Clubs & Groups
Clubs & Groups
Fall is the perfect time to refocus and get energized, and Dartmouth clubs and groups were busy with many great events this season.
The Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association
(BADA) returned to Hanover at the end of September for a weekend of celebration marking the 45th anniversary the group’s formation. In 1972 Garvey Clark ’57 organized a group of current students and alumni to create BADA. Today the group is led by Leah Threatte Bojnowski ’01, president of BADA, and has 10 regional chapters that organize events around career networking, student mentorship and social activities. BADA had a great reunion this year thanks to the hard work of Leah and fellow alumni, including Jason Harris ’01. Almost 100 members of BADA attended. Activities during the weekend included lunch with professor Craig Sutton about Dartmouth house communities, a strategic planning session, a Q&A with President Hanlon, a women’s lunch and a celebratory banquet on Saturday night. BADA alumni also had plenty of time to interact with students, including two specific mentoring and career-focused sessions, which were a highlight for everyone involved.
The Women of Dartmouth in Chicago were also very busy this fall. Suzanne Kanter ’88 organized a number of educational and social activities that were quite well attended. On September 13 the Women of Dartmouth hosted a speaker event at Jenner & Block in Chicago featuring Lisen Strom-
berg ’84. Around 60 women from a wide range of class years attended. After dinner and mingling, Lisen sat down with Laura Hulce ’05 for an interactive discussion about her book, Work Pause Thrive, her research on work-life integration and her proposals for achieving more diverse and equitable workplaces. Lisen’s warmth, charisma and passion for her work was contagious and a great time was had by all. On October 4 the Women of Dartmouth hosted a gathering of around 3 0 women featuring Dartmouth professor Lorie Loeb at the Evanston home of Jennifer O’Shaughnessy ’09. Professor Loeb is the director of the digital arts minor at Dartmouth and a research associate professor in Dartmouth’s computer science department. She is also the executive director of the Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation (DALI) Lab at Dartmouth and the president and cofounder of TellEmotion Inc., a social entrepreneurship startup aimed at motivating people to change behavior and conserve resources. Lorie shared the amazing work that Dartmouth students have been doing for clients in the DALI Lab in Hanover. To round out the evening, she led attendees through a “hacktivity” in which everyone broke up into groups and had 20 minutes to create a new product, design it out of craft supplies and pitch it to the group. It was a wonderful event with a great group of attendees and a lot of laughs.
Last but not least, the fifth annual Dartmouth Entrepreneurs Forum took place this fall in San Francisco. Many alumni from the Bay Area and beyond attended for another fantastic event. The last panel ofthe day was quintessentially Dartmouth— Ed Yip ’04 of Norwest Venture Partners moderated a panel of alumni entrepreneurs discussing their experiences leveraging the Dartmouth alumni network. Panel participants included Tom Allason ’02, Zach Goldstein ’06, Amanda Greenberg ’07 and Jacqueline Loeb ’08. It was a great panel that really highlighted what an amazing alumni network we have and was a good reminder of how lucky we all are to be Dartmouth alumni!
Don’t forget to send me updates about the great events that your club, association or affiliated group have organized! Newsletters and other email updates are also welcomed.
—Stina Brock ’01, POBox9274, Jackson, WY83002; stina.brock@gmail.com
