Sheila Culbert, top adviser to College President James Wright, will leave Dartmouth to become headmaster at the Connecticut boarding school Loomis Chaffee at the end of this year. Culbert, who has worked at Dartmouth in various positions since 1989, also currently serves as interim vice president for public affairs at the College. More »
It was a night of strategic alliances, as leading Republican and Democratic candidates aimed to solidify their positions coming out of the Iowa caucuses, in the last presidential debates before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary at St. Anselm’s College in Manchester, N.H., on Saturday evening. More »
Thomas Crady, former vice president of student services at Grinnell College, began his tenure as dean of the College today. More »
Dartmouth’s Board of Trustees voted to reprimand fellow Trustee Todd Zywicki ‘88 in response to his Oct. 27 public criticism of the College’s adherence to political correctness and his remark that former College President James Freedman was “truly evil.” The reprimand, which was announced on the Board’s website, arose from a Dec. 18 conference call among the trustees to discuss the matter. More »
As New Hampshire’s primary, the first in the nation, approaches on Tuesday, the Dartmouth community is gearing up for the election, with last-minute rallies, street corner stumping and an overall political frenzy. Voting in Hanover is set to take place at Hanover High School from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. More »
Governor of New Mexico and Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson encouraged voters to maintain hope and support for his campaign at a meet-and-greet at Hanover High School on Sunday afternoon. Richardson, who finished fourth in the Iowa caucus with 2.11 percent of the vote, told the audience of about 300 that his goal was to finish in the top three in the New Hampshire primary. More »
With an 11 percent increase in applications, Dartmouth awarded early admission to 400 students. Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris ’84said this year’s early decision was “more selective than it’s ever been.” More »
Alumnus James Boen ‘53, one of the oldest living quadriplegics in the United States, died on Dec. 6 at age 75. James, better known as Jim by family and friends, resided in Hopkins, Minn. with his wife of 50 years, Dorothy Boen. More »
Dartmouth was recently recognized as a top academic workplace by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education. In COACHE’s most recent survey measuring junior faculty job satisfaction, the College achieved “exemplary” status in six out of 12 categories. Out of 78 institutions surveyed, Dartmouth was named as an exemplar in the fourth-highest number of categories. More »
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