It’s hard to believe we graduated five months ago, but here we are, gracing the pages of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine! I am thrilled to introduce myself as your class of 2013 secretary. Please don’t hesitate to send me updates at any time—I rely on all of you to tell me what everyone is up to!
Thank you to the 70 percent of ’13s who donated to the senior class gift, raising $24,785 for the Dartmouth College Fund! The gift totals $74,355 with the class of 1963’s matching challenge, and your generosity will allow for the naming of 24 Class of 2013 Scholars in the class of 2017. I’m proud of us!
At last count, nearly 500 people had filled out class council’s destination spreadsheet. Surprising no one, New York City boasts the highest concentration of ’13s, with 130 indicating they would be living there for the year. Boston was a distant second with 77 members of our class, followed by Hanover, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, with 46, 44 and 28 classmates living in those locations, respectively. Check out the Google doc if you’re still looking for roommates or friends!
Others of our classmates will be living, working or studying in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, India, Israel, Italy, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Puerto Rico, Scotland, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom, among other international locations. We may not have touched the fire, but it sure sounds like we might be the most adventurous class ever!
Congratulations are in order for several of our recently married and engaged classmates! Melanie Parnon married Martin Guyer (Lenoir-Rhyne University ’12) in Portland, Oregon, in June with fellow ’13 Amy Bray in attendance. The couple currently resides in Corvallis, Oregon, with their dog Ajax.
Across the country, Harry Greenstone married Sarah Rossow ’14 in Woodstock, Vermont, in June.
Recent graduates Laura Neill and Jaymes Sanchez also recently became engaged. We wish the happy couples all the best!
Continuing to awe us with their athleticism, both Camille Dumais and Sasha Nanji were drafted in the third round of the professional Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Cam, a forward, will be playing for the Montreal Stars, and Sasha will lace up her skates as a defenseman for the Toronto Furies.
In July Julia Szafman played goalkeeper for Israel at the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse Women’s World Cup in Ontario, where the team took eighth. Well played, all of you!
As many of us start graduate school or settle into jobs and internships, a few of our classmates are charting less conventional paths. Branko Cerny left his marketing job at Google to work full-time on SquareOne, a startup he founded with two other Dartmouth students that recently received venture funding. Branko and SquareOne are working to build e-mail apps that provide a stress-free e-mail experience, and the pilot iPhone app is currently out in beta form.
Hannah Giorgis and Melissa Centeno are living and working in New York City, putting together a book of student narratives to capture and share underrepresented students’ college experiences.
Colin Harris, a government major at the College, is running for a state house seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in the November 5 general election. We wish all of you the best of luck in your endeavors and look forward to following your success!
That’s all for now, but don’t forget to send things my way for the next issue!
—Emily Fletcher, 30 Lebanon St., Apt. 5, Hanover, NH 03755; emily.e.fletcher@dartmouth.edu