[2006alum]

what a wonderful addition to our society women's sports have become!  And the fact that Stanford was so far out in front of other universities in women's athletics has given our university an edge that has lasted decades now.  Very few of those Director's Cups would have happened had we been late to the gender equity party.

+1. Since the late 1990s, Stanford has thrived largely on the success of women's sports. Including non-NCAA national championships, since 2000 Stanford women have won 31 to Stanford men's 9. (If you exclude synchro and light weight rowing, it's 21 to 9). Football has deservedly received the lion's share of attention over the last half-decade or so, but our Directors Cups and national championships haul has largely been thanks to our strong women's teams. Fun to think that Stanford admitted women in its very first class and continues to evince the value of being an avowedly co-educational institution.

Now as 81alum said, faculty is another matter best left for a different board. :)

[2006alum]

what a wonderful addition to our society women's sports have become!  And the fact that Stanford was so far out in front of other universities in women's athletics has given our university an edge that has lasted decades now.  Very few of those Director's Cups would have happened had we been late to the gender equity party.

+1. Since the late 1990s, Stanford has thrived largely on the success of women's sports. Including non-NCAA national championships, since 2000 Stanford women have won 31 to Stanford men's 9. (If you exclude synchro and light weight rowing, it's 21 to 9). Football has deservedly received the lion's share of attention over the last half-decade or so, but our Directors Cups and national championships haul has largely been thanks to our strong women's teams. Fun to think that Stanford admitted women in its very first class and continues to evince the value of being an avowedly co-educational institution.

Now as 81alum said, faculty is another matter best left for a different board. :)