The Graduate Student Information Center will be open beginning Aug. 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, with extended hours to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 22. It closes Sept. 28.

Located on the second floor of Tresidder Union next to the computer cluster, the center -- currently in its fourth year -- is staffed by the Dean of Students/Graduate Life Office and provides general information; telephones for free local calls; computers connected to Axess and the World Wide Web; campus maps; and pamphlets on Stanford, government and community resources.

To reach the center, call 723-5155 or send e-mail to grad.info@forsythe.stanford.edu. The center's website is at www.stanford.edu/~upglobal/index4.html and the fax number is 724-1571.

In other welcoming activities, new and continuing graduate students are invited to a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, on the patio outside the information center at Tresidder. And from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, the Graduate Orientation Activities Lunch and Information Event (GOALIE IV) will be held at the Canfield Courtyard (located between Meyer Library and the School of Law), where Provost John Etchemendy will welcome students.

Also, from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, a reception for spouses of new and continuing students will be held in the Buttery/Hacienda Commons area at Rains Houses. Child care will be available to those making advance reservations with Teresa Rasco at 723-2660 or trasco@stanford.edu.

Graduate Student Information Center