About the Washington DC Stanford Association

The Washington DC Stanford Association (WDCSA) is the chapter of the Stanford Alumni Association for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.  WDCSA membership is completely independent of membership in the Stanford Alumni Association.  We currently have about 400 members.  We welcome Stanford alums (undergraduate and graduate degrees), those who attended Stanford but didn't graduate, and Stanford parents, particularly of current students.

Board of Directors

Our all-volunteer Board meets monthly throughout the calendar year and welcomes suggestions, assistance, and new faces.  Feel free to contact any of the current Officers. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at events.

Be a part of Stanford's CAPITAL Community - Join the Washington, DC Stanford Association

You may join WDCSA by completing the Membership Form or by simply mailing a check, payable to WDCSA to the following address:

Bill Pegram
815 South 18th, #400
Arlington, VA 22202

Click here for more information about memberships for parents or for couples where both are Stanford grads. If you’d like to put off the receipt of renewal notices, join or extend your membership through December 2010 for double the above amounts.

The Washington DC Stanford Association has worked to sustain the Stanford spirit in our nation's capital for more than 75 years. Become a member of WDCSA to:

• Support your local alumni community and remain engaged with Stanford
• Pick and choose every month from a wide variety of social, professional, academic, recreational and community service activities
• Reconnect with classmates, meet new friends and network with established local alums.
• Save on event registration fees relative to non-members.
• Participate in exclusive "member-only" opportunities like behind the scenes tours or prize drawings.

Events

WDCSA sponsors many programs each month throughout the year, which include:

• Big Game party with Cal
• Cultural events -- the Museum of the American Indian evening, Washington National Opera and Wolf Trap performances, the Shakespeare Free For All, and two monthly book groups
• Lectures and talks by Stanford faculty and prominent alums
• Sports events -- Big Game, the WDCSA softball team, Stanford athletic events (by TV at sports bars and in person when teams come to this area), and Legg Mason Tennis Classic box seats
• Welcome party for Incoming Freshmen
• Young alum events including community service opportunities

We offer a wide variety of events.  Events are priced to cover the cost of the event, exclusive of mailing costs and other costs of running the club.  We offer a number of free events, and almost no event (except cultural events where we purchase tickets) is more than $20.

Cardinal Membership - $15

• Discounted pricing on most WDCSA sponsored events
• Advance notice on limited attendance, "members-only" events
• Monthly e-mail newsletter announcing a wide array of events sponsored by WDCSA, the Stanford Alumni Association, and other alumni groups in the region

Cardinal Plus Membership - $23

• Same great benefits as the "Cardinal" membership
• Receive a printed and mailed newsletter in your mailbox each month

Offer and Details

• Sign up for a 2 year membership and receive a $2 discount!
• Graduates of the Class of 2009 (grad or undergrad) can join for free!
• The membership year is a calendar year membership, from January 1 - December 31.

Newsletters

Events are publicized in our monthly newsletter, which is sent out in two formats. Our newsletter is also available on our web site.

• Our Cardinal Plus members ($23/year) receive a nicely-formatted version by first-class mail. To see a sample copy, click here.  To view this PDF document, you will need Adobe Reader. Download a free copy of Adobe Reader 
• Our Cardinal members ($15/year) members receive an email with the text-only version. Our Cardinal Plus members also receive the email, text-only version at no extra charge.

Last revised July 4, 2009. Comments to: William Pegram, williampegram@stanfordalumni.org