October, 2015
Samhain Night
Oct. 23, 2015—While many will soon be celebrating the secular festivities of Halloween by dressing up in costumes and eating candy on the evening of Saturday, October 31. Samhain, pronounced “Sow-when,” is considered the highest holy festival for those who follow some of the various Pagan/Earth-Centered religious traditions of the modern day. During this time Wiccans, Druids,...
IDEALS Survey coming to VU!
Oct. 22, 2015—The Interfaith Diversity Experiences & Attitudes Longitudinal Survey (IDEALS) seeks to better understand student encounters with religious, spiritual, and worldview diversity across the spectrum of American higher education. As colleges and universities increasingly seek to engage religiously diverse students, actionable data and empirically-driven decision making are more important than ever before. IDEALS helps ensure that...
Sign up for the 2016 Interfaith Spring Break Trip!
Oct. 22, 2015—Second Annual Interfaith Spring Break, March 5-10, 2016 The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life and ISSS are teaming up to, once again, offer Vanderbilt undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to visit our nation’s capitol as we conduct a tour of world religions, visiting major centers of worship and learning: Howard University...
Eid 2015 in Review
Oct. 22, 2015—***guest article writen by Saif Hamdan**** Eid ul-Adha Recap As Muslims all around the world celebrated Eid ul-Adha in commemoration of the end of Hajj, or pilgrimage, and the devotion of Prophet Abraham, the Muslim Students Association as well as the Malaysian Students Association at Vanderbilt were able to share bits and pieces of their...
The 38th Annual Holocaust Lecture Series
Oct. 8, 2015—Vanderbilt Holocaust Lecture Series 2015 Gender and Genocide ALL EVENTS WILL START AT 7 PM General description of lecture series Now in its 38th year, Vanderbilt’s annual Holocaust lecture series is the longest-running program of its kind at any university in the U.S. This year’s theme is gender and genocide. As one of our...