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Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Identity
This community-engaged learning class is part of a broader Program on Social Entrepreneurship at the Haas Center for Public Service. It will use practice to better inform theory about how innovation can help address societies biggest challenges. Working with the instructor and three visiting nonprofit social entrepreneurs in residence, students...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Spring

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Human Rights
Considers purpose, practice, and ethics of service learning. Provides training for students' work in community. Examines current scope of human trafficking in Bay Area, pressing concerns, capacity and obstacles to effectively address them. Students work with community partners dedicated to confronting human trafficking and problems it entails on a daily...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Autumn

Course Date:

September 26, 2022
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Human Rights
Prerequisite: HISTORY6W (FEMGEN 6W). Continuation of HISTORY 6W (FEMGEN 6W). Students will continue working on their projects with their community partners. Several class meetings and small group consultations throughout the quarter. (Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center)

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Winter

Course Date:

January 9, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Identity
(Same as HISTORY 5C. 105C is 5 units, 5C is 3 units.) Interdisciplinary approach to understanding the extent and complexity of the global phenomenon of human trafficking, especially for forced prostitution, labor exploitation, and organ trade, focusing on human rights violations and remedies. Provides a historical context for the development...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Autumn

Course Date:

September 26, 2022
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Identity
This course explores the unique history of San Francisco Bay Area tribes with particular attention to Muwekma Ohlone- the descendent community associated with the landscape surrounding and including Stanford University. The story of Muwekma provides a window into the history of California Indians from prehistory to Spanish exploration and colonization...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

N/A

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Education & Youth Development
Focus is on classrooms with students from diverse racial, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Studies, writing, and media representation of urban and diverse school settings; implications for transforming teaching and learning. Issues related to developing teachers with attitudes, dispositions, and skills necessary to teach diverse students. Cardinal Course certified by the...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Spring

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Environmental Sustainability
Physical, chemical, and biological processes within soil systems. Emphasis is on factors governing nutrient availability, plant growth and production, land-resource management, and pollution within soils. How to classify soils and assess nutrient cycling and contaminant fate. Recommended: introductory chemistry and biology.

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Spring

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Environmental Sustainability
Historically, discussions of race, ethnicity, culture, and equity in the environment have been shaped by a limited view of the environmental justice movement, often centered on urban environmental threats and separated from other types of environmental and climate advocacy. This course will seek to expand on these discussions by exploring...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

N/A

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Education & Youth Development
This seminar will explore the impact and relative salience of racial/ethnic identity on select issues including: discrimination, social justice, mental health and academic performance. Theoretical perspectives on identity development will be reviewed, along with research on other social identity variables, such as social class, gender and regional identifications. New areas...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Winter

Course Date:

September 26, 2022
Cardinal Quarter

Arts & Media, Education & Youth Development, Environmental Sustainability, Health, Human Rights, Identity, Socio-Economic Prosperity, Technology & Engineering, Law, Policy & Justice
Through the Jane Stanford Fellowship, continuing undergraduate students design and implement a service experience during the fall, winter or spring quarter. Students are encouraged to think about how their academic background and prior experiences might be useful to organizations and communities trying to develop better ways of addressing challenges...

Sponsored by:

Haas Center for Public Service

Location:

International

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Autumn,
Winter,
Spring

Application Deadline:

January 31, 2024 | 11:59 PM
Cardinal Commitment

Education & Youth Development, Environmental Sustainability, Health
Upcoming GPS Fellowship Information Sessions [RSVP here] Tuesday, June 6, 2:00 pm on Zoom (link will be sent to those who RSVP)   GPS Fellowship Description In partnership with the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education, the Haas Center for Public Service offers the Graduate Public Service...

Sponsored by:

Haas Center for Public Service

Location:

United States

Open to:

Graduate Students,
Postdoc

When:

Autumn,
Winter,
Spring

Application Deadline:

June 23, 2023 | 12:00 AM
Cardinal Quarter

Health
Description Stanford undergraduate or graduate students are eligible to apply for this summer 2023 research fellowship. Candidates must be culturally Hispanic and fully bilingual in Spanish and English.  The fellowship is offered as part of a collaborative partnership between Stanford and Nuestra Casa (nuestracasa.org), a non-profit organization that provides a range...

