Designathon seeks to increase engagement in public service
Student teams presented proposals to the Haas Center for Public Service’s Executive Director Thomas Schnaubelt and Director of Executive Partnerships Kelly Beck, who served as judges.
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Editorial: Public service as individuals’ actions
Through numerous endeavors, Stanford has provided a haven for students’ pursuit of public service. The University encourages student groups to serve the community and houses the Haas Center for Public Service, an administrative center through which students can join or create student groups, obtain fellowships and search for public service-related careers. In fact, the Haas Center recently announced that Stanford graduates are increasingly interested in pursuing public service opportunities.
Public service careers draw graduates
Recent Stanford graduates are increasingly interested in pursuing public service opportunities after graduation, according to representatives of the Haas Center for Public Service and the Career Development Center (CDC).
Editorial: Create a Public Service GER
Promoting and encouraging public service has been part of Stanford’s mission since its founding. The Founding Statement notes that a core goal of the University is “to promote the public welfare,” and an amendment written by Jane Stanford declares that students are given an education “in the hope and trust that they will become thereby of greater service to the public.”
Op-Ed: Greed, For Lack Of a Better Word
I have noticed an unusual air grip fellow upperclassmen as they go through the recruiting process for positions with some of the most prestigious names in the financial and consulting fields…
Stanford program for dance in prison on hold
Janice Ross M.A. ’75 Ph.D. ‘98, a veteran of the Haas Center for Public Service, spoke on Wednesday evening as part of the Miriam and Peter E. Haas Centennial Professorship Lecture Series on Public service.
Stanford junior named Truman Scholar
Varun Sivaram ’11, a junior majoring in international relations and engineering physics, has been named a 2010 Truman Scholar…
Lending a helping hand
It’s 2 p.m. A group of freshmen walked through White Plaza, which was plastered with “Apply for Camp Kesem,” “Be a Hero” and Dance Marathon countdown signs. Trailing behind was a short girl in a Greenpeace T-shirt, holding brochures, poised to deliver her spiel.