changed directions to widen her fan base. Her goal was to become the first Christian singer-songwriter who was also successful as a contemporary pop singer. Unguarded (1985) surprised some fans for its very mainstream sound. " Find a Way ", from Unguarded , became one of the few non-Christmas Christian songs to hit the Billboard Top 40 list, also reaching No. 7 on

5031-672: The 14th best college in America, and the 16th hardest college to get into in America. In the 2024 graduate program rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Peabody College of Education the 5th best national school of education, the Vanderbilt University Law School the 19th best national law school, the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine the 5th best national research-oriented medical school,

5148-643: The 1970s and developing out of the Jesus movement , the Christian music industry subsequently developed into a near-billion dollar enterprise. By the 1990s the genre had eclipsed classical, jazz, and new-age music , and artists began gaining acceptance in the general market. There are several programs of schooling that have been created to create new christian artists such as Hillsong College in Norwest, Australia, and Visible Christian College in Memphis, TN U.S.A. Hillsong United

5265-552: The 1980s, Grant was also a backup singer for Bill Gaither . Grant followed this album with the first of her Christmas albums, which would later be the basis for her holiday shows. In 1984, she released another pop-oriented Christian hit, Straight Ahead , earning Grant her first appearance at the Grammy Awards show in 1985. The head of NBC took notice of Grant's performance and called her manager to book her for her own Christmas special. Shortly after Grant established herself as

5382-579: The Adult Contemporary chart, all five songs were top 10 hits, with two of the five ("Baby Baby" and "That's What Love Is For") reaching No. 1. Many Christian fans remained loyal, putting the album atop Billboard Contemporary Christian Chart for 32 weeks. Heart in Motion is Grant's best-selling album, having sold over five million copies according to the RIAA. Grant followed the album with her second Christmas album, Home For Christmas in 1992, which included

5499-528: The Board of Trust voted to limit Methodist representation on the board to just five bishops. Former faculty member and bishop Elijah Hoss led a group attempting to assert Methodist control. In 1910, the board refused to seat three Methodist bishops. The Methodist Church took the issue to court and won at the local level. On March 21, 1914, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that the Commodore, and not

5616-649: The Board of Trustees approved a recommendation from Chancellor Branscomb to admit African Americans in all of the university's educational schools. The first black undergraduates entered the school in the fall of 1964. The university drew national attention in 1966 when it recruited Perry Wallace , the first African American to play varsity basketball in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Wallace, from Nashville, played varsity basketball for Vanderbilt from 1967 to 1970, and faced considerable opposition from segregationists when playing at other SEC venues. In 2004,

5733-762: The Burlington Plantation. In 2015, Vanderbilt opened a new innovation center, the Wond'ry, as part of its Academic Strategic Plan. The three-story, 13,000-square foot building is meant to serve as an interdisciplinary hub of knowledge for the Vanderbilt community, serving as the location of hackathons , partnerships with the Nashville Entrepreneurship Center, and several social venture programs. In April 2024, Vanderbilt University students joined other campuses in support of Palestine by setting up an encampment on campus. The protestors demanded that

5850-530: The Center for Intelligent Mechatronics at Vanderbilt began testing a powered exoskeleton intended to assist paraplegics , stroke victims and other paralyzed or semi-paralyzed people to walk independently. The Vanderbilt exoskeleton received funding from Parker Hannifin Corporation in 2012 and has since gone to market internationally. Vanderbilt is a discovering institution of tennessine , atomic number 117 on

5967-484: The Civil War. One of the founding trustees, Hezekiah William Foote , was a Confederate veteran and the owner of four plantations in Mississippi , including Mount Holly . The Treasurer of the Board of Trust from 1872 to 1875, Alexander Little Page Green , whose portrait hangs in Kirkland Hall, was a Methodist preacher and a former slave owner. His son-in-law, Robert A. Young , was a Methodist minister who served as

