2019

2019

Hey, ’19s!

I hope you are having a great holiday season! There is a lot of news to report for this edition of Class Notes, so let’s get right into it!

Alexis Colbert presented at the Guiding the Way to Inclusion conference for the National Association of College Admissions and Counseling. Their presentation covered gender-inclusive recruitment and evaluation practices in college admissions. The session was offered for continuing education hours to fellow admissions and counseling professionals. The topic was made in light of increasing anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country.

Asaad Al Raeesi has joined the foreign ministry of Oman. He looks forward to all classmates visiting Muscat, Oman, whenever possible!

Sander Kushen writes that he, Mara Stewart, and Dominic Giugliano will be acting in the roles of their lifetimes this October: All three will be professional scare actors at Knott’s Scary Farm, the largest and most immersive Halloween experience in the world!

Regina Yan, Celine Guan, and Theia Qu have moved out of their beloved northern Virginia townhouse and coincidentally now all individually reside in the greater New York City area. They currently range from the geriatric streets of the Upper West Side to the sunny shores of Long Island. Together, these ’19s share fond memories of Celine’s cooking, Regina’s embroidery, and Theia’s beast—I mean dog—Lami as well as their adored Yale roommate. Sometimes Sheppard Somers and Matthew Bough stopped by too, which was always a real treat. Goodbye, Balls Crossing!

Monika Gabriele wrote into share that Charlotte Berry is absolutely killing it during her plastic surgery research year at Stanford! But she is much missed in Hanover. Also, Andrew Boghossian is joining the mass exodus to San Francisco to do autism research with the University of California, San Francisco!

Finally, a huge congrats to Sarah Kennedy and Freddie Polak, who were engaged in Plymouth, Massachusetts, at Sarah’s grandmother’s house!

As Shonda Rhimes ’91 explains, hard work creates change, yet diligence is nothing foreign to students of the Big Green. We will continue to bear the torch of individuals such as David Brower, without whom the vaulted cathedral of Marble Canyon, which brought all 16 of us to silent veneration—would be drowned in a reservoir’s soulless depths. Relics of the Marble Canyon Dam test site served as a valuable reminder of how swiftly nature’s grand masterpieces can be unraveled as well as the power imbued in a few concerned people. Without the work of a group of Navajo activists a tram would exist alongside the sacred tourmaline waters of the Little Colorado.

That’s all for now! Thank you to everyone who shared! As always, if you have any Class Notes to share, please send them to dartmouth2019classnotes@gmail.com, reach out on the class Instagram, or contact me directly.

—Morgan Lee, 417 Grand St., Apt. D1705, New York, NY10002; morganwlee@gmail.com