About the Student Success and Engagement Team

Our programs provide students with the chance to build community, navigate resources and develop a sense of safety and belonging in and out of their academic lives. We believe that when students are supported as whole individuals, they can better pursue their interests and truly thrive at the School of Engineering.

The Stanford Engineering’s Student Success and Engagement team strives to ensure a more just and equitable educational experience. We strive to create a nurturing, welcoming environment for individuals from a variety of perspectives and beliefs, including brilliant students who are first-generation, low-income, or with limited exposure to advanced engineering courses and opportunities to engage in research. 

Through collaboration with graduate students, student societies, campus partners, faculty, staff, alumni and corporate donors, the Student Success and Engagement team continues to create a range of programs that provide educational support and individual enrichment for the Stanford Engineering community.

Student Success and Engagement Team

The Student Success and Engagement team is housed in the Dean’s Office of Student Affairs at the School of Engineering.

Jamillah McDaniel, Ph.D. 

Senior Director, Student Success and Engagement she/her/hers

Gaby Velazquez 

Associate Director, Graduate Communities she/her/hers

Luz M. Jiménez Ruvalcaba, Ph.D. 

Associate Director, Graduate Outreach and Recruitment she/her/hers

Karolina Reyes 

Associate Director, Undergraduate Communities she/her/hers

Get Involved!

We want to hear from you. For any questions or concerns, please email us at futuregradengineer@stanford.edu

The Student Success and Engagement office, "has provided me with a strong basis for support during my four years at Stanford. A Summer Session Grant allowed me to consider taking classes over the summer without worrying if I would have enough to pay for all my expenses over the summer."

Fabian Badillo, BS, Stanford Product Design Class of ’19