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What’s next?

When the time comes to leave Stanford, you can find a job in public service, or integrate service into any career. Attend high-impact recruiting and networking events, use online tools… Read more What’s next?

Engaging new audiences

By Patricia Flores, ’18 (Communication) After my first day at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, I felt like I was in way over my head. I wasn’t a… Read more Engaging new audiences

Complex, messy – and rewarding

By Paricha Duangtaweesub, MS ’15 (Chemical Engineering) “What do you want to do after school?” I rapidly became familiar with this question during my graduate studies, and soon I found… Read more Complex, messy – and rewarding

Building community and finding acceptance

Through a summer fellowship, Erica McDowell, '16, explored service through religion, an interest that grew with her increasing involvement in community work on campus as an ethnic theme assistant at Casa Zapata and as a core member of  First Generation and/or Low Income Partnership (FLIP). By Catherine Zaw, ’15

Empowering youth to achieve their dreams through technology

What if there was a summer camp where every day is like a hackathon? Rafael Cosman, ’15, teamed up with two other Stanford students to create CodeCamp, a four-week summer… Read more Empowering youth to achieve their dreams through technology

New cybersecurity group hits the ground running

By Pablo Arturo Lozano, ’18 (International Relations) The idea to start the student-led group Applied Cybersecurity came just before starting freshman year when a Stanford IT official came to me to talk about… Read more New cybersecurity group hits the ground running

Unfinished business

By Mina Shah, ’16 (Comparative Literature) When I received an African Service Fellowship to work with the West Africa AIDS Foundation (WAAF), I was ecstatic. However, while preparing for the… Read more Unfinished business

The educational value of bacteria

By Ritika Dutta, ’15 (Biology) In my sophomore year, I worked with two middle school students on a project about bacteria. Neither of the girls seemed very interested in the… Read more The educational value of bacteria

Finding a family through service

By Sammie Wills, ’16 (Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity) As a low-income, queer, mixed-race Pilipina person, I had never been in a space that affirmed all of my identities… Read more Finding a family through service