The 50 for 50 Storytelling Project
In celebration of our milestone anniversaries, Dartmouth is introducing the limited series 50 for 50 Milestone Storytelling Project. The 50 for 50 Podcast project brings you several alumni from each of the milestone anniversary communities to talk about their Dartmouth experience and careers. Host Jennifer Avellino ’89 interviews the alumni in this exciting new podcast.
Episodes
11 episodes
Coeducation at 50: Special Episode Part 2
It's been six months since we were together in Hanover celebrating the 50th anniversary of coeducation.And to keep the celebratory ball rolling, we have two new episodes of the 50 for 50 podcast—featuring interviews with 14 Dartmouth wom...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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30:09
Coeducation at 50: Special Episode Part 1
It's been six months since we were together in Hanover celebrating the 50th anniversary of coeducation.And to keep the celebratory ball rolling, we have two new episodes of the 50 for 50 podcast—featuring interviews with 14 Dartmouth wom...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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25:14
AlexAnna Salmon '08
Growing up in the village of Igiugig in the Bristol Bay region of southwestern Alaska, home to about 70 tribal members, Salmon was always the only student in her grade. She spent happy days at the feet of elders, soaking up language and traditi...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:12
Keith Boykin ’87
"Gender, race, and Native American inclusion—they were all issues that we struggled with on campus in the mid to late 1980s, in part because the scars from the battles of the past hadn't yet healed."As a writer and editor at The Dar...
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31:09
Selassie Atadika ’98
Selassie Atadika ’98 has two lifelong passions: world travel and food. She honed in on those passions at Dartmouth, majoring in geography modified with environmental studies—while always maintaining her lifelong love of food...
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30:52
Bianca Smith '12
Less than a decade after graduating from Dartmouth, where she majored in sociology and played on the varsity softball and baseball club teams, Bianca Smith joined the Red Sox as a minor league coach—the first Black woman in history to reach tha...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:19
Olivia Goodwin ’21
The most recent graduate in our series, Olivia Goodwin came to Dartmouth as a pole vaulter, joined the women's track and field team, and majored in sociology. Goodwin, who uses they-them pronouns, found many ways to help other students feel aff...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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31:51
Carmen Lopez ’97
Carmen Lopez '97 Growing up in the Navajo Nation, Carmen Lopez had never heard of the Ivy League when she became spellbound by a guest speaker at her high school: Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord, Dartmouth Class of 1979, the first female Nav...
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28:19
Victoria Li ’16
When Victoria Li first left New York City to attend Dartmouth, she felt a little lost. She missed her close-knit Asian-American family and their bustling restaurant. Inspired by her family’s love of food, she found comfort , serving...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:29