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Women of Color Summit Inspires, Empowers, Connects

Spearheaded by a dozen current students, the inaugural Women of Color Summit attracted roughly 200 Dickinson women of color and allies. The March 1-3 event offered a platform to empower a rising generation while fortifying the multigenerational community of Dickinson women of color.

Through guest speakers, themed meals and interactive sessions, the summit explored ways to find purpose and meaning in life and how to successfully leverage your Dickinson education and the global Dickinson community. Attendees also discussed how to maintain a sense of identity in new communities, create lasting change and build partnerships with allies.

The student organizers were inspired by the leaders they met, and they were empowered to see their successful, large-scale event take shape. The alumni enjoyed making and rekindling connections and connecting with a new generation of Dickinsonians. —MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

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Photos by Zoë Josephina Moon ’20

“ The summit not only empowered women of color who are members of the Dickinson community but also was a space for healing for both women of color and our allies.” —Titilope Ogunsola ’19

“ In this time of becoming for college students, it’s easy to feel lonely, lost and confused. This summit was a space where those feelings were OK. Everyone had the opportunity to share their opinions, feelings, concerns, reflections.” —Madison Braybrooke ’19

“Representation matters, and seeing oneself reflected back is an important part of cultural socialization. To have an intentionally curated space where voices, stories and perspectives are given a platform and celebrated, and where students can be proud of their heritage and see themselves reflected in the alumnae present, translates into increased confidence, self-worth and self-esteem.” —Tiffany Chang Lawson ’11

“ There were many reminders that we have more in common than what divides us. We don’t often get a chance for all these groups to converge and remember that we are better united.” —Alexis Henry ’09

“ It was a welcome opportunity to draw alumni back to Dickinson in between Alumni Weekends, and I think it gave the students a lot of skills and insights they can use for their careers.” —Rosalyn Robinson ’68

“ There are so many women of color doing amazing and wonderful work on campus and beyond, and it was rejuvenating to see people share their achievements and stories.” —Eun Jun ’19

“ I was able to ask alumnae questions about their experiences, as well as learn from them. Knowing that they persevered just validates that I am able to do it too.” —Keyshana Edwards ’21

“ It was amazing to witness a vision come to life. We want to continue empowering women of color on campus and beyond. What we experienced at the summit is the start of something bigger than all of us.”

—Rediet Patterson ’22

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The 2019 Commencement weekend begins on Friday, May 17, with a toast to the class. Saturday, May 18, is filled with recognitions and celebrations, from the Phi Beta Kappa Initiation and Posse ceremonies to the Senior Athlete Reception and ROTC Commissioning. The midafternoon Baccalaureate ceremony is a time for students to reflect on their years at Dickinson through speeches, music, multifaith prayers and other means of expression.

On Sunday, May 19, the class of 2019 will celebrate the close of their undergraduate experiences with Commencement. Environmental activist, actor and producer Pierce Brosnan will deliver Dickinson’s Commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of environmental advocacy degree. He will be joined onstage by fellow honorary degree recipients Karen Attiah, global opinions editor for The Washington Post, and Adrian Zecha ’52, one of the world’s leading creators and operators of awardwinning international luxury hotels and resorts.

Additionally, in keeping with a Commencement tradition established in 2012, the Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism will be presented. This year’s recipient is the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Brosnan, a longtime supporter of the NRDC, and Joel Reynolds, NRDC’s western director, will accept the prize.

Tune in to the livestream to watch the Commencement ceremony from anywhere in the world, and share your congratulations with the graduates using #dson2019.

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Addressing the ‘Critical Questions of Climate Change’

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In a landmark ongoing legal case, 21 young people—backed by Our Children’s Trust—are suing the federal government over its treatment, or lack thereof, of the climate-change issue. The lawsuit, Juliana v. United States, was filed in 2015 and aims to compel the government to develop and carry out a science-based climate-recovery plan.

And in early March, Dickinson hosted the executive director of advocacy group Our Children’s Trust, Julia Olson, and awarded the organization the 2018-19 Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism.

“Sam Rose and Julie Walters instituted this amazing opportunity for people and organizations working on the critical questions of climate change,” says Olson, who spent three days on campus as part of the Rose-Walters residency. “And one thing I’ve noticed [at Dickinson] is that, with faculty across many

disciplines … there’s a deep level of understanding and a commitment to integrate sustainability and climate change into the curriculum.”

