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Breathing Room provides graduate and professional students and postdocs with accessible opportunities to unwind, reconnect, and recharge. Each event in this program offers low-stakes creativity, sensory engagement, and community connection, encouraging participants to care for themselves beyond their academic work.
The Inclusive Book Group encourages Vanderbilt community members to read expansively, even beyond their comfort zone. It’s a partnership between the Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, and the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. All are welcome!
Kitchen Table Series (KTS) is a peer-facilitated discussion for undergraduate students about current gender-related topics such as sexual health, body image, women in politics, and much more. All undergraduate students are invited to join our KTS conversations.
The Parenting Group is a lunchtime program for the Vanderbilt community that addresses a range of topics, such as school choice, screen time, and gender socialization. Meetings take place from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. over Zoom, and usually feature a guest who leads a discussion about a topic of interest to group members.
This program offers Ph.D. students and postdocs a chance to reflect on how gender affects their experiences as they begin their professional journey in the academy. This program fosters community and support for students navigating graduate school and a career in the academy.
The Work–Life Workshops for faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdocs is a lecture-based program that covers a blend of self-care and professional development topics such as navigating organizational politics, mindfulness and stress management, salary negotiation strategies, and more.
Questions? Contact the Women’s Center at womenctr@vanderbilt.edu.
Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center
2304D Vanderbilt Place
Franklin House
615-322-4843
womenctr@vanderbilt.edu
Mailing Address
2301 Vanderbilt Place
PMB 351513
Nashville, TN, 37235
Hours
School Year: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Summer: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.