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Events Calendar
- Apr 12 - Stanford-Cal Trivia Night
- Apr 14 - Washington DC Book Club Discussion
- Apr 18 - Reception for Washington Area Stanford Alumni in Downtown Washington
- Apr 25 - Capitol Hill Young Alumni Happy Hour
- Apr 27 - Young Alumni Hike at Rock Creek Park
- May 4 - National Museum of Women in the Arts Guided Tours
Thank You from the OVAL Team
As the OVAL team closes another admissions cycle, we would like to thank our current volunteers who take time out their schedules to interview students interested in attending Stanford and otherwise represent the Farm in the DC Metropolitan Area! If you’re interested in learning more about OVAL, please contact one of the co-chairs: DeLise Bernard, ’98, MA 99 at delise.bernard@stanfordalumni.com or Mark Kogan, ‘09 at mkogan@stanfordalumni.org.
Tech, Ethics, and Policy Mentors
Help prepare the next generation of Stanford public servants working in AI policy for success! Become a TEP Fellowship mentor!
The Stanford Tech, Ethics, and Policy (TEP) Fellowship, a project of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and the McCoy Center for Ethics and Society, is bringing Stanford STEM students to Washington, DC this summer for a 10-week fellowship where they will get to work for a federal agency, congressional office, think tank, or other civil society organization on tech and AI policy. Students come from a variety of backgrounds - from computer science to bioengineering - but share a passion for applying their technical skills and Stanford education to public service. Through this fellowship we seek to bridge the technical talent gap in public service and get more Stanford graduates working in our nation’s capital to chart a responsible future for AI. Just take a look and see some of the incredible work our fellows did last year. We are looking to connect this year’s fellows with Stanford alumni mentors who can serve as a sounding board and resource for our fellows as they navigate the policy landscape in DC. If you have a couple hours that you might be able to spend over the summer meeting with one of our fellows to give them advice, we’d love to sign you up as a TEP Fellowship mentor. You don’t need to have a technical background or experience in AI or tech policy to participate. To sign-up please fill out this form by Friday, April 26th and we will be in touch about next steps. And if you have any questions please contact Drew Spence at dkspence@stanford.edu.
Upcoming Events
Stanford-Cal Trivia Night
Friday, April 12, 2024 7- 9 PM
Astro Beer Hall
1306 G St NW, Washington, DC
Will DMV Stanford alums let Cal go home with the top prize again?
Help us change the narrative!
Meet up with your favorite Cardinal and Golden Bear alumni to show off your knowledge about topics that include 1) the Olympics through the years, 2) snacks that originated in other countries (we'll have samples to munch on to inspire your responses), and 3) our home turf, the DMV. Every team will be a winner of prizes whose value will vary from silly to awesome: the 1st Place table will receive an 'extra' silly reward for participating.
If you will join us as an individual player, we will assign you to a team. If you are feeling ambitious, form a team of up to six people and purchase the corresponding number of tickets. Participants be 21+ years old.
Space is LIMITED and registration will close when capacity is reached. Sign up today!
Register here.
Reception for Washington Area Stanford Alumni in Downtown Washington
Thursday, April 18, 6- 8 PM
The University Club of Washington DC, 1135 16th St NW, Washington, DC
Join fellow alumni for an evening of hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and conversation in an elegant and historic Washington setting, the University Club of Washington DC. The evening will feature an open bar and passed hors d’oeuvres, tours of the historic Club. Catch up with old friends, make new connections, and share ideas and opportunities with your fellow Stanford Alumni.
Many thanks to The University Club of Washington for hosting Stanford Alumni in the Nation’s Capital. The first organizational meeting of The University Club of Washington, DC was held at the new Willard Hotel on February 22, 1904. Sixty-six university and college alumni gathered to form The University Club - 24 other cities had already formed such clubs. The first President elected of the Club was then Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, an active Club member. In 1936 the Club moved into its current location, four blocks north of Lafayette Square, across the street from the National Geographic Society and catty-corner to the Jefferson Hotel. The Club developed a most appropriate theme under President Taft: "Enter all of ye who have a degree of good fellowship and learning." With warm fellowship among members, well-appointed facilities, and family-friendly ambiance "the mansion on Sixteenth Street" continues as a popular meeting place and retreat for members and guests in our vibrant Nation's capital.