Our Children’s Trust—which received $100,000 as part of the prize—has ties to Dickinson through Sophie Kivlehan ’21 (pictured, bottom left), who is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit and the granddaughter of former NASA climatology expert and activist James Hansen, who received Dickinson’s Joseph Priestley Award in 2013. Also, Patrick McGinley ’68, who teaches environmental, administrative and natural resources law at the West Virginia University College of Law, serves on Our Children’s Trust’s board of directors. —Tony Moore

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Project TellsForgottenStories of Slavery

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“ Dickinson’s story is the story of the nation folded into one small place.”

In the late 1860s, Robert C. Young traveled the dusty road from Virginia to Carlisle to build a new life. Across his decades of service as a Dickinson employee and local civil-rights leader, this former plantation slave became a national news sensation when he sparked a movement to integrate the college. But his name had been lost to history—until now.

Young is just one of the African Americans whose stories are brought to light through Dickinson and Slavery, a new project that examines the college’s ties to the rise and fall of slavery, commemorates the lives of Dickinsonians during and after the Civil War and depicts a community ablaze with intense debates about the social changes afoot. It launched with a Feb. 1 open house and exhibition, 150 years after Young’s arrival on campus and 400 years after the beginning of enslavement in America.

A new initiative of the college’s House Divided Project, Dickinson and Slavery helps teachers initiate nuanced classroom conversations about early American history by viewing it through the lens of Dickinson, a college chartered just north of the Mason-Dixon Line in 1783, when slavery was still legal in Pennsylvania.

“Dickinson’s story is the story of the nation folded into one small place, because it was one of a few antebellum-era colleges that enrolled roughly an equal percentage of students from Northern and Southern states,” says Matthew Pinsker, director of House Divided and Brian C. Pohanka ’77 Chair in American Civil War History. “So it serves as a great teaching tool, because you can see many of the battles and stories that matter in a larger sense playing out.”

The students on Pinsker’s Dickinson and Slavery team have done extensive research to build online content and used Photoshop to colorize historic photos of Dickinson’s early African American employees. This spring those students included Becca Stout ’19 (English, history), Cooper Wingert ’20 (history), Sarah Aillon ’19 (political science), Amanda Donoghue ’19 (history), Naji Thompson ’19 (Africana studies, anthropology) and Frank Kline ’19 (history).

Dickinson and Slavery research is also shared with researchers at other American colleges and universities through the Universities Studying Slavery Consortium, a group of more than 40 invited institutions studying post-emancipation, racism and slavery. (Current membership includes Brown, Columbia, Georgetown and Harvard universities; the College of William and Mary; the universities of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina; and Virginia Tech.)

Participants in the Dickinson and Slavery project enhanced and colorized the image at top right. The original cyanotype was by Charles F. Himes, c. 1890 (Himes Family Papers, PC 2000.1, folder 254, Dickinson College Archives). It was adapted in 2018 by Professor Emeritus of History John Osborne and then colorized by Amanda Donoghue ‘19.

Through a grant awarded by the President’s Commission on Civic Engagement, House Divided will also contract with local teachers to build a Dickinson and Slavery curriculum for use in middle- and highschool classrooms. A teacher workshop took place in March, and discussions about possible wayside markers and plaques, community workshops and walking tours are underway.

“Most of this history has been forgotten or ignored, and it raises a lot of questions, such as how best to remember this, and what should the college and Carlisle be doing to commemorate the stories like this?” Pinsker says. “We’re just starting to uncover the information, which is the first step.”—MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

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DICKINSON STUDENTS EXPLORE SPORTS COMMUNICATION THROUGH RED DEVIL SPORTS NETWORK

Photos by Maureen Moroz ’19, Sean Simmers and Erica Wells ’19.

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A BROADCAST THAT OFFERS LIVE COVERAGE OF A THRILLING GAME. AN INTERVIEW THAT PUTS AN ATHLETE’S HARD WORK INTO PERSPECTIVE. A PHOTOGRAPH THAT CAPTURES THE HEART AND FOCUS OF PLAYERS ON THE FIELD. THAT’S THE POWER OF SPORTS COMMUNICATION, AND IT’S WHAT STUDENTS AT THE RED DEVIL SPORTS NETWORK (RDSN) DO EVERY DAY.

