Category: Living at Stanford

15 FAQs for parents of new Stanford students

Approaching Stanford receives many questions from parents and families planning for their students’ arrival at Stanford in the fall. Below are 15 frequently asked questions and the resulting answers. Don’t see your question here? Email the Parent Helpline at mykidis@stanford.edu or check out the parent FAQ webpage. I plan to buy my son a bike… Read more 15 FAQs for parents of new Stanford students

Stanford wins another Directors' Cup

Stanford recently secured the 2014-15 Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, extending its streak to 21 consecutive seasons of capturing the award presented to the most successful intercollegiate athletic department in the nation. Stanford compiled 1,448 total points, with UCLA (1,236), USC (1,209), Florida (1188.50) and North Carolina (1,152) rounding out to the top five.… Read more Stanford wins another Directors' Cup

Row Houses get significant summer upgrades

Returning students this year will see upgrades in residential facilities throughout campus, but especially in four Row Houses, as a result of summer renovations by Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE). Mars, Sigma Nu, Roth and Durand – all upperclass residences located on Mayfield Avenue – underwent significant structural, electrical and plumbing upgrades over the summer.… Read more Row Houses get significant summer upgrades

Provost creates committee to advise on sexual assault issues

A new faculty-student committee will be convened by Provost John Etchemendy to suggest ways of improving educational efforts around sexual assault and to provide advice on Stanford’s disciplinary process for reported cases of sexual assault. The committee will be co-chaired by M. Elizabeth Magill, the Richard E. Lang Professor and Dean of Stanford Law School,… Read more Provost creates committee to advise on sexual assault issues

New Stanford recreation complex to open Nov. 1

On the first of November, Stanford will open the doors of the new Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center and the Avery Recreation Pool, a complex that will bring fitness programs, sports and swimming to the west side of campus. “I hope people will go to the Arrillaga Outdoor Education and Recreation Center to recreate… Read more New Stanford recreation complex to open Nov. 1

First new dining facility in 20 years celebrates its first quarter

Stanford students can’t major in cooking. But at the new Arrillaga Family Dining Commons, they can attend a Culinary Studio. Thursday, to the strains of a student string quartet, staff members from Residential and Dining Enterprises (R&DE); Student Affairs; Land, Buildings and Real Estate and others sipped eggnog and hot chocolate, tasted Basque stuffed eggs… Read more First new dining facility in 20 years celebrates its first quarter

Resident advisers and ResEd staff collaborate on creation of new RA class

Undergraduate resident advisers (RAs) for the 2012-13 school year will start thinking like RAs sooner than ever before, thanks to an RA course that will launch next spring and inaugurate a new system of RA hiring and training. The change comes after extensive research and discussion conducted by Residential Education administration and staff and an… Read more Resident advisers and ResEd staff collaborate on creation of new RA class

First director of diversity and first-generation programs appointed

Nearly a decade after he left Stanford, Tommy Lee Woon is returning to the Farm in April to become the university’s first director of diversity and first-gen programs. Currently, Woon is the dean of multicultural life at Macalester College, a private liberal arts college in St. Paul, Minn. The college, with a student population of… Read more First director of diversity and first-generation programs appointed

RFs talk about learning in the dorms

The Study of Undergraduate Education at Stanford (SUES) currently under way is likely to result in a greater emphasis on the intersection between students’ residential and academic lives. Key will be the 60 resident fellows (RFs), who are the faculty and senior staff who live in the dorms. They are charged with working with student… Read more RFs talk about learning in the dorms

Campus office helps students with disabilities realize their full potential

Instead of heading to their residence halls for dinner on Wednesday night during the first week of classes, one dozen freshmen made their way to the Faculty Club to help inaugurate a new tradition of the Office of Accessible Education. The Sept. 22 event, which was the first “welcome dinner” hosted by the office for… Read more Campus office helps students with disabilities realize their full potential