Vanderbilt Visions
2006-2007
Campus Culture Committees
Established by the Chancellor*
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Orientation to Vanderbilt Norms and Values
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Conduct, Honor and Integrity
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James Hudnut-Beumler and Brock Williams, CoChairs
Student Wellness and Health
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Mark Bandas and Richard McCarty, Co-Chairs
Camilla Benbow and John Greene, Co-Chairs
Events, Activities and Campus Culture
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Sandy Stahl and Mark Wait, Co-Chairs
*E-mail to Vanderbilt community on February 1, 2006
Orientation to Vanderbilt
Norms and Values Members
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Ellen Brier
Doug Fisher
Amy Jarman
Richard McCarty
Mark Bandas
Nim Chinniah
Angie Cottrell
Dwayne Elliott
Frank Gladu
Alexis Yee-Garcia
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Tyler Armstrong
Emilie Carroll
Stuart Hill
Alice Ji
Russell Lakey
Jordan Lamdreth
Sydney Larson
Adrian Reif
Kyle Southern
Zakiya Smith
Annie Weiss
Building a New Partnership
VUceptors + Faculty + Freshmen
Extreme Makeover
VUceptor Edition - 2006
VUcept 2006
Vanderbilt’s New Student Orientation Organization
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VUcept has been involved in fall orientation since 1963!
VUceptors are Vanderbilt undergraduates who volunteer and
receive training to:
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Work with small groups of freshmen during the time between move-in
Saturday and the beginning of classes the following Wednesday.
Coordinate the Move Crew.
Develop The Book.
Plan events for DoreSTEPS such as Commodores in the Community,
Nashville Night, and Fall Festival.
Organize the Student Organization Fair early in the fall semester.
Eighty VUceptors were recently selected from a pool of 300+
applicants to work on the Vanderbilt Visions extended orientation
program. They have already received preliminary training.
Vanderbilt Visions
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An extended orientation program that will be presented
to the Class of 2010.
The 1600-person freshman class will be divided into 80
small groups of 20 students each.
Each small group will be co-facilitated by a faculty
member and a VUceptor.
Small groups will meet for the first time during move-in
Saturday on August 19 and will continue to meet
regularly until just prior to spring break in 2007.
The foundation for Vanderbilt Visions will be the 7
values of the Vanderbilt Community Creed.
Vanderbilt Visions will not involve academic credit and
any issues of attendance will be handled through the
student conduct office.
Vanderbilt Community Creed
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Scholarship
Honesty
Civility
Accountability
Caring
Discovery
Celebration
Topics for Discussion
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Fall semester (10 sessions)
Active Citizenship
Presentation by John
Greene, M.D.
Health and Wellness
Relationships
VUT Play + discussion
Honor and Integrity
Accountability
Electronic Legacies
2006 Election and
Citizenship
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Spring Semester (6 sessions)
Reflection and Change
Freedom Sings
Campus Culture
Current Events/Open Topic
History of Civil Rights and
Vanderbilt
Closing Plenary Session with
Rev. James Lawson the week
of February 19th
Format for Vanderbilt Visions
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50-minute sessions; many small groups will be scheduled in the
late afternoon or evening.
Faculty and VUceptors will serve as co-facilitators of the small
groups.
Blackboard will support each of the 80 small groups.
A Vanderbilt Visions web page will be maintained throughout the
year with suggestions for enrichment activities.
Faculty and VUceptor pairs will be sub-divided into 8 groups of
10 pairs to facilitate interchange during the academic year.
For each discussion topic, pairs will be provided with suggested
readings and discussion questions. However, there will be
considerable flexibility for each pair of facilitators to approach
the topic in its own unique way.
This is a 4+-school Effort!
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Blair School of Music – 2 faculty
School of Engineering – 9 faculty
Peabody College of Education – 20 faculty
College of Arts and Science – 48 faculty
School of Law – 1 faculty member (Nick
Zeppos)
Additional Duties in A&S
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Each Arts and Science faculty member will also
serve as a pre-major advisor for the freshmen in
his or her Vanderbilt Visions small group.
Separate training will be provided for pre-major
advisors on the mornings of August 17 and 18.
Compensation*
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Faculty co-facilitators will
receive $5,000 for their work
in the Vanderbilt Visions
program.
Faculty will also receive
compensation for their
service as pre-major advisors.
VUceptors will receive a
book store credit of $500 per
semester for their service in
Vanderbilt Visions.
*Funding provided by the Provost
Vanderbilt Visions will
prepare us for…
The Freshman Commons in fall 2008
We need you to…
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Serve as a faculty facilitator for Vanderbilt
Visions.
Serve as a pre-major advisor for those A&S
freshmen who are in a Vanderbilt Visions small
group that is facilitated by a faculty member
from Blair, Engineering or Peabody.
Be a promoter of Vanderbilt Visions when you
encounter freshmen next fall.