National Postdoc Appreciation Week – NPAW 2021!
September 20, 2021
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Stanford University

National Postdoc Appreciation Week is coming up! This is the most jam-packed week of fun for postdocs all year!!!!!
An abundance of events for postdocs will be brought to you by OPA, SURPAS, SBPA, LGBTQ+, SLPA, and others Stanford organizations supporting Postdocs.
Event list
Monday 9/20
NPAW: Coffee Cart & Early BBQ Ticket Pickup (Hosted by OPA)
Where: Huang Courtyard
When: Monday 9/20, 9 am – 12 pm | Register here |
NPAW:Postdoc Headshots (Hosted by OPA)
Where: Stanford Campus
When: Monday 9/20, 1 pm – 5:30 pm | Register here |
NPAW: Postdoc Fun Run with SURPAS
What: 3 mile campus heart loop ❤️: https://www.mappedometer.com/?maproute=883893
SURPAS will keep you hydrated!
Where: Starts and ends at Discovery Walk in front of Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building
When: Monday 9/20, 5 – 7 pm | Add to Calendar | RSVP Required
NPAW: Game Night with SURPAS
What: Games and trivia, including old favorites like Jeopardy, Logo Trivia, Price is Right and Blockbuster. Prizes to be won!
Where: Zoom Link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83366504642?pwd=dEpodDdueXc1MHAzRzQ0UEN5d1lDZz09
Meeting ID: 833 6650 4642, Password (case-sensitive, lowercase): playnow
When: Monday 9/20, 8 – 9:30 pm | Add to Calendar | RSVP Required | More Info
**Participation limited to first 198 to RSVP**
Tuesday 9/21
NPAW: SURPAS Coffee Social with SLPA
What: Coffee, tea and snacks
Where: Outside Green Library
When: Tuesday 9/21, 10 – 11 am | Add to Calendar
NPAW: Popsicles & Early BBQ Ticket Pickup & JEDI awards (Hosted by OPA)
Where: MSOB Courtyard
When: Tuesday 9/21, 2 – 4 pm | Register here |
NPAW: SURPAS Happy Hour
What: Beer and cheer. Please remember to bring your legal ID!
Where: The Rose & Crown, Downtown Palo Alto
When: Tuesday 9/21, 5 – 7 pm | Add to Calendar | RSVP Required
Wednesday 9/22
NPAW: SURPAS Coffee Social with LGBTQ+ and oSTEM postdocs
What: Coffee, tea and snacks
Where: Engineering Quad
When: Wednesday 9/22, 9 – 10 am | Add to Calendar
NPAW: SURPAS Meditation
What: Breathing and meditation techniques to lower anxiety, increase energy and support health. Instructors: Genetics Postdoc Graham Erwin and Stanford alum Anshul Samar.
Where: Zoom, Link: http://tiny.cc/PostdocsMeditate | Add to Calendar
When: Wednesday 9/22, 10 – 11 am
NPAW: Early BBQ Ticket Pickup (Hosted by OPA)
Where: Bytes Cafe Patio at David Packard Building
When: Wednesday 9/22, 11 – 1 pm | Register here |
NPAW: Postdoc Headshots (Hosted by OPA)
Where: Stanford Campus
When: Wednesday 9/22, 1 pm – 5:30 pm | Register here |
NPAW: SURPAS Ice Cream Social with SCPA
Where: Dean’s Lawn | Add to Calendar
When: Wednesday 9/22, 2 – 4 pm
NPAW: Dish Hike with SURPAS
What: SURPAS Hike
Where: The Stanford Dish Trail | Add to Calendar | RSVP Required | More Info
When: Wednesday 9/22, 5 – 7 pm
Thursday 9/23
NPAW: SURPAS Coffee Social with SBPA
What: Coffee, tea and snacks
Where: LKSC Lawn
When: Thursday 9/23, 11 – 12 pm | Add to Calendar
NPAW:Early BBQ Ticket Pickup (Hosted by OPA)
Where: MSOB Courtyard
When: Thursday 9/23, 12 – 3 pm | Register here |
NPAW: SURPAS Happy Hour and OPA Fall Festival and BBQ
What: Beer, wine and EANABs (BBQ hosted by OPA). Please wear wristbands (to be distributed by the OPA) at all times and remember to bring your legal ID!
Where: Dean’s Lawn
When: Thursday 9/23, 4:30 – 6:30 pm | Add to Calendar | Register here |
Friday 9/24
NPAW: SURPAS Tea Social
What: Tea and snacks
Where: MSOB Courtyard
When: Friday 9/24, 10 – 11 am | Add to Calendar
NPAW: Postdoc Headshots (Hosted by OPA)
Where: Stanford Campus
When: Friday 9/24, 1 pm – 5:30 pm | Register here |
NPAW: Stanford Scavenger Hunt (Hosted by OPA)
Where: Stanford Campus
When: Friday 9/24, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Register here |
Check out all the exciting activities taking place to celebrate Stanford Postdocs, sign-up, and don’t forget to share with us/tag us on social media!
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