FAQ and Links

Frequently Asked Questions/Quicklinks

If you have a question about your student at Vanderbilt and you’d like to get a quick answer, start here with our collection of the most requested areas of information. The list is alphabetized and covers the major categories that parents and families most often request. Some sources will have web links directly to the department or services; others will have phone numbers. Many sources will have both web links and phone numbers (try the web page first–many of the answers to your questions are on-line).

Academics

• Arts and Science Dean’s Office 615-322-2844
• Blair School of Music Dean’s Office 615-322-7651
• School of Engineering Dean’s Office 615-322-2762
• Peabody Dean’s Office 615-322-7444
• Class Schedule/Catalogs
• Class Scheduling Problems, call the dean’s office of the school in which student is enrolled
• Adviser/Advising: Call the dean’s office (listed above).
• Certification of Enrollment
• Dean’s List Media Request
• Summer Sessions
• Writing Studio
• University Calendar
• University Registrar

Admissions

• Undergraduate Admissions - 800-288-0432
• Admissions Student Referral Form
• Expanded Aid
• Financial Aid - 800-288-0204
• Pre-College PAVE Program
• Virtual Tour

Directory Information

• Faculty, staff, and students; Or, call 615-322-7311.

Financial Issues

• Financial Aid Office: 800-288-0204
• Commodore Card Office: 800-632-0998
• Student Accounts: questions about your bill or payment 800-288-1144

Insurance

• Coverage-Contact - 615-343-4688
• Enrollment Certification (to prove that your student is enrolled full-time for health/auto coverage, etc.)
• Young Adult Insurance Information at healthcare.gov

Security/Student Welfare

Disability Services - 615-322-4705

Hazing Hotline (Greek Life)

Office of Housing and Residential Education - 615-322-2591

Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention

Psychological and Counseling Center - 615-322-2571

Police-Security - 615-322-2745

Student Health - 615-322-2427

Student Services/Offices

• AlertVU
• Athletics News
• Black Cultural Center
• Bookstore
• Center for Student Professional Development
• Commodore Card Office
• Commencement
• Computer Problems/Information or call 888-310-6466
• Dean of Students Office
• Dining Services
• English Language Center
• The Ingram Commons
• Global Education Office-Study Abroad
• Greeks (Fraternities and Sororities)
• Information Technology Services
• Jewish Life Center
• LGBTQI Life
• Parents and Grandparents Campaign
• Religous Life: Chaplain’s Office
• Special Occasions for Your Student
• Station B Post Office – 615-322-2934
• Student Government Shuttles
• Student Accounts - 615-322-6693
• Student News: Inside Vandy
• Traffic/Parking
• Women’s Center

Visiting Campus

• Directions to Campus
• Travel Arrangements
• Nashville

Commodore Yearbook Portraits

Yearbook Portraits are taken in the fall semester for all undergraduates and early in the spring semester for students who are studying abroad or otherwise were not on campus in the fall. Notices are posted in The Vanderbilt Hustler (student newspaper), by postcards sent to the parents of undergraduate students, in the InnerVU (delivered to each residence hall room) and posted generally throughout the campus. It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements to have portraits taken each year to appear in the Commodore yearbook. For information on yearbook portraits, please visit our website or email .

Generally, yearbooks are shipped in the fall semester following the academic year. The only way for a student to receive a yearbook is to order one. To order a Commodore Yearbook and/or Parent Congratulatory Ad, please please visit our website or send us an email .

Still can’t find what you’re looking for? Call the Parents and Family Programs Office at 615-343-7370 for more information.

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