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December 26, 2025 | Latest Issue
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Clegg, Lynge, Roth, Fox to be honored this year

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Dartmouth will award honorary degrees to five leaders in fields ranging from music to human rights activism during Sunday's Commencement ceremony. Commencement speaker Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach for America, will be honored for her work providing educational opportunities children from under-resourced communities.


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Kim's tenure led to budget reform, health care advancement

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College President Jim Yong Kim who will leave his position on June 30 to assume the World Bank presidency following two years and ten months in office focused his tenure on leading the College through a financial crisis and raising the institution's profile via health-related and student wellness initiatives, according to Chief of Staff David Spalding '76. Following a 23 percent drop in the College's endowment in the 2009 fiscal year, his first year in office, Kim led an effort to cut $100 million from a projected $900 million budget, Spalding said. Kim, working with Provost Carol Folt and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steven Kadish, announced the Strategic Budget Reduction and Investment initiative in 2009.





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Senior Class Gift totals over $24,000

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The 2012 Senior Class Gift campaign, which provides financial aid to the incoming freshman class, raised over $24,000 through student contributions with 80 percent of seniors participating, according to the Senior Class Gift interns.


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President Kim looks back on three years at the College

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College President Jim Yong Kim, who will be leaving on June 30 to assume the presidency of the World Bank, reflects on his experiences at Dartmouth, his accomplishments as president and his hopes for the College's future in an email interview with The Dartmouth. What do you see as your biggest accomplishments at Dartmouth? I am proud that I took the time to dig into Dartmouth's DNA: the traditions, social institutions and the things that make it great.




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Board of Trustees adds new members, proposes changes in budget

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Over the past year, the College's Board of Trustees discussed issues of diversity and long-term promotion of the College, voted to decrease the number of loans in student financial aid packages and appointed College Provost Carol Folt to fill the role of interim College president upon President Jim Yong Kim's departure.



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Four seniors share reflections on four years at Dartmouth

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The Class of 2012 consists of individuals who boast an array of interests, talents and accomplishments. Four seniors Sophie Caldwell '12, Aidan Nelson '12, Giulia Siccardo '12 and Mike Randall '12 share some memories and experiences that have defined their years at Dartmouth. Sophie Caldwell '12Major: PsychologyHometown: Peru, Vt.



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My Life Is Average

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Everyone I've ever met who has attended college talks about their four years as if they were the most dramatic, life-changing thing that could ever happen to a person.


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Overheards

'14 Girl 1: Yesterday we went on a date. '14 Girl 2: Where'd you go?'14 Girl 1: Mai Thai.'14 Girl 2: You're such a slut. '13 Girl: I'm never going to Psi U again.



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Being and Dartmouthness

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Some time ago, a female friend of mine told me she was amazed that I was both in a fraternity and a "good person." I wasn't sure how to respond. On the one hand, I understood her point.


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The Fog

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Honestly, I've been staring at my screen for a long time, unable to write anything. I suppose my writing paralysis comes from the fact that everything I began to write sounded like an obituary.