Author
Chaplain’s Speaker Series
Apr. 9, 2018—Chaplain’s Speaker Series February 19 at 7 PM Benton Chapel Anthony Ray Hinton
Religious Life Town Hall (3/20/18)
Mar. 15, 2018—The Office of the University Chaplain & Religious Life (OUCRL) invites the entire Vanderbilt community to participate in the upcoming Religious Life Town Hall on Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 beginning at 6pm in Kissam 216. As an office charged with serving the spiritual needs of this community, your voices are imperative in the doing of...
Chaplain’s Speaker Series: Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart
Feb. 1, 2018—Chaplain’s Speaker Series: Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart The annual Chaplain’s Speaker Series is honored to welcome the Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart, Faith Work Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force and Adjunct Professor at Villanova University, to Vanderbilt University on Thursday, February 8th through Friday, February 9th. Rev. Washington-Leapheart is a United Church of Christ (UCC) minister,...
Interfaith Spring Break 2018
Oct. 16, 2017—Applications open on Anchorlink General Overview: The Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life is partnering with the International Student and Scholar Services and the Interfaith Council to plan Vanderbilt’s interfaith spring break trip. The purpose of this trip will be to explore the meaning of faith between several religions through guided visits and...
Religious Life Newsletter – September 2017
Sep. 20, 2017—September 2017 Dear friends of the Office of the University Chaplain and Religious Life: The life of our university community is never removed from the world that surrounds us. This is especially true as we consider the fact that greater numbers of our students every year are shaped by a plurality of identities rooted within...
Leah Lax: “Uncovered: How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home” (9/14/17)
Sep. 11, 2017—Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017, 5:00 PM Location: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center • Black Cultural Center Building • Nashville, TN 37235 Contact: Rory Dicker Email: rory.dicker@vanderbilt.edu Phone: 615-322-4843 Website: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/WomensCenter/ Audience: Free and Open to the Public Leah Lax’s Uncovered is the first memoir to tell of a gay woman leaving the Hasidic fold. In understated, crystalline prose, Lax begins her...
Holocaust Lecture Series Keynote: “Where Memory Leads” w/ Saul Friedlander (9/26/17)
Sep. 11, 2017—September 26th at 7 p.m. Flynn Auditorium, Vanderbilt Law School For the keynote presentation of the 40th anniversary of the Vanderbilt University Holocaust Lecture Series, the university will be hosting noted historian Saul Friedlander. Saul Friedlander is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Israeli/American historian and currently professor emeritus of history at UCLA. Professor Friedlander, a historian and...
Vanderbilt Family Weekend 2017
Sep. 7, 2017—Hillel Family Weekend Shabbat Open House Friday, 9/15, Service: 5:30pm, Hors d’oeuvres: 6:30pm 2421 Vanderbilt Pl, Nashville, TN 37212 Family Weekend BBQ Tailgate Saturday, 9/16, 4:30pm 2421 Vanderbilt Pl, Nashville, TN 37212 Family Weekend Bagel Brunch Sunday, 9/17, 11:00am 2421 Vanderbilt Pl, Nashville, TN 37212 Chabad Student Center Family Shabbat at Chabad Friday, 9/15, Service:...