Water in the West, formed in January 2010, is a joint program by the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Bill Lane Center for the American West. It aims to engage in research and policy initiatives from various academic disciplines in order to deliver solutions for the key water challenges in the western United States.
Applications for Arts Intensive, one of three September Studies seminar-based programs offered in the weeks leading into autumn quarter, have risen for the coming academic year, according to Stanford Introductory Studies (SIS) administrators. The number of students who applied for Sophomore College, another September Studies program, has remained stable.
Sophomore College received over 1,000 applications from over 500 students – or slightly under a third of the freshman class – by the April 9 deadline, according to Lee West, associate director of Stanford Introductory Studies.
Preliminary results from an ongoing study conducted by Ellen Woods, associate vice provost for Undergraduate Education, have determined that 70 percent of the current sophomore class has been enrolled in either an Introductory Seminar or a September Studies course — whether Sophomore College or Arts Intensive — since beginning at Stanford.
For many Stanford students, the month of September signifies the last few carefree weeks of summer vacation to be spent without worrying about the start of classes looming in the not-so-distant future. However, during this time, many other students are already on campus hard at work at the Sophomore College (SoCo) and Arts Intensive programs.
With one month left before graduation, the class of 2011 has reached a 10-year record of participation in Senior Gift donations and is on track to beat Stanford’s all-time participation record. The Senior Gift is a student-driven initiative intended to raise money to fund financial aid and other undergraduate programs.
Sophomore College begins… Andrew Luck fronts New York Times sports section… Harbaugh cancels team meetings for movie night… Dalai Lama tix go on sale… Clifford Nass research on sweet-talking computers… Fall course guide… Stanford news from around the Web for Monday, Aug. 30, 2010.