More than 1,700 new Vanderbilt University students, including first-year and transfer students, will carry banners and march into the school’s main gate 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, during Founders Walk, a tradition that formally welcomes new students to the Vanderbilt community. The students will march past the statue of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and be greeted by administrators, faculty, students, alumni and staff. Following the procession, students will hear from Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Dean of Students Mark Bandas and Vanderbilt Student Government President Joseph Williams before their induction to the university’s honor system by Honor Council President and Vanderbilt senior Abby Stufflebam.
WHAT: More than 1,700 new Vanderbilt University students, including first-year and transfer students, will carry banners and march into the school’s main gate during Founders Walk, a tradition that formally welcomes new students to the Vanderbilt community.
WHERE: Students will line up on 24th Avenue South and walk down West End Avenue into Vanderbilt University’s main gate (located across from Caterpillar Financial building).
WHEN: Sunday, Aug. 24, 5 p.m.