# Summer Newsletters
**Source**: https://approaching.stanford.edu/first-years/summer-newsletters
**Parent**: https://approaching.stanford.edu/transfers/advising-enrollment/course-planning
*\*This page will be updated for 2026 Approaching Stanford by May 1.*
## 2025 Weekly Student Newsletters
The Approaching Stanford Newsletter is sent to all incoming undergraduate first-year students each week, beginning in May. The newsletter, delivered only to your Stanford email account, provides campus information, critical updates, and necessary action items leading up to New Student Orientation. To ensure you don't miss a newsletter, use your [SUNet ID](https://admit.stanford.edu/sunetid/) to log into your Microsoft 365 Stanford email account at [webmail.stanford.edu](https://webmail.stanford.edu).
- [May 9, 2025 - Welcome from Stanford's President and Provost](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-may-9-2025-president-provost-welcome)
- [May 12, 2025 - Welcome, Class of 2029!](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-may-12-2025)
- [May 19, 2025 - Required Forms and Special Frosh Programs (ITALIC, SLE, Summer Bridge)](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-may-19-2025)
- [May 27, 2025 - Frosh Housing, Medical Housing Accommodations, Language Placement Tests](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-may-27-2025)
- [June 2, 2025 - Frosh Forms & Housing Due June 6; Summer & Pre-Orientation Program Applications](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-june-2-2025)
- [June 9, 2025 - Vaden Health Requirements; Summer Bridge Last Call; SPOT & Pre-O Progs](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-june-9-2025)
- [June 16, 2025 - Commencement Highlights, Notes from the Farm, Summer Civil Dialogues](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-june-16-2025)
- [June 23, 2025 - Our Academic Values & Academic Advising at Stanford](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-june-23-2025-frosh)
- [July 1, 2025 - Introducing Your Orientation Coordinators](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-july-1-2025)
- [July 9, 2025 - This Friday, July 11: OC Coffee Chat at 10AM; Civil Dialogues Program App Deadline](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-july-9-2025)
- [July 16, 2025 - Welcome from the ASSU & SSE; OC Coffee Chat Friday; Advising Video #2](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/july-16-2025)
- [July 24, 2025 - Vaden Health Requirements; OC Coffee Chat Friday; Advising Video #3](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-july-24-2025)
- [August 1, 2025 - Advising Newsletter #2: Placement Tests & Diagnostics, FAQ Board, Resources](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-august-1-2025)
- [August 11, 2025 - VPUE: COLLEGE, ESF, ITALIC, SLE, PWR, IntroSems, Frosh 101, and Ways](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-august-11-2025-frosh)
- [August 18, 2025 - 2025-26 Course Catalog; Health Insurance Req & Webinar; Convocation Guest Tickets](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-august-18-2025)
- [August 25, 2025 - University Core Values - Required Online Modules Due Sep 15](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-august-25-2025)
- [August 30, 2025 - Move-In Day Instructions and Life on the Farm](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-august-30-2025)
- [September 10, 2025 - You've Approached Stanford! 2025 NSO Preview](https://mailchi.mp/stanford/approaching-september-10-2025)
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## Summer Newsletters for Families
From mid-June to September, the Approaching Stanford team will send a monthly [Family Newsletter](https://approaching.stanford.edu/parents-guardians/summer-newsletters) to parent/guardian contacts listed by your in your Approaching Stanford Forms. To add your parent/guardian to the mailing list *after* the Approaching Stanford Forms deadline, please send an email request with your parent/guardian's name and contact information to [approaching@stanford.edu](mailto:approaching@stanford.edu). Note that this request must come from you, the student, not your parent/guardian.
Once the academic year begins, these parents/guardians will begin receiving the quarterly [Stanford Parent and Guardian Newsletter](http://parents.stanford.edu/newsletter/). To add your parent/guardian to the mailing list after the academic year begins, please send an email request with your parent/guardian's name and contact information to [mykidis@stanford.edu](mailto:mykidis@stanford.edu). Again, this request must come from you, the student, not your parent/guardian.
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