The big news is that our 30th reunion will be this June 15-18! So, here’s an update from our reunion co-chairs Anne Kubik and Sarah Woodberry.

“After zig-zagging many places over the years, we were so excited to find ourselves back in Hanover last September. The Green was humming with the energy of new freshmen, pickup soccer games and undergrads dashing to class. Even though we’d been away for years it felt like home. Except that Baker tower was getting a shiny new copper roof, which we’ve been assured will eventually turn green again.

“In a brainstorming session with some of our class officers—Karen Wienski Calcano, Liz Spear Deakin, Laurie Lopes, Peter Murane and Tracey Salmon-Smith—the theme that kept coming up is that we are a group of dynamic and unique individuals. So we decided on ‘Many Paths Many Passions’ as the best way to celebrate a class that has been going in many directions for many years.

“Our Dartmouth experience is something we all have in common. Some of us developed close bonds on campus, and many of us formed new ’87 friendships after college. So we are hoping you will rally and come back to reconnect with old friends and new in our Dartmouth family.

“Also we want everyone to have a really great time. Do you know a classmate doing something super cool and want us to know? Then reach out and reconnect us. Dartmouth ’87s have an impact wherever they live, and we want to reunite and highlight all of us—the unsung heroes to the wildly famous. We’re percolating some fun ideas and eager to hear from you, so please reach out to us via email (Dartmouth directory) or Facebook if you have thoughts, questions or suggestions. Also look for more news and updates on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: Dartmouth1987.

“Finally, we also ran into Meg Crone Ramsden, who works in the alumni relations office, and Christen O’Connor, who works in the financial aid office. Both would love to have ’87s reach out when they are in Hanover. We hope to see all of you back this June!”

Through the Dartmouth grapevine I learned about an opinion piece by Susan Conroy published in the National Catholic Register in which she discusses her experience visiting Kolkata between her junior and senior years at Dartmouth and working alongside Mother Teresa. “I had just turned 21 years old when I first showed up at Mother Teresa’s doorstep in Kolkata, at the motherhouse where Mother Teresa and her sisters lived and prayed, to offer my hands and heart to serve the destitute and dying,” says Conroy. Susan was in Rome in September to attend the canonization ceremony of Mother Teresa and is the author of a collection of prayers, insights and wisdom of Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

—Lisa Pabich Damon, 2124 Ashwood Ave., Nashville, TN 37212; lisa.damon.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Allison Bleyler McDonald, 43 Hop Brook Road, Amherst, MA 01002; allisonmcd@gmail.com