Ingram Commons
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Jessica Oster
Learn about Jessica Oster as she and her family move onto the Ingram Commons! Read MoreAug 15, 2024
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Huili Hong
Learn why becoming one of Vanderbilt's new residential faculty is so special and personal to Huili Hong. Read MoreAug 8, 2024
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Andrew Finch
Hear why Andy Finch and his wife are excited to be the newest residential faculty in the Ingram Commons. Read MoreAug 6, 2024
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Brittany Chase
Brittany Chase started as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt, now she's one of the new residential faculty. Read what she's most looking forward to as she moves onto the Ingram Commons. Read MoreAug 6, 2024
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Open house for faculty interested in residential colleges set for Oct. 26
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 MoreOct 16, 2023
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WATCH: Move-In features fun, connection on The Ingram Commons for Class of 2027
What better way to be welcomed into the Vanderbilt University community than with cheering, music and lots of helping hands! Move-In Weekend on The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons is one of the university’s most-loved traditions, building support and belonging from Day 1. Read MoreAug 21, 2023
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Everything you need to know about campus traditions
As Vanderbilt has evolved over its nearly 150 years, many favorite traditions have been established to celebrate the diversity and community that make VU special. Read MoreSep 10, 2021
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New students engage with author Dolly Chugh at 14th annual Lawson Lecture
This year’s Lawson Lecture featured Dolly Chugh, author of "The Person You Mean to Be," the 2020 Commons Reading for first-year and transfer students, and Dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons Melissa Gesalfi in a fireside chat via webinar. Read MoreOct 9, 2020
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Faculty head of house encourages healthy bodies and healthy minds
When faculty head of Murray House Alyssa Hasty connects with first-year students this semester, she's often doing so from a white painted circle on a lawn at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Read MoreSep 28, 2020
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Constitution Day events to focus on women’s fight for voting rights with author Elaine Weiss
Vanderbilt University will honor Constitution Day on Thursday, Sept. 17, with a focus on the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution featuring a conversation with Elaine Weiss, author of "The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote." Read MoreSep 4, 2020
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Ideas for socializing during the pandemic
This semester may look different from years past, but that hasn’t stopped students, faculty and staff from interacting with their fellow Commodores in new and meaningful ways amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its necessary safety protocols. Read MoreSep 3, 2020
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Incoming students celebrated at virtual Founders Walk
Incoming first-year, transfer and Next Steps students were welcomed into the Vanderbilt community on Sunday during Founders Walk, an annual event that marks the start of the academic year as well as the students’ time at the university. Read MoreAug 23, 2020
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Melissa Gresalfi
As the new academic year gets underway, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Melissa Gresalfi, associate professor of mathematics education and dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons. Read MoreJul 30, 2020
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Rosevelt Noble
As the new academic year gets underway, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Rosevelt Noble, senior lecturer in sociology and director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center and faculty head of Stambaugh House. Read MoreJul 29, 2020
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Elizabeth Meadows
As the new academic year approaches, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Elizabeth Meadows, associate director of the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, senior lecturer in English and faculty head of East House. Read MoreJul 29, 2020
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Chalene Helmuth
As the new academic year approaches, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Chalene Helmuth, senior lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese and faculty head of Sutherland House. Read MoreJul 29, 2020
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Douglas McMahon
As the new academic year approaches, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Douglas McMahon, professor of biological sciences and faculty head of Crawford House. Read MoreJul 29, 2020
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Frank Dobson
As the new academic year gets underway, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Frank Dobson, associate dean of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons and faculty head of Gillette House. Read MoreJul 29, 2020
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Christoph Zeller
As the new academic year approaches, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Christoph Zeller, associate professor of German studies and of European studies and faculty head of West House. Read MoreJul 29, 2020
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Get to know Vanderbilt’s residential faculty: Professor Edwin Williamson
As the new academic year gets underway, Vanderbilt’s faculty heads of house are revealing some things about themselves in this special portrait series. Get to know Edwin Williamson, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and faculty head of Hank Ingram House. Read MoreJul 28, 2020