{"id":148,"date":"2016-01-11T14:13:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T19:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/?p=148"},"modified":"2016-01-23T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T19:07:14","slug":"visitors-from-virginia-techs-honors-residential-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/2016\/01\/visitors-from-virginia-techs-honors-residential-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitors from Virginia Tech&#8217;s Honors Residential College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Visitors from Virginia Tech&#8217;s Honors Residential College (HRC) are visiting this week. They will be arriving late afternoon on Tuesday, January 12 and departing about Noon on Thursday, January 14. The visitors team includes the Faculty Principal (aka Faculty Director or Head of House) of HRC, a &#8220;Graduate Fellow&#8221;, and 6 members of the HRC student council (i.e., President, Vice President, Secretary, Historian, Director of Academic Enrichment, and Director of Communication). I am particularly struck that HRC has the position of Historian on their council!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_151\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-151\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1459\/2016\/01\/VTHRCCrest-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1459\/2016\/01\/VTHRCCrest-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1459\/2016\/01\/VTHRCCrest-519x650.jpg 519w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1459\/2016\/01\/VTHRCCrest.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The HRC Crest<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">We have arranged a full schedule of OPEN thematic meetings &#8212; that means anyone can attend, including you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The full schedule is below.<\/p>\n<p>Students might be particularly interested in the HRC overview at 4:00 pm on Wednesday and the students-only breakout at 5:30 on Wednesday. But you are also welcome to join our various meals &#8212; just look\u00a0for a group of strangers, who are eating with a group of familiar faces.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors will be staying throughout Warren and Moore, so say hello.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact your faculty director, graduate fellows, the AC, an RA, or college council member. We want to give and get plenty of ideas from these visitors!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All sessions OPEN, unless otherwise noted<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Tuesday, January 12th<\/span><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4:00 pm &#8211; 5:30 pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arrival at Kissam Center<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">5:30 pm &#8211; 6:00 pm \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tour of WaM<\/span><\/p>\n<p>6:00 pm &#8211; 8:00 pm \u00a0 \u00a0Take-out dinners at Kissam Kitchen (Mastercard and VISA accepted) and carry up to Moore Faculty Apartment<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Wednesday, January 13th <\/span><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7:30 am &#8211; 8:30 am Breakfast at Kissam Kitchen (Mastercard and VISA accepted)<\/p>\n<p>8:30 am &#8211; 9:45 am WaM overview, including Community Development Plan (A105c)<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9:45 am \u2013 10:00 am break<\/p>\n<p>10:00 am &#8211; 11:15 am Program Assessment (A105c)<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:15 am \u2013 12:30 pm Tour of Vanderbilt Campus <\/strong>(meet at Kissam info desk)<\/p>\n<p>12:30 pm \u2013 1:15 pm Lunch at The Ingram Commons (cash, Mastercard, Visa accepted)<\/p>\n<p>1:15 pm \u2013 2:30 pm The first-year experience (Commons Center Conference Room)<\/p>\n<p>2:30 pm \u2013 3:00 pm Break<\/p>\n<p>3:00 pm \u2013 4:00 pm Application Processes, Study Abroad (A105c)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:00 pm \u2013 5:00 pm Overview of Honors Residential College <\/strong>(Kissam Classroom, C216)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5:30 pm \u2013 7:00 pm Role-specific dinner and breakouts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Student-only breakouts<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\"> (Student Councils of HRC, Warren, and Moore student councils and other interested students) (Kissam MPR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Faculty and Professional Staff (open to all residential faculty and staff) (B503). <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">TENTATIVE, depending on response \u2013 there is an important Chancellor Roundtable on Climate Change from 5:00 &#8211; 6:30 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">that some of us will attend, as well as faculty recruiting conflicts at Blair. <\/span><strong>PLEASE RSVP IF INTERESTED<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\">Grad Fellows (HRC, WaM, other LLCs) (B106)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>7:00 pm Free time, with possible trips off campus<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Thursday, January 14<sup>th<\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7:30 am \u2013 8:30 am Breakfast at Kissam Kitchen (Mastercard and VISA accepted)<\/p>\n<p>8:30 am \u2013 9:45 am TBD (e.g., application processes, academic\/residential interactions, HRC\/WaM joint projects)<\/p>\n<p>10:00 am \u2013 11:00 am Meet with Vice Provost Cynthia Cyrus, Dean of Students Mark Bandas, Randy Tarkington, Senior Director of Residential Education, and Traci Ray, Director of Residential Education <strong>(Closed)<\/strong> (A105c)<\/p>\n<p>11:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm Lunch at Rand (cash, Mastercard, Visa accepted)<\/p>\n<p>12:00 pm Depart<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Hosts:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moore College Personnel: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/personnel\/moore-personnel.php\"><strong>http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/personnel\/moore-personnel.php<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warren College Personnel: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/personnel\/warren-personnel.php\"><strong>http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/personnel\/warren-personnel.php<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moore College Council: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/colleges\/moore\/student-governance.php\"><strong>http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/colleges\/moore\/student-governance.php<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warren College Council <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/colleges\/warren\/warren-college-council.php\"><strong>http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/collegehalls\/colleges\/warren\/warren-college-council.php<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dean of the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.vanderbilt.edu\/facultyandstaff\/dean.php\">http:\/\/commons.vanderbilt.edu\/facultyandstaff\/dean.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back, everyone! 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