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6084-642: The Department of Physics in 1940, and in the following year, he met Italian microbiologist Salvador Luria . In 1942, they published on bacterial resistance to virus infection mediated by random mutation . The culminating Luria–Delbrück experiment , also called the Fluctuation Test, demonstrated that Darwin's theory of natural selection acting on random mutations applies to bacteria as well as to more complex organisms. The 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

6201-638: The Financial Secretary on the Board of Trust from 1874 to 1882, retiring from the board in 1902. The Elliston family, who owned slaves, donated some of their Burlington Plantation , in one of the first expansions of the campus. During the first 40 years, the Board of Trust, and therefore the university, was under the control of the General Conference (the governing body) of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South . Tension grew between

6318-520: The Gospel Music Channel, and The Hour of Power . In February 2008, Grant joined the writing team from Compassionart as a guest vocalist at the Abbey Road studios, London, to record a song called "Highly Favoured", which was included on the album CompassionArt . On June 24, 2008, Grant re-released her 1988 album, Lead Me On , in honor of its 20th anniversary. The two-disc release includes

6435-416: The Methodist Church, was the university's founder and that the board could therefore seat whomever it wished. The General Conference in 1914 voted 151 to 140 to sever its ties with Vanderbilt; it also voted to establish a new university, Southern Methodist University , and to greatly expand Emory University . Colonel Edmund William Cole , the treasurer of the Board of Trust, was a Confederate veteran and

6552-637: The Owen Graduate School of Management was ranked 25th by Bloomberg Businessweek among full-time MBA programs. The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks Vanderbilt as the 64th-best university in the world. Additionally the ARWU Field rankings in 2022 placed Vanderbilt as fourth best in the world for Education and Library & Information Science, 14th in Law, and 20th in Political Science. In

6669-409: The Peabody campus to Memorial Hall. Nationwide attention resulted, in part due to a lawsuit by the Tennessee chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The Davidson County Chancery Court dismissed the lawsuit in 2003, but the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled in May 2005 that the university must pay damages based on the present value of the United Daughters of the Confederacy's contribution if

6786-436: The Rodeo . Grant and Gill have one daughter together, Corrina Grant Gill, born March 12, 2001. In the November 1999 CCM Magazine , Grant explained why she left Chapman and married Gill: I didn't get a divorce because 'I had a great marriage and then along came Vince Gill.' Gary and I had a rocky road from day one. I think what was so hard—and this is (what) one of our counselors said—sometimes an innocent party can come into

6903-430: The Singing Carrots website, based on her recorded songs, Grant has a mezzo-soprano voice type, also able to perform in the soprano and contralto ranges. In 1976, Grant wrote her first song ("Mountain Top"), performed in public for the first time at Harpeth Hall School , the all-girls school she attended in Nashville. She recorded a demo tape for her parents with church youth-leader Brown Bannister . While Bannister

7020-439: The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide , a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book. Grant's next album, How Mercy Looks from Here , was released on May 14, 2013, and was produced by Marshall Altman . The album reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it her highest-charting album since 1997's Behind the Eyes . Two singles were released from

7137-542: The South and 10% from outside of the United States. As of 2022, the incoming undergraduate class was 49% male and 51% female. Moreover, 12.7% of the class was classified as Hispanic, 11.9% Black or African American, 16.9% Asian, 6% other/two or more races, and 10.4% international. 88% of Vanderbilt's students graduate in four years and 93% within six years. 97% of first-years return for their second year. Vanderbilt lets undergraduates choose among 70 majors , or create their own, in its four undergraduate schools and colleges:

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7254-417: The Tennessee Department of Health, conducted on iron metabolism during pregnancy in the 1940s. Between 1945 and 1949, over 800 pregnant women were given radioactive iron. Standards of informed consent for research subjects were not rigorously enforced at that time, and many of the women were not informed of the potential risks. The injections were later suspected to have caused cancer in at least three of

