Class Note 2001
Issue
July-August 2023
Greetings, ’01s! Some great news to share this month in the world of publishing and entertainment.
Rochelle Bourgault is living in Portland, Maine, and started a new job as a curriculum writer for Sounds True, a digital learning company that specializes in wisdom and spirituality. As she says, “The work is such a sweet spot: I get to write about mindfulness, meditation, conscious business, breathwork, and so many other healing practices.” Her work in online course creation has featured fellow Dartmouth alums Jack Kornfield ’67 and Belinda Chiu ’98. Rochelle was also happy to catch up with Kascha (Semon) and John Snavely while on vacation near San Diego.
In other writing news, professor emeritus Andrew Garrod and Robert Kilkenny recently coauthored a book, Black Matters: African American and African College Students and Graduates Tell Their Life Stories, with Anthony Luckett as one of the contributors.
Ben Mandelker wrote in with exciting updates: “The podcast I co-host, Watch What Crappens, has just signed with Wondery/Amazon Music, and, according to Forbes, in 2022 was the most downloaded podcast in the country for women across all categories (which, quite frankly, is bonkers).” Ben also shared that he is on tour and has been thrilled to see Dartmouth friends while on the road. Sylvia Kindermann, Case Dorkey ’99, and Judy Huang came out to the Los Angeles show; Aseem Gandhi and Isaac Berniker joined in San Francisco; Sam Short ’02 made it to Charlotte, North Carolina; and Jane Parkin is going to try to make it to Boston.
Finally, congratulations to Mindy Kaling for receiving a National Medal of Arts from President Joseph Biden in March. Mindy was cited as “giving voice to a new generation of storytellers.” We are so proud of all our amazing classmates!
—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-6938; rachel.sondheimer@gmail.com
Rochelle Bourgault is living in Portland, Maine, and started a new job as a curriculum writer for Sounds True, a digital learning company that specializes in wisdom and spirituality. As she says, “The work is such a sweet spot: I get to write about mindfulness, meditation, conscious business, breathwork, and so many other healing practices.” Her work in online course creation has featured fellow Dartmouth alums Jack Kornfield ’67 and Belinda Chiu ’98. Rochelle was also happy to catch up with Kascha (Semon) and John Snavely while on vacation near San Diego.
In other writing news, professor emeritus Andrew Garrod and Robert Kilkenny recently coauthored a book, Black Matters: African American and African College Students and Graduates Tell Their Life Stories, with Anthony Luckett as one of the contributors.
Ben Mandelker wrote in with exciting updates: “The podcast I co-host, Watch What Crappens, has just signed with Wondery/Amazon Music, and, according to Forbes, in 2022 was the most downloaded podcast in the country for women across all categories (which, quite frankly, is bonkers).” Ben also shared that he is on tour and has been thrilled to see Dartmouth friends while on the road. Sylvia Kindermann, Case Dorkey ’99, and Judy Huang came out to the Los Angeles show; Aseem Gandhi and Isaac Berniker joined in San Francisco; Sam Short ’02 made it to Charlotte, North Carolina; and Jane Parkin is going to try to make it to Boston.
Finally, congratulations to Mindy Kaling for receiving a National Medal of Arts from President Joseph Biden in March. Mindy was cited as “giving voice to a new generation of storytellers.” We are so proud of all our amazing classmates!
—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-6938; rachel.sondheimer@gmail.com