Annual Events
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Stanford offers a wide variety of annual and ongoing events and seminar series where you can learn, play, and connect with your colleagues.
Connect with the Stanford community at these events held each year.
January
April
- President’s annual address to the Academic Council (check http://events.stanford.edu in early April)
- Stanford Celebrates You: Recognizing Staff Careers annual recognition ceremony
- Cardinalpalooza (free Stanford sports festival)
- Sustainable Stanford Earth Day Celebration
- Faculty & Staff Sierra Camp Weekend
- Beyond the Farm Day of Service
May
June
- Commencement Ceremony
- Juneteenth Celebrations
- Summer Scamper (Fun run benefiting Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital)
July
August
September
- We are Stanford: Welcome to Fall event for faculty and staff
October
November
Ongoing Lecture/Discussion Series
- Conversations on Compassion
- Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series
- Faculty Staff Help Center Discussion Groups
- Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvouz (LASERs)
- Office for Religious Life series:
- Stanford Health Library Community Lectures
- View From the Top (GSB speaker series)
Ongoing Events
- Athletics: Games, matches, tournaments
- Anderson Collection: Exhibits, tours, Thursday Nights at the Anderson
- Cantor Arts Center: Exhibits, tours, family programs
- McMurtry Building for the Department of Art & Art History: Exhibits, lectures, tours
- Memorial Church: Tours, compline, labyrinth, university public worship, performances
- O'Donohue Educational Farm: tours, weeding for wellness workshops, open volunteering hours
- Stanford Continuing Studies: Readings, lectures, workshops, symposia, performances
- Stanford Historical Society: Historical house tours, seminars
- Stanford University Libraries: Readings, performances, manuscript exhibits
- Stanford Live: Concerts and performing arts: music, dance, theater