Melissa Gresalfi

The Campus Reading for the 2024–25 academic year will be I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times by Mónica Guzmán. The book was chosen by a committee of faculty and students and launches community-wide dialogue that begins during orientation and continues throughout the year in houses on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, in Vanderbilt Visions groups, and across campus. Read More

Each fall Vanderbilt University admits a diverse cohort of more than 1,600 first-year undergraduate students. These students are welcomed to the Vanderbilt family with support through the transition process and a vast network of resources that can help ensure their success.  Read More

Melissa Gresalfi has been reappointed as Vanderbilt University’s dean of residential colleges and residential education and dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Read More

Faculty who would like to learn more about serving in residential or programmatic roles within the university’s residential colleges system are invited to an open house on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The information session will cover the significance of faculty engagement within the residential colleges system, roles available to faculty and the application process. Read More

Residential colleges and the Vanderbilt Visions program invite all Vanderbilt faculty, students and staff to nominate a book for the Class of 2028 Campus Reading. Next year’s theme is “Embracing the Debate.” You may nominate up to three texts of any genre by current or deceased authors. Read More

Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education Tiffiny Tung announced new roles designed to streamline collaboration and communication across teams. Read More

Vanderbilt recently hosted scholars from Fordham University for the public roundtable discussion “Confronting Hate: Antisemitism and Racism” to explore how historic occurrences of antisemitism and anti-Blackness inform current white supremacist movements in the United States.   Read More

The book, a story of self-discovery, young love, and the exploration of what it means to belong in a community, underscores the 2023-2024 Martha Rivers Ingram Commons programming theme of “Be/longing.” Read More

After being canceled in 2021 and modified in 2022 due to COVID-19, the Commons Ball returned to its full tradition in 2023. This year’s “Midnight Masquerade”-themed event, held Feb. 3, was the result of months of collaborative effort among the 10 presidents that lead each house's advisory programming council on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, Vanderbilt’s residential colleges and Vanderbilt Campus Dining.  Read More

Emmy Award-winning sports journalist Jemele Hill will kick off Black History Month at Vanderbilt as the featured speaker of the university’s 15th annual Murray Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. The event is free and open to the public. Read More

Faculty who would like to learn more about serving in residential or programmatic roles within the university’s residential colleges system are invited to an open house on Thursday, Nov, 10,  from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons dean’s residence, located at 1235 18th Ave. S. Read More

Residential Colleges invites all Vanderbilt faculty, students and staff to nominate a book for next year’s Campus Reading for the Class of 2027 and incoming transfer students. Nominations should support the theme “Engaging the Controversial: Making Space for Discussion and Connection.” Read More

Roshaunda “Ro” Ross-Orta, a program manager for residential colleges, has been named director of the new Office of Student Transitions and Community Engagement, and Natalee Erb, associate director of residential colleges, has been promoted to director of residential colleges. Read More

Three new residential faculty have been appointed as leaders in shaping student learning experiences beyond the classroom. Ravindra Duddu will be the inaugural faculty head of Rothschild College, scheduled to begin housing students in fall 2022. In addition, Sutherland House and Murray House will welcome two new faculty heads of house: Chezare Warren and Renã A.S. Robinson. Read More

Faculty who would like to learn more about serving in residential or programmatic roles within the university’s residential college system are invited to an open house on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Read More

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.5 million grant to Peabody College of education and human development faculty Melissa Gresalfi and Anita Wager to support their research titled “Supporting Playful Learning in Elementary Mathematics Classrooms.” Read More

A little rain didn't stop Vanderbilt from welcoming the Class of 2025 to campus. The traditional first-year student Move-In event took place as students arrived on The Martha Ingram Commons on Saturday, Aug. 21. Read More

The Campus Reading for the 2021-22 academic year will be "When Breath Becomes" Air by Paul Kalanithi. The selection was chosen by a team of faculty and students. Read More

Candice Lee, vice chancellor for athletics and university affairs and athletic director, will join a panel of administrators and student-athletes for “She Persisted: The Past, Present and Future of Women in Sports,” a conversation about women’s sports since the passage of Title IX in 1972. The discussion will take place Tuesday, March 16, beginning at 5 p.m. CT as part of Women’s History Month. Read More

Vanderbilt experts from academic, medical and operational areas of campus came together during a Jan. 13 virtual town hall to discuss and answer questions about the Spring Return to Campus Plan with undergraduate students and their families. Read More