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As you know, this past May I was appointed interim president of Dickinson College. The way it happened makes for a pretty good story in and of itself. As I attempted to steer our board through the process of selecting an interim to succeed Margee Ensign after she signaled her desire to return to her prior post at the American University of Nigeria, I walked my board members through the various options available to us. Then came a fateful Saturday morning when a valued colleague called me and simply said, “John, you’re it.” While I concede the thought of stepping up intrigued me, it took me several days to get my brain around the concept of retiring from a life appointment to the federal bench to lead our college. But as

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I have frequently said since then, I soon concluded that it was an opportunity that I simply could not let pass.

It is important to stress that the designation “interim” should not be misinterpreted. Mine will not be a caretaker presidency. Both the challenges and the opportunities demand otherwise. Accordingly, in July I announced the Dickinson Forward: A Revolutionary Future initiative. Included within it are a financial task force that is composed of faculty, staff, students and trustees.

Its mission is to ensure our financial health by presenting balanced budgets commencing in fiscal year 2023 and thereafter. Next up is a strategy committee that will have a similar membership mix and will assist us in charting a course forward that keeps Dickinson on the cutting edge among our liberal-arts peers. This will include enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion. Finally, we will launch a campaign to raise money for scholarships and student success to make sure that our students have expanded opportunities in internships, research and leadership experiences so they have the best foundation to thrive after graduation.

While I am excited about Dickinson Forward, it is but a start, and there is much more to do in the years ahead.

One of Dickinson’s endearing traits is its institutional humbleness, because we Dickinsonians tend to be a modest bunch. While that has its place, it is my determination that we need to tell the world about what a Dickinson education offers. Dickinson graduates are remarkably successful, and we will be loudly and proudly talking more about that.

I am blessed with a supportive group of trustees, a tremendous staff and a world-class faculty. Our students awe me with their intelligence, poise and drive. Our alumni are more engaged than ever before. But like all institutions of higher learning, as Dickinson emerges from the searingly difficult COVID-19 pandemic, there is uncertainty about the future. I am certain that we will succeed and prevail because it is the Dickinson way to leverage our shared governance model and lean into our challenges. That process is already underway.

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Dickinson Partners With Tulane University’s School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine

Hamilton Makes History The Hamilton Restaurant’s “hot-chee dog” has been a local favorite since c. 1938. And now it even has its own historical marker. Dedicated on June 17, the marker was erected by Destination Carlisle through a grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation’s Legends & Lore program.

To facilitate the move to studying at the graduate level, Dickinson has developed a network of agreements with excellent schools across the country and world, in a range of fields. Currently offered are linkage agreements in engineering, business, public health, law, medicine and health and international graduate education, with such universities as RPI, Northeastern, Johns Hopkins and American.

The newest is in public health, with Tulane University—joining Dickinson’s current agreement with Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health—providing two options for Dickinson students who wish to pursue a master’s of public health degree in New Orleans at Tulane’s School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine. dson.co/tulane21

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Arts Departments Find Creative Ways to Stage Performances, Exhibits Musicians, dancers and artists are no strangers to creativity, to experimentation, to honing new skills or to the need to be adaptable. And Dickinson arts students and faculty members put those qualities to work this spring.

The Dance Theatre Group propelled its annual Freshworks concert to new places in April. The two-act program began with a film screening in Mathers Theatre and concluded with an outdoor performance at the nearby LeTort watershed. “[These students] came here to study dance, and in their senior year, they've become not only accomplished choreographers, but savvy filmmakers too,” says Director of Dance Sarah Skaggs of the four seniors— Jadyn Brick , Espoir DelMain , Emily McFerran and Sarah Scarbrough —who had to work out a way to safely present their work

in the midst of a pandemic.

Meanwhile, the music department was focused on making the annual spring Concerto Competition/Orchestra Concert a success.

In-person rehearsals were impossible, and remote technologies like Zoom, with the time lags and glitches, wreak havoc for musicians struggling to play together in time. The only way was to solicit remotely prerecorded performances. The department’s recording technician, Patrick Oh , stitched these recordings and seamlessly blended individual vocal performances by students (including Ruby Ngo ’22 , a pianist who won the fall Concerto Competition and is a recipient of the Truman Bullard Scholarship for students who show exceptional promise in music), faculty, community members and alumni in the Dickinson College Choir as they performed from their homes around the world.

