It's been six months since we were together in Hanover celebrating the 50th anniversary of coeducation. And to keep the celebratory ball rolling, we have two new episodes of the 50 for 50 podcast—featuring interviews with 14 Dartmouth women. In part two, you'll hear from: Valerie Hartman ’85 Lindley Shultz ’87 Heid Erdrich ’86 Crystal Crawford ’87 Anne Schader ’87 Rachel Bogardus Drew ’98 Alexandra (Xander) Meise ’01 Courtney Hall ’02...
May 22, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 11
It's been six months since we were together in Hanover celebrating the 50th anniversary of coeducation. And to keep the celebratory ball rolling, we have two new episodes of the 50 for 50 podcast—featuring interviews with 14 Dartmouth women. In part one, you'll hear from: Kimberly Marable ’05 Joan Marable ’ 76 Amy Cammann Cholnoky ’77 Ann Bagamery ’78 Annie Kuster ’78 Milla Anderson ’19...
May 22, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Growing up in the village of Igiugig in the Bristol Bay region of southwestern Alaska, home to about 70 tribal members, Salmon was always the only student in her grade. She spent happy days at the feet of elders, soaking up language and traditions. Now, drawing on her many-faceted Dartmouth experience, she's documenting the history of her Native community and leading it into the future. As tribal council president, Salmon is helping to launch eco-friendly tribal businesses. She’s also fostering ...
Aug 22, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 9
"Gender, race, and Native American inclusion—they were all issues that we struggled with on campus in the mid to late 1980s, in part because the scars from the battles of the past hadn't yet healed." As a writer and editor at The Dartmouth , Boykin reported on campus protests, among other wide-ranging topics. And while attending Harvard Law School, he became "an accidental activist." He later worked for presidential nominee Michael Dukakis and President Bill Clinton. Boykin is now a well-known n...
Aug 11, 2022•31 min
Selassie Atadika ’98 has two lifelong passions: world travel and food. She honed in on those passions at Dartmouth, majoring in geography modified with environmental studies—while always maintaining her lifelong love of food. After graduation, she became a globe-trotting, internationally acclaimed chef renowned for her plant-based African recipes. And spending a decade working for the United Nations, she became what she calls a "food ambassador." A founding member of Trio Toque, the first nomadi...
Jul 28, 2022•31 min
Less than a decade after graduating from Dartmouth, where she majored in sociology and played on the varsity softball and baseball club teams, Bianca Smith joined the Red Sox as a minor league coach—the first Black woman in history to reach that goal. But Smith refuses to see herself as a trailblazer, insisting that she's just doing what her parents, also Dartmouth grads, advised. "Find what you're passionate about, what makes you wake up in the morning," they told her. So, after earning a dual ...
Jul 14, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The most recent graduate in our series, Olivia Goodwin came to Dartmouth as a pole vaulter, joined the women's track and field team, and majored in sociology. Goodwin, who uses they-them pronouns, found many ways to help other students feel affirmed and accepted as they explored their gender and sexuality. Serving in leadership roles in the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, the Student Wellness Center, the Dartmouth Outing Club, and the Pride Committee, Goodwin wrote a thesis about how LGBTQ s...
Jun 29, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Carmen Lopez '97 Growing up in the Navajo Nation, Carmen Lopez had never heard of the Ivy League when she became spellbound by a guest speaker at her high school: Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord, Dartmouth Class of 1979, the first female Navajo surgeon. Arriving on campus in 1997, Lopez quickly involved herself in Native American Studies and joined the growing effort by Indigenous students to battle stereotypical language and imagery. After graduating, she earned a master's degree, becoming a teacher. La...
Jun 16, 2022•28 min
When Victoria Li first left New York City to attend Dartmouth, she felt a little lost. She missed her close-knit Asian-American family and their bustling restaurant. Inspired by her family’s love of food, she found comfort , serving falafel sandwiches from a campus food truck, founding a club that hosted food tastings on campus, and even washing dishes in the dining hall. Following graduation, Li landed in hospitality , but then took a different path to become Learning & Development Manager ...
Jun 02, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Ricki Fairley thought she would never live to see her youngest daughter graduate. But she made it to that 2014 commencement and is still very much alive—and saving lives, as well. About a decade ago, Fairley was diagnosed with a lethal form of breast cancer that is particularly common among Black women. Yet they tend to be excluded from experimental drug trials that could improve their chances of survival. Fairley put her seasoned marketing and public relations skills to work, educating drug mak...
May 19, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 2
As Dartmouth College celebrates three milestone anniversaries, we meet acclaimed visual artist Mateo Romero, Class of 1989. Raised in Berkeley, California, Mateo is a member of the Cochiti Pueblo tribe and now lives and works in New Mexico. Romero belongs to a large family of accomplished painters, photographers, and ceramists who are preserving, documenting, and celebrating Indigenous culture—as well as depicting the landscapes to which Native Americans feel spiritually connected. Romero talks ...
May 03, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
