Upcoming Events
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If you are around for all or part of the summer we want to connect with you! Join our WhatsApp group to stay up to date with information for I-FAM activities and fun events this summer! Have your friends join by sharing the link above!
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Do you know any international students who are arriving to Vanderbilt for the first time?
We would love to help pick them up at the airport when they arrive. Click the link above to send to those you know who are coming!
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Bring your own dinner and we will eat together, chat, and hangout. We will have some games and brownies! It will be a great way to enjoy the summer together. We will meet at 6pm at the tables in front of Rand.
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The 4th of July is here! Join us as we walk from Vanderbilt to the river and watch the fireworks this Friday!
We will meet on campus at The Commons Center at 5:30pm to walk together to the riverfront to enjoy the fireworks. Bring good walking shoes and a step counter (if you are like me, you can count it as your trip to the gym for the week). Invite your friends to join in the fun with us!
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I-FAM is a community for international students to connect, explore, lead & grow together. Join us for our Online Welcome to connect with us and other international students and to hear more about I-FAM!
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Come join us for a cool day at Old Hickory Lake on Saturday, July 26th from 9am-5pm.
You can swim, ride on a pontoon boat, go tubing behind a speedboat, play yard games and enjoy lunch together at Shutes Branch Recreation Area. The cost is $10 to help pay for gas for the boats. If cost is an issue, please reach out to us and let us know. Please bring water shoes as the beach is rocky.
Please use the link above to RSVP before Thursday, July 24 at midnight, so we can make sure we have enough rides.
I-FAM will provide lunch and water, but you are invited to bring your own snacks, water bottles, sunscreen etc.
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A fun opportunity for international students to hang out, play games and make new friendships!
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Did you know that Moonpies were created in TN in 1917? Have you ever had one?
Be on the lookout as members of I-FAM hand out Moonpies and I-FAM fliers!
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We want to connect with you. Come and join us for lunch together at the commons. Look for the tables with the flags and you will find us!
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Join us for a welcome dinner for all International students! This will be a great opportunity to mingle and form friendships with other international students at Vanderbilt.
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Join us biweekly as we share a delicious free meal, build community, and engage in table discussions on different themes throughout the school year.
All international students and friends are welcome. If you need a ride to Vanderbilt contact Michael Perkins.Fall Meeting Dates:
AUGUST 28
SEPTEMBER 11
SEPTEMBER 25
OCTOBER 16
OCTOBER 30
NOVEMBER 13
DECEMBER 4
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Interested in learning more about other cultures, trying new food or dances, and having fun with others? Each year Nashville celebrates the different cultures represented here by hosting a day for people to share their different cultural traditions through music, food, dance, activities, and crafts. Come and bring your friends along with us, as we walk through Centennial Park to learn and experience traditions from other cultures!
I-FAM is a community for international students to connect, explore, lead & grow together. We serve international students from all backgrounds and faiths at Vanderbilt University and other Nashville area universities. Our goal is to provide a safe environment for students to get to know each other and their cultures and to grow lifetime relationships as we meet and discuss life’s big ideas. We do this because we love and want to share the love of Jesus.
Meet the Team
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Jonathan & Michelle Peer
I-Fam Directors
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Michael Perkins
Interim I-Fam Director
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Dan & Alba Rice
I-Fam NavStaff
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Kurt and Julia Diederich
I-Fam NavStaff