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CommonVU Orientation

View the 2023 CommonVU Orientation Schedule.

For fall of 2024 CommonVU Orientation will begin on Move-In Day, Saturday, August 17. The required CommonVU Orientation offers activities and programs for first-year students to introduce them to the living-learning communities of their houses and The Ingram Commons, the faculties and academic classes of their schools, the norms and values of the Vanderbilt community, upper-division students and their organizations, and Nashville. Additionally, you will meet your student and faculty VUceptors who will serve as guides throughout your first semester at Vanderbilt. The 2024 CommonVU Orientation schedule will be posted around July 1.

With additional questions about CommonVU Orientation, please contact the Office of the Dean of The Ingram Commons at commons@vanderbilt.edu or call the New Student Hotline at (615) 322-4357. Parents can also find support by calling the Parent Helpline at (877) 887-2736 or emailing parents@vanderbilt.edu.