Belonging & Communities
Belonging and Communities within Student Affairs works to foster welcoming, compassionate spaces where all students at Vanderbilt can explore who they are holistically, connect with others, learn from听differences,听and grow. Through intentional programs and collaborative partnerships, we work to co-create a campus where every experience is honored and each student is empowered to thrive.
Learn more by visiting the centers' sites linked below.
Residential Colleges
Residential colleges鈥痑re 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 vibrant student body. Led by faculty heads who live in residence, Vanderbilt鈥檚 residential colleges create an intentional, mutually beneficial educational experience for students, faculty, and staff that is aligned with : sense of self, integrative learning, dialogue across difference, advocacy, leadership potential, and global connections.
First-Year Experience
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The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, often simply called 鈥淭he Commons鈥� for short, is comprised of 10 houses, each led by a faculty member. Your house will be your home away from home and provide endless opportunities for creating meaningful connections with other students, faculty, staff, and visiting scholars. Meet the residential faculty members (faculty heads of house).
Vanderbilt Visions
Vanderbilt Visions is a mandatory six-week program that creates the chance for groups of new students to discover college life together. All first-year students are automatically assigned to a Visions group, which will meet weekly. Led by both a faculty mentor and upper-division peer mentor (VUceptors), the discussion will help you transition to life at Vanderbilt, find community, connect with campus resources, and cultivate habits of academic inquiry.
Upper-Division
There are six residential colleges for upper-division students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors): E. Bronson Ingram College, Moore College, Nicholas S. Zeppos College, Oliver C. Carmichael College, Rothschild College, and Warren College. Just as each first-year house on The Ingram Commons is led by a residential faculty member, the residential colleges for upper-division students each have their own live-in faculty member (faculty heads of college). 听
Campus Community
Arts and Student Activities
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Athletics
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Intramural Sports
The David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center Intramural Sports program is an opportunity to play sports, build friendships, improve health, relieve stress, develop skills, and have fun!鈥疻ith a variety of team sports and tournaments offered throughout the year, come out and join an IM team today.
Greek Life
Membership in the Greek community provides students the opportunity to be part of a campus tradition dating back to Vanderbilt鈥檚 founding. The roughly thirty Greek organizations are rooted in founding principles that foster academic achievement, student involvement, service within the community, and lifelong friendships.听
Student Organizations
Vanderbilt has鈥痮ver 475 opportunities to help you connect with our community, from organizations focused on service, culture, arts, and religion, to groups for sports, Greek life, student government, and other special interests.鈥�Explore鈥痮ur organization directory on鈥�鈥痶o find the group(s) for you.鈥�听
Employment & Volunteer Opportunities
Finding Employment on Campus
Student employment opportunities offer students flexible, on and off-campus jobs to offset the cost of attendance and gain career experience. Vanderbilt offers an online part-time job bank called ,听where students can find on-campus opportunities as well as part-time off-campus jobs.听
The Career Center offers advice on building your resume, writing cover letters, and interview. Visit the Career Center website for more information.
Please note that if you plan to work on campus, you must complete the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification after accepting your first job offer. This federal requirement requires presenting original documents to verify your identity and work authorization鈥攑hotocopies, scans, or digital versions are not accepted. Having these documents ready will help avoid delays. .
Volunteer Opportunities
There are several registered student organizations at Vanderbilt that focus on volunteering and service-based opportunities, including the , , and . Visit to learn more about available service-based organizations.