Divinity and GDR Faculty/Staff Portal

Resources for Teaching and Advising

• Two Year Course Projections [Updated 10/15/18]
• Concentration Descriptions & Projections [Updated 10/15/18]
• Advising FAQs
  
• Registration Form
• Upcoming Faculty Research Leaves [Updated 7/20/18]
• Syllabi Compliance
• New Course Proposal Process
• BrightSpace

• YES - Your Enrollment Services
  • After logging in to YES, you can search for all courses (i.e. divinity), for a particular course (i.e. DIV 2503), or for all courses taught by an instructor (with the advanced search, searching by last name).  Faculty, please note that YES displays the course information specific to the course designation, so the online grading tool is the best way to see your complete class roll if a course is cross-listed.

• Online Grading
• Online Course Evaluations
• [Archival Only] VOICE Online Course Evaluations
• MDiv Sr. Project Evaluation Rubric
• Divinity Academic Calendar
• Email List Manager
• FERPA Authorization to Release Information or Request for Letters of Recommendation
• VU Bookstore eDoptions
• Desk Copy Request Form
• Center for Teaching
• Faculty Bios
• Student Picture Directory (login required)
  
• Catalog
• Faculty Handbook
  
• Guidelines for CVs

 

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Divinity/GDR Email Lists

• Faculty: div_faculty@list.vanderbilt.edu | gdr_faculty@list.vanderbilt.edu
• Faculty/staff: div_facultystaff@list.vanderbilt.edu
• Faculty Emeritus: div_emeritus@list.vanderbilt.edu
• Divinity Students: divinity_students@list.vanderbilt.edu
• GDR Students: gdr_students@list.vanderbilt.edu
• GDR Faculty and Student lists by Area of Study: Ethics and Society,     Hebrew Bible,    History,    HACTOR,    Homiletics and Liturgics,    Jewish Studies,    New Testament,    Religion, Psychology and Culture,    Theology
• VUmailguard - Antivirus and SPAM filtering for VUmail

 

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Graduate Department of Religion

• GDR Student Portal
• SLATE: Graduate Program Online Applications
• EXCALIBUR  
• Information for Graduate Faculty (includes downloadable forms for dissertation and QE committees and directors)
• GDR Policies
• Website
• Faculty | Faculty Manual
• GDR Student Directory 
• GDR Calendar
• Graduate School
• Catalog

• Forms for Graduate Education- 

    https://gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/academics/forms_timeline.php
  
• GDR Qualifying Examination Dates (2018-2019)
  
  October 15-19, 2018
  March 4-8, 2019
  
  

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Faculty/Staff Resources

• SkyVU
• Oracle Cloud
• 2018-19 Committees/Dates/Meeting Times
• Grant Proposal Guidelines and Procedures UPDATED!
• Divinity Room Reservation Request Form Note: Requests for All Faith Chapel and Benton Chapel are handled differently. Non-Vanderbilt users should send an email to reservations. Vanderbilt users should utilize VEMS.
• Divinity School Room Calendars 
• Request AV support
  
• Request IT Support  
• Pre-Authorization Travel Form
• Faculty News Form 
  
• VDS Community Announcements
• Webmail
• PeopleFinder

• Research Assistant Request Form

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Divinity Academic Forms and Resources

• Degree Program Goals
• Divinity Commitments (abbreviated)
• Advising Prompts
• 18-19 MDiv Degree Audit form
• MDiv Senior Project and Seminar Overview
• 18-19 MDiv Senior Project Timeline and FAQs
• 18-19 MTS General Plan of Study Degree Audit form
• 18-19 MTS Concentration Plan of Study Degree Audit form
• 18-19 MTS Thesis/Project Timeline and FAQs
• Honor Code
• Inclusive Language Guidelines
• Petition for Waiver of Foundation Course
• Petition for Grade of Incomplete
• Petition for Readings Course
• Petition for Degree Program Change
• Petition for Leave of Absence
• Leave of Absence FAQs
• VDS - Sewanee School of Theology Partnership FAQs 

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University Resources

• TravelVU
  
• Information Technology Services
• Vanderbilt Bookstore
• Webmail: VU Exchange system
• Antivirus software
• my.vanderbilt.edu  
• Human Resource Services
• Connect to HR (C2HR)
• Financial Information Systems
• Forms Locator Service
• Student Handbook
• Lobbying Disclosure Form

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Library

Divinity Library | Heard Library

• Britannica (on campus, off campus)
• Proquest
• JSTOR
• Religion Databases
• General Research Databases
• Ex Libris Discovery
• ILL
• Place Items on Reserve | E - Reserves

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Religion at Vanderbilt: Centers and Programs

• Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership
• Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
• David G. Buttrick Program in Homiletic Coaching
• Jewish Studies
• Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies
• Program in Theology and Practice
• Office of Religious Life
• Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture
• Religious Studies
• Wesleyan Studies and United Methodist Programs