…that’s 3D magazine, our vibrant quarterly publication featuring stories by and about members of the Dartmouth community. If you like a good story, subscribe here. dartgo.org/25search1
Experience Dartmouth in 3D…
Dartmouth College Office of Undergraduate Admissions 6016 McNutt Hall Hanover, NH 03755
Meet the People Who Make Dartmouth Dartmouth
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.
NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID Dartmouth College Permit No. 138
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
…that’s 3D magazine, our vibrant quarterly publication featuring stories by and about members of the Dartmouth community. If you like a good story, subscribe here. dartgo.org/25search1
Experience Dartmouth in 3D…
Dartmouth College Office of Undergraduate Admissions 6016 McNutt Hall Hanover, NH 03755
Meet the People Who Make Dartmouth Dartmouth
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.
NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID Dartmouth College Permit No. 138
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
The Everest Adventurer
The Data Wonk
Matthew Moniz ’20 Hometown: Boulder, Colorado Major: Government; Minor: Global Health
Christine Dong ’19 Hometown: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Major: Economics
With an adventurous spirit and a host of impressive climbs under his belt, Matthew Moniz ’20 traveled to Nepal in 2015 to attempt Everest. But when the Gorkha earthquake and subsequent avalanche claimed thousands of lives, he delayed his summit ambitions and put his skills to work towards disaster relief. With help from the World Food Programme, Matt stayed for two months after the disaster, raising money, supporting ravaged communities, and using his climbing expertise to assist with high-altitude rescues.
When economics professor Nina Pavcnik was invited to write a paper for a Federal Reserve Bank symposium, she asked Christine Dong ’19 for help. She was able to tap Christine’s efforts through the Dartmouth Economic Research Scholars (DERS) Program, which provides undergrads with an interest in economics a chance to do authentic research, giving them a window on what economists really do. The intent of the Federal Reserve paper was to illuminate the impact of international trade on labor markets in developing countries, including long-term trends. But when Christine researched available reports, she discovered that they didn’t include the necessary historical data. She took on the challenge with relish. “We started from scratch and created a few key figures to illustrate just how the world economy has changed.” Professor Pavcnik says she was drawn to Dartmouth because of experiences like this one. “I really wanted a school where I could work directly with students and engage them in research. Dartmouth is really unique.”
At Dartmouth, Matt has built on that Himalayan adventure, taking on a leadership role in both the Dartmouth Ski Patrol and Ledyard Canoe Club. But it was Dartmouth’s D-Plan, the academic system that makes it possible for students to tailor studies around travel, internships, and study abroad, that arguably has had the greatest impact on his experience. Its flexibility allowed Matt to shape his academic major—and to return to Nepal and reach the summit of Mount Everest.
“ I would never have been able to do the Nepal trip if it wasn’t for the D-Plan.”
Dartmouth is the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers among schools its size
“ I wanted a school that prioritizes the undergrad experience. The opportunities I’ve had here have been exactly what I was looking for.”
The Dartmouth campus is home to students from 92 countries with 50 different native languages
The Melodic Classicist
The Earth Mover
Hannah Cherenfant ’20 Hometown: Wayland, MA Major: Classical Languages & Literature; Premed
Rachel Kent ’21 Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Major: Geography; Minor: Spanish
Hannah Cherenfant ’20 has a knack for integrating the things she loves, no matter how disparate. Just for a start, she’s premed with a major in classical languages and literature. She has also earned a distinguished reputation as a pianist, and when she convinced her classics professor Margaret Graver to break with the department’s requirements and let her jump into an advanced Latin class, she used her musical background to better understand Latin meter.
Our food system is broken, Rachel Kent believes, and after winning a Dartmouth Stamps Scholarship, she is positioned to join the global effort to fix it. Her goal: explore how relationships of care are manifested on small farms all over the world. The $10,000 scholarship will cover the costs associated with flying from country to country to visit farms—an obstacle that would have prohibited her from undertaking the project, especially as a student receiving financial aid.
