Cardinal Days

In this class, Broadway playwright Young Jean Lee will teach a low-stress method of beginning and completing a play. Everyone is welcome—including people who have never done any creative writing before. This class will involve some simple writing exercises to help you to get started, and will center self-compassion. If the idea of taking this class scares you–it was designed with you in mind!

Come learn about Stanford’s Asian American Activities Center and how we can be a resource for Prospective Students (ProFros) and spend time with some of our student leaders to understand why the Center and community are important to them!

El Centro is excited to host a student panel for all admitted students to learn more about the Stanford experience. Current students will share about their experience at Stanford and be available to answer questions.

Nyob zoo! The Hmong Student Union (HSU) invites you to join our Hmong Admit Welcome. We will be hosting games with the Hmong community at Stanford and provide you a space to get questions you may have answered. Additionally, please invite your parents to attend the event also. We will have a panel with parents of current Stanford students to help answer any questions that they may have. We hope to see you virtually and welcome you to Stanford!

Join us for a QSR social hour where admits can meet each other and current Stanford students! We’ll be getting to know each other with icebreakers and playing games such as Among Us, skribbl.io, and more.

Also on April 18th: Check out our Instagram page @queerstudentresources to follow our story takeover where student staff will be answering questions related to QSR programming, our physical location QSpot, resources, and queer life at Stanford!

Join the Stanford South Asian Society and get to know the biggest South Asian group on campus.

A casual zoom hang-out where Tibetan admits can interact with members of the Tibetan Student Union, get to know the community, and share any questions!

Pro-Fros will have the chance to engage with the broader Black Stanford community during Sunday evening’s Game Night + Speed Friending event! Games include Black Jeopardy, Codenames, Sriblio, and Pictionary! In addition, they will be able to quickly get to know current Stanford students and other prospective freshmen during rounds of speed dating.

Prizes may or may not be included 👀

Come hang out with other Chinese and Chinese American students at Stanford!

The Stanford Vietnamese Student Association (SVSA) welcomes The Official Stanford Class of 2025! Whether you identify as Vietnamese/Vietnamese American or just want to learn more about Vietnamese identity and culture, we invite you to be a part of our Gia Đình (family). We’ll introduce our wonderful committees within SVSA and share the exciting work that we do. Hear about the SVSA experience from a panel of our members and get the chance to ask your own questions with members.

Meet the wonderful members of the Pilipino American Student Union (PASU) and learn about our organization’s different committees!

Drop in via Zoom and ask current parents any questions you have. Registration closed.

Join Hillel staff and student leaders for a quick overview of Jewish life on campus, with ample time to answer your questions. Parents and students are both welcome, and we will split parents and students into different breakout rooms during the Q&A.

We are hosting two open house times to provide more opportunities to connect. Content at both open houses will be similar.

Hillel Open House #2 is on Sunday, April 25th at 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.

Drop in via Zoom and ask current parents any questions you have. Registration required.

Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 05:30 PM until 06:30 PM – Register Here

Camera as Witness Stanford Arts program presents THE POWER OF EMPATHY series
co-presented with Bechtel International Center, Palo Alto Libraries, Protect Our Planet and Stanford Film Society

In celebration of Earth Day

CLIMATE REFUGEES
(89 minutes) Bangladesh/China/Tuvalu/USA  Director: Michael Nash Producers: Michael Nash, Justin Hogan

Please join us for the panel discussion with the filmmakers Michael Nash and Stephen Nemeth,  Stanford Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources researcher, Erica Rose Bower and Protect Our Planet Senior Mentor, Dr. Ash Pachauri, moderated by Jasmina Bojic, Camera as Witness Program – Stanford Arts Director and Founder of the international documentary film festival UNAFF.

Attendees will have access to the fair in CardinalEngage prior to the “live” event to visit booths and learn about student organizations ahead of time. Org leaders will not be online during this time. Org leaders will be available on chat and/or Zoom during the “live” event on April 26 – April 30. Find the link to CardinalEngage in Cardinal Quad.

Drop in via Zoom and ask current parents any questions you have. Registration required.

Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 09:00 AM until 10:00 AM – Register Here

Are you from a rural area and wondering what the transition to Stanford University might be like?  Come hear how students who hail from rural places ended up thriving at Stanford and are working to deepen Stanford’s understanding of – and engagement with – rural communities.

Join the Department of Music for an information session followed by breakout discussion groups by topic. In addition to our major, minor, and performance certificate curricular opportunities, our department makes our lessons, ensembles, lectures, and seminars available to students in any major. We look forward to meeting you!

Do you want to learn about ways to give back to your community? Come hear how students who have been involved in public service have found a way to contribute to causes they’re passionate about – education, health, human rights, environmental sustainability, and more!

Hear from members of the Undergraduate Research team and Stanford undergrads who have conducted research and independent projects.

Please join us to meet student leaders and learn about identity and religious organizations.

