At certain hours, students are required to present Vanderbilt identification to gain entrance to campus residences.
Building Access
All campus residences have ID card access readers at one or multiple entrances. Access schedules vary by building and by entrance. For reasons of safety and security, students may not provide building access to persons they do not know to be residents of that building. Students may not be present in residence halls to which they do not have access unless they are visiting another student and are accompanied by the host student. A resident enabling building access to a student whom they are not hosting is not considered an authorized entry to the building for the entering non-resident student.
Lost ID cards or ID card provisioned devices should be reported immediately to Vanderbilt Card Services, 184 Sarratt Center, 615-322-2273, on the Card Services webpage, or to any facility that accepts the Vanderbilt Card, such as Campus Dining outlets or Varsity Markets. Lost cards may also be reported to the Vanderbilt University Police Department at 615-322-2745.
Keys
Keys to student rooms and other necessary keys, if any, are issued to residents upon check-in to their rooms. Residents are required to take possession of their University issued assigned room key prior to taking occupancy. Residents may not duplicate keys. Any duplicate keys turned in upon a student’s move out will trigger a lock change and charges will be placed on the student’s account. If a key is lost or not returned when a room is vacated, the lock will be changed and the resident charged for the replacement. Lost or stolen keys must be reported to a Housing and Residential Experience staff member within seventy-two (72) hours.