Interview: Student Assembly President Frank Cunningham '16
After serving as Student Assembly vice president his junior year, Frank Cunningham ’16 was elected SA president last spring. We talked to him about some of his plans for the year.
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After serving as Student Assembly vice president his junior year, Frank Cunningham ’16 was elected SA president last spring. We talked to him about some of his plans for the year.
The College has announced the creation of the Jack Byrne Scholars Program in Math and Society after a donation of $20 million from Dorothy Byrne in honor of her late husband. The College will match the gift with a contribution of $5 million from the $100 million gift to support academic excellence that the College received in 2014.
A focus group consisting of students and undergraduate advisors met to evaluate the progress of recently implemented changes to the upperclassman UGA model, mainly with the goal of increasing interaction between residents and UGAs.
The Undergraduate Finance Committee approved funding of $1,080,000, up from last year’s $1,045,000, for 10 student organizations. UFC’s budget comes from the student activities fee charged to each student’s tuition every term, currently an $83 charge.
For Brenden Stinson ’17 the different socioeconomic worlds that exist outside of the College collide once he steps foot on campus.
For this year’s Green Key weekend, students can expect an array of live music, parties, free Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and even a hot air balloon. Highlights include a number of concerts and parties, mainly hosted by Programming Board, Collis Governing Board and various Greek houses.
The vice provost of student affairs position, which current interim Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer will assume in July, was created to produce increased oversight of student life on campus and streamline administrative positions, Provost Carolyn Dever said. Similar positions exist at other institutions, both Dever and president of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Kevin Kruger said.
Though LED lights installed in Leverone Field House last summer have not yet reached their target of reducing energy levels by 70 to 85 percent, levels have decreased significantly since installation, energy program manager Stephen Shadford said. The lights come as part of a larger ongoing effort to reduce energy consumption at the College, he said.
The Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation Lab and Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network are currently accepting applicants for The Pitch for the spring term. This year marks the first during which the event will be held each term.
Justin Anderson, current interim vice president for communications, was appointed vice president for communications yesterday, the office of public affairs announced.
Renovations of the Hood Museum of Art, the Hopkins Center and the stands at Memorial Field are currently underway or in the early stages of planning, vice president for campus planning and facilities Lisa Hogarty said.
Displayed on the first page of the “Still I Rise” event program, the Maya Angelou quote “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you,” set the tenor of the night. Hosted yesterday by WISE @ Dartmouth, the event gave survivors of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and stalking a chance to tell their stories.
The number of students who applied to live in living learning communities for the fall decreased from 844 last year to 575, but assistant director for living learning and academic initiatives Katharina Daub said that she hopes this means more students will be placed in their first-choice community. The deadline to apply was April 8.
For the past two weeks, Dean of the Faculty Michael Mastanduno has been hosting an ongoing radio show on Sirius XM called “The Briefing Powered by Dartmouth College,” which airs weekly and offers history, facts and expert perspectives on current events, the College and SiriusXM announced on March 18.
Dartmouth’s 2.9 percent increase in tuition for the 2015-2016 academic year — consistent with last year’s increase and the lowest since 1977 — reflects College President Phil Hanlon’s mission to slow the growth of the cost of a Dartmouth education, administrators report. The slowed cost is in line with national trends, according to experts.
The College’s Board of Trustees met on Saturday to discuss the College’s academic mission and innovation and the financial resources required to support its goals. They approved the operating budget for the 2016 fiscal year, College President Phil Hanlon’s recommendation for a 2.9 percent increase in undergraduate tuition and allocated money for special projects.
The New Hampshire Violence Against Women Campus Consortium restarted in September 2014, and Dartmouth’s Title IX and Clery Act compliance officer, Heather Lindkvist, recently joined as the College’s consortium coordinator, attending her first meeting last month.
According to a recent study carried out by Bloomberg Business, Tuck School of Business students pay on average over $10,000 for “non-essentials” during their job search, which puts them among the top 12 MBA programs whose students spend the most on discretionary purchases. Most of this cost derives from students traveling to visit potential employers.
From computational immunology and bioinformatics to ukelele and “being a legend,” Repcoin — a new site launched Feb. 12 by Stephen Malina ’15 and Matt Ritter ’15 — provides users both a reputation marketplace and a platform for experts to be discovered in different categories.
Fundraising for this year’s Dartmouth United Way campaign ended on Saturday, Feb. 14 without reaching the goal of raising $320,000, Dartmouth United Way campaign co-chair Gail Gentes said.