7371-530: The U.S. at No. 31 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Holiday Albums chart. The single from the album, "To Be Together", reached No. 32 on the Hot Christian Songs chart and No. 19 on the Holiday Digital Song Sales chart. She supported the album with a series of Christmas concerts with Vince Gill at the Ryman Auditorium . She also toured the U.S. and Canada with Christmas concerts accompanied by Michael W. Smith and season 9 winner of The Voice , Jordan Smith . In February 2017, she released

7488-449: The US several Christian music festivals have been organized. They are common in the summertime and draw many different people, specifically those from organized groups such as church youth groups and campus groups. In addition to music festivals like those that are part of the Christian Festival Association , there are also many Christian conferences which focus more on speakers, but usually also have musical performances, especially for

7605-411: The United States , and 2 U.S. Supreme Court Justices . Other notable alumni include 3 Pulitzer Prize winners, 27 Rhodes Scholars , 2 Academy Award winners, 1 Grammy Award winner, 6 MacArthur Fellows , 4 foreign heads of state, and 5 Olympic medalists . Vanderbilt has more than 145,000 alumni, with 40 alumni clubs established worldwide. In the years before the American Civil War of 1861–1865,

7722-439: The United States at the time, had been planning to establish a university on Staten Island , New York. However, McTyeire convinced him to donate $ 500,000 to endow Central University in order to "contribute to strengthening the ties which should exist between all sections of our common country". Vanderbilt eventually increased the endowment to $ 1 million (roughly $ 25 million in 2023), and though he never expressed any desire that

7839-432: The United States. In March 1978, Vanderbilt hosted the South African tennis team in Memorial Gymnasium for the Davis Cup . The match was disrupted by anti-apartheid protesters who chanted "Don't play with apartheid", and a copy editor for The Tennessean was removed by police. In 1979, Vanderbilt acquired Peabody College , then called the "George Peabody College for Teachers", residing on 53 acres adjacent to

7956-512: The Vanderbilt Board of Trust, especially James Geddes Stahlman , a Trustee and the influential editor of the local newspaper, Branscomb expelled Divinity student James Lawson . Lawson was a Congress of Racial Equality leader who organized sit-ins in defiance of Nashville's segregation laws. A dozen faculty members resigned in protest. Branscomb later re-examined his decision, regretting he did not consider referring it to committee to delay action for three months until Lawson's graduation. The school

8073-408: The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing the 4th best national nursing school, the School of Engineering the 41st best national engineering school, and the Owen Graduate School of Management the 20th best national business school. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked Vanderbilt 1st in the nation in the fields of special education, educational administration, and audiology . In 2024,

8190-578: The Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year. Age to Age became the first Christian album by a solo artist to be certified gold (1983) and the first Christian album to be certified platinum (1985). In the mid-1980s, Grant began touring and recording with young up-and-coming songwriter Michael W. Smith . Grant and Smith continue to have a strong friendship and creative relationship, often writing songs for or contributing vocals to each other's albums, and as of 2019, often touring together annually during November and December putting on Christmas concerts. During

8307-427: The album: "Don't Try So Hard" and "If I Could See", both of which charted on the US Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. On August 19, 2014, she released an album of hits remixed by well known engineers and DJs. The album was titled In Motion: The Remixes . It charted at 110 on the US Billboard 200 chart and at No. 5 on the US Dance chart. To promote the album, several new remix EPs were released on iTunes

8424-431: The children who were born to these mothers. In 1998, the university settled a class action lawsuit with the mothers and surviving children for $ 10.3 million. Vanderbilt consistently ranks among the top universities in the United States. In the 2023 edition of 'Best National Universities' by U.S. News & World Report , Vanderbilt ranked 13th in a tie with Brown University. In 2024, Niche ranked Vanderbilt

8541-480: The church was the Gregorian chant . Pope Gregory I , while not the inventor of chant, was acknowledged as the first person to order such music in the church, hinting the name "Gregorian" chant. The chant reform took place around 590–604 CE (reign of Pope Gregory I) (Kamien, pg. 65–67). The Gregorian chant was known for its very monophonic sound. Believing that complexity had a tendency to create cacophony , which ruined

