Class Note 1995
Issue
March-April 2020
As the saying goes, “Hindsight is 2020,” so now that we’ve entered the year of 2020, I asked classmates to look back and think about what they would have done differently at Dartmouth. Ann Thompson responded: “I really wish I had taken advantage of the mountains and skiing and hiking that surround Dartmouth.” D.A. Gros wishes that he had taken more history and language classes. “Being premed at the time, the sciences seemed key, but today it’s the broader liberal arts aspect of our education that I remember more.”
Alex Smith would have taken fewer computer science courses (“never got that minor anyway”) and more creative writing, which was always nearer to his heart and ended up being a major part of his career. Alex spent 20 years working as a Japanese-English translator. He recently left his career to write full-time for Moon Studios, an Austrian video game developer. “It was a leap of faith, but I’m happy where I landed and learning something every day.”
The arrival of 2020 also means that our 25th reunion is coming up quickly! I’d like to take a moment with this column to thank the members of our executive committee for their service to our class and to the College during the last five years since our 20th reunion. Thanks especially to our officers: president, Jen (Sopko) Hee; treasurer, Corey (Fleming) Hirokawa; vice president, Marie (Weiss) Berg; newsletter editor, Sandy Paul; mini-reunion chair, Tara Gulla; social media coordinator, Pam Quinn; webmaster, Raj Shrestha; head agent, Lou Spelios; and gift planning chair, Lara Morse. It’s been such a pleasure working with all of these talented and devoted classmates!
Officer terms conclude with our reunion in June, so that means there are many opportunities to get involved if you’re interested! It’s incredibly rewarding serving in our class leadership. Whether you’ve volunteered in the past or are thinking about it for the first time, I hope you’ll consider joining our executive committee or taking on an officer role (class secretary is up for grabs too, if writing a column is something you’d enjoy…). Feel free to reach out to me at the email address below if you’d be interested in learning more. I’d love to hear from you!
Keep your news coming!
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja.k.fickes.95@dartmouth.edu
Alex Smith would have taken fewer computer science courses (“never got that minor anyway”) and more creative writing, which was always nearer to his heart and ended up being a major part of his career. Alex spent 20 years working as a Japanese-English translator. He recently left his career to write full-time for Moon Studios, an Austrian video game developer. “It was a leap of faith, but I’m happy where I landed and learning something every day.”
The arrival of 2020 also means that our 25th reunion is coming up quickly! I’d like to take a moment with this column to thank the members of our executive committee for their service to our class and to the College during the last five years since our 20th reunion. Thanks especially to our officers: president, Jen (Sopko) Hee; treasurer, Corey (Fleming) Hirokawa; vice president, Marie (Weiss) Berg; newsletter editor, Sandy Paul; mini-reunion chair, Tara Gulla; social media coordinator, Pam Quinn; webmaster, Raj Shrestha; head agent, Lou Spelios; and gift planning chair, Lara Morse. It’s been such a pleasure working with all of these talented and devoted classmates!
Officer terms conclude with our reunion in June, so that means there are many opportunities to get involved if you’re interested! It’s incredibly rewarding serving in our class leadership. Whether you’ve volunteered in the past or are thinking about it for the first time, I hope you’ll consider joining our executive committee or taking on an officer role (class secretary is up for grabs too, if writing a column is something you’d enjoy…). Feel free to reach out to me at the email address below if you’d be interested in learning more. I’d love to hear from you!
Keep your news coming!
—Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja.k.fickes.95@dartmouth.edu