Hey y'all! I'm Caroline York, and I'm a '25 from Georgia! My hope is to share my Dartmouth experience with potential '29s, '30s, '31s 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 do medical research! Otherwise, you'll find me at the Norwich Farmers' Market, studying in the Tower Room, and running along the Appalachian Trail. Welcome to my world!
Dartmouth has several libraries, and classes often take advantage of these incredible resources. My English class, "Horrors of Survival," was no exception to this! At the end of the term, we visited Rauner Library to look at primary sources for our class material.
If you are unfamiliar, Rauner Library is our Special Collections Library, which houses all of our artifacts, manuscripts, and even an Audubon book on display!
My class covered the complicated topic of being a survivor in American tragedies. Among the books we read, Moby Dick and The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket were my favorites. Though they were tough reads, my professor was amazing at breaking down the texts and getting to the deeper meanings.
In order to bring our class to life, we met at Rauner for a class to look at primary sources from the Civil War. First, we looked at a letter from a soldier that had a bullet hole in it. We also saw photographs of both the horrors of war as well as survivors attempting to make meaning of the war.
Our professor guided the discussion around the primary objects and let us get hands-on with the objects. With a class discussion, we were able to connect the objects to our class material and readings.
An added bonus of the class was that my friend who recently graduated was helping our class. She is doing a yearlong post-graduate fellowship with Rauner Library and helping with classes, cataloging, and other tasks related to her Classics degree!
I am extremely grateful that Dartmouth has so many resources to take our classes to the next level! Rauner Library is truly an amazing place, and if you visit Dartmouth's campus, make sure to include it on your list!
If you are interested in pursuing medicine after graduating from high school, as I was, you'll be looking at how different universities design their "pre-health" experience. What does that experience look like at Dartmouth College?
Welcome back to Open Doors—your inside look at life in the Woods! This week, Isabelle Sullivan '26, an environmental studies and geography major, showed me around her room, where we discussed Dartmouth residence halls, classes, and campus life.
There was never a single "aha!" moment of clarity when I knew that Dartmouth was right for me, yet now, it is impossible for me to imagine having chosen anywhere else.
From a tight-knit study abroad cohort to intimate classroom moments and inspiring literary talks, French has grown far beyond a minor — becoming a thread that runs through the most meaningful parts of her Dartmouth life.
Green Key weekend at Dartmouth was filled with concerts, free food, live music, reunions, and spontaneous moments with friends. Read on to hear why this weekend reminded me what makes spring term at Dartmouth feel so special.
