Vanderbilt Visions 20062007

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Vanderbilt Visions2006-2007
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Campus Culture CommitteesEstablished by the
Chancellor

• Orientation to Vanderbilt Norms and Values
• Mark Bandas and Richard McCarty, Co-Chairs
• Conduct, Honor and Integrity
• James Hudnut-Beumler and Brock Williams,
  Co-Chairs
• Student Wellness and Health
• Camilla Benbow and John Greene, Co-Chairs
• Events, Activities and Campus Culture
• Sandy Stahl and Mark Wait, Co-Chairs

E-mail to Vanderbilt community on February 1,
2006
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Orientation to VanderbiltNorms and Values Members

• Ellen Brier
• Doug Fisher
• Amy Jarman
• Richard McCarty
• Mark Bandas
• Nim Chinniah
• Angie Cottrell
• Dwayne Elliott
• Frank Gladu
• Alexis Yee-Garcia

• Tyler Armstrong
• Emilie Carroll
• Stuart Hill
• Alice Ji
• Russell Lakey
• Jordan Lamdreth
• Sydney Larson
• Adrian Reif
• Kyle Southern
• Zakiya Smith
• Annie Weiss

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Building a New Partnership
VUceptors Faculty Freshmen
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Extreme MakeoverVUceptor Edition - 2006
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VUcept 2006Vanderbilts New Student Orientation
Organization

• VUcept has been involved in fall orientation
  since 1963!
• VUceptors are Vanderbilt undergraduates who
  volunteer and receive training to
• 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.

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Vanderbilt Visions

• 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.

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Vanderbilt Community Creed

• Scholarship
• Honesty
• Civility
• Accountability
• Caring
• Discovery
• Celebration

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Topics for Discussion

• 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

• 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

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Format for Vanderbilt Visions

• 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.

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This is a 4-school Effort!

• 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)

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Additional Duties in AS

• 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.

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Compensation

• 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
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Vanderbilt Visions willprepare us for
The Freshman Commons in fall 2008
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We need you to

• Serve as a faculty facilitator for Vanderbilt
  Visions.
• Serve as a pre-major advisor for those AS
  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.