Recent Grad Reunion

Cagan Soccer Stadium
Kick off Reunion Homecoming weekend by cheering on the Cardinal Men's Soccer team, under the leadership of new coach Jeremy Gunn, as they square off against archrival California in this televised matchup.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at gostanford.com or by calling 1-800-STANFORD.

Cagan Soccer Stadium
Are you a soccer alum? Even if you are not, come out and watch the Stanford Men's Soccer alumni battle it out on the field.

Location TBD
Stanford, CA

There are a vast number of common things we experience everyday that requires a basic knowledge of Quantum Theory to understand them. What makes blueberries blue and strawberries red, that is, what is the reason things have color? The common understanding of size, big vs. small, is wrong. We usually think of size as relative, but size is actually absolute. This nature of size gives rise to what initially appear as strange quantum phenomena, such as a particle being in two places at once. Understanding does not require math, just a little mental gymnastics. 

Michael Fayer is the David Mulvane Ehrsam and Edward Curtis Franklin Professor of Chemistry. His research focuses on observing incredibly fast chemical processes as they happen, using ultrafast, femtosecond lasers to conduct nonlinear spectroscopic experiments to follow the motions of water molecules, proteins, and other molecules. Professor Fayer is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has won a number of international prizes for his work. He has two books, including Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains our Everyday World.

Maples Pavilion
The 2012 Women's Volleyball team returns 10 players from the 2011 team, all of whom saw action during the 2011 campaign. They also add five freshman who make up the #1 recruiting class in the nation and, with these 15 players, look to contend for the program's 7th NCAA title.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at gostanford.com or by calling 1-800-STANFORD.

Varsity Field Hockey Turf
Come watch the Cardinal take on the Aggies!

San Francisco Nightclub TBD
San Francisco, CA

Cardinal Young Alumni and the Stanford Social Network invite all Recent Grads out for the chance to party with your classmates outside of "the Bubble"! We will be holding a private party at a San Francisco nightclub on Friday, October 5th, from 8-11 pm. Come out to enjoy drink specials while reconnecting with fellow young alums. Once our event ends you will be able to party-on as the club opens to the public. To register, please click here. Registration is required by Monday, October 1st. Register soon before we sell out! The price is $10, and includes one drink ticket.

Ford Center
365 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA

Make Ford Center your first stop at Reunion to pick up your nametag and Welcome Packet.

Recent Grad Headquarters Tent in Koret Plaza
Stanford, CA

Head straight to the Headquarters Tent to start enjoying your Recent Grad Reunion Tailgate at 2:00 PM.
Want to attend other Saturday event first? Head to the Ford Center to pick up your namebadge starting at 7:30 am to enjoy Classes without Quizzes, the Roundtable at Stanford and more. 

Kehilla Hall, 2nd floor of the Koret Pavilion at the Ziff Center
564 Lane A
Stanford, CA

Join the Stanford Minyan for a traditional Saturday morning service. The services will take place in Kehilla Hall on the second floor of the Koret Pavilion at the Ziff Center, 564 Lane A, behind 565 Mayfield Ave. Please e-mail Jeremy Ragent at [email protected] to RSVP for this celebration. To learn more about Jewish life on campus, visit hillel.stanford.edu.

Green Library, Hopkins Room (Bing Wing, 3rd Floor)
Stanford

Come get an update on the Asian American community and what have been the relevant issues facing Asian Americans on campus today.

Henry & Monique Brandon Family Community Room, Black Community Services Center
Stanford, CA

The Stanford National Black Alumni Association invites you to find out what is happening in the Black community. Be there to hear about campus updates and participate in healthy discussion. Light refreshments will be served.

McCown 2, 3rd Floor, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA

Join fellow alumni in this opportunity to share experiences, strength and hope about ongoing recovery from chemical or alcohol dependency.

El Centro Chicano, Jaime Miranda Lounge
Stanford, CA
How has MEChA transformed higher education? Come dialogue with former and current MEChISTAS about the role of MEChA at Stanford. This session will begin with a panel presentation followed by Q&A and discussion. Bring your photos, t-shirts, memorabilia. Lunch will be provided.

