04/02/08

All faculty, students and staff are invited to celebrate the School of Medicine's 100th anniversary at a lunchtime barbecue on April 23.

Everyone coming will have a chance to make a contribution to history: attendees are invited to bring a contemporary item that reflects the "spirit of the present" for a time capsule that will be opened in 100 years.

Philip Pizzo, MD, dean of the medical school, will offer some remarks at the lunch, which will also feature music from a ragtime band.

Items for the time capsule don't have to be related to the medical school but simply represent the spirit of our times. Some suggestions include: a Stanford ID badge, a personal statement of "Life at Stanford in 2008," predictions for 2108, photographs or CDs, electronics (such as memory sticks), course catalogues or periodicals. Items may not be perishable or contain liquid and must be no bigger than a cubic foot.

Centennial organizers will also have guest books available to students, staff and faculty to sign with written memories or predictions for 2018. People are also invited to submit their predictions and memories to the Centennial Web site at http://med.stanford.edu/centennial/guestbook.html.

The lunch will be held on the Dean's Lawn (Campus Drive and Roth Way) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Shuttle service will be available for transportation from off-site locations. For more details on the lunch and other Centennial events, see the Centennial Web site at http://med.stanford.edu/centennial/events.html.