And for the six studio art majors, who had been connecting via Zoom throughout the academic year, it was about successfully developing a cohesive vision for the 2021 senior studio-art exhibition, Remnant. The seniors— Devon Anderson , Gracyn Bird , Ernest Entsie, Ruodan Que, Clara Roth and Jeremy Yu —designed the exhibition and catalog, and those living on campus hung the show, which kicked off with a virtual opening reception on April 30. Photos from the exhibition are posted on The Trout Gallery’s website, and members of the campus community can visit the exhibit in person by reservation.

Representatives from several academic and administrative departments joined forces to establish Box of Dickinson Arts (BoDA), a pop-up venue on Britton Plaza where Dickinson artists, performers and writers could share new works with the campus and local community. There’s also a #BoDA hashtag and dedicated

TOP Box of Dickinson Arts (BoDA) featuring pieces from Professor Anthony Cervino’s Fundamentals of Sculpture class.

BOTTOM Ernest Entsie ’21, Another Gone, digital photograph.

Instagram account, so students who were studying remotely could stay abreast of what’s new and join in the campuswide conversation.

“This is what a Dickinson education is all about,” says Professor of Music Jennifer Blyth . “Showcasing how to be resourceful and adaptable by applying critical thinking and imagination.”

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Featured Faculty A new study by Associate

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Professor of Mathematics

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economist Bijetri Bose

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the physical activity of young adults in the United States. Media outlets highlighting this study include Scienmag, Medical Xpress, 15-Minute News, Newswise, Infosurhoy and

research, “Addressing weight stigma and antiobesity rhetoric in policy changes to prevent eating disorders,” was published in The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most respected medical journals.

Professor of Earth Sciences and Moraine Chair in Arctic Studies Ben Edwards was a guest on the KFPA podcast, “A Rude Awakening.” He discussed the science behind the recent volcanic eruptions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iceland and their contribution to the

Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences Jorden Hayes, who along with several of her students, has been leading efforts to use ground-penetrating radar to identify unmarked burial sites at the Mount Tabor AME Zion Church in nearby Mount Holly Springs, was

While serving a twoyear directorship of

A collaboration among Dickinson, UEA School of Drama and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, this U.K. premiere was performed in May in front of the 10-meter scale model of the Vladimir Tatlin monument erected next to the Sainsbury

Reopening, the Mundane Is Fun Again.”

Visiting Professor of International Studies Jeff McCausland was a source for several militaryfocused stories this spring: “The Military Has Long Had an Extremism Problem. What Will It Do Now to Finally Solve It?” by CNN.com; “Former U.S. Military Leaders Sign Bizarre Open Letter Pushing Election

Centre.

Lies” by Huffington Post; and “Birth of a Militia:

climate emergency.

interviewed by PennLive

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and FOX43. They reported

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Amy Farrell, the James Hope

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of solar lights at the site of

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Special Projects Manager

was interviewed by FOX43

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of Dining Services Errol

of the Carlisle Walks

high school seniors and

for The Best American Poetry

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students from the midstate

been featured four times.

Gerencser ’93 received

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the 2021 Mid-Atlantic

provost and executive

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Professor of Music Amy

Regional Archives Conference

director of the Center for

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hatred and violence.

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editor of the Journal of the American Musicological

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of 10 Native American

Political Science Sarah

for his latest CD, “Relics of

students who died at the

Niebler was interviewed

Memory,” in Opera News.

Carlisle Indian Industrial

rise in anti-Asian rhetoric,

by FOX43 for its report “Everything You Need to Know Ahead of the May 18 Primaries.”

Dickinson was featured on

Recruitment Phil Moreno

‘Mental Illness’?” and

O’Connell was interviewed

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by LancasterOnline/LNP

the Chinese Model.”

Associate Professor of American Studies Cotten

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Initiative was covered by The Sentinel, PennLive, ABC27, CBS21 and FOX43. Professor of History and Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History Matthew Pinsker, who leads the initiative, as well as thenPresident Margee Ensign and students Charlotte Goodman ’23, Liz McCreary ’22 and Amanda Sowah ’22, was interviewed by the outlets. Pinsker was a guest on WITF’s Smart

The departure of President

in The Wall Street Journal:

Political Science David

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published two op-eds

Philosophy Crispin Sartwell

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was interviewed by FOX43

Administrator Accolades

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Professor of Creative Writing and Poet-inResidence Adrienne Su published an op-ed, “North and South on my Mind,” in the Atlanta JournalConstitution. Su also was interviewed by ArtsATL for a feature on her new book of poetry, Peach State.

