Skip to main content

‘university catholic’

How I Met My Friends Freshman Year (and how you can meet yours, too!)

Jul. 27, 2019—Before arriving at Vanderbilt, I remember being super stressed about how I’d find ‘my people.’ I already had a roommate lined up, but would we be best friends? What if she was my only friend? Would I even be able to fit in with the stereotypical Vandy student?! Of course, all those concerns flew out...

Read more


CC: More about University Catholic!

Jul. 16, 2017—University Catholic: Open to everyone, welcoming to all!

Read more


CC: Vanderbilt’s Christian Communities!

Jul. 15, 2017—Every Christian ministry is full of people searching too, and each ministry is loving and accepting. Find out more about them through the links in this post!

Read more


CC: BYX

Jul. 15, 2017—apriSun, the 208 parties, the swing dancing... everything.

Read more


CC: Phi Lamb!

Jul. 15, 2017—"Never have I ever joined an organization that made me feel so immediately welcomed and loved than Phi Lamb."

Read more


CC: University Catholic

Jul. 15, 2017—"It was such a relief when I arrived at mass and was greeted by so many people who immediately welcomed me. They met me where I was at in life and really taught me what it meant to be a Christian and experience the Christian joy. After three years, the people in UCat have become some of my best friends and continually push me to be a better person."

Read more


Sophie Druffner: My Life in GroupMe

Nov. 21, 2016—Since my phone is dead so often, GroupMe and email are my primary forms of communication. I’m 90% sure that everything in my life could be reduced into GroupMe, and actually, looking over this post now, I think that it has. (If you have further questions on the things mentioned here, check out the relevant...

Read more


University Catholic: Prayer Group (Bible Study) Edition!

Nov. 21, 2016—Why a bible study, though? Especially to freshman me, who had been to youth group exactly once and never really read the bible, “bible study” sounded scary. Like we were translating Greek or something. Seriously, scary stuff. For some reason, the two words also sounded like a huge commitment. Maybe it was the student part of me reacting at the word “study,” but I really didn’t like the sound of that word. Enter “prayer group.” (Shoutout to Phi Lamb :) thanks, y’all :)).

Read more


Just do… everything! Status of Everything: Almost 37.5% Completed!

Nov. 20, 2016—The crazy life of college is on hold for these moments. It’s so nice to just sit back and relax. But Sophie, you may be wondering, what do you even do at Vanderbilt? Why is your life so crazy? Well, I’m a fan of lists. So let’s break it down.

Read more


EMAIL ME! (Seriously. Just do it!)

Nov. 19, 2016—I wrote this post because I would LOVE to answer your questions about life at Vanderbilt! My email is sophia.druffner@vanderbilt.edu. I know that it may seem scary to send an email into the abyss, but I am SO excited to answer any questions that you may have and I answer really, really quickly! So hit me up. Seriously.

Read more