Hey y'all! I'm Caroline York, and I'm a '25 from Georgia! My hope is to share my Dartmouth experience with potential '28s, '29s, '30s and beyond! On campus, I write sports for The Dartmouth, am a Center for Social Impact SIBS mentor, am in Christian life, a Tour Guide, a Dartmouth Emergency Medical Services (EMS) member, and am a Hood Museum Intern! Otherwise, you'll find me in the Connecticut River, studying in the Tower Room, and running along the Appalachian Trail. Welcome to my world!
I initially took this class because I wanted to know more about Dartmouth’s history with Native Americans. It ended up being my favorite class because Professor Duthu was so enthusiastic about Native American affairs. He related the lectures to his own experiences growing up on a reservation, which made the class come to life.
As a potential Classics major on the pre-health track, this class was perfect for me! We learned about different medical practices from Rome and Greece and how medicine had changed in the past 2,000 years. We had a class in the Geisel School of Medicine and got to hold human organs!
I took this class because I wanted to learn more about the economy. Econ 2 focuses on the current economic climate in the US, so we would follow the DOW Jones on a daily basis to establish trends. In an economy impacted by a pandemic, inflation, and a war, this class was so helpful in my understanding of the financial climate of the country.
Physics with Professor Blencowe was delightful. His enthusiasm for the subject matter created excitement for students. The labs were hands-on and interactive to learn about the mechanics of the world.
This class fulfilled the Interdisciplinary Approach to my Global Health minor, and I enjoyed every minute of it. With Professor McCabe, we discussed gender and how its structure impacts our daily lives. My final research project studied gender within "Grey's Anatomy," which was created by Shonda Rhimes '91.
I used my "off-term" to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam for a Dartmouth Dickey Center Global Health Internship. I worked for the Institute of Population, Health, and Development, and studied health disparities in Vietnam.
This class was taught by a visiting professor, and she did an excellent job of engaging the class and making the material exciting. We learned about the historical Jesus figure in a Jewish context, and we connected the class content to modern day movies about Jesus.
I did a transfer term at Trinity College, Dublin, which means I took three courses at Trinity. My favorite was "Roman Archaeology" because I had never taken an archaeology course yet for my Classical Studies major.
As you all may or may not know already, I am in the Global Health Fellows program. To be a fellow, you attend at least seven events hosted by the Dartmouth Dickey Center for International Understanding. Last winter, the Dickey Center hosted a dinner with the former president of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga; she has some extraordinary accomplishments including being the first female president of Kosovo as well as the youngest female to ever be elected to the highest office in the world.
Jahjaga is a current Montgomery Fellow and visiting professor in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department. Moreover, the Montgomery Fellows program welcomes extremely talented individuals from novelists to presidents to have an extended stay at Dartmouth while staying at the Montgomery House on Occom pond.
For the event, we were welcomed to the Montgomery House for a small gathering of students to eat dinner with Jahjaga. She discussed a wide array of topics from her position as a woman in power to leading a fledgling democracy; because the event was capped at 10 students, we were welcomed to ask her questions about our interests. This was a crossover event with other Dickey programs including Great Issues Scholars and War & Peace Fellows—everyone came with questions related to their interests and fellowships.
For me, this event highlighted the extraordinary opportunities we have here at Dartmouth. Even within my fellowship that is related to Global Health, I was able to intersect it with world policy and understand the field in a country that is rarely studied in classrooms. You can't say that you met a former president just anywhere.
It's easy to forget how easy it is to access walking trails during the hustle of a Dartmouth term. As graduation nears, I am reminded of how special it is to step off campus and enjoy quiet moments in nature.
With a solar eclipse sweeping across North America for the first time in nearly seven years on April 8th came a road-trip with hundreds of other Dartmouth students to a zone of totality near campus: St. Johnsbury, Vermont!
Over half of Dartmouth students study abroad at least once during their undergraduate journeys—quite a high percentage, right? Do you want to know how to best prepare for your own abroad experience? Come check what it was like for me.
