CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL
PROMOTED
Justin Anderson is the new VP for communications. Anderson, who came to Dartmouth in 2011 as director of media relations, is an ABC News veteran. He’s held the title of interim vice president several times and now oversees the office of public affairs.
R E T I R E D
Jeffrey James, director of the Hopkins Center for the Arts, has announced his retirement, effective this summer. James has spent a decade in the position. “The Hop’s next leader will find great opportunities as the campus looks to ambitious plans for the future,” he says.
H I R E D
Gail Gentes, wife of President Phil Hanlon ’77, has joined the alumni relations staff as assistant director of the Dartmouth for Life program. She’ll be working part time to connect students with alumni and parents through new intern- ships and other profes- sional opportunities.
R E S E A R C H
$450,000 Funding awarded to 10 of 51 faculty research proposals submitted to the provost’s office. Selection criteria included quality of the proposal, probability of success, and having an undergraduate component. Many of the projects, in both the sciences and arts and humanities, are interdisciplinary.
DOWN ON THE FARM Organic farm manager Scott Stokoe has retired after nearly 20 years at the College, leaving the operation in the hands of new farm fellow Laura Carpenter (see page 15).
DAVID WHO? Of 10 students asked by The Dart- mouth, six “expressed dissatisfac- tion” with New York Times columnist David Brooks being named this year’s Commencement speaker. Three students were not familiar with Brooks.
JUST DESSERTS Collis Café was named one of the nation’s best college din- ing halls by Spoon University.
MUSEUM MAKEOVER Michael Taylor is out as head of the Hood Museum. Juliette Bianco ’94 has been named interim director of the Hood, re- cently named one of the 50 most amazing college museums by CollegeRank.net.
SIGNING DAY Nearly 800 students signed a peti- tion for the College to retain 13-year chemistry lecturer Siobhan Milde, whose position is to be dissolved and replaced by two tenure-track faculty members. .
BUILDING BOOM The board of trustees has approved a rebuilding of both Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and Ledyard Canoe Club.
THE RACE IS ON In a newspaper survey of 50 students, 22 said they were troubled by presidential con- tender Hillary Clinton’s role in the Benghazi attacks of 2012.
HOUSE CLOSING Alpha Delta was derec- ognized by the College’s organizational adjudication committee as of April 20.
BIKE BUMMER Football coach Buddy Teevens ’79 of- fered a $500 reward for any info about a custom-made bicycle stolen from his car in Connecticut. He was planning to use the wheels for a charity ride from San Francisco to San Diego.
HAWK SIGHTING Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a Dickey Center guest, told a Filene Auditorium audi- ence that he is “totally against an Iranian nuclear deal.”
