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Greetings from Karen Liot Hill, guest editor for this edition. As I write this in December, it’s a snowy day in the Upper Valley, and the College looks like a scene from a Hallmark movie, with the enormous Christmas tree twinkling in the center of the Green. Snowball fight, anyone?

College photographer Eli Burakian caught some incredible photos from the Dartmouth Homecoming bonfire this year, which made alumni of all generations feel connected to our alma mater, despite the pandemic preventing many of us from gathering in person on the Hanover Plain. See his fave pics of2021 at https:// home.dartmouth.edu/news/2021/12/best-photos-2021. When Eli isn’t flexing his photography skills, he runs ultramarathons, and completed his first backyard-format ultramarathon this year, taking second place with 25 laps and 104 miles.

Jennifer Platt was voted president of the Massachusetts Academy of Dermatology in the fall. Thanks to Instagram, I have seen her leadership skills at work firsthand (@wasabipeaOO). Recently, she has been rallying her colleagues to testify before the Massachusetts legislature to protect access to healthcare. Go, Japes!

Robert Dapice was named executive director and CEO of New Hampshire Housing in December 2021. As part of New Hampshire Housing’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Rob led the effort to provide critical assistance through the creation of New Hampshire Housing’s shelter modification program and the emergency assistance loan fund. Rob was a captain in the U.S. Army and served in Iraq. Now he is on the front lines of the housing crisis in New Hampshire.

Emily and Jolyon Pruszinski are making their home in Princeton, New Jersey, where Emily is completing two master’s programs at Princeton Theological Seminary and working as director of family ministries at Trinity Church. Jolyon has been lecturing at Princeton University and published his first book, An Ecology of Scriptures: Experiences of Dwelling Behind Early Jewish and Christian Texts. Emily says she has been helping their kids with online school throughout the pandemic, which I’m sure many of us can relate to!

The class of2000 executive committee met (via Zoom) in December 2021 and heard updates from our class president Joe Scott, who told us about the College’s response to Covid-19 and the attention being given to mental health and well-being during the continuing challenges of teaching and learning amid the pandemic. Joe and his family are stationed with the U.S. Army in Hawaii, where the only complaint he has about the weather was a little “vog” (volcanic fog from the eruption on the Big Island) in the air during Thanksgiving. Nima Binara is our new representative to the Alumni Council and is eager to bring issues forward that are important to us. Be sure to get in touch if you have any questions or feedback for him to bring to the Alumni Council. Lindsay Coe is one of our class agents for the Dartmouth College Fund, where her goal is to get us all to participate in annual giving to the College. We are starting to do some preliminary planning for our 25th reunion (!) in June 2025.

Send us your news and updates to share in upcoming magazines. We love to hear from you. And if you’re in town, hit me up and let’s grab drinks at the Hanover Inn (karenliothill@ gmail.com)!

—Kate (Ryan) Stowe, 91 Waterman Place, St. Louis, MO 63112; dartmouth2000secretary@gmail.com