Schedule

Peabody College Professional & Graduate Orientation

Full Schedule

Welcome to Peabody Professional and Graduate Orientation 2025! We're looking forward to welcoming you to our community. The full orientation schedule of events is listed below. We will have staff, faculty, and signage throughout campus all week to answer your questions and point you in the right direction of your next event. You can find a Peabody Campus map linked here. 

To access your program or department sessions, navigate to your program name and click to drop down specific session location information.

During Monday's check in, you'll receive a name tag - be sure to bring this with you and wear it on Tuesday as well - you'll need it to enter the Block Party! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to let us know: peabody.enrolled@vanderbilt.edu.

Monday

Aug. 18, 2025

Check-In/ Registration
1:15 - 2:00 p.m. | Light Hall

Peabody Dean’s Office Welcome & Programming
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Light Hall

Peabody Dean's Office Reception and Tabling
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Light Hall

Tuesday

Aug. 19, 2025

Financial Aid Office Hours
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Peabody Administration Building 211

Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Tours Offered
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Peabody Administration Building (PAB)

Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations (LPO) and Department of Teaching and Learning (T&L) Program Cohort Photos
1:45 - 2:00 p.m. | Wyatt Steps

Psychological Sciences Ph.D. Program Session
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Hobbs 105

Department and Professional Program Sessions
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Various Buildings

Department of Human and Organizational Development (HOD), Department of Psychology and Human Development, and Department of Special Education (SPED) Program Cohort Photos
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. | Department Buildings

Peabody Block Party & Engagement Fair*
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Wyatt Center & Lot 90

*Don't forget your nametag from Monday's events! You'll need it to access the Block Party. 

Wednesday

Aug. 20, 2025

Financial Aid Office Hours
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Peabody Administration Building 211

First Day of Class Popsicles & Pictures*
3:00 p.m. | Peabody Administration Building (PAB) Portico
with the Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Association and the Peabody Undergraduate Council

*Open to all Peabody faculty, students, and staff!

Friday

Aug. 22, 2025

Peabody International Welcome
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Wyatt Center, Rotunda

Special Education Ph.D. Program Session
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | OMC 315

Department and Program Session Times and Locations:

Human and Organizational Development

  • Community Development and Action

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Mayborn 227 followed by your program overview in 6 Magnolia, Room 110.
  • Counseling Studies

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Mayborn 227 followed by your program overview in 6 Magnolia Room 022
  • Human Development Counseling

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Mayborn 227 followed by your program overview in 6 Magnolia, Room 019.
  • Human Development Studies

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Mayborn 227 followed by your program overview in 6 Magnolia, Room 106.

Leadership, Policy and Organizations

  • Education Policy

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Wyatt Center, Rotunda followed by your program overview in Wyatt 101.
  • Higher Education Administration

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Wyatt Center, Rotunda followed by your program overview in Wyatt 122.
  • International Education and Policy Management

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Wyatt Center, Rotunda followed by your program overview in Wyatt 102.
  • Leadership and Organizational Performance

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Wyatt Center, Rotunda followed by your program overview in Wyatt 050-1.

Psychology and Human Development

  • Child Studies

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will be in Hobbs 100A followed by your program overview in Hobbs 100B.
  • Cognitive Psychology in Context

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Hobbs 100A followed by your program overview in Hobbs 100A.
  • Psychological Sciences (Ph.D.)

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-3:00 p.m.
    Your Ph.D. department overview will be in Hobbs 105.

    Faculty will schedule individual sessions for program overview

  • Quantitative Methods

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Hobbs 100A followed by your program overview in Hobbs 100B.

Special Education

  • Applied Behavior Analysis

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		1:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in OMC 241 followed by your program overview in OMC 241.
  • Special Education (M.Ed.)

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		1:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in OMC 241 followed by your program overview in OMC 241.
  • Special Education (Ph.D.)

    Friday

    Aug. 22, 2025

    		11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Your Ph.D. department overview will be in OMC 315.

    Faculty will schedule individual sessions for program overview

Teaching and Learning

  • Innovative Design and Technology in Education

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in Wyatt 050-3 or Wyatt Atrium, followed by your program overview in Sony Building A2009.

  • Multilingual Learner Education

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in Wyatt 050-3 or Wyatt Atrium, followed by your program overview in Wyatt 201.

  • Music Education

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Wyatt 050-3 or Wyatt Atrium, followed by your program overview in Wyatt 223.
  • Reading Education

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Wyatt 050-3 or Wyatt Atrium, followed by your program overview in Wyatt 121.
  • Secondary Education

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Wyatt 050-3 or Wyatt Atrium, followed by your program overview in Wyatt 223.
  • World Languages

    Tuesday

    Aug. 19, 2025

    		2:00-4:00 p.m.
    Your department overview will begin in
    Wyatt 050-3 or Wyatt Atrium, followed by your program overview in Wyatt 201.