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The MALS Alumni Association held its annual champagne commencement reception on Sunday, June 10. The reception was held at the Rockefeller Hinman Forum. On a perfect summer afternoon MALS faculty, alumni, graduates and graduates' families gathered to honor the new alumni and to celebrate their accomplishments. Members of the MALS Alumni Council hosted the reception and the included awards ceremony. After opening remarks about the role of the MALS Alumni Association, Michael Beahan (MALS'97), president of the Alumni Council, introduced MALS chairman professor Donald Pease. He talked about the MALS thesis and its part in building an intellectual bond, facilitated by the committed MALS faculty, with the program. He then presented the Nicholas Byam-Shaw MALS Thesis Excellence Awards. Kemi Adelokun (MALS'12) was presented with the award in general liberal studies for her thesis on feminism in Nigeria. She is currently doing research at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and plans to work for a degree in law. Cristen Brooks (MALS1 12) won the award for creative writing. Her thesis is a collection of poems and essays. She is program coordinator for women's and gender studies at Dartmouth and lives in Vermont with her husband, a reporter for the Valley News, and their 4-year-old son. The award for globalization studies thesis was won by Lalida Ashmun (MALS'12). Her thesis is titled Identity and Branding: Consumer Behavior and A Shapingof the Self. She intends to work in Chicago as a marketing researcher while pursuing an M.B.A. Thomas Frohlich (MALS'12) earned the award for cultural studies thesis. His thesis is Reifyingand Mapping a Progression from Immediate Experienee. Thomas is working as a special education teacher in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and intends to continue his graduate education by working toward a Ph.D. in social studies. Chip Davis (MALS'12) is a high school teacher in economics and history and also athletic director at Deerfield Academy. He wrote his thesis in the general studies concentration on the unequal access to a learning disorder diagnosis. He lives in Deerfield, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children. Pradeep Frederick (MALS'12) is a Dartmouth employee, working as a senior programmer and analyst in the computer department. His thesis is on Brazil and the challenges encountered by a major emerging economy. Seth Goodwin (MALS'12) lives in Norwich, Vermont, and teaches social studies at Sharon Academy. He wrote his thesis on the 1828-32 removal of the Cherokee from Georgia and the failure of the Indian Removal Bill. He is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Antioch. Anida Pobric (MALS'12) is returning to her work as a requiter for financially disadvantaged students at Queensborough Community College. Her thesis is a collection of poetry, and though she says that writing is part of her life, she may attend law school as her next project. Wesley Whittaker (MALS'12) wrote his thesis on graphic literature. While in the MALS program he served as president of the Graduate Students' Council. In the near future he would like to begin a Ph.D. program in the humanities. Alumni attending the reception included Ben Bolger (MALS'04); Judy Chypre (MALS'99), MALS Alumni Council secretary and coordinator of the party; Alex Corey (MALS'11), who is working as program coordinator for the Futures of American Studies Institute this summer; Grace Hill (MALS'75); Joan Kersey (MALS'96), who provided the flower arrangements for the occasion; Maggie Montgomery (MALS'99); Phyllis Nemhauser (MALS'03); Wole Ojurongbe (MALS'08), who was appointed director of the MALS program this spring; Joe Shafer (MALS'11); and Stephanie Wolff (MALS'11), who designed the reception and awards ceremony program. 175 Greensboro Road, Hanover, NH03755; (603) 645-57801; m.jane.welsh.advc>8(palum.dartmouth.org