Additionally, she discussed poetry’s ability to translate “a question or problem into comprehensible form”

the TODAY show and NBC News Now as part of the network’s weeklong series on college admissions during the pandemic.

Interviews with Vice President and Dean of Admissions Catherine McDonald Davenport ’87 and Associate Director of Southeastern Recruitment Amy Hall ’12 were featured on the TODAY show report “College admissions officers on how the pandemic has changed the process.” Hall and Director of West Coast Recruitment Phil Moreno were interviewed for the report “How the Pandemic Changed Applying to College,” which was featured on the News Now streaming service.

Davenport also was a featured panelist for The

Huffman were interviewed.

was a live guest on Good Day Sacramento and FOX40 in Sacramento, Calif., as an admissions expert discussing waitlists, financial aid and what high school juniors should be doing in the collegesearch process. This was Moreno’s third appearance on Good Day Sacramento and his second on FOX40 discussing how the pandemic has impacted college admissions. He was also interviewed by KSEE Fresno for “Accepted, Rejected, Or Waitlisted; The Western Association

Margee Ensign and appointment of interim President John E. Jones ’77, P’11, made headlines in a variety of outlets, including the Associated Press (AP), Bloomberg Law, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, The Legal Intelligencer, Premium Times, Pennsylvania Capital-Star, PennLive and The Sentinel.

The AP story was published in 50 outlets nationwide, including The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report and Pittsburgh PostGazette.

for College Admission Counseling Has Great Advice for College-bound Students.”

The anaerobic digester project underway at the Dickinson College Farm was the subject of a

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ickinson College honored 485 graduating seniors with a Virtual Commencement Ceremony Sunday, May 23, during which former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urged the graduates to change the world.

“The fact that you chose to enroll in one of the world's preeminent colleges, and that you're now graduating into this crucible, means that you're right where you belong and right where we need your energy, your ideas for leadership, the most,” said Holder, who addressed the class via a prerecorded video.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which still prevented large gatherings, Dickinson held its 2021 Commencement virtually via Facebook Premiere. Graduates participated in the tradition of walking down the Old West steps during Graduate Recognition Ceremonies the previous week. Video of the graduates walking as well as Holder’s address and the presentation of faculty and student awards were then broadcast on the college’s Facebook page during the virtual event.

In remarks made during the Graduate Recognition Ceremonies, then-President Margee Ensign acknowledged the perseverance and adaptability the graduates have shown throughout the past year, which included a remote semester and a restricted on-campus semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“ You have all faced down a pandemic with strength and courage and resilience. Class of 2021, that means you can accomplish anything.”

–President Margee Ensign

Holder urged the graduates to make a real impact. “I look forward to all that you will do and achieve from this moment on,” he said. “Our nation, our world, is counting on you. I am counting on you. So congratulations, once again.

Godspeed and best of luck, class of 2021. Now, get out there and change the world.”

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commencement Awards & Accolades Constance and Rose Ganoe Memorial Award for Inspirational Teaching: Associate Professor of International Business & Management Helen Takacs.

Distinguished Teaching Award: Associate Professor of Japanese Language & Literature Alex Bates.

James Fowler Rusling Prize, which recognizes excellent scholarly achievement: Maizie Ober ’21.

John Patton Memorial Prize for High Scholastic Standing: Emily McFerran ’21.

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Hufstader Senior Prizes, awarded annually to two graduating seniors who, in the judgment of the college president, have made the greatest contributions to the good of the college: Olivia Riordan ’21 and Phil Butler ’21 (1).

Young Alumni Trustee: Joanne Adebayo ’21 (2).

45 graduates were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the

highest academic achievement possible for undergraduate students.

Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize for Global Environmental Activism: Varshini Prakash, co-

founder and executive director of Sunrise Movement, a grassroots organization of young people working to stop climate change and create good-paying jobs in the process.

