A belated post, I attended Stanford University's 2025 Summer Session. Summer Session is a selective…read moreprogram that allows students from around the world participate in Stanford's Summer Quarter. I was honored to be awarded a tuition grant to be able to attend. I really enjoyed being a visiting student at Stanford University for their 2025 summer quarter! I am forever thankful to Stanford for the opportunity to be a student in part of their summer session! I would highly recommend this to anyone who might be interested! In my time in the Stanford Summer session I took COMM112S-01 Deliberative Polling and Al Governance: Shaping Ethical Parameters for Al 3 units And LIFE 172A - 01 Introduction to Playful Mindfulness 1 unit I truly enjoyed both of these classes and learned a lot from them both. Throughout the summer I made friends in the program from around the world who I still talk to today. I participated in as much of the various workshops and activities available to the summer students. Some of these included: Resume Workshops, Scavenger Hunts, Academic Workshops, Social Events and more. The professors and the program directors at Stanford were all very friendly and kind. The class sizes were small, smaller than I am used to at my community college but it was a nice difference. The campus is stunning and large with beautiful architecture and gardens everywhere you turn. In spare time I enjoyed exploring things such as the libraries and museums on campus. Some of these are only open to students, faculty and alumni so I wanted to enjoy it while I could! I even went golfing for the first time on the course because it is open only to students, alumni and faculty and had a great time. The golf course has special rates to make it more accessible to students. There is a lot of food and drink options available in campus as well as some nearby. I ended up with some favorites for sure! During and after attending the Stanford Summer Session, I took part in a leadership role while studying at Stanford. I served as a member of the Local Scholars Advisory Council. Summer Session partnered with a select group of local students to improve and promote Summer Session to prospective participants. I worked with the Stanford Summer Session's Program Coordinator alongside 5 other students to make a representative sample of students from local institutions who want to help shape the future of the program. We provided honest feedback and suggestions for the current and future programs to help improve the experiences of students, particularly local students like us. After the program was over I also partnered with the summer sessions program's coordinator to provide an information session for interested students at my Community College to participate in the Summer 2026 program. Patricia and I shared information about the program, how to apply and I shared my experience as a Community College student participating in the Stanford Summer Session. I shared my experiences to help pave the way for future students just like me to also be able to attend the program. It was rewarding to participate in the Local Scholars Advisory Council to help improve the Summer Session and get more future students from my college to apply. Overall, I had a wonderful experience on this beautiful campus and I couldn't be more happy and proud to have had the opportunity. I highly recommend checking out Stanford even to just walk around and enjoy the nature and free museums that are open to the public.

Visiting Stafford University for my sister-in-law's PhD graduation over at Maple Pavilion was nice…read more The only thing was the lack of organization of parking as it was a madhouse. However, once inside the pavilion very organized and what a spectacle a lot of brain power, but also very proud. The campus itself is remarkable, and if you haven't gone on it, take a look at one of the best universities in the world.

GSB library/Bass center is my favorite library in Stanford, very clean, spacious, superior,…read moremagnificent, and of high grade, yet exquisite and extravagant in a low profile! It closes at 7pm, unless you are GSB students. My heart beats so fast whenever I walked in, feel closer to my dream, this is the dream library in my dream school! The interior decor makes me feel home, I belong to here! My hearts beat faster when I get in, the African American lady cashier was very helpful and polite. Ground and 1st floor are libraries, while 2nd, 3rd and 4th are all study rooms. I'd love to come more often to study, fulfill my dream here

Took a class here recently for Winter 2019 session, and it was interesting to be back in a business…read moreschool environment. We used the smaller rooms that fit at least 36 chairs, or even 15 chairs, etc. The parking lot is right underneath the school, super convenient to walk directly to class. I left the class feeling changed (hopefully for the better), and will continue to work on what I learned and apply it to daily life.