8658-606: The class had standardized test scores that were well above average: the interquartile range (25th percentile – 75th percentile) of SAT scores was 1460–1560, while the interquartile range of ACT scores was 33–35. For students of the class of 2016 whose schools reported exact class rankings, 93% ranked in the top 10% of their class. According to the National Science Foundation , Vanderbilt spent $ 1 billion on research and development in 2021, ranking it 24th among American universities. In 2013, Vanderbilt University

8775-470: The contemporary Christian genre, Grant has also generated controversy within the Christian community, from "complaints that she was too worldly and too sexy" to a "barrage of condemnation" following her divorce and remarriage. In an interview early in her career, Grant stated, "I have a healthy sense of right and wrong, but sometimes, for example, using foul, exclamation-point words among friends can be good for

8892-412: The end of 1978 she performed her first ticketed concert after beginning her first year at Furman University . In May 1979, while at the album-release party for her second album, My Father's Eyes , Grant met Gary Chapman , who had written the title track and would become her first husband. Grant and Chapman toured together in mid-1979. In late 1980, she transferred to Vanderbilt University where she

9009-465: The exception of the off-campus observatory , all of the university's facilities are situated on its 330-acre (1.3 km ) campus in the heart of Nashville, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from downtown. Vanderbilt alumni, faculty, and staff have included 54 current and former members of the United States Congress , 18 U.S. Ambassadors , 13 governors, 9 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 Vice Presidents of

9126-542: The fall of 1875, about 200 students enrolled at Vanderbilt, and in October the university was dedicated. Bishop McTyeire was named chairman of the Board of Trust for life by Vanderbilt as a stipulation of his endowment. McTyeire named Landon Garland (1810–1895), his mentor from Randolph-Macon College , as chancellor . Garland shaped the school's structure and hired the school's faculty. Most of this faculty left after disputes with Bishop McTyeire, including over pay rates. When

9243-640: The first Christian album to go platinum . She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 for her contributions to the entertainment industry and in 2022, she was announced as a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors . Grant is the author of several books, including a memoir, Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far , and a book based on the popular Christmas song "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)" that she co-wrote. Born in Augusta, Georgia , Grant

9360-449: The first fraternity chapter, Phi Delta Theta , was established on campus in 1876, it was shut down by the faculty, only to be reestablished as a secret society in 1877. In 1880, Old Gym , a Victorian building designed by Peter J. Williamson , was completed and became the university's first gymnasium. By 1883, the Board of Trust passed a resolution allowing fraternities on campus, and more chapters were established in 1884. Following

9477-401: The first women graduated as engineers. Women's rights advocate Maryly Van Leer Peck graduated as the first chemical engineer in 1951 after not being able to study this field at Georgia Tech where her father was president. In 1953, Chancellor Branscomb orchestrated admission of the first African American student to Vanderbilt, in the School of Divinity . In 1960, under intense pressure from

9594-468: The following month including " Find a Way , " Stay for Awhile ", " Baby Baby , " Every Heartbeat " and " That's What Love Is For ". Due to club play of the remixes of "Baby Baby" and "Every Heartbeat", they charted at No. 3 and 13, respectively on the U.S. Dance Chart . This marked her first appearance on that chart in 23 years. On September 30, 2014, Grant released a new single titled "Welcome Yourself". In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month , proceeds of

9711-551: The inscription and pay damages. In August 2016, the university agreed to remove the word "Confederate" from the building after "anonymous donors" donated $ 1.2 million to repay the United Daughters of the Confederacy. In 2009, Vanderbilt instituted a no-loan policy. The policy states that any student granted admission and a need-based aid package will have an award that includes no student loans. Following this, in 2015, Vanderbilt implemented Opportunity Vanderbilt, which committed

9828-426: The inscription bearing the name "Confederate Memorial Hall" was removed from the building or altered. The Court of Appeals' decision has been critiqued by legal scholars. In late July 2005, the university announced that although it had officially renamed the building, and all university publications and offices will refer to it solely as Memorial Hall , the university would neither appeal the matter further, nor remove

