Meet Your NGSO Coordinators
A warm welcome from your 2024 NGSO Coordinators
Dear New Graduate Students,
We're thrilled to welcome you to our Stanford family! Get ready to be introduced to our sunny, gorgeous campus during the New Graduate Student Orientation (NGSO).
As you embark on this journey, Stanford will support you in making a difference, fulfilling your potential, defining what success means to you, and reaching your personal goals. Our theme,“Kick off to Success”, embodies the spirit of ambition, growth, and passion that drives our community.
NGSO marks the exciting beginning of your Stanford experience. We have curated an all-encompassing schedule of events and resources that reflect the richness of our campus life. From athletics to cultural centers, trivia nights to graduate school strategies, the options are limitless. At each of these events, you will be warmly welcomed by our event organizers, graduate life deans, student volunteers, and campus staff. They are here to help you build connections and discover new opportunities. Remember to stay updated on the latest NGSO events and information by visiting ngso.stanford.edu.
Your journey at Stanford is just beginning, and we can't wait to see how you shape this new chapter of your life.
Your NGSO Coordinators rooting for you,
Ashley David & Yash Shah
Ashley David
- Where are you from? I am from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
- What do you study? I am getting my PhD in Materials Science and engineering.
- What's your favorite thing to do on (or around) campus? My favorite thing to do is hike the dish, and teach yoga classes at the gym.
- What are you looking forward to at NGSO? I am looking forward to meeting all of the incoming students.
- One piece of advice you wish to share with incoming grads? Talk and get to know as many people as you can!
Yash Shah
- Where are you from? Sunnyvale, CA
- What do you study? Computer Science, researching in Computational Neuroscience
- What's your favorite thing to do on (or around) campus? Swimming at Farrillaga
- What are you looking forward to at NGSO? Being part of and overseeing a wonderful orientation this year that fashions lifelong friendships with students and with Stanford.
- One piece of advice you wish to share with incoming grads? I’ll quote from “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke: “Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day”.