Background picture placeholder

Yehalah Fernando

Class of 2026
Profile Picture

Bio 

Hi everyone! I'm Yehalah and I'm a '26 coming all the way from Colombo, Sri Lanka. My academic passions lie in Energy Engineering and Environmental Studies. I am a first-generation and low-income student, actively involved with the community. I love to paint and read during my free time. I'm excited that you're here, and I hope you enjoy this account of my life at Dartmouth!

Academic Program 

Energy Engineering

Favorite Thing Right Now 

Trying out all the different food in Berlin!

Hometown 

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Pronouns 

she/her/hers

You are here

Yehalah's D-Plan

What's a D-Plan?

    • FallHanover, New Hampshire

      Favorite Class: SART 015: Drawing 1

      The class I cherish the most so far at Dartmouth! It was an absolute pleasure to explore my creative side in this beginner art class.

    • WinterHanover, New Hampshire

      Favorite Class: SART 025: Painting 1

      The sequel to Drawing 1! Undoubtedly harder, but definitely a great class. I can now say, with confidence, that I am able to paint a mango successfully.

    • SpringHanover, New Hampshire

      Favorite Class: HIST 07.37: Race, Nation and Ethnicity

      An extremely informative and eye opening class which I would recommend to anyone.

    • SummerColombo, Sri Lanka

      Taking a break at home with good food and family!

    • FallHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: GERM 1: Introductory German

      My first language class at Dartmouth! It was fast-paced but I learnt so much in such little time and I loved the process.

    • WinterHanover, NH

      Favorite Class: ARTH 38.01: Sacred Architecture of Asia

      The Sacred Architecture of Asia is one of the most incredible courses I have taken at Dartmouth! The course is primarily discussion-based, with Professor Seher explaining and initiating conversation about the course material.

Freshman Do's and Don'ts!

A compilation of things to keep in mind as you start your freshman year at Dartmouth!

  1. No. 1

    Laundry Time

    An image of the laundry machines at Dartmouth College.

    Do not wait until Saturday night to do your laundry! I made this mistake during my first few weeks and had to deal with a literal queue to wash and dry my clothes. Also, make sure to take out your laundry on time or someone else will take it out for you and leave it on a counter. Dartmouth recently introduced free laundry for all students!

  2. No. 2

    Green Print

    An image of the tower room at Baker Library

    Green Print is the printing software that Dartmouth uses. The misunderstandings accompanying it were a bit frustrating for me at first. I waited until the end of freshman fall to use a printer just because I thought it was too complicated when it was actually simple enough. Each student gets sixty dollars per term to use for printing; there are many printers in the library and surrounding buildings. Make note that only some printers function in color!

     

  3. No. 3

    Dining Dollars

    An image of a bowl of ramen

    Dining dollars are a part of the Ivy Unlimited Dining Plan that every freshman is enrolled in. In addition to unlimited meal swipes at the dining hall, students also get 250 dining dollars to spend at the cafes around campus! Spend it wisely because I have many friends who finished their dining dollars too early and ended up eating only at the dining hall for a few weeks. Collis Cafe has some great lunch specials such as the noodle bowl pictured above!

     

Read More

Posted 07/31/2023 at 9:00 AMAll List Posts

Pages