Academic mentoring program SEAD begins ninth year

Andy Mai / The Dartmouth Staff Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth, a three-week program that aims to expand the educational opportunities of high school students from select under-resourced urban and rural schools, began its ninth summer session this week. SEAD participants are selected through a competitive application process based on academic promise and all of the students are eligible for the Federal Free-Lunch subsidy, according to the SEAD web site.

Fong Tu'05 enters race for Iowa gubernatorial bid

Courtesy of ypiowa.com Christian Fong Tu'05 has entered the race for governor of Iowa and, at age 32, would be the youngest governor in state history if elected.

Kim addresses Dartmouth community on Green

ZACH INGBRETSEN / The Dartmouth Senior Staff / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In a public address to the Dartmouth community on his first day as College President, Jim Yong Kim said that it was the passion he believes Dartmouth students and alumni hold for the College that inspired him to forgo other career opportunities and accept the position of Dartmouth's 17th president. "When I was first asked, there were other things in the wind," Kim said in his speech, hinting at another opportunity, which he called a "complicated" job in "very big city down South." Kim told the students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered on the Green that it was his belief in the ability of Dartmouth students to take on global problems broader than those of his own work that led him to forgo those other career possibilities. "It's a gamble for me but it's a gamble that I took knowing that we were going to win," Kim said, referencing his confidence in the potential of the College's students. Since being announced as Dartmouth's 17th president, Kim has met with alumni, students and faculty, which he said has allowed him to understand the special bond that the College fosters. "I was convinced that if I could do a good job, we together as a community would do things the likes of which the world has never seen," Kim said in his speech, adding later, "Every single [member of the Class of 2011] can change the world, and indeed must change the world and make it a better place." In an address at the Tuck School of Business earlier in the day on Wednesday, Kim said he believes that Dartmouth offers the best undergraduate education in the world, pointing to the College's commitment to need blind admissions for all applicants as one of the College's particular strengths.

JIM YONG KIM TAKES OFFICE AS PRESIDENT

Quality of education, recognition among priorities

Construction plans to move forward

Emily Van Gemeren / The Dartmouth Staff The Office of Residential Life currently lacks sufficient collateral to take out loans for new construction projects, but the College is moving forward with scheduled construction plans, according to Dean of Residential Life Martin Redman.

Wright serves last day at College