Location TBD

Coordinators:
Lee Altenberg,'84
Steven Crane,'11
Mandeep Gill
Matt Nicodemus,'82
Randy Schutt,'77
Deborah Smith,'77
Daniel Steinbock,'08

Details forthcoming. For more information kindly contact the coordinators.

Main Quad, Building 420 (Jordan Hall), Room 041 (D-5)
Stanford, CA

Barack Obama is widely considered one of the most powerful and charismatic speakers of our age. Without missing a beat, he often moves between Washington insider talk and culturally Black ways of speaking. In this class, Professor Alim addresses language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful look at the racially-charged, cultural-linguistic controversies surrounding President Barack Obama's language use--and America's response to it.

H. Samy Alim is an associate professor of education and (by courtesy) of anthropology and linguistics, where he directs the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Language (CREAL) and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA). Some of his most recent books include You Know My Steez, Roc the Mic Right, Talkin Black Talk, and Global Linguistic Flows. He has also written for various media outlets, including The New York Times, Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo), and The Philadelphia New Observer, among others. His new book, Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S. (with Geneva Smitherman) views racial politics through the lens of language.

Koret Plaza
Stanford
Meet up with old friends and make new connections over a free delicious, catered lunch!

Main Quad, Building 300, Room 300 (E-6)
Stanford, CA

In this class, we'll view a number of transforming and kinetic works John Edmark has created as part of an ongoing exploration into spatial patterns of symmetry and growth. In particularly, we'll focus on pieces arising out of logarithmic spiral structures, Fibonacci numbers, and the golden ratio.

John Edmark, MS '02, lecturer in design, has taught in the Department of Art & Art History since 2003. He teaches classes in design fundamentals, product design, animation, and color. His art and design pursuits range from organically inspired cellular and kinetic works to products for storage, kitchen, and creative play. In 2008, he was an Artist-in-Residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco where he created a work for the Geometry Playground travelling exhibition. He is named inventor on nine U.S. and foreign utility patents.

Masters Grove
Stanford, CA

Reconnect with alumni, friends and family from the Chicano/Latino and Native American alumni communities. Hosted by Miguel Martinez, '76.  Barbecue and beverages will be served.  Meet at the Chateau RV in Masters Grove, a short walk to the Stanford Stadium.

Main Quad, Building 320 (Geology corner), Room 105 (D/E-5)
Stanford, CA

Public debates about global climate change and potential responses to it have been confusing and frequently contentious. Professor Weyant discusses climate change and potential policy responses to it. He’ll focus on characterizing the uncertainties inherent in our understanding of the operation of the earth system and developing approaches to managing the risks we face.

John P. Weyant is Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Director of the Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) and Deputy Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy and the Freeman-Spolgi Institute for International Studies at Stanford.  His current research focuses on analysis of global climate change policy options, energy efficiency analysis, energy technology assessment, and models for strategic planning.

Stanford Law School, Room 190 (F-7)
Stanford, CA

Human rights over the Obama Administration term have seen highs, lows, and everything in between: from the Arab Spring; to Ang Sung Su Kyi's election in Burma; to Kony 2012; to closing Guantanamo; to the US Supreme Court ordering the re-trial of Shell Oil's human rights record in Nigeria.  How have US human rights policy, social media, and the world's economic woes, shaped the last four years?  And what lies ahead for the next Administration? Is there a role for Stanford students, faculty and alumni to help shape human rights policies?

Helen Stacy is the Director of the Program on Human Rights in the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. She is a Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and affiliated faculty at Stanford Law School. She is also a Researcher with the European Forum at the Freeman Spogli Institute and is associated with the Center for African Studies.  She is currently working in Africa and South-East Asia on legal and policy responses to human trafficking. 

Main Quad, Building 420 (Jordan Hall), Room 040 (D-5)
Stanford, CA

What is it like to teach thousands of Stanford students over three decades? How do students change over the years? What are the more lasting impressions they leave behind? How does the temper of the times influence the classroom?

