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Build your community with colleagues by sharing knowledge and supporting professional, personal, cultural, and social interests. Stanford employee groups offer a variety of ways to connect, including cultural interests, networking, and special events.
All employee groups are open to, welcome, and encourage the engagement of all Stanford staff. Join one or more of the groups and have an instant network of Stanford friends!
Directory of the collaborative communities and communities of practice that you can utilize to expand your and Stanford's capabilities.
- Visit the Communities of Practice directory
- Explore the community of practice offered by the Office for IDEAL Advancement
Join with other members of the IT community to create opportunities where individuals with diverse backgrounds can collaborate, grow, and excel across different functions and disciplines. Part of the presidential IDEAL initiative. Groups include Accessibility in IT, Neurodiversity in IT, People of Color in IT, Women in Technology, and Year Up Internship Program.
View all programs within the IDEAL for the IT Community webpage
Over 20 individual and team sports are offered throughout the year, with flag football in the fall, basketball in the winter, outdoor soccer in the spring, and softball in the summer. All leagues are open with no gender restrictions.
A list for Stanford-affiliated parents to post and receive information on childcare, parenting tips, items for sale, play groups, family outings, and university events.
A list for seniors and caregivers to post and receive information related to eldercare resources, caregiving advice, work-life and other related campus events, affordable senior care assistance equipment, and Family Caregivers’ Group meetings.
Stanford has an enterprise contract to use Slack; you must authenticate to view a list of workspaces. Ask colleagues about what channels to join, too.
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