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Vice Provost for Graduate Education

Creating spaces for diverse and intellectual communities

Two programs sponsored by VPGE support building intellectual communities and expanding diversity among grad students and postdocs.

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Graduate student enrollment at Stanford is increasingly diverse

Enrollment data show that underrepresented minorities and women in STEM fields are the fastest growing groups among Stanford’s graduate student population. Strategic initiatives across the university have contributed to and build on this momentum.

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You belong here: a message for students on the DEI Survey results

The vice provosts for student affairs, undergraduate education, and graduate education and doctoral affairs respond to the IDEAL Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Survey results.

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Gift advances postdoctoral training opportunities in sciences and medicine

A generous donation to Stanford provides funding for postdoctoral scholars who join the university through the Postdoctoral Recruitment Initiative in Sciences and Medicine program, or PRISM. Up to 10 scholars will receive PRISM Baker Fellowships.

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RAISE Fellowship invests in doctoral students

The new Research, Action and Impact for Strategic Engagement, or RAISE, Doctoral Fellowship will build an innovative and inclusive opportunity for Stanford’s doctoral students to participate in realizing the university’s Long-Range Vision of purposeful impact.  

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Making the most of Stanford’s new academic holiday, Democracy Day

Sarah Church, vice provost for undergraduate education, and Stacey Bent, vice provost for graduate education and postdoctoral affairs, challenge students to engage thoughtfully in Democracy Day, a new academic holiday which this year will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 2.

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Graduate student leaders recognized with achievement awards

Eight Stanford graduate students have received an Ethnic and Community Center Academic Achievement Award. The annual awards, which are sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education (VPGE), are given to graduate students whose academic achievements and mentorship have greatly impacted their respective communities.

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Vice Provosts’ welcome to new graduate and professional students

Stacey F. Bent, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs, and Susie Brubaker-Cole, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, welcome new graduate and professional students to campus.

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Travel, health and campus updates for grad students and postdocs

As the end of spring quarter approaches, Susie Brubaker-Cole, Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Stacey F. Bent, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs provide an update for graduate and professional students on travel, health, and campus activity.

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Message to graduate and professional students: campus life in spring quarter; DEI survey; housing lottery

Susie Brubaker-Cole, Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Stacey F. Bent, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs provide an update about campus life in spring quarter.  

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