Herant Katchadourian is professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, human biology, and education (by courtesy). Since joining the Stanford faculty in 1966, he has served as dean of undergraduate studies and vice provost of undergraduate education. Dr. Katchadourian introduced the Human Sexuality course at Stanford in 1968, which has since attracted more than 20,000 students. He has received numerous awards, including the university's Dinkelspiel Award and the Lyman Award for exceptional volunteer service to Stanford alumni. He has been selected seven times as Outstanding Professor and Class Day speaker by graduating seniors.

Main Quad, Building 200 (History corner), Room 030, basement level (D-6)
Stanford, CA

With the advent of the modern world, we find thought-provoking changes in the representation of space in both painting and literature, some of which are the products of new ways of seeing, or cognitive space. John Donne specifically engages his readers in the act of creating inner or psychological spaces that are highly empirical. How and why do these texts seek to activate both the reader and viewer’s cognitive responses?

Helen Brooks, PhD '80, is a senior lecturer emerita in the Department of English. Her teaching includes courses on John Donne, Shakespeare, Renaissance/Early Modern poetry, Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, graduate seminars on Renaissance/Early Modern intellectual and cultural history, and theoretical approaches to literature. Other research and teaching interests include interdisciplinarity, new historicism; literature and the advent of mathematical perspective and the modern scientific method of inquiry cognitive studies and the neurosciences, gender studies, modern poetry and drama. Professor Brooks is a leading scholar of John Donne, an English Renaissance poet, and has published several articles.

The front lawn of the Taube House at the Ziff Center, Mayfield Ave.
565 Mayfield Ave
Stanford, CA

Join other alumni and students for a community Shabbat reception in the sukkah.  Special Guest professor Marc Feldman will speak on "Race, Genetics and the Jewish people". Marc Feldman's lab is in the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University.  The sukkah stands on the front lawn of the Taube House at the Ziff Center, Hillel’s home at 565 Mayfield Ave. Please e-mail Jeremy Ragent at [email protected] to RSVP for this celebration. To learn more about Jewish life on campus, visit hillel.stanford.edu.

Cummings Art Building, Annenberg Auditorium, lower level (D-7)
Stanford, CA

Please check back for more details soon.

School of Education, Cubberley Auditorium (E-6)
Stanford, CA

China is often portrayed in the media as an unstoppable juggernaut that will continue to grow in the coming decades at a pace so fast that it will soon surpass the US and take the stage as the world's supreme superpower. However, for those of us old enough to remember, such predictions were made for the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s and Japan in the 1980s. Is China really a threat? Or are there reasons to believe China's growth is vulnerable and will end up    stagnating in the coming decades?

Scott Rozelle is the Helen Farnsworth Senior Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. His research focuses almost exclusively on China and is concerned with agricultural policy, rural resources, and the economics of poverty. Professor Rozelle is the co-director of the Rural Education Action Project (REAP), a set of studies that seek to evaluate China's new education and health programs and have an impact on policy. He is fluent in Chinese and has established a research program in which he has close working ties with several Chinese collaborators and policy makers. 

Location TBD
Stanford, CA

The next industrial revolution—nimble, customized, decentralized, and energy-frugal—can bring jobs back to the United States, provide long-term lucrative careers for a new generation of American workers, and leave a smaller footprint on the environment. Professor Dave Beach will discuss how Stanford students use Stanford’s innovation incubator, the Product Realization Lab, to develop the products and processes that will assure U.S. leadership in a sector that accounts for 68% of all global R&D spending.

David Beach, '68, MS '72, professor of mechanical engineering, teaches in the areas of design and manufacturing. His interests are in the integration of design, manufacturing, marketing; and precision engineering. He directs the Product Realization Laboratory which annually provides more than 1,000 students with hands-on experiences in product definition, conceptual design, and prototype creation. Beach is the recipient of the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, held the prestigious Bing, Bass, and Sugden Fellowships, and received the Dean's Award for Industry Education Innovation.

Meet at the Stanford Visitor Center
295 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA

Your guide, a current Stanford student, will take you on a 60-minute stroll around campus to rekindle old memories. This tour will end at White Plaza.