9945-407: The intention of witnessing (evangelizing by bearing witness of one's faith), and other times may be part worship as well. Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU ) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee , United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt , who provided

10062-718: The latter half of the 20th century to the present day in Western Christendom—especially in the United States and in other countries with evangelical churches—various genres of music originally often related to pop rock , have been created under the label of Contemporary Christian Music ("CCM") for home-listening and concert use. It can be divided into several genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. These genres (sometimes referred to as "style") like other forms of music may be distinguished by

10179-419: The mid-1980s, she began broadening her audience and soon became one of the first CCM artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums Unguarded and Lead Me On . In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 no. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera , " The Next Time I Fall ". In 1991, she released the album Heart in Motion , which became her best-selling album, topping

10296-422: The modern form of the latter was developed by Harold Stirling Vanderbilt , a former president of the university's Board of Trust and a great-grandson of the Commodore. In addition, in mid-2004 it was announced that Vanderbilt's chemical biology research may have serendipitously opened the door to the breeding of a blue rose , something that has long been coveted by horticulturalists and rose lovers. In 2010,

10413-467: The most prevalent uses of Christian music are in church worship or other gatherings. Most Christian music involves singing, whether by the whole congregation (assembly), or by a specialized subgroup—such as a soloist, duet, trio, quartet, madrigal, choir , or worship band — or both . It is frequently accompanied by instruments, but some denominations such as some Exclusive Brethren , the Churches of Christ ,

10530-577: The most well-known exponents of such organ compositions include Johann Sebastian Bach , Dieterich Buxtehude , George Frideric Handel , François Couperin , César Franck and Charles-Marie Widor to name a few. Up to the present time, various composers have written instrumental (often organ ) music as acts of worship, including well known organ repertoire by composers like Olivier Messiaen , Louis Vierne , Maurice Duruflé , and Jean Langlais . The church sonata (for orchestra and chamber group) and other sacred instrumental musical forms also developed from

10647-580: The music, Gregory I kept things very simple with the chant. In the West, the majority of Christian denominations use instruments such as an organ, piano, electronic keyboard, guitar, or other accompaniment, and occasionally by a band or orchestra, to accompany the singing. But some churches have historically not used instruments, citing their absence from the New Testament. During the last century or so several of these groups have revised this stance. The singing of

10764-660: The original album and a second disc with new acoustic recordings, live performances from 1989, and interviews with Amy. Grant recreated the Lead Me On tour in the fall of 2008. On June 27, 2008, at Creation Festival Northeast she performed "Lead Me On" and a few other songs backed by Hawk Nelson . At the end of the concert, Grant returned to the stage and sang "Thy Word". She appeared on the 2008 album Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends singing "Could I Have This Dance". On May 5, 2009, Grant released an EP containing two new songs, " She Colors My Day ", and "Unafraid", as well as

10881-546: The people 25 bucks just to see'em"). After she covered the 10cc song " The Things We Do for Love " for the Mr. Wrong soundtrack, Behind the Eyes was released in September 1997. The album struck a much darker note, leaning more towards downtempo, acoustic soft-rock songs, with more mature (yet still optimistic) lyrics. She called it her "razor blades and Prozac " album. Although " Takes

10998-638: The previously released songs " Baby Baby " and " Oh How the Years Go By ". The EP, exclusively through iTunes, benefited the Entertainment Industry Foundation's (EIF) Women's Cancer Research Fund. In 2010, Grant released Somewhere Down the Road , featuring the hit single " Better Than a Hallelujah ", which peaked at No. 8 on Billboard Top Christian Songs chart. When asked about the new album during an interview with CBN.com, Grant says, "... my hope

11115-547: The school its initial $ 1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War . Vanderbilt is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference and has been the conference's only private school since 1966. The university comprises ten schools and enrolls nearly 13,800 students from the US and 70 foreign countries. Vanderbilt

