Program

The Summit will take place in the ChEM-H Building Rotunda at 290 Jane Stanford Way (map). Directions and parking information is available here.

Program

8:30 a.m. - Coffee and Getting Settled

9:00 a.m. - Welcome and Opening Plenary with Kari Cardinale, Modern Elder Academy on “Engaging with Purpose”

10:00 a.m. - Break

10:15 a.m. - Spark talks featuring Stanford colleagues describing how they explore purpose with students, postdocs, and alumni

Amina Darwish, Associate Dean and Advisor for Muslim Life, Office for Religious and Spiritual Life

Steve (Hyun Sok) Lee, Assistant Dean of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, H&S

Diane Friedlaender, Associate Director, Stanford Living Education, Vaden Health Services

Katie Wang, Director, Pre-Professional Advising, Academic Advising

Benjamin Weissman, Program Director of Cardinal Careers, Haas Center for Public Service

Urmila Venkatesh, Lecturer and Fellow, Stanford Life Design Lab 

11:15 a.m. - Print on Purpose and integration activity led by Patrick Fenton, and Milan Drake

12:00 p.m. - Professor Bill Damon, Graduate School of Education and Dr. Anne Colby, Stanford Center on Adolescence

12:15 p.m. - Lunch and reflections on how we can support our collective efforts through conversation and community