Greetings and welcome -
We are so delighted you are here to visit and learn more about Dartmouth.
You will see the schedule for the weekend involves many people from all over campus who are excited to show you all about the Dartmouth Experience. Many events overlap, and that is just how our days are - there are many more opportunities than hours in the day. Now it is your turn to look at the amazing offerings and make the choices to do what is most interesting to you.
We encourage you to try something new, stretch your mind with new ideas, and get involved. Have fun!
Jordan Hasty '11
Stephenie Lee '11
Co-chairs of the Sophomore Family
Weekend Planning Committee
NOON - 8 pm
Family Weekend Registration, Collis Center
Pick up all your materials for the Weekend including a complete schedule, a campus map and nametags.
NOON - 4 pm
Baker Library Bell Tower
Get a bird's eye view of the Dartmouth campus from the Baker Library Bell Tower. Please note: This includes climbing a very steep staircase.
Directions: begin at Baker Library Information Desk
1 - 4 pm Get to Know: Dartmouth's Organic Farm
The Farm is Dartmouth's outdoor connection between academic study and hands-on, cutting edge ecological agriculture. Farm projects include Asian and African garden plots, a greenhouse heated with solar technology, aquaculture, composting, and a one-acre organic market garden that supplies our dining halls with organic vegetables. At the Farm, students and staff will explain the projects and their links to classroom learning.
Directions: Travel north on Rte 10 approximately 1.5 miles from the Dartmouth Green. The Organic Farm is on the left-hand side of the road.
1 - 5 pm Open House at the Student Woodshop
Stop by and visit the Student Woodshop and see this extensive facility that is available to all students to do their own creative work in wood. Students have made bookshelves, beds, desks, chairs, canoe paddles, canoes, wooden bowls, skateboards, kayaks, musical instruments. We encourage all skill levels, especially beginners.
Directions: The Woodshop is located in the lower level of the Hopkins Center
2 - 5 pm Open House at the Claflin Jewelry Studio
The Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio is a part of the Student Workshops, a co-curricular, arts enrichment program through the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Many Dartmouth students consider their time in the Student Workshops to be a pivotal component in their Dartmouth experience. Each year about 25% of the Dartmouth student population passes through the doors of the three workshops, Jewelry, Ceramics & Woodworking. No experience necessary; you are welcome to go and see what it is all about.
Directions: The Jewelry Workshop is located in the lower level of the Hopkins Center
2 - 6 pm Open House at the Ceramic Studio
The F.A. Davidson Ceramics Studio a fully equipped ceramics studio where students can learn both wheel throwing and hand building. Glazing and firing are done on site, and the studio is available to all levels of students.
Students make a variety of projects each term, ranging from simple hand thrown mugs to elaborate clay sculptures.
Directions to the Ceramic Studio: From in front of Collis Center, make a right at the light and go down the hill on West Wheelock Street, cross the bridge over the Connecticut River, and turn right immediately. The Ceramic Studio is in a small brick house on the left. Walking time from Collis is about 8 minutes.
2 and 3:30 pm Special Collections Library Tour, Rauner Library
Explore what's so "special" about Dartmouth's Special Collections library. You will be treated to illuminated manuscripts, early editions of major authors, Shakespeare's First Folio from 1623, fascinating modern manuscripts and gems from the College Archives documenting student life in the early 20th century. You will also see how easy it is for Dartmouth students to use these amazing resources. Attendance is limited to 20 people per time slot.
Directions: Rauner is located in Webster Hall, which is across the Green from Hopkins Center.
3 pm Special Faculty Talk
Government Professor Daryl Press in a special lecture with reception to follow hosted by the Dickey Center for International Understanding,
Walking the Tightrope: The Intersection of Economic Policies and National Security in the Persian Gulf, 41 Haldeman
In our increasingly globalized world, economic issues and national security concerns have become tightly interlinked. No two regions of the world highlight those connections more clearly than the Persian Gulf. Oil exports from the Persian Gulf fuel the global economy, but they also bind the United States to a volatile region. How dependent is the United States on Persian Gulf oil? What are the connections between Middle East oil and U.S. national security? Are there viable alternatives to the current U.S. foreign policy approach toward the region?
Directions: From the front of Collis Center walk left down the sidewalk, Haldeman will be on your right just after the Baker - Berry Library Complex.
