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Through academic coaching offered by the Center for Student Wellbeing, students can polish study skills and learn to manage their time in order to apply those skills effectively. While academic coaching is helpful to students who are experiencing academic difficulties, it is also beneficial to anyone who wishes to enhance their academic effectiveness.
Vanderbilt has partnered with Lyft to provide a discount to the airport from anywhere on Vanderbilt’s campus using access codes. There are a limited number of rides available per holiday.
The Go Gold Battalion has a proud unit history, beginning at Vanderbilt in 1947 with a small Medical Corps unit for medical school students. It has since expanded into a program to train, develop, and commission officers of all branches into the United States Army. Army ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) is a challenging series of college electives which teach leadership and management skills. The program prepares both men and women for responsibilities as Second Lieutenants in the United States Army, Army Reserve, or Army National Guard upon graduation.
The Office of Arts & Campus Events (ACE) supports the major arts and campus programming initiatives on Vanderbilt’s campus: Vanderbilt Programming Board, Vanderbilt Performing Arts Community, Sarratt Art Studios, Sarratt Gallery, and the Sarratt Youth Art Institute. The mission of ACE is to facilitate and promote diverse programming for the Vanderbilt and Nashville community that cultivates social engagement, cultural enrichment, artistic exploration and intellectual growth.
Competing at the NCAA Division I level, Vanderbilt University is a member of the Southeastern Conference.
The Blair School of Music serves as the focal point within Vanderbilt University for the study of music as a human endeavor and as a performing art. Music offers to all persons a medium for the expression of the human spirit. Accordingly, the Blair School of Music addresses music through a broad array of academic, pedagogical, and performing activities. Key resources in the Blair School of Music include the Anne Potter Wilson Music Library, the Blair Student Handbook, and the Office of Academic Services.
Situated at the corner of West End and 25th Avenue, the Vanderbilt bookstore sells course textbooks, office supplies, and Vanderbilt paraphernalia, and other items at a convenient on-campus location.
Check out Vanderbilt’s interactive campus map to help you navigate the campus.
The College of Arts and Science offers more than 60 majors and minors across a range of subjects. No matter the program, all our students learn to think creatively, analyze critically, and communicate clearly—skills that prepare them to succeed in any career throughout their lives. Key A&S resources include the Dean’s Office, the Office of Academic Services, and the College of Arts and Science Pre-Major Academic Resource Center.
There are several computer labs across campus. Some of these labs are publicly accessible and are open to every student. Other labs, including those operated by the Schools of Law and Nursing, are open only to the students of those schools.
Registered student organizations (RSOs) can reserve event spaces and meetings rooms on campus through the Events at Vanderbilt office. Events at Vanderbilt also provides event support for RSOs by procuring tables, recommending, vendors, and other services.
FirstVU is the student-run organization that supports, celebrates, and empowers first-generation students at Vanderbilt. Peer advocates who are also first-generation students lead the group and serve on the FirstVU executive board.
Vanderbilt University is committed to ensuring that study abroad is accessible and affordable for all students. Courses abroad can count toward your major or minor, and your financial aid package will follow you abroad. To help you get started, consider attending a Study Abroad 101 session.
The Health Professions Advisory Office offers special assistance to students planning to pursue careers in medicine. Resources include application materials, scholarships, shadowing opportunities, test preparation, and more.
iLEAD is a student organization composed of International Orientation Leaders (IOLs). IOLs provide support, guidance, and fun to incoming international undergraduate students during International Student Orientation.
The Office of Immersion Resources staff can help draft immersion plans and connect you to cross-college immersion opportunities. Stop by the OIR in the Student Life Center or make an advising appointment with one of our program coordinators.
The Ingram Scholars Program challenges students to create and implement substantial service projects in the community. The program supports students who demonstrate a willingness and ability to combine a successful business or professional career with a lifelong commitment to finding solutions to critical problems facing modern society. Ingram Scholars are expected to devote approximately twenty hours each month during the academic year and at least one of their undergraduate summers to relevant community outreach and service projects.
International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) fosters the education and development of non-immigrant students and scholars to enable them to achieve their academic and professional goals and objectives. ISSS provides advice, counseling, and advocacy regarding immigration, cross-cultural, and personal matters. ISSS supports an environment conducive to international education and intercultural awareness via educational, social, and cross cultural programs.
The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries are fundamental to the university’s goal of advancing scholarship and learning. We collect, preserve and make accessible a wide variety of resources, we partner with faculty and students to shape research, and we encourage the development of informed scholars and engaged citizens.
The mission of the NROTC program is to develop and train midshipmen in preparation for careers as Navy and Marine Corps officers. We focus on academics, leadership, physical fitness, and community involvement in order to provide students with the necessary skills to become leaders of this great country.
