Students exult: We won! We re getting a Black Studies Department at @Stanford!
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A Stanford University student walks in front of Hoover Tower on the campus in Palo Alto.Paul Sakuma / Associated Press 2012
Stanford University officials announced Tuesday that they are transforming their 52-year-old program of African and African-American studies into a full-fledged academic department.
The move comes after Stanford’s Black Student Union and Black Graduate Student Association created a petition last summer urging Stanford to make the change, following the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The groups noted that elite universities had such a department.
At Stanford, African and African-American studies has been a program for more than half a century and resides in the School of Humanities and Sciences. A department, unlike a program, is an administrative organization that can search for and hire its own faculty.
Stanfordâs Family Weekend theme: Wherever you are, you are family
The annual Stanford Family Weekend, which will feature a livestream town hall style meeting with President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell on Feb. 27, will be preceded by three days of online programs, including campus tours and âBack to Schoolâ class lectures.
By Kathleen J. Sullivan
Like many gatherings during the pandemic, the annual Stanford Family Weekend in late February will be a virtual experience â a livestream town hall, webinar meetings, a photo montage of families with their students and Zoom visits to community centers.
In between classes and work, Sahej Claire, ’22, (left-center) and her family take quick hikes to get some fresh air in beautiful South Lake Tahoe. (Image credit: Courtesy of the Claire family)
Stanfordâs relationship to the Hoover Institution highlights Faculty Senate discussion
At its first meeting of the winter quarter, the Faculty Senate heard a presentation on the Hoover Institution and passed proposals intended to deemphasize the importance of wealth in undergraduate admission decisions.
By Kate Chesley
Faculty members participating in the first Faculty Senate meeting of the quarter Thursday expressed support for increased collaborations and interactions with the Hoover Institution and encouraged administrators there to enhance its presence on campus.
Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice gave a presentation during Thursday’s Faculty Senate meeting that covered the institutionâs purpose and vision, infrastructure, funding, appointment process and research priorities. (Image credit: Andrew Brodhead)