3 pm Special Faculty Talk
History Professor Annelise Orleck What if Poor Mothers Ran Our Anti-Poverty Programs?: Rethinking the Idea of A Social Safety Net, Rocky 1
When poverty policy is imagined and executed from the alabaster office-buildings of Washington, D.C. looking down at our cities and impoverished rural areas, there is a disconnect from the lives of our nation's poor. If we look from the bottom up, focusing on the imaginative struggles of poor mothers in various communities to develop creative local anti-poverty programs, we find a much more positive, promising set of possibilities. This talk draws on a few of these examples and suggests some broader policy implications.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center, facing Thayer Hall, turn right and walk down Mass Row to the Rockefeller Center's brick portico at the end of the avenue.
3 pm Special Faculty Talk
Art Professor Louise Hamlin Ink Across Time: An engaging new film that links Dartmouth College to a printmaking studio of the 17th Century, Loew Auditorium
This 20-minute film invites you to join a Studio Art class and see how students benefit from the spirit of collaboration at Dartmouth. In the context of printing an actual 350 year-old engraved copper plate, you will peek behind the scenes at the Hood Museum, watch a master printer demonstrate his skill, visit artists' studios, hear from an art student, and see how professors, expert craftsmen, and an adventurous alum provide students with a rich and unique educational experience. Co-produced by Studio Art Professor Louise Hamlin and Dartmouth videographer Michael Sacca, this film is a lively glimpse into the art of printmaking. From a competitive field of 60 feature films, Ink Across Time won a Circle of Excellence Gold Medal from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). This film will be shown in the Hood Museum's Loew Auditorium at 3:00. An expanded version (with extra scenes) will follow at 5:00, with a reception afterward in the Kim Gallery.
Directions: Facing the front of the Hopkins Center, the Hood museum is on the left. The Loew Auditorium is in the lower level.
3 - 5 pm Family Photos on the Green with the Dartmouth Moose
Have your family portrait taken by a student photographer. The digital image will be sent to you via email. Look for the photographer and the Moose near the center of the Green. The Moose is scared of water, so if it is raining this event is cancelled.
4 pm Experimental Film, Shadow Land or Light From the Other Side Carpenter 13
Three-dimensional meditations on film, history, and emotion by Zoe Beloff
A film based on the 1897 autobiography of Elizabeth D'Espérance, a materialization medium who could produce full body apparitions. Stereoscopic 16mm B/W Film Sound 32 minutes. 2000.
Directions: Face the front of Baker Library, Carpenter is on the left and part of the Baker complex.
4 - 7 pm Climbing Gym open for use, Daniels Climbing Gym
Directions: From the back of Collis Center turn right on to Mass Row, make a left at the intersection with Tuck Drive. Continue walking on Tuck Drive around the Thayer School of Engineering and look to the left for a low-rise cluster of brick dormitories. Maxwell is among that grouping. The Climbing Gym is located in the basement of the Maxwell Residence Hall.
Please note: The Climbing Gym is accessible only by several sets of stairs.
5 pm President Kim's Welcome and Reception for Families of the Class of 2011, Collis Center
This is President Kim's first Family Weekend at Dartmouth and he plans to share thoughts about why he came to Dartmouth and the bright future he envisions. A reception will follow.
5 pm Film, Ink Across Time, Hood Museum of Art
Award-winning 50-minute documentary film by Dartmouth Studio Art Professor Louise Hamlin and Dartmouth filmmaker Michael Sacca. Past and present are linked as an actual seventeenth-century copper engraving is printed during a Dartmouth class. The process is interwoven with studio visits and colorful narrative by artists and museum professionals. Reception to follow in the Kim Gallery.
Directions: Facing the front of the Hopkins Center, the Hood Museum is to the left.
6- 8 pm Afro-American Society Reception, Cutter Shabazz
The Afro-American Society is excited to welcome family members of the Class of 2011. Learn about the History of the Afro-American Society at Dartmouth. Food and drinks will be served.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center, walk left down the sidewalk. Cutter Shabazz is a brick building set back from the sidewalk near the Webster Cottage Museum.
6:30 - 8:30 pm Hillel Shabbat Services and Kosher Dinner, Roth Center for Jewish Life
Join others in the sanctuary of the Roth Center for Jewish Life for services and then dinner at 7:30 pm This is a free, student-prepared, kosher meal. Open to all students and their families.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center, walk left down the sidewalk to Webster Avenue. Make a left on Webster. At the end of Webster Avenue, make a right and the Roth Center is the third building on your right.
7 - 10 pm Family Night, Collis Center
Live music on the Collis Porch with Dartmouth's favorite bands. Whether it's a warm or cool night, we'll be roasting marshmallows over a fire and playing board games suitable for all ages.
