College hires new dean of admissions internally
Courtesy of Joseph Mehling / The Dartmouth Staff Maria Laskaris '84, the current Director of Admissions for the College, has been appointed Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, College President James Wright and College Provost Barry Scherr announced in a campus-wide e-mail notice released Wednesday. Beginning July 1, Laskaris will replace outgoing Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg, who announced his plans to retire last fall and will be leaving the College after spending 17 years working for the Dartmouth admissions office and 13 years managing admissions at Wesleyan University prior to his time at Dartmouth. Laskaris has worked in Dartmouth's admissions office since 1987 and became the Director of Admissions in 1996.
