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June 13, 2022
 
 
 
The summer is a time dedicated to welcome events around the world for both new students and new alumni. This month we invite you to attend an event near you, along with rounding up online content sourced from the GSB and across Stanford University.
 
 
 
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Join fellow alumni attending the Collision Conference for a chance to meet and enjoy conversation in downtown Toronto.
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You are invited to join us in New York to celebrate Sandra Horbach, MBA ’87, as the recipient of the 2022 Excellence in Leadership Award. Sandra is partner and co-head of U.S. Buyout & Growth at The Carlyle Group.
 
 
 
SUMMER EVENTS
 
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The summer is a great time for regional alumni groups to welcome admits, students, recent grads, and newcomers. You are welcome to attend any or all of these in-person events. All events are posted in local time. Want to host a welcome event in your area? Let us know if we can help! Email [email protected].
 
 
Austin: Welcome GSB Happy Hour @ FloSports
Thursday, June 16 | 5:30–7:30 PM CDT
GSB Austin Alumni Chapter

Please join the GSB grads of FloSports as we celebrate the opening of their new HQ in downtown Austin! Frozen margaritas and snacks will be provided. Don’t miss the screenig a couple shorts from their upcoming docuseries on Rugby and Grappling.



Seoul, Korea: GSB Alumni Chapter Welcome Dinner for Admits
  Thursday, June 16 | 6:00–8:00 PM KST
GSB South Korea Alumni Chapter

We are having an annual spring dinner with the newly admitted students from Korea at The Kitchen Il Forno Cheongdam.



Brussels: Summer Welcome
Friday, June 17 | 6:00–8:00 PM CEST
Stanford Club of Belgium

During the first part of the get together we will have a live video conference with the Stanford Belgica, lead by Karen Baert, in the Salesforce offices in Brussels (opposite Central Station, Cantersteen 47 - 1000 Brussels). After that we will have drinks and some tapas and fresh pizza at Bambino.



New Delhi: GSB Welcome Admit Party
Sunday, June 19 | 5:00–7:00 PM IST
GSB India Alumni Chapter

Please join Rubal Jain, MBA ’06, and Diviya Wahi, MBA ’09, in welcoming admitted GSB students and catching up with fellow GSB alumni in India. We look forward to an exciting evening.



Boston: Summer Social with Dean Jonathan Levin in Boston
Sunday, June 26 | 5:00–7:30 PM EDT
GSB Boston Alumni Chapter

Remarks from Dean Levin and enjoy socializing with fellow alumni. Hosted by RoAnn Costin, MBA ’81, in Nahant.



Washington DC: Welcome Networking Event
Tuesday, June 28 | 5:30–7:00 PM EDT
GSB Washington DC Alumni Chapter

Join current students and interns in DC for the summer for a casual gathering downtown DC.



New York: Monthly Happy Hour
Wednesday, June 29 | 6:30–9:00 PM EDT
GSB New York Alumni Chapter

Join GSB Alumni in the New York area for our monthly happy hour. Expand your New York network and meet Stanford GSB graduates in the area. The GSB New York Chapter will host these casual gatherings in the middle of each month. If you miss this one, be sure to join for the next!



Tokyo: GSB Japan Chapter Annual Gathering, GSB ReUnited 2022
Wednesday, July 6 | 6:00–9:00 PM JST
GSB Japan Alumni Chapter

We are very excited to welcome all of you back to the in person annual gathering “GSB REUNITED 2022” after three years, at The International House of Japan in Tokyo. We have so much to catch up on, recent graduates to welcome and new admits to send off.



German Stanford Association

This year’s GSA’s summer garden event, held at one of the most beautiful locations you can imagine in Berlin, will feature Professor Jenny Suckale as a special guest. Prof. Suckale is part of the founding team at the new Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, a massive investment into making this world a better one, and Stanford’s first new school in more than 70 years.



Seattle: Washington State Alumni Summer Welcome Party
Thursday, July 14 | 5:30–8:30 PM PDT
GSB Washington State Alumni Chapter

A very special evening on the water to welcome to Puget Sound GSB newcomers — newly-minted alumni from the class of 2021, summer interns, and new admits who will start their GSB journey this fall. Hilton Smith, MBA ’65 has generously offered one of his Waterways Cruises vessels for a 2-hour sunset “bites and sights” cruise on Lake Union and Lake Washington.
 
 
 
ONLINE PROGRAMS
 
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How To Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay
Wednesday, June 15 | 10:00–11:00 AM PDT
Stanford d.school

Uncertainty. Anger. Despair. Envy. We all experience these difficult emotions. But in our disconnected and emotion-phobic society, many of us don’t know how to talk about what we’re going through, much less handle it. Co-authors of Big Feelings, Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy share insight on turning difficult emotions into deeper sense of meaning.



How Creativity Rules the World with Author Maria Brito
Thursday, June 16 | 10:00–11:00 AM PDT
Stanford d.school

Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. Bestselling author of How Creativity Rules The World, Maria will share insights on the business of turning your ideas into gold.



Stanford Alumni Association

We all acknowledge the need for fresh ideas to fuel creativity and innovation. So what stands in the way? Join Jeremy Utley, the director of executive education at Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design., a.k.a. the d.school, as he tackles the question, “How do breakthroughs happen?” and shares practical ways to overcome the barriers that prevent us from realizing — and acting upon — our next epiphany.



Design for Belonging
Tuesday, June 28 | 11:00 AM–12:00 PM PDT
Stanford Alumni Education

Can you design belonging? Belonging is the feeling of acceptance and inclusion with a certain group or place. Whether it’s with family, co-workers, or teammates, we all have an inherent need to belong. How can we create spaces and practices that help the feeling of belonging emerge? Dr. Susie Wise will share activities and frameworks with to help you design belonging for your organizations.



Raising a Unicorn
Wednesday, June 29 | 4:00–5:00 PM PDT
Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs United

A panel with Gary Beasley, MBA ’93, and CEO of Roofstock and Mada Seghete, MBA ’14, co-founder of Branch. Roofstock recently reached a valuation of $1.9 billion and Branch reached a valuation of $4 billion. Hear Mada’s and Gary’s stories and experience in raising a company to unicorn status.
 
 
 
MORE TO LEARN
 
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Leadership for Society
 
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