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Series to feature faces on the Farm
How much do we miss as we run to classes, activities, the library or a party? Do we spend enough time getting to know the person next to us in a class, a professor whom we admire, even our friends? Stanford has an unbelievably varied and rich collection of people and every person here has had accomplishments or thoughts that push boundaries or levels. People here have mixed academia with great creativity, won a varsity sports game or match only hours after conducting research and made world-class scientific breakthroughs before meeting an advisee for lunch.
These people are Stanford’s real resources, its most valuable wellsprings of learning and creativity. Yet no move has been made to highlight their stories and share them with the rest of the campus. Now, once a week, in this space, a new feature will present the stories, as well as the passion and innovation, of someone on this campus.
Each week the feature will focus on one member of the Stanford faculty, staff or student body who has met the world on his or her own terms and found success in innovative ways. The people the feature will profile have created their own path and, in doing so, gained experience and/or expertise on real-world issues that affect both the global and personal spheres. I hope that these stories not only inform the Stanford community, but that they act as a creative stimulus and form of inspiration.
If you know of anyone whose story you think should be told in this feature, send an email to Vaughan Meyer at vaughan.meyer@gmail.com.
— Vaughan Meyer