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.
Math 3 with Professor Erp was such a delight! He made math so understandable and accessible. I can honestly say I enjoy doing integrals after this class!
This class was fantastic! Professor Kramer is very knowledgeable about this field. Although I don't have an engineering background, this class was a great introduction. I learned how everything from medical tools to the Colosseum were made and built.
This past spring term, I took four different classes in four different departments!
Chemistry 11: General Chemistry
Chem 11 is a one-term class that encompasses what is usually taught in a full general chemistry sequence. Pre-health students at Dartmouth typically take either the two-course sequence Chem 5/6 General Chemistry or Chem 11 available upon placement. This course, while challenging, has taught me a lot in 10 weeks! We have covered everything from the history of chemistry to molecular orbital theory.
Classics 12.02: Greek and Roman Engineering and Technology
I am taking Classics 12.02 as my Culminating Experience (CE) course for my Classical Studies major. For the CE, I wrote a long paper about Greek and Roman medical tools and medicinal recipes, as well as constructed my very own Roman surgical shears!
I have thoroughly enjoyed this class, and it has definitely pushed me to explore a part of Classics I have never learned about before. This class also fulfills the engineering distributive for the Dartmouth Distributive Requirement, showing how distributive requirements and majors can be and are often overlapped!
Religion 19.22/Jewish Studies 53/Women's and Gender Studies 33.03: Gender and Judaism
This class is really cool because it is cross-listed in three different departments, meaning I get three different perspectives on the class topic; we covered the history of gender as it relates to Judaism as well as modern perspectives of the topic
Anthropology 55: Anthropology of Global Health
Anthropology 55 is the last class for my Global Health minor, and it obviously is really fitting! In the class, we are learning about different pandemics (COVID-19, Ebola, AIDS) and how public perception as well as public assistance has changed throughout the years.
In all, taking classes in all different departments shows me the true value of a liberal arts education. After this term, I will know how to do a Chemistry titration, how the Romans built the Colosseum, what an orange means for Passover in the Jewish faith, as well as what the COVID-19 response was in New Hampshire. Dartmouth has pushed me to be an interdisciplinary student who knows many different fields of study.
What an incredible spring! This term was undoubtedly my favorite that I've experienced thus far, and as I wait to board a flight back to campus for a highly anticipated Sophomore Summer, I reflect on everything that allowed this spring term to bloom.
I lived on the same dorm floor as the GIS LLC (Living Learning Community) this year. I asked some of my floormates about their experience with it so that you can hopefully get a holistic sense of what GIS is like!
Green Key: A quintessential Dartmouth tradition along with Homecoming and Winter Carnival—and the one remaining tradition I had yet to experience as a freshman. Here are my impressions of my first Green Key weekend!
As my first year at Dartmouth comes to an end, I am looking back at my experience with Great Issues Scholars, a first-year program with the Dickey Center for International Understanding.