Sponsored by:

Haas Center for Public Service

Location:

United States

Open to:

Undergraduates,
Co-term,
Graduate Students

When:

Summer
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Environmental Sustainability
The Sustainability Leadership Practicum provides an opportunity for enrolled students in the SUST master's program to practice, integrate and internalize core lessons from the program curriculum. Students will independently complete a 120-hour Practicum project of their own design, collaborating on a complex sustainability challenge with an outside partner and working...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Graduate Students

When:

Spring,
Winter,
Summer,
Autumn

Course Date:

September 26, 2022
Leadership program

One-time event in Arts & Media, Education & Youth Development, Environmental Sustainability, Health, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Policy & Justice, Socio-Economic Prosperity, Technology & Engineering
Ignite is a student-led public service pre-orientation program that helps incoming frosh connect over their interest in public service.   Run by Stanford’s Haas Center for Public Service, Ignite gives incoming frosh the chance to get to know one another, get acclimated to Stanford, learn about the Stanford student organization...

Sponsored by:

Haas Center for Public Service

Location:

Bay Area

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Autumn

Application Deadline:

June 21, 2023 | 11:59 PM
Cardinal Commitment, Student service organization

Multi-quarter part-time in Health
The Asylum Collaborative at Stanford brings together students, physicians, and community law partners to provide medical and psychological evaluations to asylum-seekers across the Bay Area. In addition to forensic evaluations, our group works to connect new arrivals in the U.S. to essential services, such as healthcare, education, and obtaining basic needs...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Graduate Students

When:

Rolling
Cardinal Commitment, Student service organization

Multi-quarter part-time in Education & Youth Development
The California Cadet Corps is an organization that offers a school-based applied leadership program, founded in 1911 by the California Legislature and then Adjutant General BG Edwin A. Forbes, and thought to be the oldest of its kind in the country. The program is designed to provide maximum growth and...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Postdoc,
Undergraduates,
Graduate Students,
Coterm,
Postdoctorate,
Faculty/Staff,
Alumni/Friends,
General Public

When:

Rolling
Cardinal Commitment

Arts & Media, Education & Youth Development, Human Rights, Technology & Engineering
Join a community of students committed to rigorous scholarship that is community-engaged, equity-focused, and designed for social impact.   *Upcoming Information Sessions* RSVP Here Friday, May 19th, 12 noon @ Haas Center, Rm 212  Monday, May 22nd, 4:30 pm on Zoom  Wednesday, May 30, noon @ Haas Center...

Sponsored by:

Haas Center for Public Service

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates,
Co-term,
Graduate Students

When:

Autumn,
Winter,
Spring,
Other

Application Deadline:

June 15, 2023 | 12:00 AM
Cardinal Commitment, Volunteer

Multi-quarter part-time in Environmental Sustainability, Health
The North Fair Oaks Community Alliance (NFOCA) is a small community organization established by community leaders in North Fair Oaks (NFO), an unincorporated community surrounded by the cities of Menlo Park, Atherton, and Redwood City. NFOCA advocates to improve life for all in North Fair Oaks (NFO). NFOCA works to...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Co-term,
Undergraduates,
Graduate Students,
Coterm,
Postdoctorate,
Faculty/Staff,
Alumni/Friends,
General Public

When:

Rolling
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Health
Addressing societal health and the systemic (Social, Structural, Environmental) drivers of health is a new frontier of entrepreneurship to improve global and public health at scale. In this hybrid seminar-based and experiential course, you will learn about challenges and opportunities for innovating in these areas. You will also design solutions...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Graduate Students

When:

Spring

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Quarter, Fellowship / internship, Grant / stipend

Quarter-long full-time in Arts & Media, Education & Youth Development, Environmental Sustainability, Health, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Policy & Justice, Socio-Economic Prosperity, Technology & Engineering
Through the Public Service Projects Fellowship, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, undergraduate students have the opportunity to work with a community partner to design and implement service projects resulting in tangible deliverables used to sustain service to a community. Fellows work to alleviate some of society’s most pressing concerns across the globe. Projects...

