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Humans of Hanover But see for yourself. Stroll through these pages and meet some of the Humans of Hanover who make this place Dartmouth. But what exactly makes this place profound? What gives Dartmouth its iconic reputation? What makes Hanover electric? The people, of course. We affectionately call them the Humans of Hanover, and what makes each of them special is that they are all so different. There’s no “type” at Dartmouth.
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What makes Dartmouth Dartmouth? Certainly its profound sense of place amid the dizzyingly tall pines of New Hampshire. Definitely its academic, artistic, and athletic excellence. And, yes, the famously buzzing little college town in which it sits—Hanover.
The Change Agent
The Dancing Writer
Gustavo de Almeida Silva ’20 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Major: Sociology
Sofía Carbonell Realme ’20 Mexico City, Mexico Major: English; Minor: Religion
Out of class, Sofía has been instrumental in bringing back the Dartmouth Classical Ballet Theater, which had gone dormant. And she’s found a way to intersect that interest with her writing. “My dance instructor told me about this book called Nietzsche’s Dancers. Now I’m working on dance exempla, little stories used as sermons—many of them involving dance. That led to investigating what dance was in the medieval imagination and looking at the exempla as narrative theology. Dartmouth is so customizable!”
“As the son of a domestic worker, the class materials resonated with me,” he says. “For the first time, I thought of my lived experiences and those of my mother as something worthy of academic attention.” Now working to turn that research into a sociology honors thesis, Gustavo is tracking the consequences of recent legal changes affecting unionized workers. He hopes that by sharing his findings with his community in Sao Paulo, he will bring attention to the issues facing domestic workers. “The project I’m doing has to hold up to scientific scrutiny,” he says, “but I think my personal connections strengthen the project.”
Sofía Carbonell Realme ’20 and Professor Colleen Boggs met when they were assigned to one another as first-year advisee and advisor. Sofia signed up for the Art of War course that Boggs was team-teaching, and the relationship quickly blossomed into an important mentorship. “The course was definitely challenging. I hadn’t built my writing or analytical skills yet and wrote the worst essay of my undergraduate career. Professor Boggs has been very good about guiding me. I started tackling smaller essays, because I knew it was pivotal to be able to write and do research.”
From the moment he arrived on campus, Gustavo de Almeida Silva knew he wanted to use his education to bring change to Brazil. As a King Scholar, a program that brings low-income students to Dartmouth who are interested in alleviating poverty in their home countries, Gustavo knew he would have the tools and resources to champion that change. During his very first semester, he took a course on domestic labor in the U.S. and Latin America called “Maid in America,” which inspired the research project he would pursue throughout his undergraduate career.
“ Dartmouth supports whatever you want to do. The resources are there. Everyone can have their own Dartmouth.”
“ My professors never tell me that what I’m trying to do is too ambitious. They always say, ‘Okay, how can we help you make this happen?’”
Dartmouth meets 100% of demonstrated financial need— regardless of citizenship
Dartmouth students manage 160 clubs and organizations—including 12 different student dance groups