Greetings, ’19s! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and is excited for a great 2020! Winter term has started on campus. I can’t say I particularly enjoyed frigid Hanover weather during winter term, especially last winter when I had a “9L” in the Life Sciences Center and had to trudge through unplowed sidewalks to get to class. Luckily, I always had a friend to accompany me on that walk, Julia Feinstein, as well as the picturesque, snow-capped buildings and trees to make the journey a bit more pleasant. For this column, I asked everyone to comment on their favorite winter term memory or tradition from their time at Dartmouth.

Kate French shared, “Skiing! Whether that meant going to the Skiway for a ski patrol shift or driving up to Killington or Sugarbush with friends, a winter without skiing at Dartmouth wouldn’t be a winter at all.”

Regan Gore reflected, “My favorite winter tradition at Dartmouth is the midnight snowball fight for the first real snowfall. I absolutely loved everything about it, from the blitz from Dr. Seuss to the post-snowball fight hot chocolate and late-night Collis with all my friends. It was always so much fun and a nice break from everything going on during the week, and it was nice to see so many people come together on the Green for a while and just enjoy the New England weather.”

Let’s get to general updates now!

Emily Dryden thru-hiked the Long Trail in September, fundraising for Vermont Works for Women, an organization promoting women and girls in STEM fields.

Joelle Park shared, “Though it feels odd to not continue on to the ‘real world’ with the rest of my class, my D-Plan allowed me to have the wonderful opportunity to intern at Viacom this summer in N.Y.C. on Nickelodeon’s YouTube strategy and development team. I worked with wonderful people, learned about the movement of the entertainment industry, worked on sets for YouTube shoots, and even got to witness Viacom amid the announcement of the CBS merger. However, some of the most exciting and formative opportunities fell outside of my internship job description. I realized I had a long-lost interest in pursuing work on screen as a host, correspondent, or even actress. I had a lot of fear acknowledging this new dream because I’d just spent my last four years and tuition dollars studying economics and film, not performance arts. However, just weeks later, Viacom announced a seemingly God-given opportunity for one of their interns to become a red-carpet correspondent on the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet. Thankfully, a few weeks after I applied, I was notified that I had won, and a week after that I flew out to the VMAs and interviewed celebrities about social impact and how they give back to their communities. It was an incredible experience and opportunity that I will never forget, and I look forward to pursuing future opportunities on screen (potentially even following in the footsteps of icon Aisha Tyler ’92)!” In the fall, Joelle returned to campus for her final term as a Dartmouth student. She has taken on the task of bringing in more pre-professional resources for students who would like to pursue careers in film and entertainment. She is determined to leave a foundation of resources so that students who come after her with similar goals will know that Dartmouth and its alumni network supports them.

Thanks to everyone who reached out! As always, please continue to share updates with me!

—Morgan Lee, 417 Grand St., Apt. D1705, New York, NY 10002; morganwlee@gmail.com