Honorary degrees: In addition to presenting Holder with an Honorary Doctor of Justice Administration degree, Dickinson presented David McCormick with an Honorary Doctor of International Affairs degree for his contributions to international affairs at the highest levels of government, and Esther T. Benjamin with an Honorary Doctor of International Education in recognition of the lives she has transformed through education and economic opportunity.

View the Virtual Commencement Ceremony at dson.co/commencement21.

Photos by Dan Loh.

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American Milliners and Their World: Women’s Work From Revolution to Rock and Roll

The Falcon and the Owl: An Ann Kinnear Suspense Novel

Nurturing the Sanctified Imagination of Urban Youth

By Matty Dalrymple ’85

By Annie Lockhart-Gilroy ’97

By Nadine Stewart Zydallis ’68

William Kingsfield Publishers

Urban Loft Publishers

Bloomsbury Visual Arts

In this third book in Dalrymple’s suspense series, a small plane crashes in the Pennsylvania wilds, and only Ann Kinnear can discover the force that brought it down.

Youth can transform their lives and therefore transform their neighborhoods and their cities, and when a congregation imagines together, they can work together to transform their current reality. The stories in this book come from experience with youth from different racial and economic backgrounds and different genders. Lockhart-Gilroy, assistant professor of Christian education and practical theology at Phillips Theological Seminary, also was a contributing editor of From Lament to Advocacy: Black Religious Education and Public Ministry.

From the Industrial Revolution of the 1760s to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and from Belle Epoque feathers to Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox hat, American Milliners and Their World offers insight into the rise and fall of a fashionable industry. Stewart is professor of fashion history at Montclair State University and a visiting lecturer at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward

By John Englander ’72 Science Bookshelf In his second book, oceanographer Englander explores how sea level rise (SLR) will profoundly affect more than 10,000 coastal communities in the U.S. and around the world as soon as 2050 and why extreme weather events, forest fires and flooding share the same causes as catastrophic SLR.

American Liturgy: Finding Theological Meaning in the Holy Days of U.S. Culture

By James Davis ’92 Cascade Books In timely essays on Super Bowl Sunday, Mother’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and other holidays of the secular calendar, Davis explores the wisdom that Christian tradition brings to our sense of American identity. Davis is the George Adams Ellis Professor of Liberal Arts and Religion at Middlebury College.

Some Assembly Required: An Organ Transplant Love Story

By TJ Flynn Condon ’98 Black Rose Printing This author and caregiver wanted to write the book she wishes she had when her husband needed an organ transplant. Informational, poignant and funny, the book chronicles the 10-month adventure of a couple living through the worst of times like it's the best of times.

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House Divided Launches Dickinson & Slavery Historic Walking Tour Launch coincides with the anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King’s 1961 visit to campus Students and faculty at Dickinson have been studying the college’s connection to American slavery for several years now through Dickinson & Slavery, a House Divided project. While founded when slavery was still legal in Pennsylvania, in 1783, Dickinson was one of the few colleges that enrolled students from free and slave states in nearly equal numbers. After the Civil War, the debate over the morality of slavery continued at Dickinson, and across the North, as the nation struggled with how to live up to the ideals of emancipation.

With the aim of creating discussion points across campus and keeping history alive, the tour— launched to coincide with Martin Luther King’s 1961 visit to campus—commemorates the role of slavery and freedom in Dickinson history across the following stops:

While House Divided has set out to make Dickinson’s connection to slavery transparent, a new campus walking tour displays that connection across various stops, illuminating the roles several African Americans played in the college’s history, name-change initiatives for some campus buildings and the founders’ contradictory views regarding slavery.

• HOUSE DIVIDED STUDIO: Outdoor markers and

“We are more thoroughly and thoughtfully reconsidering our history as an institution and as a society, owning up to it,” said thenPresident Margee Ensign at the tour’s launch on April 7. “And we are determined to play our role in the telling of a more complete, a more inclusive, a more just history of what has happened on this campus, in this community and in this country.”

• SLAVERY & DICKINSON’S FOUNDING: Marker describes contributions of enslaved people to the college’s founding and the founders’ views regarding slavery. Location: Old West.

• DRED SCOTT CASE: Marker explains the role of Dickinsonians on both sides in the controversial Dred Scott case in 1857.

Location: Behind East College. murals help commemorate the role of free Blacks and formerly enslaved people in Dickinson history. Location: 61 N. West Street.

