Social Change through Policy Summer Series

Social Change through Policy Summer Series

Will you use your college education to advance the greater good?  Join us every Thursday in July for a series of programs and presentations designed for prospective students considering devoting a substantive part of their college experience to social impact. These events are hosted by the Office of Admissions in partnership with Dartmouth's Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. 

Register for one or more of the four sessions below. Each session features different Dartmouth faculty members and current students who will discuss their ongoing work around public policy.

Using the World to Understand Ourselves

Thursday, July 22 at 7:00 p.m. ET

Charles Wheelan, Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow at the Rockefeller Center, will discuss how students use their developing understanding of the world to better understand their own strengths and abilities. Register here.

Student Experiences in Public Policy and Leadership

Thursday, July 29 at 7:00 p.m. ET

Sadhana Hall, Deputy Director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, will conclude the series with a conversation with current Dartmouth students about their own experiences in public policy roles. Register here.

If you couldn't join us for one or more of the webinars, or if you want to learn more about what it means to prepare at Dartmouth for work leading social change, consider checking out the following resources:

• Watch
  • An introduction to the Dartmouth Leadership Attitudes and Behaviors (DLAB) program.
  • An introduction to the Rockefeller Center's Leadership Fellows Program.
  • Any of the dozens of Rocky Watch clips that feature Rockefeller Center experts and associated guest speakers discussing issues and events in governance and policy.
• Read
  • The Rocky Roundtable feature from 3D, our admissions magazine, in which four Dartmouth professors reflect on the opportunities available to students to participate in policy making and social change at the College.
  • This profile of Lis Smith '05, communications advisor to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign.
  • Abbi Fralick '23's post from our blog, People Places Pines, on what a social-science heavy academic term looks and feels like.
• Check out:
  • More on the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, DLAB, the First Year Fellows program, and the Public Policy minor.  

All of the resources above are offered in lieu of recordings of each webinar. While our faculty and students deliver amazing presentations, we're aware that spending an hour in front of a recorded Zoom event is almost certainly less compelling than directly checking out many of the opportunities and programs that our students and faculty mention.