Beth Gilman Hobbs D’85, shares how Dartmouth was more than college to her I remember the butterflies in my stomach as I was arriving at the college I had dreamt about attending since my visit to Hanover in 5th grade. I felt a twinge of early homesickness, but I kept reminding myself that I was …
Kathy DeGioia Eastwood D’76 shares her reflections on life’s journey from a member of Dartmouth’s first female class. I arrived at Dartmouth from Silicon Valley as part of the first freshman class with women, having basically zero knowledge about the college and its reputation. All I knew is that there was a lot of hiking …
Isabella Vanasse Shares a Holiday Musing Squeezing out of the backseat of a 2-door car, wearing the sweatpants I had slept in. Silky brown hair tied high at my crown. Evergreen trees line the playfields dripping icy fingers, buffering residences. Listening to stillness. No children present. The bounce of a ball. The middle child is …
Liz Davis, D’89, shares how her daugther’s diabetes diagnosis changed the way she mothers When it comes to motherhood, I set the bar low. I don’t want my children to have too much to live up to. Ever since becoming a mother, I have been ambivalent about society’s expectations for living up to that title, …
Carol Gieg, D’79, offers some advice and shares a poem that she wrote about her husband’s health struggles. First of all, quench your thirst for knowledge throughout your life. Secondly, discover and nourish your “passion.” That is, an activity which, when immersed in it, you lose sense of time and place. The piece is completed, …
Shannon Prince, D’09, an attorney, legal commentator, speaker, and author who practices complex litigation and dispute resolution in a variety of areas. When she’s not working, she spends time doing fancy shawl powwow dance, Native American beadwork, and yoga. Her family comes from the first generation of Chinese Americans – her ascendant left Hong Kong to build the railroad, married a freed slave-woman, and fathered one of the oldest Chinese families in Texas. Grandfather Lee was a leader in the first Chinese Texan community, and he firmly upheld an anti-racist ethos. At this time of racial tension, Shannon wants to share his inspiring vision for what he dreamt of our community being.
Heidi Conner D’97a reflects on her experiences as her husband navigates life with Bi-Polar disorder
Amy Feind Reeves T’92 reflects on overcoming life’s obstacles, and the value of not keeping them a secret along the way.
