National Postdoc Appreciation Week – NPAW 2021!

NPAW cartoon from PHDComics

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!

@stanfordSURPAS

#NPAW2021

Stanford NPAW Schedule 2021