Class Note 1994
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
What an amazing comeback! Who doesn’t love a turnaround story, featuring a come-from-behind victory, and on Homecoming of all days? For those of you who weren’t in Hanover for the epic game, the Big Green was behind 21-0 against Yale at halftime. Our team fought back to a 28-27 victory and even scored a nail-biting touchdown in the last minute of the game. Of course, I immediately thought of our own victorious classmates, who led the football team to three consecutive Ivy League championships. These classmates made Saturdays in the fall a time to come together and develop a deepening sense of school spirit and pride—so thank you to our football-playing alumni!
One of my favorite memories from our first year at Dartmouth, aside from those home football games, is hanging out in the Richardson dorm with new friends and lounging in the halls hearing each other’s stories. Freshman year would not have been as memorable and meaningful without Malik Franklin. Arriving at Dartmouth from San Jose, California, Malik has now gone full circle and lives in the Bay Area in Oakland, California. After Dartmouth he pursued a career in banking and then earned his M.B.A. at Tuck. Now he has settled into life as a husband, a father to son Balin (age 12) and business owner of Northbridge Investments, a real estate investment and advisory firm. He still serves as a real estate venture partner for a local private equity firm and I’m sure he is still throwing the football around with his friends and Balin.
Jen Collins Cross is also a Bay Area resident, and she writes to let us know about her recently published book, Writing Ourselves Whole: Using the Power of Your Own Creativity to Recover and Heal from Sexual Trauma. Jen offers writing groups for sexual trauma survivors, and her book is based on works that have grown from these groups. Jen explains, “The book is a collection of essays and creative writing encouragements for sexual trauma survivors (and others!) who want to risk writing a different story for their lives.”
Jen’s book has received positive reviews from Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, and Ellen Bass, poet and coauthor of The Courage to Heal, among others. Also of note is Jen’s recently published essay, “The Story of a Common Girl,” which speaks in part to her experiences at Dartmouth while still a victim of sexual abuse. Check it out!
Please continue to share your updates by emailing me at the address provided.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 1664 Cambridge Court, Bethlehem, PA, 18015; lauradavis723@mac.com
One of my favorite memories from our first year at Dartmouth, aside from those home football games, is hanging out in the Richardson dorm with new friends and lounging in the halls hearing each other’s stories. Freshman year would not have been as memorable and meaningful without Malik Franklin. Arriving at Dartmouth from San Jose, California, Malik has now gone full circle and lives in the Bay Area in Oakland, California. After Dartmouth he pursued a career in banking and then earned his M.B.A. at Tuck. Now he has settled into life as a husband, a father to son Balin (age 12) and business owner of Northbridge Investments, a real estate investment and advisory firm. He still serves as a real estate venture partner for a local private equity firm and I’m sure he is still throwing the football around with his friends and Balin.
Jen Collins Cross is also a Bay Area resident, and she writes to let us know about her recently published book, Writing Ourselves Whole: Using the Power of Your Own Creativity to Recover and Heal from Sexual Trauma. Jen offers writing groups for sexual trauma survivors, and her book is based on works that have grown from these groups. Jen explains, “The book is a collection of essays and creative writing encouragements for sexual trauma survivors (and others!) who want to risk writing a different story for their lives.”
Jen’s book has received positive reviews from Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, and Ellen Bass, poet and coauthor of The Courage to Heal, among others. Also of note is Jen’s recently published essay, “The Story of a Common Girl,” which speaks in part to her experiences at Dartmouth while still a victim of sexual abuse. Check it out!
Please continue to share your updates by emailing me at the address provided.
—Laura Hardegree Davis, 1664 Cambridge Court, Bethlehem, PA, 18015; lauradavis723@mac.com