Stanford International Honors Program<\/a> (IHP).<\/p>\nBachelor of Commerce student Duane Du Toit says he learned about the initiative during his time as an intern for CBS, where he was tasked with promoting the program to other CBS students.<\/p>\n
It didn\u2019t take long for Du Toit to realise he himself should apply.<\/p>\n
\u201cI sat down and looked at the finances and the workload and considered whether I felt I would be able to succeed in that environment,\u201d Du Toit says. \u201cI was about halfway through this process when I thought, I\u2019ve just got to grab the bull by the horns!\u201d<\/p>\n
Du Toit, a finance and business law major, will study technology and innovation units at Stanford. Du Toit says he can\u2019t wait to learn from the best.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be studying \u2018philosophy and emerging technologies\u2019 which looks at the history of how technology has developed and the ethical issues surrounding future technological developments,\u201d Du Toit explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll also be doing \u2018technology entrepreneurship\u2019 which is focused on developing tech start-ups from the ground up and enabling them to run their businesses and become successful in this ever emerging industry. The most exciting thing for me about going to Stanford is the opportunity to gain knowledge, insight and mentorship from leaders in the Silicon Valley and associated venture capitalists. It will be incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Director of Student Engagement, Hannah Wilkinson, who set up the program, is thrilled for the students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will have guest lectures from some of the leading professors in the world but also business people within the Silicon Valley,\u201d says Wilkinson.<\/p>\n
\u201cA number of the students have opted for the Stanford courses where if you do two or more units in a particular theme, get a B+ average and attend some of the public speaking events, it actually fast tracks you into the equivalent of a graduate certificate from Stanford, so a real value-add!\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of the honours program, students can select from more than 170 courses across humanities, sciences and engineering and are strongly encouraged to take up extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe IHP program is about more than just academic achievement,\u201d Wilkinson reveals. \u201cIt is also about personal physical health and wellbeing. Stanford\u2019s education model is very much about being well inside and outside to perform at your best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Public relations student Lara Rudd says she has chosen a yoga unit to break up her studies to help manage her stress levels at Stanford.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to do the yoga FreeFit at Curtin from 7am to 8am before class,\u201d Rudd explains. \u201cIt relaxed me and brought me to the perfect place where I was awake but just chilled out so I could go straight into class in such a good place. So doing that while I’m away will be amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a public relations student, Rudd is excited to apply what she\u2019s learnt in the classroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talk about connecting globally in public relations but actually doing that myself is really, really cool,\u201d Rudd enthuses. \u201cI think it’s going to help my career and my knowledge so much in that I can actually talk about globalisation in a personal way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rudd credits Curtin\u2019s diverse learning approach with feeling prepared for Stanford.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Curtin, we learn in multiple ways so that will really help at Stanford!\u201d Rudd laughs. \u201cIt will be just one more way of learning, so not too scary!\u201d<\/p>\n
Rudd says she distinctly remembers the moment she heard about the Stanford mobility program.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was actually really funny when I first received the email about Stanford,\u201d Rudd recalls. \u201cTwo weeks before, I\u2019d been chatting with my Aunty about how I could go to a top American university and then I got Duane\u2019s email and I was like, it\u2019s a sign!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I first read it I thought it was going to be really hard to get into, and then I saw all of the selection criteria and I realised I could do this!\u201d<\/p>\n
To students thinking about applying for the program in the future, Rudd says, \u201cJust go for it!\u00a0 It\u2019s such an amazing opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
To learn more about the Stanford IHP mobility program and application process, you can contact the CBS Student Engagement and Mobility Office at Experiencecbs@curtin.edu.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walking the same hallways as the creators of Google, Snapchat and LinkedIn will soon be reality for seven Curtin business students who are packing their bags to spend the summer at Stanford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2670,"featured_media":6010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-6009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":"","photographer":{"title":"Annabelle Fouchard","url":"#","target":""},"media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AF-0298.png","author_meta":{"first_name":"Anne","last_name":"Griffin-Appadoo","display_name":"Anne Griffin-Appadoo"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-17 11:11:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6009"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=6009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}