Hanover to add more affordable housing
Hanover, in conjunction with the Twin Pines Housing Trust, will expand and improve its affordable housing by replacing current units with newer, senior-specific units in downtown Hanover.
Hanover, in conjunction with the Twin Pines Housing Trust, will expand and improve its affordable housing by replacing current units with newer, senior-specific units in downtown Hanover.
The Dartmouth Class of 1964 formally announced last Wednesday a $10.1 million donation to fund the leadership development programs created through the ’64 Leadership Initiative Fund. The Fund began in June 2014 as a part of the class’s theme of “a tradition in leadership” for the class’s 50th year anniversary.
Seven fraternities extended bids during men’s winter recruitment last weekend, one more fraternity than last year when six fraternities extended 26 bids.
Provost Carolyn Dever is pushing for faculty members across disciplines to send in a second round of proposals for the College’s Cluster Initiative — a program allowing faculty to form groups with the aim of solving complex issues of global importance. Dever sent out her request last Thursday, and proposals are due on Feb. 16.
Hanover has been “battling the snow and ice” this winter, town manager Julia Griffin said, as rising road salt prices across the U.S. are adversely affecting Hanover and Dartmouth.
While official programming for the College’s social justice themed celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. officially begins today, about 40 students joined in a protest in Baker-Berry Library last night, chanting “black lives matter, we can’t breathe.” The protest comes before a lecture and programming that will address the events surrounding the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and general issues of social justice and civil rights.
Nearly 20,500 students have applied for acceptance to the Class of 2019, representing a more than six percent increase in applications over last year, according to Dartmouth Now. This follows a more than 10 percent increase in the number of students who applied to Dartmouth through the early decision program.
Even two years after Dartmouth extended its winter interim period, Hanover retailers and restaurants still feel the pain of depressed economic activity from Thanksgiving until a week before Christmas, town manager Julia Griffin said.
Nearly 20,500 students have applied for acceptance to the Class of 2019, representing a more than six percent increase in applications over last year, according to Dartmouth Now.
WISE @ Dartmouth will begin its first support group — a weekly, student-run group for self-identifying women who have experienced emotional, physical or sexual abuse or stalking — next week, Caeli Cavanagh ’14, a co-chair of WISE @ Dartmouth, said.
Movement Against Violence is set to expand its programming to freshman floors this term, with a curriculum tailored to the dynamics of first-year communities. The initiative aims to address issues of sexual and domestic violence prevention most relevant to the situations first-year students will likely encounter.
President Obama’s proposal to provide federal funding to make the first two years of community college free for students nationwide, announced last Friday, could have significant implications for students in Vermont and New Hampshire, where annual tuition for community colleges are some of the highest in the nation.
Six months after Dartmouth’s Summit on Sexual Assault, expert opinions are mixed about whether the summit reached its goals and proved effective.
While many Dartmouth students were relaxing with long-lost high school friends or watching Netflix on the family couch, Diana Wise ’15 was taking photographs of penguins from atop an Antarctic mountain.
Lisa Baldez, who took over as director of Dartmouth’s Center for the Advancement of Learning in November, said that the organization will focus on not only enhancing classroom facilitation through digital and experiential learning initiatives, but also on addressing diversity and sensitivity within teaching and learning at the College.
Winter flu levels have been higher than usual in Hanover so far this year, town manager Julia Griffin said. This is possibly due to the fact that this year’s influenza vaccine may not be as adept at preventing the flu as it has been in previous years.
Over 10 contracts to install solar panels have been signed during round two of the Solarize Hanover project, which is set to end on Jan. 31. Town officials involved in the project said they are hoping for more finalized contracts by the end of the month.
Sean Byrnes ’00 said that when he attended Dartmouth, entrepreneurship was not encouraged or supported as it was seen to contrast with the values of academia. A decade and a half later, the current atmosphere is more welcoming of the melding of academia with for-profit endeavors, Byrnes said.
Charged with welcoming the vast majority of incoming freshmen to campus, director Peety Kaur ’15 and assistant director Sam Parker ’15 will lead the 2015 Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips directorate.
As winter sorority recruitment commences, Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority is undergoing an informal recruitment process with two “shake-out” events on Jan. 11th and 20th.