7:30 pm Dartmouth Film Series, Day of the Jackal, Lowe Auditorium in the Hood Museum
This seminal spy thriller paved the way for the Bond and Bourne franchises. A French paramilitary group, disgusted with Charles de Gaulle's Algeria policy, plot to assassinate the president. The conspirators hire a British hit man known only as "The Jackal" (Edward Fox). When the authorities uncover their scheme, a bulldog investigator is hired to stop the Jackal. This deadly game of cat-and-mouse crackles with timeless intensity. D: Fred Zinnemann, UK/France, 1973, 143 minutes
Directions: The Hood Museum is to the left of the front of the Hopkins Center.
8 pm Hypnotist, Alumni Hall
Think hypnosis is fake? Check this show out for lots of excitement and plenty of laughs. This show is suitable for all ages and sure to be tons of fun. Hosted by the student-run Programming Board. No tickets required, limited seating.
Directions: Alumni Hall is in the Hopkins Center
9- 11 pm Astronomical Observing & Stargazing, outside the Observatory
The department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to welcome you to a stupendous session of astronomical observation.
Directions: Call 603-646-9100 to confirm the session and listen to recorded directions to the Observatory, which is right on campus but a little hard to find.
8 am - 3 pm Family Weekend Registration, Collis Center
Pick up all your materials for the weekend including a complete schedule, a campus map and nametags.
8 - 10 am Cartoons and Donuts, Collis TV Lounge
This one is for big siblings and little siblings who love Saturday morning cartoons and hanging out together.
9 am - noon Partnering for Success, Collis Common Ground
Key information for parents on the connections students can make to amplify their College experience using Dartmouth resources including internships, fellowships, funding, research grants, and faculty mentors.
9 -10 am Partnering for Sucess: A Fast-Paced and Frank Conversation with Deans Lisa Thum and John Pfister
While parents certainly know their children best, the Dartmouth deans know 1000's of 18-22 year olds and Deans Thum and Pfister will talk about what to expect in the next two years and how we partner with parents to help students develop autonomy and confidence. Come find out what deans and students say to each other when they meet.
10 - 11:30 am Partnering for Sucess: Rising Juniors Jumpstart Program & ‘Speed Networking'
This special Sophomore Family Weekend presentation is designed to give your students tips on how to maximize their Junior Year experiences related to: selecting internships, coursework, and campus organizations, making the most of foreign study, investigating career options, preparing for recruiting, scholarships and unique internships.
Followed by Speed Networking A quick and entertaining opportunity to learn about careers by talking to visiting parents. Students will rotate among parents and make ‘contacts'. We encourage all Rising Juniors to participate in Speed Networking.
11-11:30 and repeated 11:30 - noon Partnering for Sucess: Connecting with Resources to Maximize a Dartmouth Education
Globalizing the Dartmouth Experience, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, the Tucker Foundation, Making a Difference Through Service and Faith. Preparing Students for Leadership in a Diverse and Interconnected World, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy
11 am - 2 pm Family Weekend Cook Out, Mass Row
Traditional Cook Out fare is a campus favorite - join all the families and Dean of the College Tom Crady for the fun. Vouchers for lunch were included in the registration packet you received at check in. In case of rain we will dine in Food Court at Thayer Hall.
Directions: Mass Row is behind Collis Center
Noon - 1 pm Foreign Language and International Reception, Tindle Lounge
Meet students and other families who speak a variety of languages.
Directions: Tindle Lounge is in Thayer Hall, just behind Collis Center.
Noon - 4 pm Baker Library Bell Tower
Get a bird's eye view of the Dartmouth campus from the Baker Library Bell Tower. Please note: This includes climbing a very steep staircase.
Directions: Begin at Baker Library Information Desk
1 - 3 pm Family Photos on the Green with the Dartmouth Moose
Have your family portrait taken by a student photographer. The digital image will be sent to you via email. Look for the photographer and the Moose near the center of the Green. We are sorry, the Moose is scared of water so if it is raining, this event is cancelled.
1 - 4 pm Hike on the Appalachian Trail, meet in front of Robinson Hall
Students involved with the Dartmouth Outing Club will lead this hike on the famous trail that goes right though downtown Hanover.
Directions: Robinson Hall is next to Collis Center
2 pm Undergraduate Research and Creative Production: Getting the most out of a Dartmouth Education, 007 Kemeny Hall
Meet select faculty members at a reception and panel discussion about the role mentoring and research plays in the life of our students. Presented by the Parents and Grandparents Fund.
Directions: From the front of Collis Center, walk left down the sidewalk, past the Green and just beyond the Baker Berry complex Kemeny Hall is on the other side of the street.
