Alaina and TaMyra discuss the big transition from high school to college, like scheduling your own classes, living with a roommate, and more.
Podcasts
CommonsCast Episode 132-August 23, 2023
Welcome Vanderbilt class of 2027! The CommonsCast podcast is here to help you navigate the first-year experience. On this premiere episode of the 23-24 academic year Dean of the Commons Melissa Gresalfi sits down with MCL’s Sofia for the Q&A with the Dean segment, Anya hosts the Commons Calendar segment with events you’ll want to know about, and Chloe brings in Dallan Elk for the Human of the Commons interview. Dallan is a first-year student originally from Georgia and he plans to study engineering at Vanderbilt.
PODCAST: We Hate Good Movies-Episode 1 “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
In this episode, we try to convince Ty, a film student, that Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse is not as good a movie as he thinks.
PODCAST: A Common Situation-Episode 1 “Moving In”
Moving in to your dorm can be a stressful situation for sure. Hosts Alaina & TaMyra discuss their experiences with move in at Vanderbilt and those awkward first few days on campus.
CommonsCast Episode 131-April 19, 2023
It’s the final episode of the 22-23 academic year! Abbey sits down with Dean Gresalfi for the Q&A segment, Linda has the details on events coming up before finals in the Commons Calendar, and Eigen hosts the Human of the Commons interview with his guest guest is Tanya Das, a first year student from Mount Laurel, New Jersey, majoring in Economics and Climate Studies with minors in Business and Data Science. She also lives in Memorial House.
CommonsCast Episode 130-April 12, 2023
This edition of the official podcast of the Commons includes Abbey hosting the Q&A session with Dean Gresalfi, Daniela delivering the details on upcoming campus events in the Commons Calendar, and Eigen hosting the Human of the Commons interview segment. His guest is Pranjal Singh, a first year student from Midland, Michigan, majoring in Economics and Computer Science with a minor in Spanish. She also lives in Hank Ingram House.
CommonsCast Episode 129-April 5, 2023
On this edition of the podcast Abbey asks the questions and Dean Gresalfi provides the answers in the Q&A segment, Linda has the details about events coming up on campus this week in the Commons Calendar, and then Abbey turns the tables on Eigen and brings him in for the Human of the Commons interview. Eigen is a first-year student from Birmingham, Alabama who is majoring in HOD and Computer Science and he lives in Crawford.
CommonsCast Episode 128-March 29, 2023
On this edition of the official podcast of the Commons Abbey sits down with Dean Gresalfi for a fun Q&A session and she also presents this week Commons Calendar of events. Then Eigen hosts the Human of the Commons segment with his guest Jamie Wright, a first year student from Monona, WI, majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Spanish. She also lives in Hank Ingram House.
CommonsCast Episode 127-March 22, 2023
On this edition of the podcast Eigen sits down with Dean Gresalfi for the Q&A with the Dean segment, Daniela delivers the details on events coming up on campus this week in the Commons Calendar, and then Eigen hosts the Humans of the Commons interview segment with his guest Sydney Grossman, a first year student from Rochester, NY, majoring in Political Science with a Jewish Studies minor. She also lives in North House.
CommonsCast Episode 126-March 8, 2023
On this episode Eigen asks the Questions and Dean Gresalfi provides the Answers in our Q&A with the Dean segment, Linda dishes the details on events coming up on campus in the Commons Calendar, and Daniela sits down with Rene Huerta a first-year student from Texas who lives in Sutherland and plans on majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology in the Humans of the Commons interview segment.