Join the Student Organizations, Leadership, and Service team for our third annual Leadership Week happening February 16–20! This week is designed to help you grow as a leader through engaging events, meaningful conversations, and hands-on opportunities to develop your leadership skills. Whether you’re new to leadership or already leading on campus, Leadership Week is your space to learn, connect, and lead with purpose. Food and giveaways provided. RSVP on Anchor Link.

The Undergraduate Student Organization Funding Application is now open! To access your organization's application, have your Treasurer do the following:

Visit the Anchor Link org page and place it in manage view.
Click on the org initial on the left side of the page to access a dropdown.
Click on "Finance"
Click on the blue "Create" button
Click on the available process.

Please note the following deadlines to make submissions:
Undergraduate– March 2 at 11:59 pm
Graduate/Professional– March 6 at 11:59pm

Student leaders should make sure to discuss the questions asked. Please reach out to studentorganizations@vanderbilt.edu if you have any questions.

The Student Organization Funding Committee is seeking subcommittee members to help with this year's Student Organization Funding process. Apply to become part of the committee today! Application closes February 13 at 5:00pm.

Think your idea is worth $1 million? Join the Hult Prize competition, the world's largest student startup competition for a chance to win and change the world! The Hult Prize is a global competition empowering students across 2,000+ campuses in 121 countries to build startups that address pressing social challenges.

The winning Vanderbilt team will receive $1,000 per team member, the chance to compete at Hult Nationals in Boston, and potentially qualify for the international finals and the $1 million grand prize!

The annual Murray Lecture, on February 11th, honors the legacy of Rev. Walter Murray. This year's speaker is WNBA Hall of Famer and Olympic Gold Medalist, Chamique Holdsclaw. The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Carmichael Great Room. Registration is required. Hosted by Residential Colleges and the Black Cultural Center.

The Vanderbilt Center for Entrepreneurship invites you to attend the second annual Startup Career Fair on Wednesday February 18th from 5:30-7:30 in the Owen Graduate School of Management Lobby. We are excited to welcome you to connect with start-up employers based in Nashville and Vanderbilt alumni-owned startups! Participating companies will be recruiting both undergraduate and graduate students for full-time and internship positions.

Click here for more details about the event.

Pre-registration is required by February 11, 2026. Undergraduate and graduate students can register on Handshake and Owen students can register on 12twenty.

Vanderbilt Admissions would like to give student organizations the chance to share information about their groups to prospective and admitted students before they arrive on campus next Fall. If you would like your organization to be officially featured by us on the Vanderbilt ZeeMee, a higher ed social media platform with over 1,000 admitted Vanderbilt students and tens of thousands of prospects/viewers, please send j.duarte@vanderbilt.edu a post of up to 300 words, with an image (optional).

Posts will be going up from mid-February to April.

Join us for Buy Black Vandy on February 19 from 4 to 6 pm in Carmichael College. Hosted by the Black Cultural Center, this event invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to showcase and share their goods and services. Come support local Black entrepreneurs, discover new vendors, and celebrate creativity, talent, and community connection.

Join Dialogue Vanderbilt and the Center for Spiritual and Religious Life for Medicine and Morality, part of the 2025–2026 Holocaust Memorial Lecture Series, which examines the role of medicine and moral failure during the Holocaust. Featuring keynote speakers Dr. Alex Kor and Dr. Stacy Gallin, the lecture explores how medical authority and systems of power were manipulated to justify persecution and mass murder, and why the distinction between what is legal and what is ethical remains urgently relevant today. This event is in partnership with the Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Vanderbilt Chabad, and Vanderbilt Hillel.

Date: Friday, February 20
Time: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Location: Divinity School Reading Room
Registration Link: (https://web.cvent.com/event/ba825b77-ce25-43ca-8936-475f6f80a40f/register)

Simplifying community engagement, so you can invest your energy where it matters. Get Connected today! Find volunteer opportunities easily, sign-up quickly and track your service hours efficiently. Visit vu.edu/getconnected and log in with your VUnetID to get started.

Check out the following opportunity on Vanderbilt Get Connected!
> Free Grocery Distribution at Boys & Girls Club

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