Grad Grow Learning Opportunities

Each year, the Haas Center awards GPS fellowships to twenty graduate students who are planning to integrate public service or community-engaged scholarship into their professional careers. Fellows receive a small quarterly stipend ($1,000), design an individual project, and join a strong network of likeminded students who meet throughout the year to develop their capacity for civic engagement. Teaching opportunities are also available to two students per year. See the Haas Center website for required qualifications and to apply. Provided in partnership with the VPGE. 

The Graduate Student Council (GSC) serves Stanford's graduate student population by representing student interests in University affairs, supporting graduate student organizations, and providing community events for graduate students. The GSC is comprised of 15 elected voting members, 10 who represent Stanford's seven schools and 5 at-large representatives. All graduate students (including professional students) can join the GSC mailing list.

The Diversity & Advocacy Committee (DAC) of the Graduate Student Council works to support inclusion, openness, and multiplicity within the Stanford community. If you are interested in getting involved with the DAC, check out the opportunities listed on this site or sign up here to be a part of the DAC core, aka the project planners!

This resource from the University of Michigan is a guide for proactive students seeking to improve the quality of their relationships with faculty. It covers the basics of mentoring, how to find a mentor, and your responsibilities as a mentee, and delves into strategies for underrepresented students and the way the mentoring relationship changes as you progress from mentee to colleague. Useful for all graduate students seeking mentorship.

Funded by the Graduate Life Office, the Graduate Student Programming Board (GSPB) aims to support the graduate student community at Stanford by organizing, sponsoring, and coordinating social and educational activities for students from across all disciplines. Join the GSPB mailing list to learn more about their events and about ways to get involved. If you are interested in proposing and planning an event of your own to be sponsored by the GSPB, visit their website to learn more about that process. 

As an instructor, you may be looking for new ways to advance your teaching. The Center for Teaching and Learning offers individual consultations for Stanford instructors (including grad students). Schedule an appointment today and collaborate with CTL staff to develop a new course, redesign a course, integrate technology into your teaching, or interpret student evaluations.