Vanderbilt University offers students opportunities to participate in both academic and co-curricular programs and activities. In exchange, and by enrolling in Vanderbilt University, students agree to assume the risk of participating in elective programs and activities. Students also agree to release Vanderbilt University and its officers, trustees, faculty, administrators, employees, representatives, and volunteers from any liability or claims of liability for negligence resulting in personal injury or property damage in connection with that participation. This assumption of risk and release of claims also applies to any travel to and from those programs and activities and to participation in Registered Student Organizations. Students may be asked to complete and sign a separate, more comprehensive assumption of risk and release of claims document for certain activities or events.
The University is not responsible for personal property and is not liable for damages to student property caused by vandalism, mischief, abandonment, or other students’ negligence. The University is not liable for damages caused by electrical or mechanical failures or difficulties, broken water pipes or fire sprinkler components, unless, after being notified, the University fails to take reasonable means to correct the failure or difficulty. This assumption of risk and release of claims also applies in residential spaces.