RDSN is a collegiate sports broadcastingnetwork that provides live audio and videocoverage of select Dickinson athletics events.Since 2013, RDSN has enabled students toextend the classroom into the athletics arenaby offering hands-on media production andleadership experience.

“Since we founded RDSN six years ago, ourgoal has always been to be the best student-drivensports network in NCAA Division III,” says AssistantAthletics Director of Media & AdministrationChristian Payne, who supervises the program.“We’ve taken incredible strides recently, growingour membership from five in 2017 to 20 in 2019.”RDSN students engage all Dickinsonians—students, administrators, professors, parents andalumni as well as prospective students—through

dynamic digital content that features each of Dickinson’s 25 varsity programs. In the 2017-18 academic year, RDSN served 40,000 live viewers, and, according to Payne, that number is expected to rise this year.

“When we advanced to the NCAA lacrosse tournament after beating Washington and Lee in overtime last year, it truly felt like I was part of an ESPN broadcast, with almost 2,000 people viewing the game over the livestream,” says Zach Popkin ’19, who has been involved with RDSN for four years and serves on its executive team. “Calling the game-winner and being able to do an on-field interview afterward are opportunities that I never thought I would be able to do at any level.”

As a student club within the Dickinson College Media Board, RDSN challenges students to learn, set goals and take on challenges by broadcasting, filming, writing, editing and managing social media accounts. But RDSN goes beyond the coverage of sports events—it’s about developing meaningful relationships with coaches and student-athletes, celebrating their efforts and talents in the wider community and showcasing the excitement of Dickinson to prospective students.

RDSN has also been integral for students interested in exploring the business side of sports. “I’ve been able to pinpoint exactly what interested me within sports multimedia, so I’ve been able to home in on social media and sports marketing at a collegiate level,” says Erica Wells ’19, who has held internships with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the New York Jets and most recently held an externship in New York City at ESPN with Douglas Kramon ’93. “RDSN provides students with the creative freedom to really focus on the aspects of the sports industry that interest them the most, build on those experiences and prepare for the future.”

RDSN’s focus moving forward is professional development. Last fall, Andy MacPhail ’76, president of the Philadelphia Phillies, hosted a

group of first-year students at Citizens Bank Park who were participating in an RDSN pre-orientation program for an afternoon of sports media and business education. According to Payne, “This was a landmark day for RDSN because it showed our students the power of the Dickinson network. Our students saw how attention to detail in each broadcast and each video is integral to shaping a career in sports.”

For Graham Klimley ’19, RDSN’s president, the pre-orientation was a confirmation of his future trajectory. “Every time I watch a professional sporting event now, I understand how much preparation the play-by-play and color commentators do,” says Klimley, who has interned at NBC Sports Network, MSNBC and IBM. “RDSN has given me vast knowledge about the sports communication world, and I can’t wait for what’s next.”

Students involved in RDSN see tremendous success when it comes to landing jobs given their wide exposure to sports writing, filming and marketing. As a result, it’s not surprising to see the program’s alumni doing incredible things. Conor McLaughlin ’16 took advantage of liberal-arts principles like being creative and adaptive and works in the athletics department at Northeastern University as assistant director of athletics video production. Other alumni have harnessed the skills learned in RDSN to land with companies as diverse as APCO Worldwide, Bank of America, Genesco Sports Enterprises, the Madison Square Garden Company, Warner Music Group and more.

“RDSN gave me a way to channel my lifelong passion for sports and to realize what kinds of careers were possible in athletics,” says McLaughlin. “Without a doubt, the experience I gained working with those in the athletics department helped me to develop some of the fundamental skills that are key to working in athletics and multimedia.”—David Blosser ’19

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On and Off the Court

When your dad is so into basketball that he makes sure to buy a house with a driveway perfect for a hoop, the die is probably cast with what sport you’ll end up playing. And that’s just how it worked out for Mike Hinckley ’19, who went from the driveway squad to the guard/forward spot for the Red Devils.

