Vanderbilt University

===Residential college system===
[[File:Vandy-Kissam Hall.jpg|thumb|right|Kissam Hall was a men's dormitory from 1901 until it was demolished in 1958. The baths were all in the basement.]]
[[File:Warren College.png|thumb|right|Warren College, which along with Moore College, are known as Kissam]]
[[File:ZepposCollege.jpg|thumb|Zeppos College]]
[[File:Tolman Hall.png|thumb|right|Tolman Hall]]

In the early 2000s, Vanderbilt made a decision to convert its residence halls into an academic residential college system.<ref name=WeberNYT>{{Cite news|last=Weber|first=Bruce|date=2007-07-29|title=The Residential Collage|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/29/education/edlife/cornellweber3.html|access-date=2022-02-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=Dobie/> The intent is to form "a cohesive and growing network of residences that spark creativity, build community, support student success, and extend educational opportunities beyond the classroom."<ref name=collegehalls/> The first phase of this conversion was opening in 2008 of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, which brought together all first-year students in 10 adjacent houses, each house guided by a faculty head of house, living among the students in a faculty apartment. It is planned that in their sophomore year, students will enter a Residential College that will be their home for the remainder of their undergraduate years. This residential option expands on the experience provided during students' first year on The Commons. The first two upperclass colleges are Warren College and Moore College, which opened in 2014.<ref name=collegehalls/> They were constructed on the site of pre-existing dormitories known as the Kissam Quadrangle<ref name="collegehalls">{{cite web|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/collegehalls/about.php|title=About the College Halls|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722063808/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/collegehalls/about.php|archive-date=July 22, 2015}}</ref> E. Bronson Ingram College, on the site of the former Vanderbilt and Barnard Halls, opened in 2018.<ref name=collegehalls/><ref name=600M/> Additional colleges are being constructed at the site of Carmichael Towers so that all upperclass students will reside in college.<ref name=collegehalls/><ref name=600M/> The new College Halls are intended to complement the earlier communities, The McGill Project, Mayfield Lodges, and McTyeire International House.<ref name=collegehalls/>

Two of the new residence halls have received [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] silver certification and the new Commons Dining Center has received gold certification, making Vanderbilt the only university in the state to be recognized by the [[United States Green Building Council|U.S. Green Building Council]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Vanderbilt first university in Tennessee recognized for "green" building |publisher=Vanderbilt University |date=August 17, 2007 |url=http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/newspub/bjfTyg?id=36730 |access-date=September 2, 2007  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209032042/http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/newspub/bjfTyg?id=36730 |archive-date=February 9, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Vanderbilt University goes for the gold and wins for 'green' building efforts |publisher=Vanderbilt University |date=June 18, 2008 |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/06/16/vanderbilt-university-goes-for-the-gold-and-wins-for-green-building-efforts.60447 |access-date=June 18, 2008  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906213735/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2008/06/16/vanderbilt-university-goes-for-the-gold-and-wins-for-green-building-efforts.60447 |archive-date=September 6, 2008 }}</ref> The university expects all five of the new residence halls and one renovated residence hall to eventually receive LEED recognition.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sisk|first=Chas |title=Seven Vanderbilt buildings to get 'green' certification|url=http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070903/BUSINESS02/709030330/1045/NEWS05|work=The Tennessean|date=September 3, 2007|access-date=September 3, 2007}}{{dead link|date=November 2015}}</ref> The total cost of The Commons construction project is expected to be over $150 million.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Princine|title=Living and learning at Vanderbilt to undergo major transformation|work=The Vanderbilt Register|url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=31832 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328201711/http://www.vanderbilt.edu/register/articles?id=31832|archive-date=March 28, 2013 |date=June 13, 2005|access-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref>

Generally, undergraduate students are required to live in dorms on campus, with first-year students all living in the ten resident halls of The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons and all upperclassmen living on the main campus.<ref name="Residential Requirement">{{cite web|title=Residential Requirement |url=http://www.vanderbilt.edu/ResEd/main/housing/housing-policies/the-residential-requirement-for-all-undergraduates/|website=vanderbilt.edu|access-date=March 22, 2015}}</ref> Exceptions are made for students living with relatives in [[Davidson County, Tennessee|Davidson County]], students with health exemptions, married students, and some students with senior standing.<ref name="Residential Requirement" />
[[File:CommonsCVanderbilt.JPG|thumb|The Commons Center dining hall|right]]