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We enjoy getting to know as many students in the first-year class as
possible. In particular, we invite students experiencing academic difficulties
to meet with a dean. We also regularly meet students for academic advising,
support for personal issues, and to discuss college policies. We provide
information about college resources and make referrals as needed.
 Gail Zimmerman: Dean of First-Year Students.
Dean Zimmerman holds an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from the
University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research interests include the
historical, legal, and organizational foundations of services for students with
disabilities with a particular focus on students with psychiatric disabilities.
She came to Dartmouth in 1993 and has been Dean of First-Year Students since
1999.
 Emily Holt Foerst: Assistant Dean of
First-Year Students. Dean Holt Foerst is also the Director of
Orientation. She is a graduate of the Univeristy of Missouri with a B.A.
in History and M.A. in Education Administration. Her professional
interests include living/learning communities in the residence halls. She
came to Dartmouth in 2004.
 Colleen Larimore: Assistant Dean of First-Year
Students. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and holds a Ph.D. in sociology
from the University of California-Berkeley. Her professional interests include
promoting academic excellence and community-building, especially among working
class students, students of color, and first-generation college students.
 Leigh Remy: Dean Remy works with students in
the Choates residential cluster and directs the Integrated Academic Support
Program. She originally hails from Maryland and has been at Dartmouth since
1999. She is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a B.A. in English
and of the University of Maryland with an M.A. in Counseling and Personnel
Services. She is involved on campus with the Leadership Discovery Program,
advises Fire & Skoal Senior Society, and serves on the OAC. Her
professional interests include public leadership and identity development
particularly as it relates to race, gender and class. In her spare time, she
enjoys reading and film.
 John Pfister: Assistant Dean of First-Year
Students. Dean Pfister provides academic advising, support and long-term
planning to the residents of the East Wheelock Cluster Living-Learning Program. Dean Pfister is
also Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and
has taught at Dartmouth for over 10 years.
 Louise Moon: First-Year Registrar. Louise is
responsible for data management, and coordinates and monitors many registrarial
tasks for first-year students, such as summer web applications for the incoming
class, pre-matriculation credits and exemptions, placement testing, seminar and
Writing 5 selections, and d-plan selections. She received her B.A. in Religion
from Boston University. Her interests include rowing, music, reading, and
traveling.
 Annette Lepine: Office Manager for the
First-Year Office. Annette coordinates the preparation of various office
publications, administers the office budget, coordinates office mailings to
students and parents, and oversees our work flow. She is a native of Vermont,
with her B.S. in Education. Annette enjoys collecting snowmen and
traveling.
 Lisa Ginn: Administrative Assistant in the
First-Year Office. Lisa graduated from the University of New Hampshire
with a B.A. in Communication. She is originally from Maine, has spent 6
months living in Europe and hopes to travel again soon.
 Judy
MacNeil: Administrative Assistant in the East Wheelock Cluster. Judy
is a native of Massachusetts, but has lived in the Upper Valley for over 20
years and has worked at Dartmouth for 11 years. She has her Associates Degree
in Business from Aquinas College. She loves the Cape and enjoys traveling and
reading. She is a Notary Public.
 Peggy Kennedy: Administrative Assistant to the
Dean of First-Year Students. Peggy hails from the North Shore of Massachusetts
and has been at Dartmouth since 1999. She has her Associate's Degree from Tyler
Junior College and additional undergraduate work from the University of Texas
and St. Thomas University. Peggy is involved in the community serving on the
Hartford Teen Center Board of Directors/Boys & Girls Club Hartford Unit.
She enjoys her children's basketball endeavors, Big Green Athletics, reading,
and travel.
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