• PINKNEY GATE: Marker honors both Carrie and Noah Pinkney, popular Carlisle food sellers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Location: West Street, facing East College.

• BLACK EMPLOYEES: Marker highlights the contributions of various Black employees during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Location: Bosler Hall.

• SPRADLEY-YOUNG HALL: Banner marks the rededication of this residence hall in honor of Henry W. Spradley and Robert C. Young, two longtime employees of the college and noted community leaders. Location: Former Cooper Hall, High Street.

The half-mile tour is self-guided and available year-round: dson.co/walkingtour

Amanda Sowah ’22, one of the students who contributed to the creation of the tour and presented at the launch event.

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Hard to Beat

Isabel Cardi ’22 has been a rock star as a Red Devil track and field/cross-country athlete, competing at nationals every year, breaking records and generally burying the competition. But it almost didn’t happen, as Cardi started her college career at another school, transferring to Dickinson as a sophomore.

“I chose Dickinson because I really wanted a smaller liberal-arts school, … [and] after touring campus and meeting with Coach [Don] Nichter, I felt that Dickinson would be a great fit academically and athletically,” says the biology major, who hails from Media, Pa. “Coming in as a transfer, I was a little nervous about joining a new team, but my teammates and the coaching staff made me feel so welcome. The team atmosphere is positive and supportive, and the drive of my teammates to be their best is very motivating.”

Photo by David Sinclair

It’s hard to know where to begin listing Cardi’s accomplishments, but it’s easy to start by saying that she holds multiple records in both cross country and track and has several All-America and academic honors. As far as Division III runners go, she was second in the nation in 2020, closing in on a real shot at a national championship, when the pandemic shut down the sport just hours before the determining race. When the 2021 national championships were held in May, though, Cardi took third place in the 5,000 meters, closing out the season on a big high note. And as might be expected, she’s a dream to coach.

In Centennial Conference (CC) competition, Cardi has been exceptional: She’s an 11-time place-winner, an eight-time All-Conference Performer, Track Athlete of the Year (2020) and three-time Athlete of the Week. She also holds two Dickinson records, in the 3,000 (indoor) and 5,000 (outdoor) events and took first place in the indoor distance medley relay in 2019 and the 3,000 in 2020 and the 5,000 outdoor in 2021.

And the sport isn’t just something she’s good at; it’s something she finds real joy in doing.

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“Isabel is a very special student-athlete,” says Nichter, noting that Cardi’s skill set has carried her successfully through a wide range of events, from the 1,500 meters on the track to 6,000 meters on the cross-country course. “Her racing success is a result of this willingness to ‘do the work’ in training and her instinctual ability to establish a proper sense of pace in her racing strategy.”

Nichter says that despite transferring into Dickinson and then missing another two seasons because of COVID, Cardi will still finish her collegiate career as one of the best in Dickinson cross-country and track and field history.

“There are a lot of things that I love about running,” Cardi says, citing the stream of support from teammates, who she says always push her to do her best. “I love the structure of the sport and the self-discipline it requires, and these two attributes positively carry over into other aspects of my life.”

championships, Cardi broke the Dickinson record once again and clocked one of the fastest times in the country.

In April 2021, Cardi broke the school record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 16:44.18 and broke the CC meet record in the same event to capture the individual title. With a time of 16:36.74 at the 2021 national

And because she delayed graduation by taking time off during the pandemic, she’ll have another season to capture that feeling and challenge the records, and herself, once again. —Tony Moore

“I love how strong and empowered I feel while I’m running,” Cardi says. “The feeling after finishing a hard workout or race is hard to beat.”

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The men’s track and field team placed second at the conference championship for the first time since 2011. Don Nichter was the Coach of the Year while Teddy Mercer ’23 was named the Outstanding Performer of the Meet, winning the 800 and 1,500 and placing third with the 4x800 relay. The Red Devils earned four All-Region honors with Scharf leading the way in the 3,000meter steeplechase and the 5,000 meters.

Tennis Women’s tennis put together a 5-2 record this spring with three players earning All-CC honors.

Martine Fierro ’23 was a first-team selection in singles and second-team in doubles. Ariana Goitz ’23 was second-team in both singles and doubles, while Hanna Butler ’21 was second team in singles as well. The men’s team won its final two matches to close out the season 2-5.

