HEY FOURTEEN!
With iDeclare Week, our goal is to make the declaration process as simple and stress-free as possible. Despite the many options to choose from, we hope this week will help you narrow your focus and ultimately identify which major is best suited to your interests and needs.
This week will present you with a variety of opportunities to do just that. You can explore research and internship possibilities, meet faculty in your department (and hopefully make valuable connections!), and learn how exactly to declare. Beyond that, we'd also like to show you where your major may take you after graduation.
The iDeclare Week pamphlet and website will have the day-to-day activities of the week. Look through and decide which activities would be most helpful for you. And, as always, if you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.
- Phounsouk Sivilay, Dhruv Amin, Shaine Meulmester, and Mary Raddawi
2014classpresidents_gmail.com
The Sophomore Faculty Dinner is an event you do NOT want to miss. Whether you want to hear President Hennessy and V.P. Elam speak, find a faculty advisor, learn more about a major, or just make connections, this is a golden opportunity (and a delicious catered meal!).
The dinner will take place January 23rd from 6 - 8 pm in Paul Brest Hall (in Munger).
The link to RSVP will be sent out via email and available here on Tuesday, January 17th. Spots are VERY limited, so don't hesitate! RSVP as soon as possible.
Don't worry about inviting faculty! The 200 lucky students who get a spot will submit the top three departments they are considering for their major and will be seated with two professors from those departments at a small table of ten.
Dress is business casual.
Were incredibly excited to launch the first ever Senior-Sophomore Mentorship Program!
It can be daunting trying to choose a major, land a summer internship, or find the group on campus thats perfect for you. Explore, share, and connect with seniors who have already navigated through the path youre on now.
We have seniors ready and willing to lend their time to meet with you and share advice. Click on the link below and browse through the seniors survey responses. Find a senior with matching interests, internships, or plans for the future, and reach out!
We encourage you to invite the senior to grab coffee, lunch, or dinner. This connection can be anything from a one-time brief chat to a lasting relationship its up to you!
Not sure what to do next summer? The CDC will be hosting an event just for you to help you figure that out! Learn how to create your own internship; discover all of the resources available to make finding an internship easier; get concrete action items to help you start your search; and get advice on what companies are really looking for in summer interns.
Led by Kathy Campbell, Associate Director, Counseling Services
Engaging with faculty to pursue independent scholarship is one of the most rewarding opportunities that awaits you at Stanford. Research and creative work in every discipline offers the chance to become an expert contributor in your chosen field, and to forge deeper relationships with faculty than is normally possible in the classroom.
Join UAR staff to learn more about the kinds of projects you can integrate into your undergraduate experience, and how you can get started with the research that helps you choose a major or immerse yourself in the major you've already chosen.
"Faculty Meet Fourteen" will give you the chance to talk face-to-face with faculty from over 30 departments. Whether you are still deciding between majors or have already declared, this is an event you won't want to miss!
Faculty will open the event with brief remarks about their majors, and then you can chat with as many professors as you want to ask the questions you have about the majors that interest you. Find out about research and other special opportunities for majors.
This event is co-sponsored by the Class of 2014, Undergraduate Advising and Research, and the Schools of Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Humanities and Sciences. Beverages and tasty hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Scroll through the next few pages for more information on which departments and majors will be represented at the event.
Architectural Design
John Barton
Chemical Engineering
Alex Dunn
Computer Science
Mehran Sahami
Electrical Engineering
Robert Dutton
Engineering Physics
Mark Cappelli
Management Science and Engineering
Ross Shachter
Earth Systems
Julie Kennedy
Energy Resources Engineering
Roland Horne
Geological and
Environmental
Sciences
Kate Maher
Geophysics
Eric Dunham
Biology
Pat Jones
Virginia Walbot
Chemistry
Chris Chidsey
Megan McClory
Human Biology
Carol Boggs
Katherine Preston
Mathematics
Brian White
Physics
(also representing Engineering Physics
and the BA in Teaching Physical Science)
Patricia Burchat
English
Blair Hoxby
Ethics in Society Honors Program
Brent Sockness
Feminist Studies
Heather Hadlock
History
Robert Crews
Philosophy
Chris Bobonich
Religious Studies
Steven Weitzman
American Studies Program
Shelley Fishkin
Classics
Richard Martin
DLCL (French)
Dan Edelstein
DLCL (Iberian and
Latin American Cultures)
Lisa Surwillo
DLCL (Italian)
Laura Wittman
Drama
Branislav Jakovljevic
Political Science
Beatriz Magaloni-Kerpel
Public Policy
Mary Sprague
STS, as well as Communication
Fred Turner
Urban Studies
Michael Kahan
Archaeology
Lynn Meskell
Economics
Han Hong
Christine Min Wotipka
Cathy Heaney
International Relations
Judith Goldstein
Sophomore-focused office hours
Thurs., Jan 26th, 4 - 5 pm
Sweet Hall
Art & Art History
Student Services will hold open office hours Wed, Thurs, and Fri
Cummings Art Building, Zoe Luhtala's Office
Custom advising with the Director of Undergrad Studies and Student Services personnel
Wed., Jan 25th 3:15-4:15
110-112
Drop-in appointments
Thurs., Jan 26th and Fri., Jan 27th, 2:30 - 4:30
Mem Aud Room 144
Drama.pdf
Sophomore- focused office hours with dept. chair Gavin Jones
Fri., Jan 27th, 10 - 12
460-201C and 460-201A
English iDeclare Week.pdf
Classics_Starter_Flyer.pdf
Thurs, Jan 26th, 2 - 4 pm
location tba
Linguistics
Fri., Jan 27th, 11 am - 1 pm
Margaret Jackts (building 460) lobby
Drop-in hours with pizza
Thurs, Jan 26th, noon
Philosophy Lounge
Philosophy.pdf
Tea in the lounge with majors and Professor Barbara Pitkin
Wed., Jan 25th, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Religious Studies Lounge
Religious Studies.pdf
**The departments listed here have chosen to host open houses. If your department of interest is not listed, click here to find the contact information for your department.
