Entertainment and Activities

Stanford offers you no shortage of opportunities, but finding information on a decentralized campus can sometimes be a challenge. Here are a few resources to get you started.

Events for Graduate Students

The Graduate Student Council (GSC) represents graduate students and their interests. To find out what’s happening in the grad student community, visit the GSC web site and sign up for their mailing list.

The Graduate Student Programming Board (GSPB) meets weekly and is dedicated to improving social interaction among graduate students. The GSPB sponsors social and educational activities designed to bring together graduate students from different areas. To learn more, to join the GSPB mailing list, or to see the GSPB calendar of events go to:

General Event Listings

All registered students are members of the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) which is the student governing body composed of the Graduate Student Council (acronym title="Graduate Student Council">GSC) and the Undergraduate Senate. Among its many projects the ASSU sponsors an online student calendar of events. For information see:

The university sponsors an events calendar that features campus activities of all types. To see what’s going on visit:

Arts Events

Stanford Student Arts is a community-based effort to consolidate arts-related information about resources, tools, events, news and more. You can subscribe to a weekly e-newsletter or visit the website to see all that’s offered, including a calendar where students post events:

Stanford Lively Arts presents music, theater, dance, spoken word and multi-media events by leading artists and performers on campus and offers discounted tickets for students. To learn more about these events visit: