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Chiemeka Njoku

Class of 2018
Meka

About 

What up! My name is Chiemeka, and I’m from Dallas, Texas. I am currently a senior at Dartmouth and I’m also a pre-med government major. In my time here, I’ve been able to do some amazing things like study in India, Washington D.C, and intern in Kosovo, and I can’t wait to share those experiences with you! I’m involved with Dartmouth EMS, academic journalism, and spoken word poetry, and in my free time I like to play pick-up soccer and take naps!

Academic Program 

Government major, Pre-med

Favorite Thing Right Now 

Reggaeton

Hometown 

Dallas, TX

Pronouns 

She/Her

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Chiemeka's D-Plan

What's a D-Plan?

    • FallOn Campus

      Favorite Class: WRIT 005- Human Rights Global to Local

      Small class with just freshman. We talked about important topics. I made some of my closest friends in that course and the Professor, Peggy Baum, and I still keep in touch!

    • WinterOn Campus

      Favorite Class: ENVS 007- Ecopsychology (Writing seminar)

      I made a promotional/ informational video for the Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences (VINS) Bird Rehabilitation Center. It was the college assignment I've had ( and I'm a senior) but also very rewarding!

    • SpringOn Campus

      Favorite Class: GOVT 005- International Politics

      This was where I found my passion of International Relation. At the end of it, I switch my intended major from Neuroscience to Government!

    • SummerHome in Dallas, TX

      I went back to Dallas and worked as a waitress at a Mexican restaurant. It was super fun because my best friend was my coworker, I got to eat all the tacos I wanted, and I was able to use the Spanish I learned throughout freshman year!

    • FallOn Campus

      Favorite Class: COLT 001- Read the World

      I learned how to read in this course, like truly read, and I took away skills I was able to use in all my other courses. I loved the course so much that I've served as a TA for it course twice after.

    • WinterOn Campus

      We read some really great books like The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine Newman (I highly encourage them).

    • SpringOn Campus

      Favorite Class: GOV 40 - Politics of India

      Indian politics is now one of my favorite subjects; it’s just awesome! It also served as a prerequisite for my study abroad in India.

    • SummerOn Campus

      Besides taking courses, I played a lot of soccer and volunteered at a Vermont prison, as part of the Prison Project, a volunteer group on campus.

    • FallOn Campus

      Favorite Class: GOVT 50.06- Nuclear Weapons: Physical and Strategic Effect

      The topic of Nukes is one that I'm well-informed in and I can really could go on and on about them. The class included a little bit of math, which was fun for me.

    • WinterHyderabad, India

      Women and Gender Studies Program in Hyderabad, India. We lived on campus at Hyderabad, University and I got to make a lot of local as well as international friends. I also played soccer on a girls IM team there!

    • SpringWashington D.C Domestic Study Program

      I learned a lot about D.C and how U.S politics works. We also took a political survey course where we administered surveys to 2,000 participants and analyzed the results and their implications.

    • SummerPristina, Kosovo

      Thanks to a grant from Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth (GRID), I worked in the Gender and Research Institute at the University of Pristina. I lived on my own, made some amazing Kosovar friends, and travel around!

    • FallOn Campus

      Favorite Class: GOVT 60.04- Ethics of Public Policy

      Was able to discuss a lot of controversial topic and debate them from philosophical, political, and moral standpoints. Also got to know a very cool and funny professor- Professor Lucas Swaine.

    • WinterHanover, NH - off term

      I’m doing what is referred to as a Hanover FSP, where you take at academic off term yet remain on campus. I’m using this term to work on my senior thesis for my major and working more at the admissions office.