Please be sure to complete your profiles. The deadline is March 15th. We will be "grabbing" all profiles as they are on that date and those will be published in the Reunion Book.

Tell all your friends to get their profiles updated so we have the best book ever!

Are you interested in becoming more involved with our class? We are seeking nominations for the following openings:

President, Vice President (MIni reunion/Class projects Chair), and Newsletter Editors.

Contact Sue Finegan at smfinegan@mintz.com for more information or to submit your name for consideration.

Two of the most popular bromides about history: "History is written by the victors" and "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it" came crashing together for me this morning when I read the Texas Tribune's article "Hijacking History" about the Texas State Board of Education's "hammering out" the version of American history that will be taught to high school students across the country for the next 10 or 20 years.

Report from the December 3-5, 2009 Alumni Council Meeting

(Adapted from a summary prepared by Brooks Clark '78)

This was the 199th meeting of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. The council, founded by Ernest Martin Hopkins in 1913 to guide and support Dartmouth Alumni Relations, meets twice a year.

As underscored by Alumni Council president Janine Avner '80, who opened the meeting, the mission of the Alumni Council is to sustain a fully informed, representative, and engaged exchange of information and sentiment between the alumni and the College, and to enhance and inspire alumni involvement that furthers the mission of the College.

This report is meant to complement the wealth of information--about this council meeting and alumni affairs in general--available on the Office of Alumni Relations Web site here. If you haven't already, it's a good idea to save this address among your "favorites."

The alumni interview has long been a valuable part of the admissions process at Dartmouth. It's rewarding experience that not only helps the College, but helps you stay connected to the campus and its current students.

To volunteer for interviewing, alums can sign up by clicking the "Sign Up for Interviewing" link at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~interviewers/

For some context on the impact of interviewing on the selection process, we'd recommend that alums read the latest edition of "Notes to Interviewers" at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~interviewers/pdfs/notes_winter09.pdf

As the Notes to Interviewers piece points out - As the applicant has grown over the last decade, the alumni interview has in some ways become more important than ever in both helping to recruit great students and in helping the Admissions Committee select among very highly qualified candidates.

If you're registered and logged in to the site, you should now see a "Classmate Directory" in your navigation menu on the left side of the page, below "Class News." This directoy is only show to registered users (if I configured it right), and link to each person's Profile page.

Enjoy!