About PES

Welcome to Peruanos en Stanford, the Stanford Association of Peruvian Students!

You can find more specific information following these links:

• Constitution of Peruanos en Stanford
  
• Current admin of Peruanos en Stanford (The people behind PES)
  
• Contact us!
  
• How to join PES

About PES:

Our association was established in 2002 by a small group of active Peruvian graduate students. Nowadays, most of our "Fundadores" are part of the Stanford Alumni community. PES is one of the student organizations at Stanford University. We currently have about 11 full members and more than 20 associate members. Most of us are Peruvians, but we also come from pretty much all other parts of the world. While the larger part of our members are graduate students, it would not be fair to say we are just a graduate student group, because many of us are undergrads and also Peruvian spouses and friends.

We have a tradition of organizing a variety of events. Some have become a tradition in themselves. For example, in October (Autumn Quarter), we have the Pisco Sour & Cebiche Festival during a weekend day close to the Peruvian Dia de la Cancion Criolla. In February (Winter Quarter) we celebrate the Peruvian Carnivals with typical food, customs and music. On June 24th's week (Spring Quarter), we share our Andean roots and Amazon heart in the Dia del Indio Festival. And everybody always wait for our big July 28th celebration, the Peruvian Independence Day, in the middle of the summer.

During the term, we also treat ourselves to shorter excursions to various interesting places in Bay Area and Northern California, like Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Napa Valley, Santa Cruz, Monterrey or San Francisco. 

At PES we also have a liking for sports and, this coming academic year, we will try to have volleyball and soccer teams in the Stanford's Intramurals. Check them out, or tell us about your sport!

A final note about PES: all the fun that we provide is the result of our members participation, and very importantly, the initiative of a bunch of us who take the lead and put the act together. Do you want to organize an event with PES? It's a lot fun, and we can help you! Do get in touch with us!