Hey y’all! I’m Catherine and I’m from the great state of Texas. When I’m not in class you’ll probably find me carefully curating Spotify playlists, exploring the Upper Valley with my friends, or finding ways to enjoy the ups and downs of Hanover weather in the great outdoors. I am a part of the club lacrosse team, and involved with research in machine learning to improve healthcare outcomes through the Women in Science Project!
Academic Program
Quantitative Social Science/Computer Science/History??
The Dartmouth Outing Club is fantastic. They always have ways to get out into the outdoors. But within the DOC there are sub-clubs, one of them being, Cabin and Trail. Besides offering trips every week to go tackle different hikes around the Upper Valley, they also have cabin overnight trips. Thanks to this, I found myself sleeping in a cabin without cell service, on a school night.
The cabin was about half an hour north of Hanover. By the time we got there it was pretty dark and very cold. We got right to business making fire and boiling water such that we could make hot chocolate. Signing up for the trip, I had no idea who would be on it. This way, I got to meet new people from all over Dartmouth. We got to talking and it really refreshing just getting to chat in the middle of the woods, with people you've never met before, and no cell service to distract you from the present. It was surely nothing less than relaxing.
A picture of my overnight oats, featuring a view of the lake
For breakfast we made a classic: overnight oats. It consists of oats, milk, and whatever else your heart desires. I added apples, granola, and maple syrup to mine. Finally to complete the process we left the jars outside overnight (the outdoors basically acted like our refrigerator). and voilá! Overnight oats! Though I had my doubts about them originally, by the time I had tried it for myself they were actually pretty good, for a breakfast in the woods.
We left the cabin bright and early since a few people, including myself, had class that day starting at 8:50. Showing up to class, it was an incredible feeling knowing that I got there straight from the woods. Honestly the whole experience was such a nice way to relax and de-stress in the middle of a hectic week. DOC excursions? Cabin & trail overnights? 10/10 recommend.
Springtime has arrived at Dartmouth and that means over the next ten weeks New Hampshire will get greener and greener. Spring term is an exciting time, especially because of the snow-free hiking opportunities.
Kirsten Gillibrand '88 is the first Dartmouth alumna to win election to Congress, and she has represented New York in the United States Senate since 2009.
Whether it be for research at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) or if you just need to get out into Norwich or White River Junction to have some fun with friends, the AT has got your back.
Coming to Dartmouth, my experience with the outdoors was very limited. I had only camped out once and went hiking for the first time on my First-Year Trip.