Charlie McGuire

Golf Women’s golf captured second at the conference championship, while Olivia Brown ’21 claimed All-CC honors. Peter Lown ’24 earned All-CC honors, finishing third while the Red Devils captured third in the team standings. Lown was one stroke away from the Carlisle Barracks Golf Course record with a 67 at the Dickinson Invitational.

Lacrosse Men’s lacrosse went 3-4 on the year, earning four spots on the All-CC squad. Matt Donnelly ’21 was first-team All-CC and was an honorable mention All-American. Tucker Booth ’22 earned first-team honors while Will Farrell ’24 and Teddy Macfarlane ’22 were second-team selections.

Erika Bloes ’21 became the 11th player in program history to score over 100 career goals. She earned All-Region and All-CC honors, joined by Clare Janzer ’21 and Laurie Travaglini ’21. They finished 2-4 on the season. Bloes was named the CC Women’s Lacrosse Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Matt O’Haren

Track and Field Isabel Cardi ’22, Elaina Clancy ’22 and Christopher Scharf ’22 each ran to All-America honors with top-eight finishes at the NCAA National Championships. The student-athletes were equally as strong in the classroom with just under 40% of the class holding a GPA of 3.5 or higher. In addition, the women’s track and field team finished second at the Centennial Conference (CC) Championships, earned 15 All-Region honors and garnered 21 All-CC selections. Sara Penuela Rodriguez ’24 won the 200 and 400 meters and the 4x400 relay, and placed second in the 4x100 relay and third in the long jump.

Charlie McGuire

Sports returned to campus this spring, giving Red Devil athletes a chance to return to competition. They made the most of the opportunity, highlighted by some outstanding performances in competition and in the classroom. Highlighting the strong academic performance of the senior class were the Lloyd W. Hughes Senior Scholar Athlete Award winners Tara Dedrickson ’21 and George Ladner ’21 (pictured at right). Both made significant contributions to the Red Devil soccer programs and held two of the top GPAs in their class.

Baseball and Softball Baseball had some strong performances on the way to an 8-8 record. Andrew Mazzone ’23 received D3baseball.com All-Region honors and was a first-team All-CC selection this spring.

Ethan Hamilton ’24 was named the Rookie of the Year and earned second-team All-CC honors. Beau Dana ’22 was a first-team selection as the Red Devils earned seven spots on the All-CC squad.

Maggie McConney ’21 was a first-team All-CC

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selection while Julie Siecinski ’21 received honorable mention. The Red Devils swept a lateseason doubleheader from Ursinus and made a run at the conference title but came up short, finishing 4-6 in conference play.

Cheer on your Red Devils! Check out all the stats, scores, schedules and highlights at dickinsonathletics.com.

Watch free live broadcasts online, produced by students in the Red Devil Sports Network (RDSN). Follow @DsonRedDevils on Twitter, Dickinson Red Devils on Facebook and @DickinsonAthletics on Instagram for daily updates. #DsonRedDevils 13

Forward, With Purpose Margee Ensign sets Dickinson up for success as she departs to make a difference

“ I thank Margee Ensign for her extraordinary leadership as Dickinson’s president and wish her well in her return to Nigeria. And, as John prepares to serve as interim president, I know his deep knowledge and commitment to Dickinson, combined with his esteemed, nationally recognized career in the judiciary, make him the right person to lead the college at this time.” —Douglas J. Pauls ’80, vice chair of the board of trustees.

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In May, Margee Ensign announced her resignation as president of Dickinson College effective June 30, 2021. The college’s board of trustees appointed board chair John E. Jones III ’77, P’11 , to a two-year term as interim president.

Ensign is returning to Yola, Nigeria, to become president of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), a role she held before becoming president of Dickinson in 2017.

“Throughout the pandemic, I’ve had to make many difficult decisions, but the decision to leave Dickinson is by far the most difficult of my career,” Ensign said. “When I was asked to return to AUN, I felt called to continue the education and peace work we had started through the university. In its 238-year history, Dickinson has never wavered in its mission to educate leaders for our democracy—leaders who will work for the common good. It is the education our world needs most at this moment, and it has been a privilege to lead Dickinson through these unprecedented times.”

“ Margee is someone who cares deeply. This is a reflection of who she is truly as a person, and I think it continues to show in the decision that she has made to respond to the call for help and just how passionate she is about people, and I want to thank her for everything. She’s made us all feel important, she’s made us all feel our work was critical and she’s always answered the call.” —Manal El Harrak, chief executive officer of the Sadler Health Center and member of the Carlisle Community Action Network.

