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Alumni, Faculty, and Staff Service Trip

Overview

The Tucker Foundation is organizing a service trip to the Gulf Coast from June 16-23^rd 2007 to help with rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. The service team will consist of Dartmouth alumni/ae, staff and faculty and be led by Rev. Dr. Stuart Lord (Dean of the Tucker Foundation and Interim Vice President for Institutional Diversity), Frederica Ghesquiere ‘04, and Stanley Colla, Jr. (Former Vice President for Alumni Relations). The team will volunteer at Hands On Gulf Coast, located in Biloxi, MS.

Sample Itinerary:

Students working on drywall

Day 1: June 16^th: Orientation
Arrive at the Louis Armstrong International Airport of New Orleans, and meet with trip leaders at airport between between 3-6pm. Drive to Hands On Gulf Coast and settle in.
Day 2: June 17^th: visit of the region
Day 3: June 18^th: work at site
Day 4: June 19^th: work at site
Day 5: June 20^th: work at site
Day 6: June 21^st: work at site
Day 7: June 22^nd: work at site
Day 8: June 23^rd: Departure

We will arrive to the Louis Armstrong International Airport of New Orleans around 9:45am. Please plan your return flight accordingly.

Typical Workday:

Working outside

7am: breakfast
8am: work at site
Noon: lunch
1pm: work at site
4pm: return to the base
6:30pm: dinner
7pm: meetings and preparation for the following workday
8pm: reflection or meeting with a city representative

Trip Leaders:

Frederica Ghesquiere

Frederica Ghesquiere graduated from Dartmouth in 2004 with a double major in Religion and Environmental Studies. While a student she served as 04 class president and was active in class council, crew, rugby, and the Navigators. Freddi spent her junior fall on the Enviromental Studies FSP in South Africa. She worked closely with DOC First Year Trips, as a leader, Lodge Crew member, trip leader trainer and finally Trips Director for the '08s. Freddi participated in the first Tucker Foundation CCESP trip to Nicaragua in 2001 and returned in 2003 as the officer for the construction team. She worked as a Tucker intern for four terms, two with Tucker Dialogues and two with the CCESP Nicaragua Program. After graduating she joined the Peace Corps and served as an Environmental Education volunteer on Olango Island in the Philippines. She is currently working in Hanover at St. Thomas Episcopal Church and is also working with the Deep Community Program and the Lwala Clinic Project as the Volunteer Coorindator. She plans to attend Divinity School in the Fall.

Rev. Dr. Stuart C. Lord

Stuart Lord

Rev. Dr. Stuart C. Lord was appointed as Virginia Rice Kelsey '61S Dean of the Tucker Foundation and Associate Provost of Dartmouth College in August 2000. He was most recently appointed Acting Vice President of Institutional Diversity in 2007.

As Dean of the Tucker Foundation, Lord is responsible for overseeing programs that involve community service, religious life, social justice, civic responsibility, leadership development, and that foster collaboration between undergraduate and graduate students.

Since his arrival at Dartmouth, Lord has furthered opportunities for character development as well as heightened awareness of civic responsibility by matching Dartmouth's resources to the needs of local and global communities. He has initiated a number of programs including "What Matters to Me and Why?" an informal discussion between faculty and students; the Tucker Dialogues; and the Sophomore Summer of Service, which includes the annual the Summer Enrichment at Dartmouth program (SEAD). Lord also created the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life to further enhance Dartmouth's multi-faith opportunities, whose potential lies in the spiritual diversity of the Dartmouth community.

Lord has also led efforts to create two other, large-scale programs: The Cross Cultural Education and Service Program, a program that combines resources from Dartmouth's graduate schools to serve international communities, and the Civic Internship Program, which provides students with a first-hand understanding of the not-for-profit and philanthropy sector of higher education. Under Lord's leadership, student participation in community service at Dartmouth has risen from 55% to 75% in the last two years.

Lord previously served as an Associate Dean at DePauw University and as the Executive Director of the Hartman Center for Civic Education and Leadership. In 13 years at DePauw, Lord was instrumental in the establishment and growth of the Hartman Center for Civic Education and Leadership and in the creation of the innovative Bonner Scholars Program at DePauw. During his tenure, the percentage of students participating in community service increased from 25% in 1987 to 93% in 2000.

Lord sits on several educational and not-for-profit boards. He has recently served as a pacesetter for the local United Way campaign and is sought nationally as a keynote motivational speaker. He is the faculty advisor the Dartmouth Cross-Country and Track and Field teams.

Dr. Lord's research interests include: ethics and leadership; leadership practice and theory; AIDS education; multi-cultural education; and community research/service learning.

Lord was born in Westchester County, New York. He completed his undergraduate work at Texas Christian University before going on to receive his Masters of Divinity and Masters of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. Lord received his Doctor of Ministry from the United Theological Seminary with a specialization in multi-cultural education. He currently resides in Hanover, New Hampshire with wife, Adderly.