Learn how Dartmouth students experience leadership-defining epiphanies and build unbreakable bonds during their summers on campus.
Getting the opportunity to meet prominent artists and performers has been a huge perk of being a student here, and to be honest, and as a person who hasn't really sought out these kinds of moments, randomly meeting Gina is kind of a miracle.
Freshman summer. What a time! Your freshman summer is the first term in your D-Plan that YOU control. You could continue to be “on” in Hanover taking classes.
9:00 AM
I awaken to the smooth beat of Paul Desmond’s Bossa Antigua. It’s time to get ready for a productive day. The sun is shining and I feel great.
9:30 AM
Possibly one of the most exciting parts about first arriving on campus: decorating your dorm room!
Each summer, Dartmouth hosts "Sophomore Family Weekend" where they host families of those students who are on campus. This past weekend, my mum and brother were able to join me on campus and meet many of my friend's families as well!
One perk I just discovered (and have been making good use of this summer!) is the Dartmouth Outing Club, and even more specifically, renting cabins!
The sun is blazing and temperatures have been rising, you know what that means. Summer has arrived in Hanover!
At Dartmouth, every student is required to get three PE (Physical Education) classes as well as complete a swim test throughout their time here.
Anyone who has ever seen me wearing a t-shirt or tank top automatically knows that I like tattoos -- you would get the same impression by looking through my Intagram or Pinterest feeds. I have two so far, both on my left arm.
The Green is the setting for the Hopkins Center for the Arts' free contagiously danceable concerts. Often preceded by dance lessons to encourage crowd participation, attendance often reaches 4,000 members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities at these summer music events.
You can often find Dartmouth's Beekeping Association members at the Organic Farm, tending the hives, learning the basics of apiculture, conducting research, and collecting honey to sell at weekly summer farm stands.
The Hanover Chamber of Commerce hosts a weekly farmers market that transforms the Dartmouth Green into a must-attend event filled with fresh, locally-grown produce, meats, herbs, cheeses, flowers, plants, dairy, baked goods, and locally prepared foods. Lemonade and kettle corn is a student-favorite.
A hallmark of the D-Plan, Sophomore Summer brings the entire class of rising juniors to campus for customized study and shared adventures. As a second-year student, you’ll be the buzz in Dartmouth’s hive of activity with key leadership roles such as club president, team captain, or editor of “The D,” America’s oldest college newspaper.
A smaller student body means that summer classes are able to move outside and work on projects that utilize the campus environment. Here, Assistant Professor of Art History, Nick Camerienghi and his students layout a gothic cathedral at the BEMA to demonstrate how medieval masons used simple tools and basic geometry to build soaring cathedrals.
Read more about this class project.
Sophomore summer is a uniting experience. With your entire class on campus as the ONLY class on campus, you'll connect in a way that is reminiscent of First-Year Trips, bonding while seeing the stars from the golf course, enjoying classes you might not take during any other time in your academic experience, and getting a visit from your family during Sophomore Parents Weekend.
The New York Theater Workshop has been spending its summers in residency at Dartmouth for more than 25 years. Over the course of their three-week residency, six of their projects receive an intensive workshop, constructive feedback, a staged reading for the public, and the attention of a dramaturg, actors, and Dartmouth Theater students and faculty.
“It was learning experience for a lot of our students,” says Farm Manager Laura Braasch.
Engineering and a love of sports propelled the two researchers.
The weeklong residency is the first of three summer theater workshops on campus.
