University Chaplain

Shantell Hinton will join the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life as assistant chaplain and assistant director of religious life on June 1. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has approved a reorganization and expansion of the Office of the Dean of Students to better support Vanderbilt’s rapidly changing student body. Read More

Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, presents "Interfaith Leadership: Engaging Faith and Philosophical Diversity in the 21st Century" as part of the Chaplain's Speaker Series April 12 in Benton Chapel. Read More

Members of the Vanderbilt community will gather Friday, March 18, to remember Owen Graduate School of Management student Taylor Force, who was killed March 8 in a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv, Israel. The service is closed to the public, and because of limited seating in the chapel, priority will be given to members of the Owen School community and those who knew Force well. Read More

Vanderbilt Chabad, Vanderbilt Hillel and the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life will sponsor a campuswide Chanukah celebration beginning at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Read More

The Vanderbilt Interfaith Council will host a brief vigil on Alumni Lawn Thursday, Nov. 19, at 5 p.m. to remember the victims of recent terror attacks in France, Lebanon and Iraq. Read More

Thomas Merton's legacy as an influential Catholic author, artist and advocate for peace and civil rights will be celebrated at Vanderbilt the first week of December with events that include jazz and poetry performances. Read More

Vanderbilt's 38th Annual Holocaust Lecture Series ends Tuesday, Nov. 3, with a panel discussion about genocide and sexual violence. Read More

The first event for Vanderbilt's 38th Annual Holocaust Lecture Series is "Etty," a one-woman theatrical play by Susan Stein, set for Tuesday, Oct. 6, in the All Faith Chapel at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

Krista Tippett, best-selling author and host of NPR's On Being, presents "The Mystery and Art of Living" on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m. in Benton Chapel as part of the Chaplain's Speaker Series. Read More

IICC aims to help students develop the skills necessary to promote social justice and to have constructive conversations surrounding differences. Assistant Dean of Students Tina Smith has been promoted to associate dean and will lead IICC. Read More

Project Dialogue and the Vanderbilt Buddhist Community will host a meditation workshop at the new zen garden at the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life on April 7. Read More

Renowned theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser will discuss his latest book, "The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at Vanderbilt University’s Benton Chapel. Read More

Seven campus offices whose focus is to support and serve Vanderbilt’s diverse community teamed up for the first-ever Diverse Dores Community Jamboree Sept. 3. Read More

Project Dialogue is marking its 25th anniversary with a concert by Matisyahu, an artist who blends Orthodox Judaism themes with reggae, rock and hip hop. Read More

Vanderbilt hosted a Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy instructor certification training, drawing 44 participants. Read More

On Thursday, April 10, the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life will offer a professional development opportunity in partnership with the Office of the Dean of Students titled “Transitioning into Adulthood: The Cultural Lives of Emerging Adults.” Patricia Snell Herzog, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and… Read More

Ralph C. Wood, professor of theology and literature at Baylor University and editor-at-large for Christian Century Magazine will discuss “Fyodor Dostoevsky, Flannery O’Connor and Christ Pantocrator” March 11 in Benton Chapel. Read More

The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life will conduct a nonsectarian service of remembrance for Akhilesh Pathak this Friday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. in All Faith Chapel, on the ground floor of Vanderbilt Divinity School directly below Benton Chapel. The service will be coordinated… Read More

Several campus activities were planned for Wednesday, Sept. 11, to mark the anniversary of terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. Read More