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Not only its alumni and faculty members, but educational experts use bundles and bundles of superlatives while talking about the Stanford University. One of the world's best places for research and education, Stanford University's actual title is the Leland Stanford Junior University, but the shorter version is more popular.
The pride of California State, SU (Stanford University) goes with the motto - the wind of freedom blows. As a member of Association of American Universities, the university offers excellent on-campus housing facilities.
Education in Stanford University gets beautifully distributed into 7 schools which get classified according to various disciplines. These academic schools include Humanities & Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine and Earth Sciences. Not many state universities can boast of faculty members and lecturers which SU flaunts (many have had prior experience of leading global companies).
The administration promotes environment friendliness, wherein many students as well as faculty members use bicycles as a mode of transportation. Nobel prizes in various disciplines, Turing awards, Hall of Fame winners and other winners; Stanford has it all.
The Sports SceneThe campus has connections with NCAA's Division I-A and the Pacific-10 Conference. As cardinal red and white form the colors representing the campus, Cardinal or Stanford Cardinal is what the Stanford athletics team is called. Its leadership in sports is evident by the fact that athletes from the university won 25 medals in the last Summer Olympics (Beijing, 2008).
Popular sports here include archery, badminton, cycling, ice hockey, kayaking, polo, rugby union, squash, skiing, tennis and other summer Olympic events. Stanford's sports based rivalry with University of California in Berkeley is quite famous.
Apart from study programs, the students of the university get a chance to showcase their talent in terms of research, public service and even independent studies. More than 650 student groups are actively involved at any given point of time.
The university has given many presidents (former U.S. President Herbert Hoover), diplomats and politicians apart from a host of world conquerors in various fields. Famous alumni include actresses Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Connelly and Sigourney Weaver, professional golfer Tiger Woods and tennis greats John McEnroe, Bob & Mike Bryan.