The Office of Parking Services is committed to supporting Vanderbilt University’s mission by creating a helpful and welcoming environment through the delivery of excellent service. We provide guidance and assistance to the campus community on all parking-related needs in a timely and efficient manner, and we provide well-maintained parking facilities ensuring equitable parking for all our guests. Our top priority is to provide customer-oriented parking options and exemplary service to students, faculty, staff, and visitors to Vanderbilt University.
The mission of the Peabody College is to enhance the human condition, with a particular focus on children’s learning and development. We do this as we always have, through the preparation of teachers and leaders; through cycles of research, implementation, and refinement; through service to families, schools, and communities; and through external engagement with professionals, leaders, and policy-makers. Key Resources in Peabody College include the Dean’s Office, the Office of Academic Services, and the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
The resources provided on the pre-law webpage can be a prudent starting point for thoughtful law school preparation. However, these are only guideposts and suggestions, *not* a required curriculum. It is also strongly recommended that you make an appointment via calendly with Vanderbilt’s pre-law adviser, Professor Carrie Russell, JD, PhD, for individually tailored assistance.
Residential colleges are a type of on-campus student residence in which the academic experience is integrated into residential life, creating communities and opportunities for learning outside the classroom among a diverse study body. Led by faculty heads who live in-residence, Vanderbilt’s residential colleges create an intentional, mutually-beneficial educational experience for our students, faculty and staff, promoting the development of intellect, community, personal well-being, self-discovery, and cultural awareness.
The mission of the School of Engineering is to produce intellectual leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators by recruiting the best students and providing them a top-notch education; deliver scholarship of the highest caliber, published in the most visible venues, addressing important societal problems, and be a leader in entrepreneurship and innovation, in Tennessee, the U.S., and globally. Key resources in the School of Engineering include the Dean’s Office and the Office of Academic Services.
The Student Handbook is designed to acquaint students with the specifics of the standards expected of them as members of university community. The policies and regulations delineated in the handbook apply to all students enrolled at Vanderbilt.
The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons is a residential campus for all first-year students. One campus fosters a common experience that encourages class unity and class identity. Each first-year student is assigned to live in a house on The Ingram Commons, and each has a distinct identity developed by the faculty head of house.
Vanderbilt University is committed to equal opportunity and to maintaining a safe and healthy environment for all members of the university community, guests, and visitors. The university’s policies, programs, and activities are designed to foster courtesy and respect. The university prohibits and seeks to eliminate all forms of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment and sexual assault, and intimate partner violence, which includes dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking.
The mission of Transfer Connect, the student organization comprised of 20+ Transfer Student Leaders (TSLs), is to offer support, guidance, and community to incoming transfer students throughout their transition to academic and student life at Vanderbilt. This mission is accomplished through the facilitation of Transfer Student Orientation, one-on-one between TSLs and new transfer students, and additional programming open to all transfers.
At Vanderbilt Tutoring Services, you have the opportunity to meet individually with a talented staff of tutors who will help you enhance your academic performance through the power of collaborative learning.
Undergraduate research comes in many forms at Vanderbilt. It is integrated into many of our academic courses and is featured as the capstone experience in a number of majors at the university. At Vanderbilt, creative activities also fall under the purview of what is considered research, so writing a screenplay, hosting a gallery exhibition, or composing an original piece of music are all considered research endeavors.
The Office of the University Registrar supports the mission of Vanderbilt University by serving the needs of Vanderbilt’s colleges and schools, the faculty, current and former students, staff, and the general public in accordance with Vanderbilt’s academic policies and procedures. Processes managed by the Office of the University Registrar include but are not limited to course registration, transfer credit course review, intra-university transfers (change of school), and transcript requests.
All first-year students will be assigned to one of 93 Vanderbilt Visions groups. These groups—each of which is made up of about 18 first-year students—meet frequently throughout CommonVU Orientation and weekly throughout the fall semester. Visions groups help you form strong connections and support networks with classmates across different houses, schools, perspectives, and geographical backgrounds and assist with your transition to becoming a successful college student. Visions also connects you with a faculty member and an upper-division student peer mentor, called faculty and student VUceptors.
Vanderbilt Student Government, in partnership with the Vanderbilt University Police Department and the Dean of Students Office administer the VandyRides shuttle bus program at Vanderbilt University. The Vandy Vans pick up and drop off at pre-designated points on campus. The service operates from 6:00 PM to 3:30 AM during the fall and spring semesters. The vans follow three routes on campus.
VUcept is a peer mentor organization with over fifty years of experience mentoring new students through their transition to the Vanderbilt community. VUceptors facilitate the development of first-year students (VUceptees) by holding Vanderbilt Visions sessions within the living and learning community of The Ingram Commons and by connecting VUceptees to upper-division students and faculty.
At the Writing Studio, you have the opportunity to meet individually with trained consultants to talk about any writing project or concern. Our services are free for any member of Vanderbilt’s scholarly community.