2010/11 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University

video camera also to be used for future Bechtel
International Center videos. Camira filmed, recorded
and edited the brief interviews, and once completed,
they were put up on You Tube in August. The project
will continue in the next academic year 2011-2012 with
the outreach session scheduled for November 2011
followed by a presentation at the Student Affairs Poster
Session in May 2012.
Programs
The ORC also co-sponsored a number of programs
that were hosted at the Bechtel International Center.
We helped organize a George Orwell and Albert
Camus Literary panel event in conjunction with the
Northern California Fulbright Alumni Association in
December 2010. We helped plan the International
Women’s Day Celebration in collaboration with the
Stanford Women’s Center with an afternoon of events
held in March 2011. The program included a panel of
speakers who spoke about Women and Leadership, a
poetry reading and improvisation component followed
by an interactive dance workshop. We also were a
campus partner for the planning of the Peace Corps
50th Anniversary events along with the Haas Center
and other units. The events were held across campus
in mid-April 2011. At the end of April, we worked with
the Canadian Consulate in Palo Alto and the Stanford
Canadian Club Student Association to host a reception
to promote academic opportunities abroad in Canada
Intern, Survey, Poster Session and National Association
of Fellowship Advisor Conference Presentation
During the Fall quarter 2010 Kate McKinney, our
ORC Intern, conducted a survey to assess strengths
and potential areas of improvement in our services.
This was based on feedback from past applicants,
students who expressed initial interest in applying for
a scholarship but did not submit an application, and
from panelists who interviewed the applicants. Using
Qualtrics survey tool, this project surveyed two groups
(past applicants and non-applicants) on a variety of
ORC services and analyzed the results to determine
these areas of strength and improvement. The panelist
comments were collected through informal guided
lunch discussions. This feedback assists future ORC
advising sessions. The information was presented
in two ways: The first was in the form of a poster at
the Student Affairs poster session in May 2011. The
second was through a workshop co-presented by John
Pearson and Diane Murk at the National Association
for Fellowship Advisors (NAFA) bi-annual conference in
Chicago in July 2011.
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This survey along with two focus group lunches with
members of the Stanford Panel led to some changes
for the Fall 2011 process, the most significant being
to begin campus interviews earlier in September to
offset both the late fall start date for Stanford and the
national deadlines.
III. ORC Sales 2010-2011
The ORC sells passport photos and International
Student ID Cards (ISIC) to the Stanford community,
as well as to the public. Since the Stanford Post Office
stopped providing passport photo services in April,
ORC sales have dramatically increased.
Fall
‘10
Winter
‘11
Spring
‘11
Summer
‘11
Total
Passport
Photos
427 463 579 115 1584
ISIC 110 132 175 30 447
IV. Strategic Goals
The ORC’s main goals for 2011-2012 are:
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Increase diversity among scholarship
applicant pool by working with campus
partners.
Move forward with next stage of development
of ORC applicant database.
Continue to enhance the scholarship mentormatching
program.
Improve the faculty nomination process.