2 pm The Hood Museum Welcomes Families of the Class of 2011
Welcoming remarks and the talk What Do You Do at the Hood Museum
of Art? by Brian Kennedy, Director. Tours by Brian Kennedy to follow.
Directions: Facing the front of Hopkins Center, the Hood Museum is to the left.
3 pm Special Faculty Talks by Dartmouth's most outstanding professors.Engineering Professor John Collier From Imagination to Reality:
The challenges of designing and building your dreams, Rocky 1
Dartmouth's combination of engineering and liberal arts is unique and permits majors and non-majors to take courses together. The introductory course (Engs 21) is focused on teaching problem solving, engineering design, prototype fabrication and the elements of entrepreneurship through team-based, term-long projects chosen by the students. Majors and non-majors work together and the strengths of the resulting diverse skill sets permit the tackling of very complex problems, which require addressing social, environmental, political and psychological aspects. However, as fewer of the students enter the course with hands-on experience, the challenge of teaching it has increased. The evolution of an approach to keep the course effective and exciting along with the remarkable products the students have developed will be discussed.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center, facing Thayer Hall, turn right and walk down Mass Row to the Rockefeller Center's brick portico at the end of the avenue.
3 pm Special Faculty Talk
Economics Professor Charles Wheelan '88 U.S. Health Care Reform: What has to happen, and why does Dartmouth have so much to do with it.
Rocky 2
There is no more difficult public policy challenge, both politically and substantively, than health care reform. One of the many challenges will be spending money in ways that generate better health outcomes while cutting costs by eliminating unnecessary tests and procedures. Researchers at the Dartmouth Medical School and in the Dartmouth economics department have done some of the most influential work on the cost effectiveness of our current health care system.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center, facing Thayer Hall, turn right and walk down Mass Row to the Rockefeller Center's brick portico at the end of the avenue.
3 - 5 pm *eMotion* Campus Sculpture Walking Tour
In conjunction with *eMotion*, the 2009 Dartmouth Summer Arts Festival, students from Professor Angela Rosenthal's sculpture course (Art History 16) will be stationed at sculptures on campus to give brief talks. Pick up your tour map at the Hood's main entrance. For further details, see the Leslie Humanities Center or Hood Web sites.
Directions: Facing the front of Hopkins Center, the Hood Museum is to the left.
4 - 5 pm Ice Cream Social, in front of Mid-Mass
This social, hosted by the Office of Residential Life, is a casual time to meet other families.
4 pm A Sample of the DOC Trips Experience, on the Green
You've heard about the fantastic DOC Trips that kick off Orientation for First Year students. Now it's your turn to play some of the games and learn how the DOC leaders turned 1,000 strangers into the great Class of 2011. This is fun for all ages. This event is cancelled if it is raining.
5 pm Open House at the Claflin Jewelry Studio
The Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio is a part of the Student Workshops, a co-curricular, arts enrichment program through the Hopkins Center for the Arts. Many Dartmouth students consider their time in the Student Workshops to be a pivotal component in their Dartmouth experience. Each year about 25% of the Dartmouth student population passes through the doors of the three workshops, Jewelry, Ceramics & Woodworking
Directions: The Jewelry Studio is located on the lower level of the Hopkins Center
6.30 pm - Experimental Film, Charming Augustine, 13 Carpenter
Three-dimensional meditations on film, history, and emotion by Zoe Beloff.Augustine was the most extensively photographed of the young women hysterics at the Salpêtrière in Paris of the 1870's She was ‘the Sarah Bernhardt' of the asylum. This is her story. Stereoscopic 16mm B/W Film Sound 40 minutes Part of the Dartmouth Summer Arts Festival 2009 eMotion and in co-operation with Film and Media Studies.
Directions: Stand facing the front of Baker Library, Carpenter is the building immediately to the left of Baker.
6:30 & 9:00 pm Loew Film Series, State of Play, Loew Auditorium
When his mistress is murdered, a Congressman (Ben Affleck) tries desperately to protect his name and career. As journalists (Russell Crowe and Rachel McAdams) investigate further, they uncover an intricate web of lies that stretches to the highest levels of power. Based on the critically acclaimed BBC miniseries, this intriguing political thriller raises many disquieting questions about privacy, corruption and the future of the press. (closed captioned) 2009, 127 minutes
Directions: The Hood Museum is located to the left as you face the front of the Hopkins Center. Loew Auditorium is in the lower level of the Hood.
8 - 10 pm The Talented Class of 2011, Collis Common Ground
A variety show featuring a cappella singing, hip hop and South Asian dance troupes, and improvisational comedy by students in the Class of 2011.
10 - midnight Karaoke in FUEL
Awards for the Best Family Act and Best Roommate Act; come prepared for lots of fun.
