{"id":2460,"date":"2016-09-28T07:15:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T12:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2016-09-29T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:15:03","slug":"first-fridays-spouses-and-partners-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/2016\/09\/first-fridays-spouses-and-partners-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST FRIDAYS Spouses and Partners Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning graduate theological education is an exciting time for new students, yet we know that Vanderbilt Divinity students don\u2019t undertake this journey alone. Family members, friends, congregations, and many others walk alongside us through the \u201cthick and thin\u201d of professional school. Spouses and partners, in particular, often describe the unique joys and challenges of experiencing divinity school even if they\u2019ve never been in the classroom!<\/p>\n<p>As part of Vanderbilt Divinity School\u2019s effort to create broad communities of care for all students, this fall we are launching a new, monthly <strong>Spouses &amp; Partners<\/strong> gathering* to help build community among the beloved members of our households who make the Divinity School experience possible. Our first gathering, held in early September, was a great beginning for what we hope will be a new ritual in the life of the extended VDS community. A brief reflection of our gathering is included below, with special thanks to first-year MTS student Stephen Nelson for his reflections!<\/p>\n<p>A group of VDS students and spouses\/partners met on Friday, September 2, for breakfast at Fido. Dean Katherine Smith and Rev. Niger Woodruff hosted the group. Everyone shared their experience as students and spouses\/partners while enjoying coffee, tea and breakfast. Spouses spoke of the unique experience they have in common.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2462\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1109\/2016\/09\/Stephen-Nelson-.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Nelson\" width=\"150\" height=\"190\" \/>Stephen Nelson, first year student says, \u201cI enjoyed the conversation and am pleased that my husband was able to share and gain insight into others\u2019 experiences as students and spouses. We are both looking forward to more of these gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Have an idea for a permanent name for this group? Email <a href=\"mailto:katherine.smith@vanderbilt.edu\">katherine.smith@vanderbilt.edu<\/a> with your suggestions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning graduate theological education is an exciting time for new students, yet we know that Vanderbilt Divinity students don\u2019t undertake this journey alone. Family members, friends, congregations, and many others walk alongside us through the \u201cthick and thin\u201d of professional school. Spouses and partners, in particular, often describe the unique joys and challenges of experiencing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1576,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[653,1009,105,607,1010],"class_list":["post-2460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature","tag-community","tag-first-fridays","tag-katherine-smith","tag-self-care","tag-spouses-partners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1576"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2460\/revisions\/2464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltdivinity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}