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Vanderbilt University - Services and FacilitiesOverview - Services & Facilities - Campus Life - Extracurriculars
Address: Student ServicesBasic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service, health insuranceRemedial Services Offered: writing, study skills Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious CareersCareer Services Offered: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview trainingStudents That Enter the Job Market...Within 6 Months of Graduation: N/AWithin 1 Year of Graduation: N/A Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A Firms that Hire Most Graduates: Teach for America, Corporate Executive Board, Vanderbilt, CGI-AMS, Deloitte Consulting, Bank of america, Boeing, Merrill Lynch, Wachovia Securities, Humana LibraryDoes the school have a library on campus? YesIs it a member of a library consortia? Yes Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 3,056,707 Number of current serial subscriptions: 33,883 Number of microforms: 3,022,373 Number of audiovisuals: Number of ebooks: 198,707 Other library facilities: Biomedical | Divinity | Law | Management | Music | Peabody Education| Science & Engineering |Special Collections provides access to primary resources to over 2,000 patrons yearly. It is administered and maintained by eight full-time staff members. Special Collections houses one of the finest twentieth-century Southern literature collections in the United States and is the center for the study of the Fugitive and Agrarian groups. Other collections include Southern history since the Civil War, Southern Culture, Women's Issues, Civil Rights, Religion, and the Performing Arts. / The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of special news-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989. Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus:The Arthur J. Dyer Observatory is the principal astronomical facility of Vanderbilt University. It is located about ten miles south of the center of Nashville near Brentwood, Tennessee at an elevation of 1,131 feet above sea level on a sixteen-acre wooded hilltop. Its precise geographical position as determined by the U.S. Geological Survey, is 36 degrees 03'08.50" north latitude and 5h 47m 13.27s west of Greenwich.The Arthur J. Dyer Observatory is the principal astronomical facility of Vanderbilt University. It is located at an elevation of 1,131 feet above sea level on a sixteen-acre wooded hilltop. Its precise geographical position as determined by the U.S. Geological Survey, is 36 degrees 03'08.50" north latitude and 5h 47m 13.27s west of Greenwich. TechnologyIs a computer course required? NoIs a computer required? No Number of available computers for all students: 500 Available internet access? Yes Available email accounts? Yes Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center Number of available wired connections available in...The Library (not including computer labs): 50Classrooms: 370 Labs: 140 Other areas: 300 Is there a wireless network? Yes Where is wireless available? Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 10,000 Recommended operating system: N/A Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100% Are students permitted to have webpages? Yes Is there online registration? Yes SafetyCampus Safety Services Offered:24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc) |