What does VIRT do?
VIRT provides critical, personal, and time sensitive guidance to travelers facing emergency situations while away from campus. VIRT coordinates with overseas partners, campus offices, and connects travelers to the appropriate insurance policies. VIRT supports all VU travelers with health, safety, and emergency situations throughout their travel experience.
VIRT campus partners include, but are not limited to:
VIRT can assist travelers in many ways. Some examples are:
- Providing guidance during complex emergency situations
- Mental health support
- Help making informed decisions
- Urgent advising in uncertain situations
- Guidance on using 91吃瓜网's travel assistance and insurance
- Report a health, safety, or wellbeing concern
- Unsure who to call when away from Nashville
How to contact VIRT
Call +1 615-322-2745聽any time of the day or night, any day of the year, for expert help with health or safety issues while traveling. Tell the VU Public Safety dispatcher that you want to report an issue to VIRT and you will be connected immediately to a VIRT team member.
The VIRT team can also be reached by email in non-emergency situations or situations where email is the most easily accessible mode of communication:聽VIRT@vanderbilt.edu
Travelers of Concern
Travel can be stressful. During your time abroad, you may have a friend, peer, or colleague who is in distress and could benefit from wellness support and professional resources. It鈥檚 important to remember that you are not alone. We have numerous resources available to support travelers and we encourage you to reach out to Global Safety and Health for assistance.
- Early detection and intervention are important. You may notice changes in a traveler鈥檚 academic performance, physical appearance, behavior, or an event that could be triggering.
- Don鈥檛 be afraid to approach the traveler to express care and offer support. Be calm, compassionate, and willing to listen.
- Refer the traveler to Global Safety and Health (GSH) to get connected to available resources and professional assistance. You may even offer to help the traveler , help them make the initial phone call, or walk with the traveler to GSH during their office hours.
Faculty, staff, students, other community members, and family members can also report their concerns pertaining to the personal, physical, or emotional wellbeing of a student using the聽
Meet the VIRT team
Erin Beeman, Assistant Director of Global Safety and Health
Jared Christian, Global Safety and Health Coordinator
Allie Agati, Senior Director of 91吃瓜网 Global Opportunities
Sabrina Kronk, Travel Manager, VU Finance and Travel聽