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AffiliatedGroups DartmouthGaandLesbianAl In October Dartmouth Gay and Lesbian Alumni/ae Association (DGALA) held its third all-class reunion. More than 200 people ranging from the classes of ’53 to ’13 were in attendance. Many thanks to Garrett Hornsby ’87 and Sarah Burgamy ’00, the reunion co-chairs. DGALA will host its annual mini-reunion in Hanover June 18-19. Visit www. dgala.org for updates and follow us on Twitter @ dgalatweet.
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Mark your calendars for the five-year Dartmouth Association of Latino Alumni (DALA) anniversary gathering in Hanover April 30 to May 2. More than 25 DALA members attended the first Latino Ivy mixer in N.Y.C. co-organized by DALA. Some of those in attendance included organizer Monica Rodriguez ’09, Elkin Cabas ’06, Uriel Barrera-Vasquez ’98, Iris Ramirez ’95, Jose Ojeda ’06, Gisela Insuaste ’97, Nanette Cedeno ’09, Hilary Kopple ’99, Jonathon Davila ’05, Jennifer Bustamante ’01. E-mail dala@alum.dartmouth. org to organize your own event.
Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association (BADA) president Ricki Fairley-Brown ’78, Charles Allison ’78, Nels Armstrong ’71, Michael Carter ’77, Garvey Clarke ’57, Garrett Hornsby ’87, Leah Threatte ’01 and Joni Wiredu ’92 attended Club and Affiliated Group Officers Weekend in February. BADA will host an all-class reunion October 29-31 (Homecoming weekend).
In Native American Alumni Association of Dartmouth (NAAAD) news, Michael Hanitchak ’73 has retired from his position as director of Dartmouth’s Native American program. “As some of you know I’ve made the difficult decision to take the early retirement incentive offered by the College and it is very strange not being in daily contact with all those who were my family for so many years. I learned so much from all of those whom I sought to teach and now I will be taking that accumulated wisdom back to Indian country in ways that I hope will benefit all of the many peoples whose relatives I have had the privilege and honor to know. So I’ll not say goodbye and we’ll talk again soon.”
Several NAAAD members participated in the Dartmouth on location event sponsored by the Dartmouth Club of Piedmont (Durham-Chapel Hill) at North Carolina’s 14th annual American Indian Heritage Celebration. Professor Melanie Benson lectured and Catherine Hutasahut ’99, Heather McMillan Locklear ’02 and Steve Lowery ’06 were panelists. Mark Brooks ’07 was also in the audience along with Dr. Jennie Tone-Pah- Hote, who held a postdoctoral fellowship in Native American studies at Dartmouth.
Darren Ranco ’93 is an associate professor of anthropology and coordinator of Native American research at the University of Maine. Darren is now married, has three step-kids (and is guardian to another child) and has bought a house!
Mishuana Goeman ’94 became an assistant professor of women’s studies at UCLA in the fall 2009. Kendri Cesar ’08 is a first-year at Harvard Law and will be working for law firm Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson in Juneau, Alaska, this summer. Daniel Becker ’09 is teaching eighth-grade English at Laguna (New Mexico) Middle School in the Pueblo of Laguna (near Albuquerque) and taking classes for his master’s in education at UNM Albuquerque.
In New York the Dartmouth Asian Pacific American Alumni Association held a college essay writing workshop for Chinatown youths with the Asian Professional Exchange. Eugene Oh ’06, Richard Ling ’05, Fang Li ’05, Joanna Lau ’06, Joanna Giordano ’04, Dianne Choie ’04, Bo Huang ’08, Lillie Ng ’99, Allen Choi ’04, Ruby Hwang ’00, Joyce Wu ’01 shared their expertise.
The Lunar New Year in February gave Dartmouth Asian Pacific American Alumni Association (DAPAAA) N.Y.C. members a chance to eat dim sum with alumni from other Ivies and support the Food Bank of New York City. Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., Christine Huang ’08, Hillary Cheng ’11 and Minh Le ’01 celebrated the rebirth of DAPAAA D.C. with a New Year happy hour held with other alumni organizations.
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