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The Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
116 Calhoun Hall
(615) 322-7290
Founded in 1986, the Center for Teaching works to foster and sustain a culture at Vanderbilt that practices, values, and rewards university teaching and learning as vital forms of scholarship. The Center's programs and services are available to any member of the university's teaching community, including full-time and part-time faculty, teaching assistants, post-doctoral fellows.
The Center offers a variety of programs and services to meet the needs of graduate students entering the teaching ranks, listed below, with web links for further information. All instructors will find participation in center programs an avenue for exploration and discovery in a collegial setting.
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The BRET Office of Career Development and Outcomes Analysis
340 Light Hall (Medical Center)
(615) 322-6885
The BRET Office of Career Development and Outcomes Analysis provides career resources for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the biomedical and biological sciences. Whether you're looking for a post-doc or a job, or just exploring your options, we can help! Our website provides an overview of the services we offer, and serves as a gateway to a wealth of information related to professional development and careers in science. |
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The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center
Franklin Building, 316 West Side Row
(615) 322-4843
The Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center was established in 1978 to serve women and men; students, faculty, and staff; and the broader Nashville community. We sponsor a wide variety of lectures, workshops, groups, and special programming to increase awareness of gender-related issues and to promote gender equity. We are also the home of Project Safe, a campus-wide program to prevent and respond to violence against women.
Graduate students are welcome at all of our programs and are especially encouraged to participate in our Women in Academe series and our Dissertation Writers Group. Please visit the links below for more information.
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| Psychological and Counseling Center |
The Psychological and Counseling Center
1120 Baker Building
110 21st Avenue South
(615) 322-2571
The Psychological and Counseling Center is a broad-based service cener available to full-time students, faculty, staff, and their partners and dependents. Services include: 1) family, couples, individual, and group counseling and psychotherapy; 2)Career assessment and counseling; 3) reading and study skills/test taking techniques; 4) stress and time management; 5) outreach and consultation.
Eligible persons may make appointments by calling (615) 322-2571. Services are confidential to the extent permitted by law. For more information see the website. The site also contains self-reflection questions and information resources for counseling services.
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| Student Mental Health Services |
The Mental Health Division of the Student Health Center
Zerfoss Medical Center
Fourth Floor
(615) 322-3414
The Mental Health Division of the Student Health Center provides
psychiatric and counseling services exclusively to the student body of
Vanderbilt University. Our staff consists of psychiatrists, a
Psychiatric Nurse Practioner, psychologist, and Alcohol and Drug
Counselor.
Short term individual therapy is offered to individuals with concerns
related to (but not limited to) depression, anxiety, eating disorders,
substance use and other stress issues pertaining to academic life.
Psychiatrists at SHC provide evaluation and consultation in order to develop a comprehensive treatment plan. Referrals are often made to the PCC for longer term therapy, or if more intensive services are required, care may be transferred into the community. Patients are seen for psychiatric care throughout the calendar year.
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The Vanderbilt English Language Center
English LanguageCenter
1208 18th Avenue South
(615) 322-2277
The English Language Center (ELC) provides English language support
courses for international students enrolled in graduate degree
programs. All courses are academically and professionally oriented, and
every effort is made to make courses directly relevant to the
participants' academic or professional needs. Courses include Academic
Writing, Pronunciation and Communication Skills. The ELC also provides
customized language courses for Schools and Departments at Vanderbilt.
These courses include “English for Foreign Lawyers” for the Vanderbilt Law School, and the “US Business Communication and Culture Seminar” for the Owen Graduate School of Management. Instructors from the ELC are involved in the evaluation of International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) and provide courses to help ITAs achieve the high level of communication skills needed to carry out their teaching responsibilities. . Information on all courses offered at the ELC can be found at www.vanderbilt.edu/elc. |
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The Graduate School
411 Kirkland Hall
(615) 322-3825
The Graduate School is one of the ten colleges and schools of Vanderbilt University and is the school of record for all students enrolled in one of the fifty-plus graduate programs across the University. The Graduate School serves students as a monitor of their academic progress and as an honest broker to assist in addressing student concerns that are not resolved at the program, department, or school dean’s level.