Hannah also has a penchant for planning events that build community. In Rome on a Dartmouth Foreign Study Program focused on classics, she organized a Halloween party to help students bond in the new environment. Later, she joined the student group that organizes social events across campus. “We brought a bunch of farm animals to campus in the spring. Watching everyone freak out over the baby rabbits,” she laughs, “just warmed my heart.”
Rachel’s global quest explores the reciprocal interplay of humans stewarding the land as the land sustains them. A vital element of the Stamps program is getting hands-on experience. Rachel’s ethnographic work, including observations and deep interviews, is sandwiched between her farm work. “To do the best I can to understand farmers,” she says, “I need to work alongside them.” With each square of earth she moves, Rachel is learning more about the delicate but crucial relationship between humans and nature—research that she is turning into a senior thesis, a proving ground for graduate school, and very possibly an eventual career focused on improving the food system.
“ When I discovered Dartmouth had an organic farm, I thought it was cool, but I was no gardener. It has ended up being one of the places I feel most at home and joyful.”
“ I’m pursuing my first academic love now— the classics—before devoting the rest of my life to medicine.” More than half of Dartmouth students study abroad—many more than once—and their financial aid travels with them
58% of Dartmouth undergraduates conduct research
The Everest Adventurer
The Data Wonk
Matthew Moniz ’20 Hometown: Boulder, Colorado Major: Government; Minor: Global Health
Christine Dong ’19 Hometown: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Major: Economics
With an adventurous spirit and a host of impressive climbs under his belt, Matthew Moniz ’20 traveled to Nepal in 2015 to attempt Everest. But when the Gorkha earthquake and subsequent avalanche claimed thousands of lives, he delayed his summit ambitions and put his skills to work towards disaster relief. With help from the World Food Programme, Matt stayed for two months after the disaster, raising money, supporting ravaged communities, and using his climbing expertise to assist with high-altitude rescues.
When economics professor Nina Pavcnik was invited to write a paper for a Federal Reserve Bank symposium, she asked Christine Dong ’19 for help. She was able to tap Christine’s efforts through the Dartmouth Economic Research Scholars (DERS) Program, which provides undergrads with an interest in economics a chance to do authentic research, giving them a window on what economists really do. The intent of the Federal Reserve paper was to illuminate the impact of international trade on labor markets in developing countries, including long-term trends. But when Christine researched available reports, she discovered that they didn’t include the necessary historical data. She took on the challenge with relish. “We started from scratch and created a few key figures to illustrate just how the world economy has changed.” Professor Pavcnik says she was drawn to Dartmouth because of experiences like this one. “I really wanted a school where I could work directly with students and engage them in research. Dartmouth is really unique.”
At Dartmouth, Matt has built on that Himalayan adventure, taking on a leadership role in both the Dartmouth Ski Patrol and Ledyard Canoe Club. But it was Dartmouth’s D-Plan, the academic system that makes it possible for students to tailor studies around travel, internships, and study abroad, that arguably has had the greatest impact on his experience. Its flexibility allowed Matt to shape his academic major—and to return to Nepal and reach the summit of Mount Everest.
“ I would never have been able to do the Nepal trip if it wasn’t for the D-Plan.”
Dartmouth is the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers among schools its size
“ I wanted a school that prioritizes the undergrad experience. The opportunities I’ve had here have been exactly what I was looking for.”
The Dartmouth campus is home to students from 92 countries with 50 different native languages
The Melodic Classicist
The Earth Mover
Hannah Cherenfant ’20 Hometown: Wayland, MA Major: Classical Languages & Literature; Premed
Rachel Kent ’21 Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Major: Geography; Minor: Spanish
Hannah Cherenfant ’20 has a knack for integrating the things she loves, no matter how disparate. Just for a start, she’s premed with a major in classical languages and literature. She has also earned a distinguished reputation as a pianist, and when she convinced her classics professor Margaret Graver to break with the department’s requirements and let her jump into an advanced Latin class, she used her musical background to better understand Latin meter.
