Veritas Coffee Chats, A Veritas Forum Conversation Initiative

Meet new people and meaningfully engage with different worldviews over your favorite coffee.

We believe that meaningful relationships lie at the heart of learning and personal formation. Our goal is to see campuses become places where intentional relationships inspire meaningful exploration of our world, studies, and selves. Veritas Coffee Chats are intended to dignify the journey of personal exploration by connecting members of your university for an honest conversation. Using our coffee chats platform, training resources, and funding, you'll transform your university by creating spaces for meaningful connection. This is a space to get curious, encounter new ideas, and widen your community. By exploring your biggest questions about life with others we can recapture the joy of learning on your campus. Plus, participants get a free coffee giftcard!

How does it work? Coffee chats are a part of The Veritas Forum’s Conversation Initiative, a program designed to enable, equip, and inspire relationship-driven learning within academia. We are looking for leaders who want to own this vision on their campus. Our leaders gain access to personal coaching and dynamic resources that allow for easy and personal coffee chat administration on your campus.

To apply to become a Conversation Ambassador, you can contact our team using this form

Want to sign up for a conversation on your campus? Look for a Veritas Coffee Chats poster on your campus, scan the QR code to sign up, and wait a few days to be paired for a conversation with a peer. It's that simple!

Participating Schools

Participating Schools: Coffee Chats are happening all across the country. The following schools are just a few campuses that have launched coffee chats.

Arizona State University
Vanderbilt University
Columbia University
Cal Poly
Furman University
New York University
Northwestern University
The University of Chicago
University of Michigan
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University

The coffee chats will help you:

Meet new people with different views

Since 1992 The Veritas Forum has invited university communities to dialogue with respect and curiosity about the ideas that shape our lives. We hope the conversations facilitated through this program will foster connections with people from different worldviews and contribute to building a university community where participants can bring all of themselves rather than compartmentalizing or filtering their genuine views and questions about life’s timeless questions.

Coffee on us

Fancy a free coffee?  Coffee chat participants receive a $5 coffee gift card for each conversation. Coffee gift cards are limited and not guaranteed.

Safety Guidelines

  • Meet in a public place.
  • If available, use your campus online directory to verify your partner’s campus affiliation information in advance.
  • Use your best judgment and put safety first.
  • Your campus’ code of conduct applies to your interactions.
  • Do not use the Veritas Forum Coffee Chats for any illegal activities or harassment.

Privacy & Terms

Read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for the Coffee Chats app.

Contact

Need support? Contact us at coffeeadmin@veritas.org.