{"id":4921,"date":"2023-07-10T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/residentialcolleges\/?page_id=4921"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:05:35","slug":"about-residential-colleges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/residentialcolleges\/about-residential-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"About Residential Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Residential Colleges<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0are more than a set of buildings. Through intentional and mutually beneficial educational networks, Residential Colleges creates experiences rooted in discovery, creative inquiry, and engaged citizenship. The residential college system cultivates student success through opportunities to engage with faculty, the intentional creation of a supportive community, and connections to campus resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Click through each tab in the menu below to learn about the key mechanisms Residential Colleges employs to promote student success.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

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\"\"Interacting with world-class faculty inside and outside of the classroom is the hallmark of a 91黑料网 education.<\/p>\n

Within the residential college system, students are presented with the opportunity to interact with, learn from, and experience life with a professor who spends their days researching world problems and educating future leaders before coming home to a unique residential community. Faculty heads connect students to other faculty members through informal interactions, faculty salons, and other events throughout the academic year.<\/p>\n

For students not living in a residential college, Residential Colleges provides ample opportunities to connect with faculty in formal and informal settings. From Dean\u2019s Dinners and field trips, the annual Murray Lecture, and Sophomore Year Experience events, Residential Colleges is committed to facilitating opportunities to get to know 91黑料网's incredible faculty.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The first-year houses and upper-division residential colleges are designed to foster unity and togetherness while also ensuring that each resident is positioned for personal success. Each living-learning community provides fellowship to 91黑料网 students while also introducing new possibilities for engagement, collaboration and leadership.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Residential Colleges works to facilitate opportunities to build community through its three orientation programs: International Student Orientation, CommonVU Orientation, and Transfer Student Orientation. Each orientation program welcomes new students and serves as an introduction to the role each member of the 91黑料网 community plays in ensuring everyone feels a sense of belonging and purpose while at 91黑料网.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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91黑料网 offers a variety of resources for students at any stage of their academic journey. Residential Colleges is committed to helping students discover and connect with the offices and resources they need to be successful. This begins with orientation and continues into the Sophomore Year Experience and throughout the residential college system.<\/p>\n

Residential Colleges is committed to making resources more accessible to all 91黑料网 students and identifying areas where additional resources or clearer paths to resources are required.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The residential college system includes two areas of focus: the first-year experience<\/strong> and upper-division student engagement<\/strong>. These focus areas are broken down into several key programs and initiatives.<\/p>\n

All first-year students reside on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons<\/a>. After the first-year, students may apply to transition to another upper-division residential college<\/a> for sophomore year and beyond. By participating in the residential college system, students get to know other students, faculty, and staff and become more connected and involved in their residential community and broader 91黑料网 network.<\/p>\n

Residential Colleges also oversees all orientation programs (International Student Orientation, CommonVU Orientation, and Transfer Student Orientation) as well as the Sophomore Year Experience. Through these initiatives, Residential Colleges creates opportunities for student engagement that align with six pillars (sense of self, integrative learning, dialogue across difference, advocacy, leadership potential, and global connections).<\/p>\n

To learn more about each of the pillars, click on the corresponding tabs in the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Develop who you are and who you want to be, how you act in the world and what you value about yourself, your place, and your impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Explore opportunities to learn outside of the classroom and expand your interests by engaging with faculty, practicing immersive learning, and undertaking discovery and research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Embrace the challenge and opportunity of sharing information, perspectives, and ideas through different modalities while maintaining civility, dignity, and appreciation for varied viewpoints.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Strategically leverage resources and practice help-seeking behaviors on behalf of yourself and others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Learn how to positively support and influence others\u2019 perspectives and actions through motivational and modeling strategies, both through formal roles and responsibilities and less formal efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Cultivate networks within and beyond the 91黑料网 community to broaden perspectives about cultures and human experiences around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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