Too many choices
Katie ZhengGrad studentMy first week of grad school was hard. Too many courses to choose from.
Stanford Memories
Learning & Life on Campus
Where did you live when you were a student? What was your favorite Stanford course or professor? Share a memory about a learning or campus life experience.
Acting @ Stanford
Liu TengMA studentPlayed Catherine, a paranoid math genius, in Proof by David Auburn. Swore and jumped and really put myself out there on the stage.
Life at SSEA
Sydney JohnsonClass of 2020The Stanford Summer Engineering Academy was extremely insightful and I learned more about STEM and made incredible friends!
Stanford Continuing Studies
Dee EllmannPalo Alto residentI’ve taken two Continuing Studies classes at Stanford, and both of them were memorable. It’s a great benefit to me to live in Palo Alto and to be able to take advantage of furthering my education. I’ve also come to summer programs. I especially enjoyed…
Sehrish, Yulia IsnainiFaculty, Stanford Language Center
Monument to Change
Louise FleischerAeronautics/AstronauticsThe first time I encountered the “Monument to Change” in the Graduate School of Business, I was baffled by the beauty that erupted from these moving colors. I understood that it was based on Wall Street’s flippy board and for the first time in my…
Roommate
Katherine LiuClass of 2020Meeting my roommate on the first day of NSO and learning about her background and life in another part of the world.
That day I made a promise to myself: Take risks...
KarlaClass of 2020When I received the email that said I’d been accepted to an introsem I’d been waitlisted for, I wanted to cry from surprise, relief and frustration. I already had a full class load, but I really wanted to take my introsem. After crying to and…
Chanting in the fountain
Aparna VermaClass of 2020I went fountain-hopping with six other frosh from my dorm. We planned only three fountains, but the best moments are spontaneous, and so at the fifth fountain, we cupped our hands and roared our chant in the falling water: ¡CASA ZAPATA!
Fossil Free Stanford sit-in
Josh LappenClass of 2017, ClassicsIn November 2015, over 100 Stanford students converged on President Hennessy’s office, demanding that the university confront climate change by divesting from fossil fuels. Over the next week, over 100 students, faculty and staff participated in the sit-in and called on Stanford to stop condoning…