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“Growing up, all of the kids in the neighborhood would come to my house after school and play all night,” Hinckley says, noting that he started netting shots in that driveway at age 5. “My dad eventually put in a floodlight so that we could play even later into the night, much to the displeasure of the other parents in the neighborhood.”

The 6-foot-1 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, native was named to the All-Centennial Conference (CC) Men’s Basketball Team this February, and he compiled a slew of great numbers across his four years at Dickinson. After playing in 99 games as a Red Devil, he finished with 922 career points and ranked third alltime in steals with 155 and fifth in assists with 273.

“Making the All-Conference team feels like a culminating achievement for me,” says Hinckley, who averaged 12.3 points and 3.8 rebounds per game this season and led the team with 78 assists and 42 steals. “I’ve been making improvements to my game, so to finally earn this award my senior year makes me feel proud of the effort I’ve put in.”

Across his four years as a Red Devil, Hinckley led the team to three CC playoff appearances and was one of the top free-throw shooters in the country, hitting 91 percent from the line.

Hinckley and his teammates got a chance to show off their skills on a whole new kind of away court, when they traveled to Ireland for 10 days, an excursion Hinckley lists among his college highlights.

“This trip allowed us to experience the Irish culture in many different ways,” he says. “Playing a handful of games against Irish professional and national teams gave us a taste of a different style of play, and we even met one of our future teammates, Adam Drummond [class of 2022], while playing against his team in Cork.”

Hinckley hasn’t saved all his energy for the hardwood—he was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District team and is a three-time member of the CC Academic Honor Roll. The psychology and economics major also achieved Dean’s List status throughout his four years at Dickinson and was awarded the John Montgomery Merit Scholarship and the 2018 Joseph J. Myers Prize, the latter for academic achievement and contribution to a varsity athletic program.

With graduation looming, Hinckley now looks to Boston University as his future home.

“I’m really excited to be working with athletes and gaining the skills necessary for a career in sports psychology,” he says, noting he’ll be pursuing a master’s in counseling and sports psychology. “While I’m not 100 percent sure what type of setting I’ll be working in down the line, I know that my experiences at Dickinson on and off the court have prepared me well.” —Tony Moore

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The winter season highlighted some outstanding individual performances, both athletically and academically, as Dickinson placed 50 student-athletes on the Centennial Conference (CC) Academic Honor Roll, had five athletes qualify for NCAA championships and produced the Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year in men’s basketball and men’s and women’s track & field.

Basketball Head Men’s Basketball Coach Alan Seretti recorded his 200th career win, and Mike Hinckley ’19 received All-Conference and Academic All-Region honors to highlight the season for the men. Bryce Allen ’20 moved into the top 10 for career 3-pointers made and 3-point field-goal percentage. He is also one of the top free-throw shooters in the conference, ranking sixth on the career list while moving toward the top 10 in assists and steals.

Kate Deutsch ’22 had an outstanding start to her career, leading the women’s basketball team as it battled for a playoff spot until the final game of the regular season. Deutsch was named the Mid-Atlantic Region and CC Rookie of the Year and earned second-team All-CC honors. The Red Devils won five of their final six games, finishing 13-12 overall.

Swimming The women’s swim team was honored as a national scholar academic team for the 49th consecutive semester. The team went 10-4 on the season and had some great performances at the CC championships, breaking five school records. Olivia Lyman ’19 was a two-time All-American and won her fourth straight conference title in the 500 freestyle and a third straight title in the 1650-yard freestyle. Katie Schmidt ’19 won the 100 backstroke, finished second in the 200 backstroke and was part of three school records.

Damon St. Prix ’22 broke the school record in the men’s 200 freestyle in the prelims at the CC championships and then again in the final. He added another school record with the 800 free relay. Will Freeman ’20 joined the relay and added school records in the 200 and 400 individual medleys, while Kiernan Jordan ’19 set a new mark in the 200 butterfly. Logan Cort ’22 and Ben Shapiro ’19 were part of the relay record as well.

Track & Field The women’s indoor track & field team placed third at the CC championships, finishing just five points behind second-place Swarthmore. Naji Thompson ’19 matched her own school record in both the prelims and finals to win her second title in the 60-meter dash. The Red Devils also won the distance medley relay and captured silver medals in the 800 meters (Allyson Yanega ’21), the mile (Isabel Cardi ’21) and the 3000 meters (Sarah House ’20). The Red Devils earned four All-Region honors, while House was named the CC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Cardi ran to All-America honors, joining House and Emma Johnston ’21 at the NCAA Division III national championships.