Community service and health and wellness organizations focus on giving back to the community, both in helping Stanford students and with community partners and agencies outside campus. Many perform hours of community service in the Bay Area and raise awareness about different causes. Public service groups are also advised by the Haas Center for Public Service.

Social Awareness and political organizations focus on social and political ideas and issues and look for ways to better the world. They discuss and debate, raise awareness about different causes and bring speakers to campus. Many are also advised by the Haas Center for Public Service.

Click here to view the Spring Activities Fair training video.

Are you the first in your family to attend college? First engineer in your family? Womxn in STEM? Low-income? Excited but nervous? Driven but feeling overwhelmed? Join us to learn from staff and alumni of the Leland Scholars Program (LSP) and the Stanford Summer Engineering Academy (SSEA), two programs focused on easing the transition to Stanford for first-year students!

Contact us at thelspteam@stanford.edu and sseaprogram@stanford.edu

BEAM (Bridging Education, Ambition, and Meaningful Work) is the career education hub at Stanford. From your first year, dedicated career educators help you explore and design career paths, identify opportunities, and cultivate personalized networks of support. The core of Stanford’s model embodies meaningful work—work that adds value and purpose to your life. Come play a quiz bowl game and win Stanford Bookstore gift cards, get to know BEAM’s career educators, and learn more about how we connect you with meaningful work at Stanford.

Esta reunión de Zoom es una oportunidad para que usted les pregunte a los padres de estudiantes actuales o recientes de Stanford sobre su experiencia. No dude en unirse a nosotros durante toda o parte de la hora. Si tiene un tema que le gustaría discutir o sobre el que le gustaría aprender más, no dude en enviarlo a continuación.

Cuando se registre, se le enviará un enlace a la reunión de Zoom en el correo electrónico de confirmación. Regístrese aquí.

Please join us to meet student leaders and learn about academic and pre-professional organizations.

Academic and pre-professional groups typically focus on internal community building and academic and professional resources. There are several groups that support underrepresented identities in different academic and professional fields. Some of these groups host conferences, networking events, and speakers related to their field. These groups often receive advising and support through related academic departments, and some groups are associated with national organizations.

Click here to view the Spring Activities Fair training video.

We invite you to join us for this special coffee chat with current students – some of whom are also international! We’ll offer break out rooms where you’ll get to meet your fellow admits and ask questions live!

The San Francisco Bay Area is a place of extreme natural beauty, which hosts many distinct microclimates that reflect large changes in climate over short distances. Yet, underlying this beauty and diversity are mountain building processes that result from the motion of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. These motions are far from steady, as fits and starts in these motions produce the earthquakes that have shaped the history of the area. In this lecture, I’ll show you the big picture of how shedding of Earth’s heat leads to movement of its surface, and how this motion in turn produces the earthquakes, mountains, and microclimates of the Bay Area. I’ll take you around to some of the local spots where we can see the longest of California’s earthquake generating faults, the San Andreas Fault, and show you how earthquakes along this fault have built the mountains around campus. Finally, I’ll show how the changing landscapes across the Bay Area lead to its different climates, and how the same forces that produce the beauty and diversity of the area imperil it, as earthquakes threaten humans and infrastructure.

Public service and volunteering have never been more popular. But they also have many ethical dimensions that are important to consider: What motives do people have to engage in public service work? Are self-interested motives troublesome? What is the connection between service work and justice? Should the government or schools require citizens or students to perform service work? Is mandatory service an oxymoron? Can public service be ineffective or, worse, cause harm or delay the day that justice is achieved? Is public service possibly a bad thing?

Come learn more about opportunities to get involved in the arts at Stanford, watch a video of the Winter Performing Arts Festival and join in some fun activities. Whether you are a seasoned artist, want to explore artistic paths or learn about the amazing performances on campus – join us for the virtual information session. We are looking forward to meeting you!

ITALIC is a residence-based interdisciplinary arts program for first-year students. Visit our showcase to see and hear art made by current students and alumni. ITALIC students will be present to share their experiences and answer questions.

Please join us to meet student leaders and learn about dance, music, drama, media and publication organizations.

There are 30+ dance groups ranging from cultural dancing to hip-hop to classical and everything in between. These groups put on performances, host workshops and events. Some groups tour and travel to participate in shows and competitions. Some of these groups receive advising and support through related departments. There are also some arts that receive support through the community centers.

There are 20+ music organizations ranging from orchestras and bands to acapella groups. Many represent a variety of cultural backgrounds. These groups put on performances, host workshops and events. Some groups tour and travel to participate in shows and competitions. Some of these groups receive advising and support through related departments.

There are several ways to get involved with drama organizations, representing different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and styles of theatre. Or with organizations from a variety of media such as newspapers, journals, and broadcasting. There are also groups that focus on film or poetry. Many of these organizations contribute to the creative expression on campus.

Click here to view the Spring Activities Fair training video.