As our reunion approaches, I write this update, knowing that by the time you hold the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine in your hands you will have been to campus, visited your favorite old stomping grounds, caught up with old friends, and shared new connections. Please tell me the highlights of your time in Hanover! What stories can you share from the long weekend? We want to relive the nostalgic and happy reunion through your anecdotes and news through the coming months.

Sadly, the only news I have received is not welcomed news, but nonetheless you should know of the death of fellow classmate Christine Susie Wu. Tina, to friends, embraced the granite and mountains of New Hampshire from her own Smoky Mountain hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. After earning her undergraduate degree, she returned to her roots and eventually to her hometown to earn her Ph.D. in psychology in 2006 from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She became a beloved professor, described by students as “the best” and “an all-time favorite” on a school Facebook page. After a lengthy battle with cancer, she passed away in February. Surviving Tina are her beautiful son, Benjamin, husband Paul LeBel, sister, brother-in-law, and parents.

I invite you to share memories of Tina with me so I can include them in the next column and on our class Facebook page.

—Laura Hardegree Davis, 520 Meadowlark Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027; lauradavis723@mac.com