The men’s indoor track & field team was fifth at the conference championships. Adam Gamber ’20 was named the Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year and won the pole vault, while the Red Devils combined to score well in the weight throw, finishing second, fourth, fifth and ninth. Bryce Descavish ’20 added a pair of silver medals in 3000- and 5000-meter events, and Eric Herrmann

’19 ran to silver in the mile and to bronze with the 4x400 relay. They both earned All-Region honors in the 5000.

Squash First-year Head Coach Chris Fernandez and the men’s squash team had a great finish, winning the Conroy Cup Division at the College Squash Association (CSA) team championships. They finished 7-12 overall and ranked 25th nationally. Abdelrahman Elsergany ’20 captured the consolation title in the Molloy Cup B Division at the CSA individual championships.

The women’s team won six of its final seven matches to finish 11-8 overall. The team advanced to the semifinals of the Walker Cup Division and finished 19th in the CSA standings. Courtney Trail ’22 and Lindsay Kuracina ’22 had strong starts to their careers, qualifying for the individual championships. Trail advanced to the quarterfinals of the Holleran Cup B Division bracket.

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A Brief(Art & Art) History

There’s a telltale sign that distinguishes every new Dickinson art & art history graduate in the applicant pool. It’s the exhibition catalog—a full-color, professional-quality publication that students carry with them into grad school and job interviews. And it paints a vivid picture of the highlevel work they not only can do but have already done.

Dickinson’s graduating art & art history majors divide into two camps: studio art and art history. Each group hosts its own capstone exhibition, designed and presented by the students and shepherded by a different dedicated faculty member every year. As part of that work, they must produce an exhibition catalog, start to finish.

For the studio artists, the catalog is a showcase of highquality original artwork, contextualized by artist’s statements. For the art historians, it’s a means to present the research they’ve conducted on items in The Trout Gallery’s permanent collection or acquired from galleries, experts and collectors. Both catalogs are available at The Trout Gallery and troutgallery.org, and the art history catalogs are uploaded onto Dickinson Scholar and catalogued internationally, with their own ISBN numbers.

Top: Roses, 2019, acrylic, marker, foamcore, by Adya Zecha ’19 for “Kinky Sink,” the senior studio-art majors’ capstone exhibition.

Bottom: Yamaguchi Susumu (1897–1983), Mt. Hodaka at Day Break, 1957 woodblock print, ink and color on paper. Featured in “Timely and Timeless,” the 2019 senior art history majors’ capstone exhibition.

“Because of the college’s ties with high-level galleries, experts and collectors, the students have access to extraordinary resources and works, and their original research has value in the scholarly community,” says Melinda Schlitt, professor of art history, who connected art history majors in the class of 2017 with Italian 15th- through 18th-century drawings. “It’s the culmination of their education put into practice, and I don’t know of any other liberal-arts programs that do quite what we do.” —MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

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Fine-arts department approved at Dickinson in 1962

(renamed Departmentof Art & Art History in 2001)

52” average hanging height

of gallery pieces (from floor to center of work)

First art history catalog was placed online in 2004

Average of

9 students in senior seminar

(since 1989)

Highest number of works shown

in one student exhibition =78

(typically, 40-60)

~400 catalogs printed for each exhibition

1,750 guests

at student exhibitions, on average

(300-400 on opening night)

9,000 objects in The Trout Gallery’s permanent collection

The most downloaded art history catalogue on Dickinson Scholar, “Bawdy Brits & West End Wit,” has been retrieved

1,286 times

Furthest-traveled work in The Trout Gallery collection voyaged

8,975 miles

from Papua, New Guinea

“ The seminar and experience at The Trout Gallery afforded me and other students the unique opportunity to gain real-world experience in understanding what it takes to plan, curate and mount a temporary art exhibition—a rarity for undergrad majors. Many art history graduate students do not even get that chance. I am still applying elements of what I learned to my job as a curator.” —Scott Schweigert ’92, curator of Reading Public Museum

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