Sponsored by:

Haas Center for Public Service

Location:

N/A

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Summer

Application Deadline:

April 11, 2023 | 11:59 PM
* This Application Deadline has passed
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Cardinal Commitment, Student service organization

Multi-quarter part-time in Arts & Media, Health
Stanford SupplyHer aims to bring together students with a passion for art and give them a space to use their creativity to uplift women by utilizing artistic passion in parallel to philanthropic action. We will also collect donations of sanitary products for women's shelters and health centers, as well as...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates,
Graduate Students,
Coterm,
Postdoctorate,
Faculty/Staff

When:

Rolling
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Cardinal Commitment, Student service organization

Multi-quarter part-time in Health
The Pre-Veterinary Committee is an organization that offers advice, resources, and opportunities to optimize admission to veterinary school and support students interested in volunteering on animal welfare service projects. Our mission is to support the animal medical community, strengthen the pre-health presence on campus, and promote the diverse range of...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates,
Graduate Students

When:

Rolling
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Health
Enrollment in this course is by application only for advanced volunteers at the Cardinal Free Clinics. Focus is on preparing students to gain early clinical experience by teaching basic skills such as taking patient histories, working with interpreters, providing motivational interviewing, and presenting cases to medical students or physicians. Students...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Graduate Students

When:

Spring

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Health
The Cardinal Free Clinics, consisting of Arbor and Pacific Free Clinic, provide culturally appropriate, high quality transitional medical care for underserved patient populations in the Bay Area. Students volunteer in various clinic roles to offer services including health education, interpretation, referrals, and labs. In clinic students are guided in the...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Spring,
Winter,
Summer,
Autumn

Course Date:

September 26, 2022
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Health
The Cardinal Free Clinics, consisting of Arbor and Pacific Free Clinic, provide culturally appropriate, high quality transitional medical care for underserved patient populations in the Bay Area. Students volunteer in various clinic roles to offer services including health education, interpretation, referrals, and labs. In clinic students are guided in the...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Graduate Students

When:

Spring,
Winter,
Summer,
Autumn

Course Date:

September 26, 2022
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Technology & Engineering
From the fossil dinosaurs of natural history museums to the hands-on experiences of the Exploratorium, science museums offer rich opportunities for the general public to learn about diverse scientific topics. In this course, we'll go behind the scenes to see how museum exhibits, both physical and virtual, are designed and...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

N/A

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Environmental Sustainability
Traditional climate change courses introduce students to a wide array of scientifically and emotionally challenging subjects without acknowledging the significant distress that climate learners often experience from studiously bearing witness to ecological degradation, and the social injustices this deepens. Students enrolled in the proposed course will study a rapidly growing...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Graduate Students

When:

Winter

Course Date:

January 9, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Environmental Sustainability
Traditional climate change courses introduce students to a wide array of scientifically and emotionally challenging subjects without acknowledging the significant distress that climate learners often experience from studiously bearing witness to ecological degradation, and the social injustices this deepens. Students enrolled in the proposed course will study a rapidly growing...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Graduate Students

When:

Winter

Course Date:

January 9, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Health
This course will provide students with foundational skills in basic on-site case management, with a particular focus on benefits navigation. Through a combination of classroom instruction and service learning, students will develop an understanding of community-based social work services and their value in improving the lives of people experiencing homelessness...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Graduate Students

When:

Spring

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
Cardinal Courses, Courses for credit

Quarter-long course in Education & Youth Development
This is a project-based workshop. Practical introduction to issues in educational policy making, education reform, educational planning, implementation of policy interventions, and monitoring and evaluation in developing country contexts. Preference to students enrolled in ICE/IEAPA, but open to other students interested in international development or comparative public policy with instructor's...

Location:

Stanford

Open to:

Undergraduates

When:

Spring

Course Date:

April 3, 2023
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