Key Undergraduate Initiatives
Donor support is critical to sustaining programs and resources that equip Stanford students to thrive during their undergraduate years, and to prepare them for lives of purpose and meaning.
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The Stanford undergraduate experience
Expanding access and opportunity through financial aid is the first part of an undergraduate experience that nurtures the entire student, inside and outside the classroom. Through academic and social enrichment initiatives, public service commitments, experiential learning opportunities, and on- and off-campus support programs, Stanford students gain not only skills and knowledge, but also breadth, compassion, resilience, and the capacity for leadership.
Priorities and programs
Expanding access and opportunity
Equipping students to thrive
Mental health and well-being
Residential programming
First-Gen and/or Low Income (FLI) and the Opportunity Fund
Educating leaders and global citizens
First-year core (COLLEGE)
Cardinal Service through the Haas Center for Public Service
Senior capstones
Ethics, Society, and Technology Hub
Leveling the playing field in STEM
Questions? Want to learn more?
For information on how to support the undergraduate experience at Stanford, contact:
Julia Hartung, ’82
Executive Director of Development, Undergraduate Education
(650) 723-9053
julia.hartung@stanford.edu
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