Fri., Jan 27th, 1-3 pm
Gilbert 115
Biology.pdf
School of Earth Sciences
Open House
Fri., Jan 27th, 4 - 6
Geo Corner 114
iDeclare Informational Office Hours
Wed., Jan 25th, 3 - 5 pm
Mudd Chemistry Lobby
Time and location tba
HumBio.pdf
Chemistry.pdf
Opportunity to speak with staff member and get schedule of faculty advisor open office hours
Wed, Thurs, and Fri from 9 - noon and 1 - 4
380-381S
Prof. Roger Romani will be in Varian Physics Astrophysics Room 233 Wed., Jan 25th, 3- 5
Prof. Hari Manoharan will be in in his office McCullough Building, Room 348 Wed., Jan 25th, 3-5
Elva Carbajal (Student Services) will also be available to hand out information in her office in Varian Physics/Astrophysics Building Rm 107 on Wed., Jan 25th
Geophysics, Energy Resources Engineering, and Geological & Environmental Sciences
Drop-in information sessions
Wed, Jan 25th and Thurs., Jan 26th, 11:30 am - 1 pm
GeoCorner 114
African Studies
Thurs., Jan 26th, 12 - 2
216 Encina Hall West
American Studies
Fri., Jan 27th, 10 - noon
460-219
Lunch with the director
*lunch is provided
Thurs., Jan 26th, 12 - 1
Building 500
Archaeology iDeclare.pdf
Wed., Jan 25th, 3 - 5
Landau Econ Building, Conference Rm A (room 134)
ideclare econ info sheet2012.pdf
Anthropology
Workshop for research opportunities w/ info on undergraduate programs
Wed., Jan 25th, 12:15 - 1:45 pm
40-41J
AS_major_12.pdf
Anthropology Flyer.pdf
Opportunity to meet with faculty, peer advisors and staff; refreshments will be served
Thurs., Jan 26th, 1:30 - 4
208 Encina West
Available for drops-in
Wed, Thurs, and Fri from 10 - 4
Y2E2 Room 131
Ethics & Society
Opportunity to meet with program coordinator and faculty director
Thurs, and Fri, 2 - 4
Room 323, Law Building
Psychology
Open Office Hours
Thurs,., Jan 26th and Fri., Jan 27th, 2 - 5 pm
Psych Lounge, Building 420
CSRE
Lunch will be provided; students will be able to declare at the session; faculty & staff can answer q's
Wed., Jan 25th, 1 - 3
360-361D
Ethics in Society.pdf
Communications
Susie Ementon will be available to meet in her office
Tues. and Wed., 11 - 1
120-110
Communication.pdf
Public Policy.pdf
Materials Science & Engineering
Tea, Coffee, and Refreshments
Fri., Jan 27th, 1:30 - 3
Nanocharacterization Lab (McCullough Building)
Symbolic Systems
O ffice hours with Advising Fellows and Todd Davies
check http://symsys.stanford.edu/ for hours
SymSys Program Office
Also, there will be a Major Dinner, February 1st, 5:30 - 7 pm, location TBA
MSE-Advising Tea-2012 Flyer.pdf
MS and E.pdf
MS&E
Fri., Jan 27th, 2 - 4
Huang Engineering Center, first floor lobby
Wed., Jan 25th, 2:15 - 3:45 pm
Gates 160
CS (1).pdf
EPHYS.pdf
Wed., Jan 25th 3 - 5 pm
Public Policy Student Lounge, Gunn Building (366 Galvez)
*held at the same time/place as Economics
Mathematical and Computation Science
Open House with faculty and grads
Wed., Jan 25th, 4 - 5:30 pm
Library of Sequoia Hall
Math and Comp Sci.pdf
Declaration Workshop
Wed., Jan 25th, 1:30 - 3
Encina Hall West, room 100
Major proposal 11-12.pdf
Flyer ResearchTrack (1).pdf
RHT Major Proposal 11.4.11.pdf
Individually Designed Major in Engineering
Individ Design Mjr in Eng.pdf
Science, Technology & Society
Fri., Jan 27th,
1:30 - 3:30 pm
200-017
STS.pdf
Curious about life after the Farm?