Main Quad, Building 200 (History corner), Room 002, basement level (D-6)
Stanford, CA

Four years since the depths of the financial crisis, what have we learned?  What is the state of the global financial markets? Will the U.S. economy emerge stronger or weaker? 

Kevin Warsh, '92, is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2006 to 2011, with a focus on financial markets and the conduct of monetary policy. Warsh served as the Federal Reserve's representative to the Group of Twenty and the board's emissary to the emerging and advanced economies in Asia. Before his appointment to the board (2002–6), he was the special assistant to the president for economic policy and executive secretary of the White House National Economic Council.

Main Quad, Building 200 (History corner), Room 034, basement level (D-6)
Stanford, CA

Although the ancient Greeks believed that the Iliad was composed by a brilliant blind poet named Homer, we now know that was not the case at all!  Come and find out the true story of the making of the Iliad.

Barbara Clayton, PhD ’99, visiting scholar in classics, has a long and happy history as a fellow in Stanford’s Introduction to the Humanities program (IHUM) as well as four years with the course, Structured Liberal Education. She has also taught Greek prose composition and Greek mythology for Stanford’s Classics Department. Clayton is a Homerist, specializing in the Odyssey. Her other academic interests include mythology, ancient comedy, gender in the ancient world, the classical tradition, and classics in popular culture. 

Knight Management Center, Zambrano Hall, Cemex Auditorium (D-9)
Stanford, CA

What is willpower, how does it work and why does it matter? In this class, Kelly McGonigal shares the science behind willpower, the most common myths about it and how this science of self-control can be able to improve our health, happiness, and productivity.

Kelly McGonigal, PhD ’04, is lecturer at Stanford Prevention Research Center and a leading expert on the mind-body relationship. She teaches for the School of Medicine’s Health Improvement Program and is a senior teacher/consultant for the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. McGonigal has received a number of teaching awards for her undergraduate psychology courses, including the university’s highest teaching honor, the Walter J. Gores award. In Stanford’s Continuing Studies, her classes demonstrate the applications of psychological science to personal health and happiness, as well as organizational success and social change. As an expert science writer covering psychology, neuroscience, and mind-body medicine, she blogs for Psychology Today and Mindful.org. In 2010, Forbes named her one of the 20 most inspiring women to follow on Twitter.

CEMEX Auditorium, Graduate School of Business
Stanford, CA

Join us as a panel of national leaders reflects on the legacy of John W. Gardner (1912-2002) at a forum marking the centenary of his birth. Citizen, statesman, advocate, and teacher, John Gardner continues to inspire individuals and institutions seeking to advance the common good. Hosted by the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, the Stanford School of Education, the Graduate School of Business, and the Haas Center for Public Service.

Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall
616 Serra Street
Stanford, CA

Join us for our annual event honoring LGBT alumni and helping our students, faculty and staff to celebrate Reunion Weekend together. Tickets are $15 for alumni, $10 for young alumni and current students free.  Please RSVP/register in advance at Stanford Pride. Visit us at stanfordpride.com, of follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Black Community Services Center Complex
Stanford, CA

Dance Floor, Bid Whist, Spades, Dominoes, cobbler, and You! Reconnect with alums and share your memories with current students. Desserts and beverages will be served. Sponsored by the Black Community Services Center & Stanford National Black Alumni Association. Cost is $10 per person, register online by clicking here. 

Dinkelspiel Auditorium
471 Lagunita Dr
Come help Everyday People celebrate 25 years of singing and performing arts excellence.

More details forthcoming.

Contact:
Michelle Mouton Badger, '00, MA '02 at [email protected].

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez St.
Stanford, CA

If you are just arriving on campus on Sunday, pick up your nametag and Welcome Packet at the Alumni Center.

Maples Pavilion
The 2012 Women's Volleyball team returns 10 players from the 2011 team, all of whom saw action during the 2011 campaign. They also add five freshman who make up the #1 recruiting class in the nation and, with these 15 players, look to contend for the program's 7th NCAA title.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at gostanford.com or by calling 800-STANFORD.