Mary Flanagan Brings Tiltfactor to Dartmouth
2008
“How games impacted me is a small model of how games could impact the world.” —Mary Flanagan
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Points of Pride
Two and a half centuries of Dartmouth achievements, turning points, contributions, and leadership
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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.
Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood Becomes Dartmouth's First Female Professor
1918
Hapgood, a talented linguist, created the Russian program at the College.
The Founding of Thayer
1867
Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1807, established an engineering school at his alma mater.
Reggie Williams ’76 Selected for College Football Hall of Fame
2007
Reggie Williams was one of the most conspicuous players in Dartmouth football annals since halfback Bob MacLeod was a consensus All-American in 1938.
Samson Occom Begins to Study Theology with Eleazar Wheelock
1743
The Reverend Samson Occom, a member of the Mohegan nation, was born in 1723 on Mohegan land near New London, Connecticut.
The 9/11 Memorial, Designed By Michael Arad ’91, Opens
2011
The architect asserted that his experiences at Dartmouth helped prepare him for the eight-year-long process of building the memorial.
Fred Rogers '50 Delivers the Commencement Address
2002
"And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. We are intimately related. May we never even pretend that we are not."
Jodi Archambault Gillette ‘91 Appointed White House Liaison
2009
In February 2009 Barack Obama named Gillette a deputy associate director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
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.
John Ledyard Departs Down the Connecticut River
1773
Ledyard’s legendary trip downriver was just the start of a life filled with dramatic, restless, pioneering adventure
Hannah Croasdale Gains Tenure
1964
The botanist was the first woman in the Arts and Sciences at Dartmouth to achieve the level of full professor.