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On Sept. 19, Dartmouth fired family giving coordinator Marc Jacques, according to a College spokesperson. Six months earlier, Jacques had pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of distribution of child pornography.
As members of the Class of 2025 navigate the job hunting process, some may worry about a bad job market with high unemployment and slow hiring. While some have locked down return offers on summer internships, others are just beginning the search.
Starting in January 2025, students will have the option to swipe in at the Class of 1953 Commons with palm biometric recognition technology provided by Idemia — a technology company that specializes in biometrics and cryptography — rather than with physical ID cards, according to Dartmouth Dining director Jon Plodzik. Other dining locations are also undergoing changes, Plodzik said, including a new boba menu at Cafe@Baker launched at the start of fall term and a new ordering kiosk at Courtyard Cafe coming in March 2025.
Tuck School of Business professor Steve Kahl ’91 “always had his door open” for students — whether they wanted to talk about school or were reaching out for life advice, his daughter Hattie Kahl said. With his family and friends, he demonstrated the same inclusivity, kindness and infectious positivity.
In April 2024, Catherine Harnois ’27 logged into her housing portal to find no available on-campus housing for her and her roommate. The duo was placed on a waitlist and given three options: remain on the waitlist, apply to a Living Learning Community or opt-in to an off-campus apartment at the Summit on Juniper complex, located approximately 3.2 miles — or a 15-minute bus ride — from campus in Lebanon, Harnois said.
On Sept. 20, a small fire broke out in the Class of 1953 Commons shortly before midnight,, the Office of Communications wrote in an email to campus on Sept. 21. Officials believe a “malfunctioning lithium ion battery in a second-floor utility closet” — where the fire was contained — was responsible.
Today, the Hanover Police Department declared the death of Won Jang ’26 an accidental drowning, according to WMUR. On July 7, Jang’s body was recovered from the Connecticut River after he was reported missing earlier that day.
Four teachers at the Dartmouth College Child Care Center have been given the pseudonyms Amanda, Grace, Olivia and Sophia. They each have been granted anonymity so they may speak candidly about their experiences.
This summer, the College declined to hire University of Illinois Chicago criminology, law and justice professor Nicole Nguyen as a tenured geography professor, despite unanimous support from the department, according to an email statement from Nguyen. The decision sparked controversy among academics and students at institutions worldwide.
Nicole Chambers, the former office manager of The Dartmouth, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release — the maximum sentence under her plea agreement — for embezzling more than $223,000 from the student newspaper between April 2017 and September 2021. Chief Judge Landya McCafferty delivered the sentence in federal court in Concord, N.H.
The College did not experience a decline in racial diversity for the Class of 2028 — the first students to be admitted since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action — College President Sian Leah Beilock announced in an email to the Dartmouth community Monday morning.
The College is developing several initiatives related to freedom of expression, senior leaders wrote in an email statement to the Dartmouth community on Thursday afternoon.
This article is featured in the 2024 Freshman special issue.
On Aug. 21, Service Employees International Union, Local 560 — the union representing the men’s basketball team — filed an unfair labor practice charge against the College for refusing to bargain in good faith with the men’s basketball team union, according to an SEIU, Local 560, press release.
For Won Jang ’26, sharing was second nature — home-cooked food, his love of music and even his optimism. Known for his creativity and warmhearted demeanor, Jang inspired those around him with his profound generosity and care for others.
Alpha Phi sorority will not participate in recruitment this fall, according to a campus-wide email sent by the Inter Sorority Council Thursday evening. APhi was suspended by the College in July following the death of Won Jang ’26.
In the coming weeks, all Dartmouth Dining locations except Collis Market will replace Coca-Cola beverages with PepsiCo products, Dartmouth Dining director Jon Plodzik wrote in an email statement to The Dartmouth. Following a 10-year beverage contract with Coca-Cola — which expired in July — the College signed a new seven-year beverage contract with PepsiCo, he wrote.
Last month, College President Sian Leah Beilock announced that Dean of the College Scott Brown would leave Dartmouth at the end of July. He had served as Dean of the College since October 2022, following a period as interim dean beginning in August 2021. Associate dean of student support services Anne Hudak and associate dean for student life Eric Ramsey will serve as interim Deans of the College. The Dartmouth sat down with Brown — whose connection to the College dates back to the early 1990s, when he served as an area officer for the Office of Residential Life — to discuss his tenure as dean, his departure and his future plans.
On July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Over the next two days, Harris held her first 2024 presidential campaign rally, raised more than $100 million and gained the support of enough delegates to secure the Democratic party nomination at the August Democratic National Convention.
On July 20, a court approved Dartmouth’s $33.75 million settlement proposal in a class action lawsuit accusing the College — along with 16 other universities — of violating antitrust laws and conspiring to minimize financial aid for working and middle-class families, according to a press release shared by a representative for Gilbert Litigators & Counselors, one of the law firms representing the plaintiffs.