Podcasts

On this new episode Dean Melissa Gresalfi talks about how we think about failure, Cheryl has the details on events on campus coming up this week, and Richard has a terrific interview with Will Yuk, first-year student from Long Island, New York living in Stambaugh house studying HOD. 

On this edition of the CommonsCast podcast Dean Melissa Gresalfi talks about community and how students can make connections through student organizations on campus.  Tait has all the details on events coming up on campus in this week’s calendar, and Richard sits down for an interesting interview with Macharia “Mash” Kanyatte, a freshman from Nairobi, Kenya majoring in Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt.

On this episode Dean Gresalfi discusses memory and offers strategies for how to use memory to learn effectively.  Tait delivers the weekly Commons Calendar of events, and Richard sits down for a terrific interview with Vanderbilt senior & VUCeptor Maggie McVeigh.  

On this episode of the podcast Dean Gresalfi has some excellent advice on how to find your community in her Dean’s Minute.  Then Tait delivers the Commons Calendar of upcoming events you need to know about, and Richard has an excellent one-on-one interview with Dean Gresalfi in our Humans of the Commons segment.  

Welcome class of 2025! On this edition of the official podcast of The Commons Dean Melissa Gresalfi welcomes all first-year students and invites them to participate in upcoming special class activities on campus.  Matthew delivers the Commons Calendar of events coming up in the week ahead, and Maria interviews fellow first-year student Omar in our Humans of the Commons segment.  

It’s the final episode of the 20-21 academic year! Dean Melissa Gresalfi looks back on the accomplishments of the class of 2024, Anna has one final Commons Calendar of upcoming events, and she has a terrific interview with Bella Wynocker.

On this new episode of the CommonsCast Dean Gresalfi discusses taking care of each other and reaching out to help others and when you need help. Anna drops the Commons Calendar of events for the week ahead, and she has a terrific interview with fellow first-year student Jennifer Koh.

On this edition of the official podcast of The Commons Dean Melissa Gresalfi talks about the importance of play. MCL’s Anna Morgan delivers the Commons Calendar of events, and she has a great interview with sophomore and President-elect of the Vanderbilt Lambda Association Bleu Gray.

It’s a new episode of the Commons official podcast, and it features Dean Meslissa Gresalfi talking about events planned throughout April to celebrate the class of 2024. Also Anna details the events of the week in the Commons Calendar, and she has a wonderful interview with fellow first-year student Alex Huang.

On this edition of the official podcast of The Commons Dean Gresalfi has info on the Crawford Lecture and speaker Amelia Nagoski. Also MCL’s Anna delivers the weekly Commons Calendar of events and she has a great interview with fellow first-year student Lyndon Shi.