11232-528: The single go to breast cancer research. On February 12, 2015, she announced a new compilation album titled Be Still and Know... Hymns & Faith , to be released. The album was released on April 14, 2015, and charted at No. 7 in the U.S. on the Billboard Christian Albums chart. . Grant released a Christmas album on October 21, 2016, Tennessee Christmas , which is a combination of classic Christmas songs and original material. It charted in

11349-441: The song " Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) ", written by Chris Eaton and Grant, and would later be covered by many artists, including Donna Summer , Jessica Simpson (who acknowledged Grant as one of her favorite artists), Vince Gill , Sara Groves , Point of Grace , Gladys Knight , and Broadway star Barbara Cook . House of Love in 1994 continued in the same vein, containing pop songs mingled with spiritual lyrics. The album

11466-517: The start of Grant's new contract is a career-spanning greatest hits album, with all the songs digitally remastered. The album was released as both a single-disc CD edition, and a two-disc CD/DVD Special Edition, the DVD featuring music videos and interviews. Grant appeared with Gill on The Oprah Winfrey Show for a holiday special in December 2007. Grant has plans to appear on CMT , a Food Network special,

11583-432: The start of the 2024-25 academic year, Vanderbilt imposed mandatory training for students in an attempt to suppress disruptions. As of 2021, Vanderbilt had an enrollment of 7,111 undergraduate and 6,685 graduate and professional students, for a total of 13,796 students. Students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries attend Vanderbilt, with approximately 68% of the undergraduate student body coming from outside

11700-437: The techniques, the styles, the context and the themes, or geographical origin. Specific subgenres of CCM may include (but are not limited to): Christian country music , Christian pop , Christian rock , Christian metal , Christian hardcore , Christian punk , Christian alternative rock , Christian R&B , Christian electronic dance music and Christian hip hop . In the 1980s and 1990s, contemporary Christian music played

11817-504: The top 50 writing programs in the United States in 2010 and 14th in the United States in 2011. Fortune magazine ranked Vanderbilt among the top 100 places to work in the United States, the only university on their list. In 2018, Kiplinger's Best College Values rankings listed Vanderbilt as one of the top ten "best value" universities and one of the top five private universities for value. In 2020, Money 's "Best Colleges in America, Ranked by Value" rankings listed Vanderbilt as being

11934-403: The undergraduate student body was African-American. In 2001, the university determined to remodel the undergraduate experience by creating an academic residential college system. Since then Vanderbilt has been constructing new buildings and renovating existing structures to support the college system. In 2002, the university decided to rename Confederate Memorial Hall, a residence hall on

12051-447: The university boycott companies that support Israel and demanded an end to what they call a Palestinian genocide . The protests escalated when the administration blocked a student vote on a BDS resolution. Students were forcibly removed by police from a building with three arrests. In an extreme reaction compared to other universities, the three students were expelled.   More than 170 faculty members opposed this expulsion. With

12168-618: The university administration and the Conference over the future of the school, particularly over the methods by which members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust would be chosen, and the extent that non-Methodists could teach at the school. Conflicts escalated after James H. Kirkland was appointed chancellor in 1893. Then the Southern Methodist Church congregations raised just $ 50,000 in a campaign to raise $ 300,000. Meanwhile,

12285-461: The university be named after him, McTyeire and his fellow trustees rechristened the school in the Spring of 1873 in his honor. They acquired land from Confederate Congressman Henry S. Foote , who had built Old Central, a house still standing on campus. The first building, Main Building, later known as Kirkland Hall , was designed by William Crawford Smith , and its construction began in 1874. In

12402-785: The university to need-blind admissions, meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need of admitted students, and including only grants in awards. In 2011, the Oakland Institute exposed a university investment in EMVest Asset Management , a private equity firm "accused of ' land grabbing ,' or taking over agricultural land used by local communities through exploitative practices for large-scale commercial export farming in five sub-Saharan African countries. The revelation led to student protests in 2012. By 2013, Vanderbilt administrators had divested from EMVest. In 2012, Vanderbilt built Elliston Hall in honor of Elizabeth Boddie Elliston of