I'm so incredibly blown away with the architecture and history that emits from Stanford…read more This building is not exception. The MED Café located on the ground floor of the Li Ka Shing Building at 291 Campus Drive. WOW! Both indoor and outdoor seating options make the MED Café a great place to grab a meal. Award-winning catering services featuring healthy, organic and sustainable cuisine, using fresh, locally sourced ingredients http://conferencecenter.stanford.edu/

Beautiful campus. A lot of renovations going on. Nice classrooms with great views. They give med…read morestudents free iPads.

While attending my 30th reunion, I found the staff at the Alumni Center unbelievably,…read moreunconscionably rude, demanding personal information before answering even the simplest of questions, like directions to the reunion "welcome" (ha ha) center, where to purchase merchandise, and where to get a map of campus, which some of us think has changed, just a little bit. What a waste of space, this "alumni" center. I met with more classmates at bars in Menlo Park and Palo Alto. Campus is quite unwelcoming these days, obviously in the wrong hands.

Great building. Great cafe with nice workers. Beautiful lobby and garden. Cool library.read more

Beautiful functional building on campus for meetings, classes, collaboration, and eating.read more

A really nice auditorium with refreshingly effective air circulation, high-end audio, plush seating…read morewith lots of leg room, warm lighting, aesthetically pleasing modern design plus bright white LED lights on the aisle seats. I wish the entire Monday Night Film Series: Apocalyptic Comedy was screened here! This venue is cool!

This place? Ick. To…read morestart, it might be called Stanford University Parking Structure 7, but when you type that into Google Maps, it shows you the way to Campus Drive Knight Management Center Garage. That mouthful is the official name of Parking Structure 7, which might be helpful to Stanford insiders who know where the Knight Management Center is, but I'm not a Stanford insider (thankfully), but I do deal with college locations and location names on a daily basis for my work, and I can tell you that Stanford is doing it wrong, because it should just be the Knight Center. You don't need to tell us what is taught there. It's not Wheeler English Hall on UC Berkeley's campus; it's just Wheeler Hall. But donors gonna give give give give give, so we have to name things after people who made their billions directly off the exploitation of sweatshop labor. What, I've got the wrong billionaire? Different day, same problem. The parking structure sucks. It's mysterious as to whether you have to pay. You do. Sometimes. If it's within certain hours. Finding a spot on a Sunday was harder than I thought, but there were other basketball-game parkers as well. But upon leaving? We had to wait almost forty-five minutes to go up one level because this place has the worst traffic-management and merging and exiting ever. OK, not ever, but it's really bad. So the entire time we're waiting in this line, I'm wondering whether I should have paid; maybe all these people are stopping to pay. Apparently, they weren't. It's just poor design. I read up on the actual process of paying for parking later, and you know what? There are no attendants and no machines. Nope, you have to download an app to pay. I realize that the world is changing, but there are still old people around who want to attend sporting events, concerts, movies, and plays. Stop forcing everyone to download your dumb app. Let people pay either way. Belt and suspenders, because society is already needlessly cruel, expensive, and stupid. Stanford makes plenty of money on tuition alone; they don't need to be charging exorbitant rates for food and drinks or parking at their games. Silicon Valley is sick, as in ill, as in I want to stay away from it and its machinations. Thanks for the free parking, Stanford! No thanks for wasting all the gas as I waited to get the French out of Parking Structure 7--I mean Campus Drive Knight Management Center Garage.

Well, it's a mixed bag. Parking Structure 7, located underneath the new Knight Management Center…read moreof Stanford's famed GSB, is a pretty great location, and tends not to fill up before other options in its area. It's across from Maples Pavilion, and right next to the sand volleyball courts and tennis courts... and oh yeah it's also right underneath GSB. And covered because it's underground. But... if you park there on a weekday between 6am and 4pm, you have to pay with a machine that steals money. The short version: DO NOT USE CASH WITH THE MACHINE AND IF YOU DO, DO NOT CANCEL YOUR TRANSACTION USING THE PAY PARKING MACHINE NO MATTER WHAT. It won't spit your money back to you, it'll literally print you out a receipt with a phone number to call to get a refund. (What? Now that it took my last $1.25 I'm going to call a number and have a check mailed to me? Fail.) I hope this machine isn't demonstrating a GSB-taught business model. Tricks like that only work if you screw someone who doesn't use Yelp. Boom.

