斯坦福大学的简介(英文版).ppt

TheStanfordUniversity,Briefintroduction,StudentEnrollment6,994undergraduates9,128graduatesFaculty2,153facultymembers20NobellaureatesarecurrentlymembersoftheStanfordcommunity4:1studenttofacultyratioCampus8,180contiguousacresNearly700majorbuildings97%ofundergraduatesliveoncampusResearch5,500externallysponsoredprojects$1.22billiontotalbudgetEstablished1885Opened1891,17,600,1,550,11:1,ShaanxinormalUniversity,2,700,21,LeadershipPresidentMarcTessier-LavigneProvostJohnEtchemendysince2000SevenSchoolsBusinessEarthSciencesEducationEngineeringHumanitiesandSciencesLawMedicineEndowment$22.2billion(asofAug.31,2015),TheworldrankingoftheStanford,TheStanfordranksforthintheworlduniversitiesranking.TheUniversityofHarvardranksfirst.TheMITrankssecond.TheUniversityofCalifornia-Berkeleyranksthird.,Infrastructure,library,StanfordUniversityhas30libraries,notonlyacollectionofmorethan650millioncopies,andafullycomputerizedmanagement.,ShaanxiNormalUniversity:4millionpaperqualitybooks,Sportsfacility,Theschoolssportsfacilitiescanaccommodate85,000peoplestadium,golfcourse,baseballpark,softballfieldandswimmingpool,fullyreflectsthebenefitsofcampusarea.,Canteen,Healthcare,Location,History,TherudimentoftheStanford,In1876,formerCaliforniaGovernorLelandStanfordpurchased650acresofRanchoSanFrancisquitoforacountryhomeandbeganthedevelopmentofhisfamousPaloAltoStockFarm.Helaterboughtadjoiningpropertiestotalingmorethan8,000acres.,LelandStanford,whogrewupandstudiedlawinNewYork,movedWestafterthegoldrushand,likemanyofhiswealthycontemporaries,madehisfortuneintherailroads.HewasaleaderoftheRepublicanParty,governorofCaliforniaandlateraU.S.senator.HeandJanehadoneson,whodiedoftyphoidfeverin1884whenthefamilywastravelinginItaly.LelandJr.wasjust15.Withinweeksofhisdeath,theStanfordsdecidedthat,becausetheynolongercoulddoanythingfortheirownchild,thechildrenofCaliforniashallbeourchildren.Theyquicklysetabouttofindalastingwaytomemorializetheirbelovedson.,TheStanfordsconsideredseveralpossibilitiesauniversity,atechnicalschool,amuseum.WhileontheEastCoast,theyvisitedHarvard,MIT,CornellandJohnsHopkinstoseekadviceonstartinganewuniversityinCalifornia.Ultimately,theydecidedtoestablishtwoinstitutionsinLelandJuniorsname-theUniversityandamuseum.Fromtheoutsettheymadesomeuntraditionalchoices:theuniversitywouldbecoeducational,inatimewhenmostwereall-male;non-denominational,whenmostwereassociatedwithareligiousorganization;andavowedlypractical,producingculturedandusefulcitizens.,OnOctober1,1891,StanfordUniversityopeneditsdoorsaftersixyearsofplanningandbuilding.ThepredictionofaNewYorknewspaperthatStanfordprofessorswouldlectureinmarblehallstoemptybencheswasquicklydisproved.Thefirststudentbodyconsistedof555menandwomen,andtheoriginalfacultyof15wasexpandedto49forthesecondyear.TheuniversitysfirstpresidentwasDavidStarrJordan,agraduateofCornell,wholefthispostaspresidentofIndianaUniversitytojointheadventureoutWest.,WEST,TheStanfordandTheSiliconValley,Inthe1970s,theStanfordrentout1,000acresareatothecompaniesthatarefoundedbygraduatesorindustrialandcommercialcircles.Today,theStanfordisbesiegedbymanytechnicalcommunitiesandcompanies.Withtheriseofthehightechnologyonthewest-coastline,manycomputercompaniespitchcampsthere,includingthecenturydarlingMicrosoft.Fromthenon,thestatusoftheStanfordbecomesmoreandmoreimportant.TheStanfordbecomesthecoreoftheSiliconValleyandthecenteroftheworldwidetechnicalinnovation.,Schoolmotto,ThewindoffreedomblowsThissentencesincethe16thcenturyGermananthropologistUlrichvonHuttenThemottoistoencourageandguaranteestudentsandfacultiesintheStanfordtodoteachingandrelevantresearchingfreely.,Schoolbadge,Itwasfoundedin1891.Thestarsrepresenttheschoolsgloriousachievements.Pinetrees,symbolofthetenaciouswillandnoblequality,theimageofthetreerepresentstheschoolentsteachingconceptinonehundred.Mountainsandriversandlandrepresentsitsfar-reachingvisionandgoodprospectsfordevelopment.Thewindoffreedomblowsistheschoolmotto.,Schoolsong,HailStanfordHail-StanfordUniversityAlmaMater,WheretherollingfoothillsriseUptowardsmountainshigherWhereatevetheCoastRangeliesInthesunsetfireFlushingdeepandpalingHereweraiseourvoices，hailingThee,ourAlmaMaterFromtheFoothillstothebayItshallringAswesingItshallringandfloatawayHail，Stanford，hai