Autumn Workshops | Housing | Moving | Transportation
Childcare and Other Family Support | Human Resources | Nearby Cities
Congratulations on your appointment as a Teaching Fellow in the Introduction to the Humanities Program!
This page has been set up to begin your orientation and help ease your transition into the Stanford community. Your official orientation will take place during the autumn workshops in September. Until then use this page to find links to other webpages that will provide you with information on the topics above.
Autumn workshops for 2009-2010 will take place mid-September. Stay tuned to your email for more information to come.
Disclaimer: these resources are intended to help, but we can assume no responsibility for the services you receive from these websites. In addition, please note that the housing market in San Francisco and the Stanford area tends to be somewhat last-minute - new listings will often appear less than a month in advance.
- Stanford Community Housing Services (Start here! This page has great resources. However, to see them all, you'll need to verify that you will be affiliated with Stanford. Fear not, they tell you how to do this.)
- Stanford West (near-campus housing for faculty and staff)
- Apartments.com (An independent service that may be helpful for searching for specific apartments in the area)
Classifieds:
- Craig's List (SF classifieds--contains lots of Peninsula/Silicon Valley listings and is constantly being updated. Also includes house-share/roomate listings)
- Fogster.com (under Real Estate)
- Stanford Report
If your offer letter states that you are eligible for moving reimbursement, click here for additional information about being reimbursed for your move (eligibility, tax issues, etc.)
If you need to rent a car, there is an Enterprise office on campus which gives special discounts to Stanford employees:
http://transportation.stanford.edu/images/enterprise_Employee_21.pdf.
Parking and Transportation Services (Including information on carpooling, vanpooling, parking permits, public transportation.)
Childcare and Other Family Support
At the WorkLife Office you can find a wealth of information about child care and elder care, and also numerous resources for reaching a comfortable balance between work and family life.
The Resources for New and Junior Faculty website also has resources pertaining to bringing a family to Stanford. Take special note of the Child Care Subsidy Grant Program.
N.B. Be cautious when consulting the Junior Faculty site. Fellows are technically "academic staff" and not "faculty." Most of the information here will apply to you, but some information pertains only to faculty.
Human Resources at Stanford (PLEASE NOTE: This is a general benefits information page, and the specific detail of your benefits package may be different from what you find here. You will be oriented to your benefits package during the autumn orientation workshops)
New employee orientation: we will automatically sign you up for a session of Stanford 101: Starting Out at Stanford/New Employee Orientation, so there's not need to concern yourself with the big 'Register for Classes through STARS' sign on this gateway page to see a brief description of what that class will be like.
Click here for a zoomable Google map of the Stanford area.
For information about other nearby cities, click on one of the links below:
- Palo Alto
- Menlo Park
- Redwood City
- Mountain View
- Sunnyvale
- San Jose and the Silicon Valley (CitySearch)
- San Francisco and the Bay Area (CitySearch)
- Berkeley and the East Bay (CitySearch)
- Santa Clara County
- San Mateo County
- Alameda County
Please send questions, comments or suggestions to the IHUM Program at ihumprogram@stanford.edu.