{"id":1444,"date":"2019-08-21T23:59:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T23:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentorg.prd.vanderbilt.edu\/vsvs\/?page_id=1444"},"modified":"2026-03-18T04:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:03:34","slug":"immersion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentorg.vanderbilt.edu\/vsvs\/immersion\/","title":{"rendered":"Immersion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;]<br \/>\n[et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;]<br \/>\n[et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;]<br \/>\n[et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6><strong>VSVS Immersion Guidelines<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><em>Building on their experience volunteering with VSVS, students can pursue an innovative idea and make it a reality. VSVS will group together students with shared interests and goals but potentially different skillsets. This way, students can actualize their ideas using a multidisciplinary approach. Group efforts can culminate in a variety of ways, including implementation of the innovation or a presentation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A VSVS Immersion project can supplement Vanderbilt courses and other experiential activities to form a complete Immersion project. Please contact Paige Ellenberger (<\/em><a href=\"mailto:paige.ellenberger@vanderbilt.edu\"><em>paige.ellenberger@vanderbilt.edu<\/em><\/a><em>) and the Office of Immersion Resources for more information about how a VSVS Immersion project can contribute to your overall Immersion plan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>General Requirements<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><em>Every student\u2019s project timeline will vary depending on their plans to study abroad, courses, internships, etc. They will work with their faculty adviser to set exact deadlines and expectations.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>This opportunity is open to all students who will have volunteered with VSVS for <strong>at least one semester by the end of their sophomore year<\/strong>. This will count as part of their phase one exploration, which will be continued into their junior years. This 2-3 semester period makes sure that they are familiar enough with VSVS to independently conduct a meaningful project at the end of their junior years or during their senior years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meet with the VSVS Immersion team prior to submitting plan to OIR<\/strong>. The OIR must receive plan proposals by April 1 of a student\u2019s sophomore year. Application review meetings as needed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Submit final project proposal to VSVS second semester junior year.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Sample Projects<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Designing, testing and developing new lessons (geared towards Peabody students)<\/li>\n<li>VSVS YouTube videos, Seacrest Studios &#8211; creative media<\/li>\n<li>Building new models (physical, electronic, or other) for lessons (geared towards Engineering and CS students)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Examples of Relevant Vanderbilt Courses<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Peabody classes and student teaching opportunities<\/li>\n<li>How to Make (Almost) Anything and other engineering courses &#8211; for creating new models, teaching tools<\/li>\n<li>Computer science\n<ul>\n<li>CS3265 Database Management Systems<\/li>\n<li>Various programming languages &#8211; for website optimization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text]<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_column]<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_row]<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;] [et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;] [et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;] [et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221;] VSVS Immersion Guidelines Building on their experience volunteering with VSVS, students can pursue an innovative idea and make it a reality. VSVS will group together students with shared interests and goals but potentially different skillsets. This way, students can actualize their ideas using a multidisciplinary approach. 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