Hello and welcome to Stanford Graduate School of Business.
My name is Sawyer Clark and I'm a first year MBA here at the GSB. Some of my
classmates and I are going to show you around our campus today. As we walk
forward we're walking away from the GSB
residences which are just across the street in that direction and we're
heading into what's called Town Square. This is very much the center of,
and the lifeblood of, our community. You'll see people all around me
meeting both students, faculty, classmates of mine, as well as guests or other
people that are affiliated with the school. To my left you also see Coupa
Cafe which is a coffee shop with many of my friends and myself meet to get coffee
between or before classes. Above Coupa Cafe are many of the faculty offices as
well as the Adverb Wall of Change, which describes the many ways we can change in
life. To my right is Arbuckle Cafe, which is the main dining hall for all
the students at the GSB.
My name is Carla Larin, I'm an MBA One. Students use the Bass Library mostly
for studying and also for group projects. I like to go to the Bass Library to get
my case readings done before classes and I also go weekly for leadership coaching
from my Arbuckle Leadership Fellow. My name is Piyush Pratik, I'm an MBA Two. Classes at
the GSB are taught by both practitioners and tenured faculty to provide both
research and industry perspective. What's great about the GSB is that we don't
have any one method of teaching, we have several. There are of course the case
methods and the lectures but we also have a ton of experiential learning
opportunities where we apply concepts learned in class into actual projects. We
don't just learn in a traditional classroom – there are a lot of hands-on
learning opportunities. Many of these courses take place at the Co-Lab where
in fact I'm headed next. Hi, my name is Tamar Nisbett and I'm an
MBA One. Here at Stanford GSB the Co-Lab is a community space where Stanford GSB
students and their co-founders can come together to work on their startups. It's
also an innovation hub where any Stanford student can get exposure to design
thinking. The CoLab is home to classic Stanford startup classes like Startup
Garage and Venture Studio and huge companies like DoorDash have come from it.
One of my favorite companies that's being worked on right now is called
Praxis Lab. It's a diversity and inclusion startup that uses AR and VR to
help engender empathy in others. One of the best parts about the Co-Lab is that
it's open 24/7 so when the coffee shop is closed
everyone can come and work on their startup together here. I'm Chaitra Yarlagadda, a
second-year MBA students from India. We are here at the Arbuckle Dining Pavilion
at the center of the GSB. With its indoor and outdoor seating this part serves as
a natural meeting point for me and my friends as we catch up over lunch or
dinner discussing our future, working on our class projects, and thinking about
our careers. One of my favorite memories here is catching up with my classmates
learning about their cultures and cuisines while we share lunch or dinner.
Arbuckle has a variety of options to choose from ranging from grilled items,
pizzas, salads, daily changing global cuisine seasonal soups and fresh fish. I
love that Arbuckle also serves Indian food, something that I thought I would
miss when I moved here. Right outside Arbuckle is the Monument to Change art
installation. It reminds me that the future is always changing and I have got
to be evolving to change lives, change organizations, and change the world.
Hi, I'm Renata Giarola and I'm an MBA one here at the GSB. I'm originally from
Brazil and I moved here from Australia. Stanford students are known for whenever
we have the chance we go outside and study for meetings or preparing
presentations ,we always reading and doing maximizing our time outside which
is really great. I didn't realize that the GSB campus would be so integrated
with where most of the people live. So it's awesome that we can go to class, go
to meetings, go to speaker events, host small group dinners, everything within
the same small radius. So there is no typical day here the GSB. What I love the
most about living here at Jack McDonald Hall is that not only is it super close to the
GSB campus, but it creates this amazing beautiful sense of community.
After a typical day here at the GSB, I like getting to my room and taking the
time to really shut down and I usually do that by journaling and writing.
My name is Abiodun Buari. The good thing about being a GSB
student is being able to take classes at any school at Stanford University. It
gives you the opportunity to explore the Stanford campus. At Stanford Graduate
School of Business, you are more than a student, you are part of the vibrant GSB
community. From your classroom experience to your active social life, from forging
great relationships with classmates and faculty to becoming part of the larger
Stanford network you'll find endless possibilities. We hope to see you here.