Tuesday, February 05, 2008

College President James Wright to step down in June 2009

By Allie Lowe, The Dartmouth Staff

College President James Wright will step down in June 2009 concluding an 11-year tenure as president, the College announced Monday morning. Wright, the 16th president of the College, has worked at Dartmouth in various positions since 1969. More »

Wright administration marked by financial aid changes, campus growth

By Allyson Bennett, The Dartmouth Staff

As College President James Wright prepares to leave Dartmouth after 40 years at the College, he will be remembered for his attempts to expand social and residential life, as well as for his improvements to financial aid and campus infrastructure. In recent years, his tenure as Dartmouth’s 16th president has also been marked by alumni controversy and changes to the College’s governance structure. More »

Students weigh social impact of AKA’s return

By Brook Jackling, The Dartmouth Staff

Plans to re-establish the Dartmouth chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., an African-American organization, have raised questions about the impact the sorority will have on diversity in the Greek system and whether or not it will alter the balance between male and female social spaces on campus. More »

College motion to end lawsuit fails

By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff

The Association of Alumni’s lawsuit against Dartmouth will go to trial following the failure of the College’s motion to dismiss the case. The court ruled in favor of the Association on all counts considered in the motion in Grafton County Superior Court last Friday. More »

Graduates oversee technical services

By Kate Farley, The Dartmouth Staff

While Student Assembly is planning to expand its web team and launch additional computer-related services, members of the Kiewit Computing Services staff are interested in streamlining the maintainance of the Assembly-created resources that already exist. These services, which include the course review guide, telephone wake-up and the textbook exchange, are hosted on Kiewit Computing hardware and are maintained by students no longer affiliated with the College. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • There is a growing disparity between the endowments of a small group of America’s wealthiest universities and all other institutions of higher education, according to The New York Times. More »
  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center psychiatrist Giuseppe “Bepi” Raviola is one of 10 recipients nationwide of the 2008 Laughlin Fellowship. More »
  • Sandra Spiegel, Director of Graduate Recruiting and Diversity, spoke to a small panel of administrators and graduate students about her role in creating a more diverse graduate student community at Dartmouth on Monday afternoon in Collis 101. More »
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