Student Affairs
Reunion Homecoming Events
Public Service at Reunion Homecoming Weekend 2015
Thursday, October 22
Symposia of Undergraduate Research and Public Service (SURPS)
3:30-5:30pm
McCaw Hall inside Arrillaga Alumni Center
Join us in McCaw Hall as Stanford undergraduates present posters showcasing research, arts, and public service projects. Witness how student projects enhance faculty work and serve the greater community. Haas Center presenters include students who have participated in Community Service Work Study and Undergraduate Fellowships.
Friday, October 23
President's Welcome and Reunion Forum: From Inequality to Equal Opportunity
9:30-11:30am
Memorial Auditorium
In the United States and most countries around the world, inequality of wealth and opportunity has expanded dramatically, potentially affecting generations to come. What is the role of our government, Stanford, and each of us in building opportunity? What policies can reduce inequality and renew the promise of equal opportunity for all in America and around the world?
Moderator: Larry Diamond, ’73, MA ’78, PhD ’80; Mimi and Peter E. Haas Faculty Director, Haas Center for Public Service; Senior Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Hoover Institution; Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science and Sociology
Michelle Wilde Anderson, Professor of Law
Michael J. Boskin, Tully M. Friedman Professor of Economics and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow
Francis Fukuyama, Director of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, and Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Caroline Hoxby, Scott and Donya Bommer Professor in Economics; Program Director NBER (National Bureau of Economics) Economics of Education Program; John and Lydia Pearce Mitchell University Fellow in Undergraduate Education; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; Professor, by courtesy, at the Graduate School of Business
Jesper Sorensen, PhD ’96, Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Professor and Professor of Organizational Behavior; Professor of Sociology (by courtesy); Codirector of the Executive Leadership Development: Analysis to Action Program; Faculty Director of the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Countries (SEED); and Susan Ford Dorsey Faculty Fellow for 2015-2015
Civil-Military Relations at Stanford: Past, Present, and Future
4:30-6:30pm
Branner Hall
The Stanford Military Service Network hosts its third annual discussion with expert faculty members, Stanford veterans, and current student service members focused on civil-military relations in the Stanford community and Stanford's influence on civil-military affairs, followed by an opportunity to meet Stanford veterans and service members.
Sunday, October 25
Haas Center for Public Service Reunion Breakfast and Mini-Reunions
8:30-11:00am
Haas Center for Public Service, 562 Salvatierra Walk
Enjoy a buffet breakfast; learn about Cardinal Service, the new campus-wide effort to elevate and expand service at Stanford; reconnect with alumni and current and former staff; and learn how you can inspire students toward lives of public service. Special guests include Mimi and Peter E. Haas Faculty Director Larry Diamond, Executive Director Tom Schnaubelt, Associate Vice Provost Nicole Taylor, former Executive Directors Catherine Milton and Tim Stanton, and current students. The morning also includes Stanford in Government and Students for Sustainable Stanford mini-reunions.
Contact Information
For more information, email Peggy Propp or call (650) 725-7306.
View Stanford's Reunion Homecoming Weekend page for more events and to register for the weekend.
