Points of Pride

Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership

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’Round the Girdled Earth

Dartmouth and the Matariki Network of Universities

2010

The College is one of seven founding members of a global coalition of universities, each with a strong focus on undergraduate teaching and research.

George Perkins Marsh, Class of 1820, Publishes "Man and Nature"

1864

“Man is everywhere a disturbing agent.”

Anthropology Students Make a Major Fossil Discovery in South Africa

2016

“It shows the importance of being out in the field.” —Julia Cohen ’18

Dartmouth Hosts First-Ever Presidential Talk Show Debate

1984

Dartmouth continues to be an important stop for presidential hopefuls.

Dartmouth Establishes Foreign Study Program

1958

Today, Dartmouth ranks first among Ivy League institutions for study abroad participation.

US-ACAN Names Antarctica Valley In Honor of Ross Virginia

2004

Virginia Valley commemorates the professor's decades of research on the ecosystems of the continent’s dry valleys.

George Boateng, ’16, Thayer ’17 Creates Project iSWEST

2013

Project iSWEST is a 3-week intensive innovation boot camp for high school students in Ghana.

The First King Scholars Graduate

2017

The King Scholar Leadership Program prepares international students to fight global poverty.

The Dickey Center for International Understanding Established

1982

The center provides funding and support for off-term internships and research as well as year-long post graduate fellowships around the world.

Kul Gautam '72 Gives the Convocation Address

2011

Peace Corps volunteer Zachary Hahn '65 encouraged Gautum, who hails from a small village in Nepal, to apply to Dartmouth.

William Kamkwamba ‘14 Pens a New York Times Bestseller

2009

At age 14, Kamkwamba built a windmill from spare parts to help his small African town survive a famine.

American University of Kuwait - Dartmouth

Partnership with American University of Kuwait (AUK) Begins

2003

Dartmouth begins its collaboration with Kuwait's first and only liberal arts university.

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