The Annual Building Manager Meeting will be held on March 19th. We have a great list of speakers this year which you don't want to miss.
Please RSVP to your calendar invitation. Let us know if you have others that you wish to bring to the meeting by contacting me at: rainamichel@stanford.edu
Winter Quarter exams run March 15-22nd.
Spring break is March 23-31st.
First day of Spring Quarter is Monday April 1st.
Fun Stanford Facts:
There are 166 palms stretching along Palm Drive and around the outside edges of the Oval. Well over half of them are Canary Island date palms. A total of fourteen different palm trees can be found on campus.
Technically winged lions-griffins typically have an eagle's head and forelegs on a lion's body. These winged beasts have been called griffins by the Stanford community for nearly nine decades. In 1978 the griffins were moved to the front of the Stanford University Boy's Gymnasium. They were part of a campaign to become the Stanford mascot but lost out to The Cardinal. They sat in front of the gymnasium until it was demolished in 2008, then were moved to storage while a new location was under consideration. Today the newly restored cast-iron griffins are located alongside Pine Avenue. This diagonal road was designed to run from the site of the Stanfords' proposed new home-never built due to their son Leland Junior's death in1884-to the nearby Peter Coutts estate. The Stanfords purchased the Coutts estate in 1882 and stabled thoroughbred racehorses there. The Mausoleum was erected on the site of the proposed new home in 1888.
I hope you enjoy this edition of From the Ground Up. Please let me know of any interesting articles that you might want to see in future editions. I love article suggestions!
