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.
For the past two years, I have been a sports writer for The Dartmouth, our campus newspaper. This summer, I was promoted to sports editor, which has been a new exciting role!
The Dartmouth is a well-respected newspaper that publishes stories every day and produces a paper copy once a week. Each section of the newspaper publishes on different days, and sports publishes on Thursdays and Sundays.
Every week, the sports section publishes anywhere from one to five articles, covering a variety of sports news at Dartmouth and nationally.
As a writer, my role was to cover a story offered to me, interview coaches and players, and submit my finished story to the sports editors.
Now that I'm on the other side of newspaper production, I have learned quite a lot! As an editor, I select the stories that writers will cover. For example, I have two friends on the Dartmouth heavyweight rowing team who told me they are competing in a worldwide competition. I decided that was a great story and assigned it to a writer.
Once I receive a story from the writer, it undergoes many rounds of revisions. First, I fact-check the article to ensure that all information is correct. I then look for grammar and spelling errors. I pass my edited version back and forth to the executive editors until we have a finished copy we are all happy with.
Editing can be a big time commitment; on production days, I spend upwards of three hours in The Dartmouth office with editors. However, it is such a rewarding process to see the work of writers published online and in print.
Overall, I am really enjoying this new role and am excited to see where it takes me!
What kind of classes do you take in a subject-based Foreign Study Program? Here's a rundown of my classes in the Music FSP in London to give you an idea of what academic life is like in the program!
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!
After returning from an enriching study abroad program, I'm diving into a bustling spring semester here at Dartmouth. Here are my four courses I'm taking this term!
