Faculty/Staff

Morning Mindfulness Class

Are you a morning person? If you’ve ever wanted to learn to meditate, consider using the quiet time before work to enhance your wellness in a new way.

Date and Time: 
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 06:30
Location: 
La Ka Shing
Event Sponsor: 
HIP
Contact Email: 
katell@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 
(650)723-9649

Last modified Tue, 16 Jun, 2015 at 7:54

Celebrating Sustainability

Join Office of Sustainability and more than 30 campus partners for the annual Celebrating Sustainability Activity Fair on April 19, from 11-1pm at Ford Plaza! This annual Earth Day celebration will feature numerous activities and demonstrations for energy, water, transportation, waste, food and sustainable living. Open to staff, faculty and students, the fair provides lunch, activities, and entertainment to all those who wish to learn more about sustainability at Stanford. 

Date and Time: 
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 11:00
Location: 
Ford Plaza
Event Sponsor: 
Sustainability and Energy Management, Residential & Dining Enterprises
Contact Email: 
mbrightwater@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 
650.725.4522

Admission

Celebrating Sustainability is open to the campus community. We encourage you to RSVP at the event website.

Last modified Wed, 9 Mar, 2016 at 0:45

Emotion Regulation Skills for Parents

Do you often lose patience with your kids? Do your kids trigger intense emotions in you? Have you often wished that you could have dealt with the situation in a better way? Children often learn emotion regulation skills from watching how their parents deal with their intense emotions. So if you are someone who struggles with regulating your intense emotions, please attend this informative workshop and learn some evidence based strategies for emotion regulation in you and your children. In this workshop, topics covered include:

Date and Time: 
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 12:00
Location: 
Tresidder Memorial Union, 459 Lagunita Dr. Cypress Lounge Conference room
Event Sponsor: 
Help Center
Contact Email: 
vinutham@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 
34577

Admission

Register for this workshop online: helpcenter.stanford.edu/register

Last modified Wed, 9 Mar, 2016 at 7:02

Meditation For All

Come and meditate with us! We will begin with a few minutes of settling and discussing the practice. We will then sit for twenty minutes, with gentle guidance for less experienced practitioners. Those with their own established practices are welcome to ignore the guidance and simply do their thing. After twenty minutes there will be an opportunity to debrief and share anything that arose during the practice.

Date and Time: 
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 17:00
Location: 
Circle Sanctuary (Old Union Building, 3rd Floor)
Event Sponsor: 
Hillel at Stanford
Contact Email: 
hillelatstanford@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 
723-1602

Admission

Everyone is most welcome. The event is non-religious and free.

Last modified Wed, 9 Mar, 2016 at 14:14

Autism Spectrum Disorders Update: Understanding the Puzzle

A one-day conference for parents, educators and care providers of children with an autism spectrum disorder. This annual update will focus on new research, therapies and insights to living with autism.

Keynote speakers:

Catherine Lord, PhD "DSM-5: Rationale and Impact of the new Criteria"

Peter Mundy, PhD "Autism and Joint Attention: Assessment and Intervention Fundamentals"

Stanford researchers will also be presenting their latest work in the field of Autism and there will be an option to attend a breakout session in the afternoon

Date and Time: 
Saturday, May 7, 2016 - 08:00
Location: 
Li Ka Shing Conference Center
Event Sponsor: 
Stanford Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University
Contact Email: 
earchiba@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 
(650) 721-6327

Admission

$125 includes lectures and breakout session as well as continental breakfast and buffet lunch

registration link

Last modified Fri, 26 Feb, 2016 at 7:33

Stanford Coordinated Care Open House

Stanford Coordinated Care (SCC) is an exclusive benefit for eligible employees and their covered adult dependents. Coordinated Care offers a bold new approach to deliver customized health services for people with ongoing health conditions that need more than an annual check up.


The Open House is a great opportunity to tour the clinic, meet the physicians and care team, and get your questions answered. 

Please note, at this time SCC services are not available to those covered by Kaiser. 

Date and Time: 
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 17:30
Location: 
211 Quarry Rd. Suite 402 Palo Alto, Ca 94304
Event Sponsor: 
Stanford Coordinated Care
Contact Email: 
ablacker@stanfordhealthcare.org
Contact Phone: 
650-724-1800

Admission

To RSVP please email Alex Blacker at ablacker@stanfordhealthcare.org or call (650) 724-1800 to speak with a member of our care team.

Last modified Wed, 24 Feb, 2016 at 21:35

12th Annual Wellness Fair

Every spring at Stanford, BeWell@Stanford and the Health Improvement Program co-sponsor a Wellness Fair for Stanford employees. This year's event theme will be Spotlight on Wellness, with a special health focus on having a restful night’s sleep. It will be a red carpet event for everyone!

Date and Time: 
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 10:30
Location: 
Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation
Event Sponsor: 
Health Improvement Program, BeWell at Stanford
Contact Email: 
bewell@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 
(650) 721-2984

Admission

Admission is free

Last modified Thu, 18 Feb, 2016 at 11:47

Inner Balance: Reduce Stress with HeartMath™

Do feelings of overwhelm and stress interfere with your enjoyment of life? Have you noticed your health, sleep, and energy affected by life or work stress? This research and evidence-based course gives you practical tools and technology to generate a simultaneous state of relaxation, readiness, and revitalization called coherence. Each participant receives a fun and innovative self-monitoring technology for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch called Inner Balance.

Date and Time: 
Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 13:30
Location: 
Li Ka Shing Center, Rm 101
Event Sponsor: 
Health Improvement Program
Contact Email: 
ausserer@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 
650 721-6003

Admission

Register for this class, starting January 6, using the More Information link or go to: http://hip.stanford.edu

Class fee: $250 (STAP/EA Funds: Yes)

Class code: heart-01

Last modified Fri, 5 Feb, 2016 at 7:54

Assistive Technology Faire

The Assistive Technology Faire provides an opportunity for students and community members to get an up-close look at a variety of devices and learn about available programs from product vendors and service agencies. Users of assistive technology products as well as small companies and agencies serving individuals with disabilities and older adults are encouraged to bring assistive technology devices to display, demonstrate, and discuss.

Vendors:

Date and Time: 
Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 16:30
Location: 
Thornton Center - Classroom 110
Event Sponsor: 
Design Group, Mechanical Engineering
Contact Email: 
davejaffe@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 
Dave Jaffe - 650/892-4464

Admission

Everyone is welcome to attend the faire

Last modified Sun, 31 Jan, 2016 at 0:45

Stanford Medicine | AIF Symposium

We have received significant interest in the March 8 event, in addition to several recent ideas for how to expand the symposium for even greater impact. We are therefore postponing the symposium until October 14, 2016.

The extended timeframe will allow us to implement these new ideas and accommodate additional participants, ensuring that the symposium achieves the highest levels of success.

MATERNAL AND NEWBORN SURVIVAL: Research, Technology Driven Innovation, and Action

Date and Time: 
Friday, October 14, 2016 - 13:00
Location: 
Berg Hall, LKSC
Event Sponsor: 
Office of the Dean, School of Medicine
Contact Email: 
medevents@stanford.edu

Admission

Last modified Wed, 9 Mar, 2016 at 14:18