Our food system is broken, Rachel Kent believes, and after winning a Dartmouth Stamps Scholarship, she is positioned to join the global effort to fix it. Her goal: explore how relationships of care are manifested on small farms all over the world. The $10,000 scholarship will cover the costs associated with flying from country to country to visit farms—an obstacle that would have prohibited her from undertaking the project, especially as a student receiving financial aid.
Hannah also has a penchant for planning events that build community. In Rome on a Dartmouth Foreign Study Program focused on classics, she organized a Halloween party to help students bond in the new environment. Later, she joined the student group that organizes social events across campus. “We brought a bunch of farm animals to campus in the spring. Watching everyone freak out over the baby rabbits,” she laughs, “just warmed my heart.”
Rachel’s global quest explores the reciprocal interplay of humans stewarding the land as the land sustains them. A vital element of the Stamps program is getting hands-on experience. Rachel’s ethnographic work, including observations and deep interviews, is sandwiched between her farm work. “To do the best I can to understand farmers,” she says, “I need to work alongside them.” With each square of earth she moves, Rachel is learning more about the delicate but crucial relationship between humans and nature—research that she is turning into a senior thesis, a proving ground for graduate school, and very possibly an eventual career focused on improving the food system.
“ When I discovered Dartmouth had an organic farm, I thought it was cool, but I was no gardener. It has ended up being one of the places I feel most at home and joyful.”
“ I’m pursuing my first academic love now— the classics—before devoting the rest of my life to medicine.” More than half of Dartmouth students study abroad—many more than once—and their financial aid travels with them
58% of Dartmouth undergraduates conduct research
Dartmouth College Office of Undergraduate Admissions 6016 McNutt Hall Hanover, NH 03755
Experience Dartmouth in 3D…
…that’s 3D magazine, our vibrant quarterly publication featuring stories by and about members of the Dartmouth community. If you like a good story, subscribe here. dartgo.org/25search1
Meet the People Who Make Dartmouth Dartmouth
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. 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.
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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
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.
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.”
“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.”
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!”
“ 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
Dartmouth College Office of Undergraduate Admissions 6016 McNutt Hall Hanover, NH 03755
Experience Dartmouth in 3D…
…that’s 3D magazine, our vibrant quarterly publication featuring stories by and about members of the Dartmouth community. If you like a good story, subscribe here. dartgo.org/25search1
Meet the People Who Make Dartmouth Dartmouth
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. 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.
NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. Postage PAID Dartmouth College Permit No. 138
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
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.
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.”
“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.”
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!”
“ 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
The Everest Adventurer
The Data Wonk
Matthew Moniz ’20 Hometown: Boulder, Colorado Major: Government; Minor: Global Health
Christine Dong ’19 Hometown: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Major: Economics
With an adventurous spirit and a host of impressive climbs under his belt, Matthew Moniz ’20 traveled to Nepal in 2015 to attempt Everest. But when the Gorkha earthquake and subsequent avalanche claimed thousands of lives, he delayed his summit ambitions and put his skills to work towards disaster relief. With help from the World Food Programme, Matt stayed for two months after the disaster, raising money, supporting ravaged communities, and using his climbing expertise to assist with high-altitude rescues.
When economics professor Nina Pavcnik was invited to write a paper for a Federal Reserve Bank symposium, she asked Christine Dong ’19 for help. She was able to tap Christine’s efforts through the Dartmouth Economic Research Scholars (DERS) Program, which provides undergrads with an interest in economics a chance to do authentic research, giving them a window on what economists really do. The intent of the Federal Reserve paper was to illuminate the impact of international trade on labor markets in developing countries, including long-term trends. But when Christine researched available reports, she discovered that they didn’t include the necessary historical data. She took on the challenge with relish. “We started from scratch and created a few key figures to illustrate just how the world economy has changed.” Professor Pavcnik says she was drawn to Dartmouth because of experiences like this one. “I really wanted a school where I could work directly with students and engage them in research. Dartmouth is really unique.”