The GDN is organized under the auspices of the Graduate School, which also serves as host for this GDN web presence. Vanderbilt graduate students are welcome to contact the Graduate School for assistance, advice, and referral to the many resources across the campus, including those posted on this GDN site.
Vanderbilt students enrolled in professional degree programs may also find these resources helpful, but should also contact their department or dean’s office to locate support programs specifically for professional students.
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| International Student and Scholar Services |
International Student & Scholar Services
Student Life Center Suite 103
310 25th Avenue South
(615) 322-2753
ISSS is a member of the Division of Student Life in the Community,
Leadership, Intercultural Programs and Services (CLIPS) cluster. ISSS
works with Vanderbilt international students and scholars holding F and
J visa status on a myriad of immigration and visa related issues.
The visas types that ISSS serves are:
- - F-1 students and F-2 dependents - J-1 exchange visitor visa categories and J-2 dependents.
The office of International Student and Scholar Services:
- - Provides immigration advising and services, including the processing of immigration paperwork.
- - Advises students and scholars on visa and consular related concerns and on maintaining legal status in the U.S.
- - Maintains SEVIS and i1440 database entries for approximately 1,700 students, scholars, and dependents.
- - Works with admission units, schools and departments to generate documentation needed to bring international students and scholars to the U.S.
- - Coordinates bi-annual orientation programs and welcome events for students and on-going orientations for scholars.
- - Organizes programs events and activities, including: World on Wednesdays, International Education Week & First Friends.
- - Serves as faculty advisors to several student organizations including International Awareness Council.
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Graduate Student Council
gsc@vanderbilt.edu
The Graduate Student Council of Vanderbilt University serves currently
enrolled graduate students. It is a representative body consisting of one representative from each graduate department of the University. As an organization we have two primary goals.
We coordinate academic, social, and other activities significant to the graduate community. We strive to promote community amongst graduate students, as well as graduate student integration into the university community. All graduate students are welcome to attend and participate in GSC meetings, parties, and academic events.
We work to ascertain and represent graduate student opinions and concerns, facilitating communication between graduate students, administration, and faculty. Any concerns should be directed to your department representative or e-mailed to us at gsc@vanderbilt.edu.
How can you participate?
Keep an eye out for e-mails, flyers, and website postings advertising social, academic, and service opportunities. Come and enjoy all our events!
Become your department's representative or fill in for your department rep when they can't make it to a meeting!
Representatives should be elected in the first two weeks of the fall semester by the graduate students of each department. If no student indicates interest in running in this election, then the Director of Graduate Studies will appoint a student who is interested and involved in graduate concerns. Each representative has the following duties: communicating with their department to determine areas of concern and need, representing their fellow graduate students to the Graduate Student Council, distributing GSC information to their department, attending one Graduate Student Council meeting a month, and participating on one committee of their choice for the duration of their term.
If you have any questions, please contact us at gsc@vanderbilt.edu. We look forward to hearing from you.
Josh Brooks, GSC President 2006-2007
P.S. If you have questions regarding your application to the graduate school, we cannot help you. Instead, try contacting vandygrad@vanderbilt.edu.
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| College of Arts and Sciences Grants Resource Office |
College of Arts and Sciences Grants Resource Office
335 Buttrick Hall
(615) 343-9612
susan.kuyper@vanderbilt.edu
Susan works with individual faculty and graduate students, as well as with interdisciplinary centers, in facilitating the acquisition of research funding from government agencies, foundations, and other nongovernmental funding sources. Contact her for assistance with writing grant proposals.
Learn about current Grant Opportunities.
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| Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities |
Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
Vaughn Home
(615) 343-6060
mona.frederick@vanderbilt.edu
The Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities promotes interdisciplinary research and study in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Because cooperative study in higher education is crucial to the modern university and the society it influences, the Center is designed to intensify and increase interdisciplinary discussion of academic, social, and cultural issues.
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Writing Studio
117 Alumni Hall
(615) 343-2225
writing.studio@vanderbilt.edu
The Writing Studio is a free and confidential resource for Vanderbilt students. In one-to-one meetings, writing consultants work with graduate students at any stage in their writing processes and on any projects, including grant proposals, dissertations, and theses. 50-minute long appointments can be scheduled online through our Web site, and longer appointments can be scheduled by calling 615.343.2225. |
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