Welcome to the Haas Center, the hub of Cardinal Service.
The Haas Center for Public Service inspires Stanford University to realize a just and sustainable world through service, scholarship, and community partnerships. It is the hub of Cardinal Service, a university-wide effort to make service an essential feature of a Stanford education.
Cardinal Service
Cardinal Service helps students engage with the world to bring about real, positive change. Students can find opportunities to serve communities locally, nationally, or globally on the Cardinal Service website.
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As a hub for service at Stanford, we engage more than 1,000 students each year in service locally and around the world. Our partner organizations provide valuable opportunities for students to apply academic learning to serving their community.
2024 Distinguished Visitors
The Haas Center welcomes four climate entrepreneurs as this year's Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitors: Angela McKee-Brown, founder and CEO of Project Reflect; Jason Su, executive director of the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy; Cecilia Taylor, mayor of Menlo Park and founder, executive director, and CEO of Belle Haven Action; and Violet Wulf-Saena, founder and executive director of Climate Resilient Communities. Read more about the program