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Message from the President
From its earliest days, Stanford University has been committed to founder Jane Stanford’s promise to “resist the tendency of stratification of society [by] keeping open an avenue whereby the deserving and the exceptional may rise through their own efforts.”
Celebrating Diversity
In addition to studying, doing research and preparing for exams, Stanford students are actively involved in many different activities on campus – dancing in the Stanford hip hop dance group, singing with the Talisman a cappella group, tutoring elementary students at local schools. There are approximately 640 organized student groups covering a range of interests: academic, athletic, ethnic, cultural, and social. Student activities are also coordinated through the four ethnic theme houses and eight community centers on campus.
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