Class Note 2014
Issue
Sept - Oct 2016
Hello all! All of my dedicated readers will notice this column is a bit lighter than usual. One can only assume you all have been truly living life rather than spending your time telling me about it. Which is fair. Luckily, some of our wonderful classmates indulged my ceaseless pleading and sent in some updates. Many thanks to you!
Boston is getting some fine folk these days, if I do say so myself. I know there is a pretty strong contingent of Dartmouth ’14s in the area, so those there: Be prepared to welcome some familiar faces! Kelsey Wheeler is moving to Boston in September and she’s going to be living with Avery Plough. While (as of June) Kelsey doesn’t know what her new job is going to be quite yet, she looks forward to being in a new location after Hanover.
Michael Zhu, Anoush Arakelian and Andrew Roberts are all moving in together in Kendall Square in Boston. “Pong table included,” they announce. In addition to crushing marathons regularly, Anoush also runs the class website and Instagram (@dartmouth_2014—follow it!), so if you have any recent pictures from mini-reunions, trips back to Dartmouth or any other events where you’re with a contingent of our classmates, please send them her way (anoush_arakelian@gmail.com)!
Julie Ann Haldeman writes in, “I’m looking forward to joining the Dartmouth community in Boston! I’ll be starting at Harvard Business School this fall along with classmate Alex Styk.” Catherine “Caitie” Meyer emails, “I have been working at Deloitte Consulting in Boston since graduation but have left my job to do a post-baccalaureate program so I can apply to medical school.”
Good luck to you all on your new endeavors!
Also, on a separate note, I wanted to share a recent lesson. I was able to go up to Hanover for Commencement and I was very pleased to hear to the words of Leymah Gbowee. In her speech she challenged members of the class of 2016 to take the “open mind challenge.” To make the conscious effort to learn about others and their backgrounds and experiences to become a more compassionate person and a true global citizen. If you have not watched the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s speech yet, I recommend it. I look forward to taking the challenge with all of you.
—Jessica Womack, 11 West 53, New York, NY 10019; jrwomack1991@gmail.com
Boston is getting some fine folk these days, if I do say so myself. I know there is a pretty strong contingent of Dartmouth ’14s in the area, so those there: Be prepared to welcome some familiar faces! Kelsey Wheeler is moving to Boston in September and she’s going to be living with Avery Plough. While (as of June) Kelsey doesn’t know what her new job is going to be quite yet, she looks forward to being in a new location after Hanover.
Michael Zhu, Anoush Arakelian and Andrew Roberts are all moving in together in Kendall Square in Boston. “Pong table included,” they announce. In addition to crushing marathons regularly, Anoush also runs the class website and Instagram (@dartmouth_2014—follow it!), so if you have any recent pictures from mini-reunions, trips back to Dartmouth or any other events where you’re with a contingent of our classmates, please send them her way (anoush_arakelian@gmail.com)!
Julie Ann Haldeman writes in, “I’m looking forward to joining the Dartmouth community in Boston! I’ll be starting at Harvard Business School this fall along with classmate Alex Styk.” Catherine “Caitie” Meyer emails, “I have been working at Deloitte Consulting in Boston since graduation but have left my job to do a post-baccalaureate program so I can apply to medical school.”
Good luck to you all on your new endeavors!
Also, on a separate note, I wanted to share a recent lesson. I was able to go up to Hanover for Commencement and I was very pleased to hear to the words of Leymah Gbowee. In her speech she challenged members of the class of 2016 to take the “open mind challenge.” To make the conscious effort to learn about others and their backgrounds and experiences to become a more compassionate person and a true global citizen. If you have not watched the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s speech yet, I recommend it. I look forward to taking the challenge with all of you.
—Jessica Womack, 11 West 53, New York, NY 10019; jrwomack1991@gmail.com