At Dartmouth, Matt has built on that Himalayan adventure, taking on a leadership role in both the Dartmouth Ski Patrol and Ledyard Canoe Club. But it was Dartmouth’s D-Plan, the academic system that makes it possible for students to tailor studies around travel, internships, and study abroad, that arguably has had the greatest impact on his experience. Its flexibility allowed Matt to shape his academic major—and to return to Nepal and reach the summit of Mount Everest.
“ I would never have been able to do the Nepal trip if it wasn’t for the D-Plan.”
Dartmouth is the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers among schools its size
“ I wanted a school that prioritizes the undergrad experience. The opportunities I’ve had here have been exactly what I was looking for.”
The Dartmouth campus is home to students from 92 countries with 50 different native languages
The Melodic Classicist
The Earth Mover
Hannah Cherenfant ’20 Hometown: Wayland, MA Major: Classical Languages & Literature; Premed
Rachel Kent ’21 Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Major: Geography; Minor: Spanish
Hannah Cherenfant ’20 has a knack for integrating the things she loves, no matter how disparate. Just for a start, she’s premed with a major in classical languages and literature. She has also earned a distinguished reputation as a pianist, and when she convinced her classics professor Margaret Graver to break with the department’s requirements and let her jump into an advanced Latin class, she used her musical background to better understand Latin meter.
Our food system is broken, Rachel Kent believes, and after winning a Dartmouth Stamps Scholarship, she is positioned to join the global effort to fix it. Her goal: explore how relationships of care are manifested on small farms all over the world. The $10,000 scholarship will cover the costs associated with flying from country to country to visit farms—an obstacle that would have prohibited her from undertaking the project, especially as a student receiving financial aid.
Hannah also has a penchant for planning events that build community. In Rome on a Dartmouth Foreign Study Program focused on classics, she organized a Halloween party to help students bond in the new environment. Later, she joined the student group that organizes social events across campus. “We brought a bunch of farm animals to campus in the spring. Watching everyone freak out over the baby rabbits,” she laughs, “just warmed my heart.”
Rachel’s global quest explores the reciprocal interplay of humans stewarding the land as the land sustains them. A vital element of the Stamps program is getting hands-on experience. Rachel’s ethnographic work, including observations and deep interviews, is sandwiched between her farm work. “To do the best I can to understand farmers,” she says, “I need to work alongside them.” With each square of earth she moves, Rachel is learning more about the delicate but crucial relationship between humans and nature—research that she is turning into a senior thesis, a proving ground for graduate school, and very possibly an eventual career focused on improving the food system.
“ When I discovered Dartmouth had an organic farm, I thought it was cool, but I was no gardener. It has ended up being one of the places I feel most at home and joyful.”
“ I’m pursuing my first academic love now— the classics—before devoting the rest of my life to medicine.” More than half of Dartmouth students study abroad—many more than once—and their financial aid travels with them
58% of Dartmouth undergraduates conduct research
The Everest Adventurer
The Data Wonk
Matthew Moniz ’20 Hometown: Boulder, Colorado Major: Government; Minor: Global Health
Christine Dong ’19 Hometown: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Major: Economics
With an adventurous spirit and a host of impressive climbs under his belt, Matthew Moniz ’20 traveled to Nepal in 2015 to attempt Everest. But when the Gorkha earthquake and subsequent avalanche claimed thousands of lives, he delayed his summit ambitions and put his skills to work towards disaster relief. With help from the World Food Programme, Matt stayed for two months after the disaster, raising money, supporting ravaged communities, and using his climbing expertise to assist with high-altitude rescues.