12519-601: The university. Peabody College traces its history to the 1785 Davidson Academy. In the early 1980s, Vanderbilt University was an investor the Corrections Corporation of America prior to its IPO. The company was co-founded by Thomas W. Beasley , a Vanderbilt Law School alumnus who was honored with a Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 1989, the university began offering Posse Foundation scholarships to groups of promising young leaders from urban backgrounds to increase their share of diverse students. By 1995, 4.23% of

12636-567: Was a member of the sorority Kappa Alpha Theta . Grant then made a few more albums before dropping out of college to pursue a career in music— Never Alone , followed by a pair of live albums in 1981 ( In Concert and In Concert Volume Two ), both backed by an augmented edition of the DeGarmo & Key band. It was during these early shows that Grant also established one of her concert trademarks: performing barefoot. Grant continues to take off her shoes midway through performances, as she has said, "it

12753-437: Was a multi-platinum success and produced the pop hit " Lucky One " (No. 18 pop and No. 2 AC; No. 1 on Radio & Records ) as well as the title track (a duet with country music star and future husband Vince Gill ) (No. 37 pop) and a cover of Joni Mitchell's frequently covered " Big Yellow Taxi " (No. 67 pop) (in which she changed the line "And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see'em" to "And then they charged

12870-544: Was awarded to both scientists. Shortly after the war, from 1945 to 1947, researchers at Vanderbilt University conducted an experiment funded by the Rockefeller Foundation where they gave 800 pregnant women radioactive iron without their consent. In a lawsuit the women received $ 9.1 million from Vanderbilt University and $ 900,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1998. In the early 1950s, some of

12987-577: Was canceled, Grant won her 6th Grammy Award for Rock of Ages... Hymns & Faith . In a February 2006 webchat, Grant said she believes her "best music is still ahead". In April 2006, a live CD/DVD titled Time Again... Amy Grant Live was recorded in Fort Worth, Texas , at Bass Performance Hall . (Grant's first paid public performance was at the Will Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth.) The concert

13104-431: Was certified gold in 2000. Following the 9/11 attacks Grant's " I Will Remember You " saw a resurgence in popularity as many radio DJs mixed a special tribute version of the song. In the same year Grant won $ 125,000 for charity on the "Rock Star Edition" of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Grant returned to Christian pop with the 2002 release of an album of hymns titled Legacy... Hymns and Faith . The album featured

13221-446: Was dubbing a copy of the tape, Chris Christian , the owner of the recording studio heard the demo and called Word Records . He played it over the phone and she was offered a recording contract, five weeks before her 16th birthday. In 1977, she recorded her first album, Amy Grant , produced by Brown Bannister , who would also produce her next 11 albums. It was released in early 1978, one month before her high-school graduation. Toward

13338-594: Was my inspiration", became a pop hit (hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100), and Grant was established as a name in the mainstream music world. "Baby Baby" received Grammy nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Record and Song of the Year (although it failed to win in any of those categories). Four other hits from the album made the Pop top 20: " Every Heartbeat " (No. 2), " That's What Love Is For " (No. 7), " Good for Me " (No. 8), and " I Will Remember You " (No. 20). On

13455-475: Was placed on probation for a year by the American Association of Theological Schools , and the power of trustees was curtailed. The university took Stahlman's $ 5 million donation in 1972–1973, and named a professorship in his honor. In 2005, Lawson was re-hired as a Distinguished University Professor for the 2006–2007 academic year. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus for his achievements. In May 1962

13572-485: Was ranked 12th in the country in funding from the National Institutes of Health. Its Institute for Space and Defense Electronics , housed in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, includes the largest academic facility in the world involved in radiation-effects research. Among its more unusual activities, the university has institutes devoted to the study of coffee and of bridge . Indeed,

13689-472: Was released on September 26, 2006. In addition to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , media appearances included write-ups in CCM Magazine , and a performance on The View . In a February 2007 web chat on her web site, Grant discussed a book she was working on titled Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far , saying, "It's not an autobiography, but more a collection of memories, song lyrics, poetry and

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