Come hear six impressive Stanford graduates
talk about their experiences navigating research, grad schools, and careers
post-Stanford.
Opening remarks by Time columnist
Joel Stein.
Scroll right to see bios of the other panelists.
Joel Stein - opening remarks
Joel Stein is desperate for attention. He grew up in Edison, N.J., went to Stanford and then worked for Martha Stewart for a year. After a year
of fact-checking at various important publications (okay, Readers Digest Books and TV Guide), he got hired as a sports editor at Time Out New York, where they paid him to write sentences. He felt like the luckiest boy in the world.
But the luck was just beginning. Two years later he lucked into a job as a staff writer for Time magazine, where over seven and a half years he wrote a dozen cover stories on subjects such as Michael Jordan, Las Vegas, the Internet bubble and it being Time and he being a warm body
in the office low-carb diets.
Being desperate for attention, he has appeared on any TV show that asks him: VH1's "I Love the Decade You Tell Me I Love," HBO's "Phoning It In," Comedy Central's "Reel Comedy" and E! Entertainment's "101 Hottest Hot Hotties' Hotness." This, to his surprise, is the only thing anyone knows him for. But hell take it any way he can.
After teaching a class in humor writing at Princeton, he moved to L.A. at the beginning of 2005 to write a column for the Los Angeles Times and work as a sitcom writer. In addition to working for the failed show Crumbs, he has already had two failed pilots at ABC and hopes to expand into failed pilots at other networks.
He still contributes to Time and whatever magazines allow him to. Did he mention that he taught at Princeton? The University?
Kirsten Ganz
Kirstin Ganz is a first year MBA candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). Kirstin holds a BA from Stanford University where she majored in American Studies and minored in Ancient History. Prior to attending the GSB, she worked for three years at Batallure Beauty, a private label beauty start-up in New York City that launched and managed private label beauty brands for fashion retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Express, and Ann Taylor. In the upcoming summer between her first and second year at the GSB, she hopes to intern in the marketing department of a major CPG or retailer. Kirstin is an avid reader, music enthusiast, foodie and traveler. Long term, she would like to pursue a career at the cross-section of marketing, entrepreneurship, consumer products, and innovation.
Amie Baron
Amie Baron graduated in 2010 with a major in Public Policy and an Interdisciplinary Honors in Ethics in Society. Amie spent part of her undergraduate career traveling and working abroad and completed fieldwork for her honors research in Brazil. Since graduating, she has worked in user interaction and business development with early stage companies in an acclaimed Mountain View startup incubator. Currently, Amie is the Director of Community Engagement at California Common Sense, a nonprofit startup recently founded by Stanford Students.
Gabriel Kahn
Gabriel Kahn graduated from Stanford in 1991 with a major in Italian. He declared during his junior year after exploring both the Philosophy and Religious Studies departments. It was only after studying at the University of Perugia in Italy that he settled on his major, realizing he could graduate a quarter earlier. It was an unexpected, yet wonderful decision. The skills Gabe acquired from the Italian major became the basis for his career. After graduation, he moved to Italy to work in journalism. Over the span of the next ten years, Gabe has worked for internationally renowned newspapers like the Herald Tribune and the Wall Street Journal in Italy, New York, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles. He is excited to be back on campus.
Karen Law
Karen Law majored and cotermed in Mechanical Engineering, which she discovered was the perfect major for getting to do a little of everything and gaining the technical and analytical skills that would come in handy for many different opportunities down the road. While at Stanford, Karen studied thermosciences and energy systems, eventually getting involved in research with the Global Climate and Energy Project. After graduating, she joined Sandia National Laboratories and was thrilled to continue her education in wholly new subjects. Deciding to focus exclusively on alternative energy, Karen then joined TIAX, a technical consulting firm, where she, in her current role as senior manager, oversees the operations of the Northern California office and develops strategies to assist government and private clients in bringing cleaner fuels and transportation technologies to the marketplace.
Eric Wong
Eric Wong, BS '05 MS '07 completed his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Master's degree in Statistics. His time at Stanford included studying abroad in Beijing, China, and undergraduate and graduate research projects in the School of Medicine and MS&E. In 2007, he joined the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute (PAMFRI) where he is presently a Senior Statistician in the Health Policy Research department. And in addition to his role at PAMF, in 2010, he became a partner at the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), a venture philanthropy partnership.