When economics professor Nina Pavcnik was invited to write a paper for a Federal Reserve Bank symposium, she asked Christine Dong ’19 for help. She was able to tap Christine’s efforts through the Dartmouth Economic Research Scholars (DERS) Program, which provides undergrads with an interest in economics a chance to do authentic research, giving them a window on what economists really do. The intent of the Federal Reserve paper was to illuminate the impact of international trade on labor markets in developing countries, including long-term trends. But when Christine researched available reports, she discovered that they didn’t include the necessary historical data. She took on the challenge with relish. “We started from scratch and created a few key figures to illustrate just how the world economy has changed.” Professor Pavcnik says she was drawn to Dartmouth because of experiences like this one. “I really wanted a school where I could work directly with students and engage them in research. Dartmouth is really unique.”
At Dartmouth, Matt has built on that Himalayan adventure, taking on a leadership role in both the Dartmouth Ski Patrol and Ledyard Canoe Club. But it was Dartmouth’s D-Plan, the academic system that makes it possible for students to tailor studies around travel, internships, and study abroad, that arguably has had the greatest impact on his experience. Its flexibility allowed Matt to shape his academic major—and to return to Nepal and reach the summit of Mount Everest.
“ I would never have been able to do the Nepal trip if it wasn’t for the D-Plan.”
Dartmouth is the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers among schools its size
“ I wanted a school that prioritizes the undergrad experience. The opportunities I’ve had here have been exactly what I was looking for.”
The Dartmouth campus is home to students from 92 countries with 50 different native languages
The Melodic Classicist
The Earth Mover
Hannah Cherenfant ’20 Hometown: Wayland, MA Major: Classical Languages & Literature; Premed
Rachel Kent ’21 Hometown: Indianapolis, IN Major: Geography; Minor: Spanish
Hannah Cherenfant ’20 has a knack for integrating the things she loves, no matter how disparate. Just for a start, she’s premed with a major in classical languages and literature. She has also earned a distinguished reputation as a pianist, and when she convinced her classics professor Margaret Graver to break with the department’s requirements and let her jump into an advanced Latin class, she used her musical background to better understand Latin meter.
Our food system is broken, Rachel Kent believes, and after winning a Dartmouth Stamps Scholarship, she is positioned to join the global effort to fix it. Her goal: explore how relationships of care are manifested on small farms all over the world. The $10,000 scholarship will cover the costs associated with flying from country to country to visit farms—an obstacle that would have prohibited her from undertaking the project, especially as a student receiving financial aid.
Hannah also has a penchant for planning events that build community. In Rome on a Dartmouth Foreign Study Program focused on classics, she organized a Halloween party to help students bond in the new environment. Later, she joined the student group that organizes social events across campus. “We brought a bunch of farm animals to campus in the spring. Watching everyone freak out over the baby rabbits,” she laughs, “just warmed my heart.”
Rachel’s global quest explores the reciprocal interplay of humans stewarding the land as the land sustains them. A vital element of the Stamps program is getting hands-on experience. Rachel’s ethnographic work, including observations and deep interviews, is sandwiched between her farm work. “To do the best I can to understand farmers,” she says, “I need to work alongside them.” With each square of earth she moves, Rachel is learning more about the delicate but crucial relationship between humans and nature—research that she is turning into a senior thesis, a proving ground for graduate school, and very possibly an eventual career focused on improving the food system.
“ When I discovered Dartmouth had an organic farm, I thought it was cool, but I was no gardener. It has ended up being one of the places I feel most at home and joyful.”
“ I’m pursuing my first academic love now— the classics—before devoting the rest of my life to medicine.” More than half of Dartmouth students study abroad—many more than once—and their financial aid travels with them
58% of Dartmouth undergraduates conduct research
Dartmouth meets 100% of demonstrated financial need— regardless of citizenship
Dartmouth students manage 160 clubs and organizations—including 12 different student dance groups
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.”
“ Dartmouth supports whatever you want to do. The resources are there. Everyone can have their own Dartmouth.”
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.
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.
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.
But see for yourself. Stroll through these pages and meet some of the Humans of Hanover who make this place 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?’”
Humans of Hanover
Meet the People Who Make Dartmouth Dartmouth Sofía Carbonell Realme ’20 Mexico City, Mexico Major: English; Minor: Religion
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Gustavo de Almeida Silva ’20 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Major: Sociology
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