Do you know of fellow Stanford alums in DC? Help us by spreading the word. Hope to see you there!
Register here.
You must be a paid WDCSA member to attend. Sign up or renew your membership here.
Capitol Hill Young Alumni Happy Hour
Thursday, April 25th 5:30- 7:30 PM
Junction Bistro & Bar, 238 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC
Unwind during April Recess for happy hour with fellow Stanford graduates now making waves on Capitol Hill. Whether you're a staffer, a policymaker, or anything in between, this is an excellent opportunity to forge new connections and strengthen existing ones with fellow Stanford alums on the Hill.
A fixed amount of food and beverage will be funded by a Stanford Alumni Association Young Alumni Opportunity Fund Grant.
Register here.
Young Alumni Hike at Rock Creek Park
Saturday, April 27th 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM
Peirce Mill, 2401 Tilden St NW, Washington, DC
Join WDCSA Young Alumni on a hike in Rock Creek Park! We will meet at Peirce Mill and then hike on the Valley Trail Loop. The hike should take about 1 hour and 45 minutes. It's a 4.4-mile loop considered fairly easy.
Hike snacks will be provided by a Stanford Alumni Association Young Alumni Opportunity Fund Grant, but attendees should bring water.
Register here.
National Museum of Women in the Arts Guided Tour
Saturday, May 4, 1-2 P
1250 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC
Join WDSCA for a private tour of the permanent collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA). The first museum in the world founded to champion women artists, NMWA continues to be a leader in advocating for better representation for women in the art world.
Nineteen spots are available and will be limited to paid WDSCA members until April 13. The tour will begin at 1 pm. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to purchase a museum admission ticket ($13 for DC residents and adults over 70, $16 general admission).
Did you know that only 11 percent of acquisitions at major US art museums in the last 10 years were by women? NMWA reopened last fall following a top-to-bottom renovation and boasts a rich collection of works from artists of diverse backgrounds from the 16th century to today. This hour-long tour of collection highlights will be led by Andrew Lokay '20, a docent at the museum.
The closest Metrorail stations are Metro Center and Gallery Place-Chinatown. If taking Metrobus, take routes 80, G8, S2, X2, D6, D3, 68, D1, or 42 and get off near the corner of H St and 13th St NW. Street parking is highly limited but nearby garages are available. The museum is ADA-accessible.
Register here.
WDCSA Book Club Corner
Washington DC Book Club Discussion
Sunday, May 12th 5pm
Meeting at a private home in Silver Spring, Md. Exact location information will be sent one week prior to the event.
The May book is Foreign Affairs: A Novel, by Alison Lurie; Open Road Media, republished 2013 (originally 1984), 306 pages. Available in hardbound, paperback, audiobook, and Kindle editions.
Foreign Affairs is a comic novel about two American academics on sabbatical in England and the course of their intimate relationships while abroad. Virginia Miner is a 54-year-old scholar of children’s literature, who travels to London with Fred Turner, a younger male colleague. Virginia is the sort of woman no one ever notices, despite her career as an Ivy League professor. Fred’s marriage and self-esteem are both on the rocks. On a flight to London for a research trip, Virginia chats up a man sitting next to her in a Western-cut suit and their initial conversations eventually turn into a relationship. Fred gets involved with Rosemary Radley, an English woman who has never managed to have a successful intimate relationship.
For further information, contact Don Bieniewicz, MS '75, at donbien@erols.com.
Baltimore Book Club Discussion
Monday, May 13th, 7:30 pm
Google Meet: Registrants will be emailed a link to join the meeting a few minutes before.
We are reading The Feast of the Goat, a Spanish novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, translated to English by Edith Grossman.
“It is 1961. The Dominican Republic languishes under economic sanctions; The Catholic Church spurs its clergy against the government; from its highest ranks down, the country is arrested in bone-chilling fear. Vargas Llosa unflinchingly tells the story of a regime’s final days and the unsteady efforts of the men who would replace it. (The author) weighs the burden of a corrupt and corruptive regime upon the people who live beneath it. This is a moving portrait of an unrepentant dictator and the unwilling citizens drawn into his orbit.” (From book cover)
Our July 15th book is The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann.
Questions/RSVP: Helene Myers, Ph.D., P'14, send to cedarhouse@comcast.net