The Social Religious Building at Peabody College, which was transformed under Vanderbilt's sixth Chancellor Joe B. Wyatt from a historic landmark to one of the nation's most advanced learning environments, was renamed for the former Chancellor and his wife, Faye, on April 29, 2000. The building, above, is now known as the Faye and Joe Wyatt Center for Education. Click on the photo for a 360 degree view of the Peabody Esplanade, the front lawn of the Wyatt Center.

In 1867, George Peabody established The Peabody Education Fund with a $1 million grant to improve education in the South, and the institution bearing his name established a worldwide reputation as a premier educator of teachers. Located across the street from Vanderbilt, Peabody and its neighbor merged 20 years ago, pledging to retain the strengths of both institutions.

Continuing its commitment to teacher education, Peabody has been consistently named by Rugg's Recommendations on the Colleges as the top education program in the country. Among the top-ten ranked colleges of education nationally, only Peabody has an undergraduate program.

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