4th floor gym is not a bad place to see the sunrise! Open to current medical students, PA students,…read moreand other grad students in various science departments. They also offer free personal training sessions! Gym lockers (men and women's separate) have communal showers and plenty of locker space. The first floor has the two main lecture halls for the medical students as well as "med cafe"- see that entry on yelp for the full review of their menu items. The price is pretty much what you'd expect for a stanford on-campus cafe- pricey but useful to have when you're running between classes! There's also a stanford store on the first floor for swag. The second floor and third floor has additional space for classrooms and admin space. The second floor also has Berg hall where medicine grand rounds occurs as well as conferences and the medical student milestone events (part of white coat ceremony and the match day!)

The Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center is a laboratory, conference center, and research hub…read morelocated on the Stanford University Campus. part of the larger Stanford medical School Complex. The center is named after its benefactor, Sir Ka-shing Li, a Hong Kong investor, and philanthropist who has a net worth of nearly 40 billion dollars. The Center's mission is to foster " a unique confluence of cutting-edge medicine, modern teaching methods, and advanced technologies that will transform the way physicians and medical researchers are trained " The center which cost over $90 million dollars opened in 2010 and now serves as the headquarters for the School of Medicine As noted, the center is used for teaching, research, and has a large conference hall that can be booked for meeting as events. The lobby contains the Stanford Medical School Book Store as well as a small eatery. The 3 Story structure itself is quite imposing. It features floor to celling glass and a impressive red roof than overhangs the structure all the way to the adjacent discovery walk. The top floor has an outdoor eating area that allows an impressive view of the surround school and hospital. That being said unless you are a student or have business in the building the first floor and the architecture are about it. However it lies right on the Discovery Walk, near the Clark Center and Nexus eatery. In addition, the Hospitals, arboretum, Stanford Tomb, Cantor Art Museum etc are all within easy walking distance. In addition there are numerous outdoor art instalations to enjoy

Center of higher education, and I can't find the damned light switch in this corner of Wallenberg…read moreHall. Night classes at the Quad after work requires extra doses of RedBull. The Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL) is a research facility on the Stanford University campus. I use this to duck to the next class. The ground floor is the Center's visible public face and a showcase the Center's work ... but I still need that plug for the laptop and some light otherwise this homework won't get the ROI...

Enjoyed my play. Liked how modern the playhouse was and clean bathrooms. The staff are very helpful…read moreand there's a pretty sizable bar area.

I had a delightful evening at Theatre Works at Lucie Stern! Here's the scoop if you're thinking…read moreabout visiting: P A R K I N G + Ample free parking in the lot or nearby street parking. If you're like me and late sometimes, you'll be happy to know there's plenty of parking to go around. A M B I A N C E + The theater seating is consecutive straight rows like an auditorium, so every seat has a good view. We had assigned seating. Theater was clean and cozy. + The chairs were comfy, not the kind where you end up stiff if you've got long legs. + There are ADA seating available, and specific shows with ASL interpreters. + Concessions and restrooms are super close on the right of the theater when you enter the front doors. + The acting, stage design, and music were superb. The stage design was very elaborate considering their low budget. +++ The fake snow falling outside the theater after our show was a lovely touch. C O N C E S S I O N S I didn't partake in any as I came directly after dinner. They had several options from Famous Amos cookies, m&m's, wine, beer, hot chocolate, and tea. There wasn't a bag check, so you could bring outside snacks if you wanted to. + There were lots of free cookies and wine after the show. S E R V I C E + The staff were helpful in assisting us in finding our seats. T L ; D R All in all, I would highly recommend Theatre Works to anyone looking for a chill evening out. Whether you're a musical lover or just looking for something fun to do, this place is a winner! I'll be back for another musical in 2025!