Directions: FUEL is located in the lower level of Collis Center
8 - 10 am Pancake Paddle at Ledyard Canoe Club
Canoeing and a rustic pancake breakfast. Limited tickets on sale at the Collis Information Desk
Directions: Walk down Wheelock Street toward the Connecticut River, just before the bridge make a right into the drive, walk north keeping the River on your left passing the swimming dock, the rowing boathouse, and then follow the path down to Ledyard Canoe Club. Note: this area is partially handicap accessible; call Ledyard Canoe Club 603-643-6709 to discuss the particulars.
10 am Sustainable Living on Campus, Rocky 1
A panel of students will be answering questions from family members on past, present, and future initiatives to focus the College on reducing consumption and emissions and increasing awareness for the environmental problems we face along with the world. Special highlights will include the spring Energy Pledge Drive Campaign and the upcoming Sustainable Moving Sale.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center, facing Thayer Hall, turn right and walk down Mass Row to the Rockefeller Center's brick portico at the end of the avenue.
10 am The Dartmouth Experience, Rocky 2
There are over 400 different opportunities for student involvement on the Dartmouth campus. A panel of students will talk about what they are doing in their classes, on their off-terms, and in clubs and organizations, and how they plan to leverage what they have learned when they get into the world of work.
Directions: From the back of Collis Center, facing Thayer Hall, turn right and walk down Mass Row to the Rockefeller Center's brick portico at the end of the avenue.
4 pm Vaughan Concert, Faulkner Recital Hall
Jennifer Lien, soprano with Dan Weiser, piano, will present "Milodie et Poisie: French composers and the texts of their time." Music by Debussy, Fauri, Poulenc; poetry by Verlaine, Baudelaire, and more. Sponsored by the Vaughan Recital Series and the Dartmouth Department of Music. No charge.
Directions: Faulkner is located in the lower level of the Hopkins Center.
4 pm Dartmouth Film Series, Happy Together, Loew Auditorium
Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Wong Kar-Wai's touching romance is a stunning display of love on the brink of dissolution. Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung play a gay couple living out the waning days of their relationship as expatriates in Buenos Aires. A trial separation ends in unexpected violence, bringing both men closer than they ever imagined in this sultry saga enriched by Wong's characteristic visionary style. Hong Kong, Mandarin. W/subtitles, 1997, 96 minutes
Directions: The Hood Museum is located to the left as you face the front of the Hopkins Center. Loew Auditorium is in the lower level of the Hood.
Tickets for the movies in the Loew Auditorium are $7 for the public, and $5 with a Dartmouth ID. Tickets go on sale 30 minutes before show time. For more information, call 603.646.2422 or visit hop.dartmouth.edu/movies
Religious Activities
A brochure of activities sponsored by the recognized campus religious groups at Dartmouth is on the resource table at First Year Family Weekend Registration, or check the Tucker Foundation's website.
Workout at the Fitness Center
Complimentary passes for registered Family Weekend guests are available at the Information Desk just inside the front door of Alumni Gymnasium. The Fitness Center is open Friday 6 am - 7 pm, and Saturday and Sunday 11 am - 5 pm. Note that the Fitness Center is open only to those over 18 years of age.
Moosilauke Ravine Lodge
Is open for meals and hiking up trails to Mt. Moosilauke - call 603-764-5858 for reservations for meals
The Hood Museum of Art features:
Felix de la Concha: Private Portraits/Public Conversations - The Hood's project with Felix de la Concha portrays members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley community, examining the ways they have encountered conflict in their lives and how they made--or are making--the journey toward reconciliation
Wearing Wealth and Styling Identity: Tapis from Lampung, South Sumatra, Indonesia - The ornate tubular dresses known as tapis were hand-and communicated a family's global contacts, social station, and clan identity.
The Hanover Country Club is hosting a golf tournament this weekend; tee times may be available Sunday afternoon. Call 603-646-2000 to make a reservation.
Campus Tours
Hill Winds Tour of Dartmouth Traditions - Saturday at 3:00 pm. Meet in front of Collis Center. Limited to 20 people.
Athletic Facilities Tour - Friday and Saturday at 1:30 and 3:30 pm each day. Meet in front of Alumni Gymnasium
Baker Library Bell Tower Tour - Friday and Saturday at 2:30 pm. Meet in front of Collis Center. Note that the Tower is open for general viewing from Noon - 4 pm each day.
The Green Tour, a more personalized look at the traditional student-led tour given by the Admissions Department - Friday and Saturday at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00 pm each day. Meet in front of Collis Center