“ I look forward to continuing the momentum President Ensign has created. She achieved so much in her four years as president. Her visionary leadership and steady hand have catapulted Dickinson to the forefront of liberal-arts colleges.” —John E. Jones III ’77, P’11

Ensign became Dickinson’s 29th president on July 1, 2017. During her distinguished tenure, she reconnected Dickinson to the roots of its founding— to provide a useful education for the common good. Her brave thought leadership and action during the COVID-19 pandemic brought national attention to Dickinson for its decisions to operate remotely for the fall 2020 semester and to pilot a test-free admissions model. Among her most notable achievements, Ensign: •

established the Center for Civic Learning & Action to develop ethical leaders who will build resilient communities and to strengthen Dickinson’s commitment to and presence in the Carlisle community

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expanded Dickinson’s global footprint by establishing new partner programs and led Dickinson to become the only U.S. college to twice receive the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization

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founded the Carlisle Community Action Network (CAN), which fosters dialogue, collaboration and action among community leaders (in 2020, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council bestowed its Heart & Soul Hero award in recognition of CAN’s quick and effective response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Carlisle community)

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deepened Dickinson’s relationship with the neighboring U.S. Army War College and created Dickinson’s first online master’s degree program in managing complex disasters

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partnered with the Institute of International Education to provide much-needed training opportunities that go beyond cultural-awareness education and instead reimagine an international education framework that incorporates global, intercultural and equity-inclusion lenses

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entered a new partnership with the prestigious study-abroad organization CET Academic Programs, which makes Dickinson the school of record and credit-granting institution for CET’s expanding high school and pre-college study-abroad programs

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launched the Dickinson College Ballet Certificate Program with Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB), which combines the benefits of Dickinson’s rigorous liberal-arts education with preprofessional ballet instruction at the world-renowned CPYB

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advanced Dickinson’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts throughout the campus community

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engaged alumni in learning opportunities and as partners in innovating for the future.

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Fulbright Success CONTINUES

Carlisle Named an All-America City!

Two Dickinsonians earned Fulbright grants to teach in South America. Alexandra Fosbury ’21 will work in Argentina, and Jacqueline Amezcua ’19 will teach in Brazil.

Dickinson’s hometown was recently named an “All-America City” by the National Civic League, a nonprofit that seeks to advance civic engagement and foster equitable, thriving communities. The All-America City Award recognizes communities across the country for their work in civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness and innovation.

Dickinson was named a 2021

“Best Value College”

by The Princeton Review, plus:

• Best Northeastern Colleges

• Best Classroom Experience (No. 15)

• M ost Popular Study Abroad Program (No. 2)

• T op 20 Best Schools for Making an Impact (Private Schools) (No. 11).

Composed Wins Civic Innovation Fund Competition Composed: Make Music Any Way won the Dickinson College Civic Innovation Fund Competition for its work in providing a creative musical outlet for elementary-school students during the COVID pandemic. The team behind the initiative included Max Jacobs ’21, Hannah Youmans ’22, Andrew Howe ’23 and Assistant Professor of Music James Martin.

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Two More Dickinsonians Admitted to Oxford University’s Mansfield Program After six Dickinson students were admitted to the Mansfield Visiting Student Program last year, Halima Mughal ’23 (political science) and Nathaniel McCloud ’23 (political science, philosophy) have become two of only 35-40 students admitted this year to the prestigious Oxford University program.

2020-21 Report on Giving

Making Dickinson Stronger Thanks to your remarkable generosity this year, Dickinson is stronger and working harder than ever to develop the citizen-leaders of the future.

Total gifts and commitments:

$23,772,001 Donors: 6,304

Support raised for annual Dickinson Fund:

$10,137,077

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Because of You, Dickinson Is Innovating New Data Analytics Major Provides Students With Future-Ready Skills In 2019, Dickinson faculty members brought the initial concept of a data analytics major to a donor-funded faculty summer working group. Now, thanks to the Revolutionary Challenge and the work of faculty, students and committed alumni donors, Dickinson’s newest major will launch in fall 2021.

With 13 courses spanning computer science, mathematics, philosophy and ethics, the data analytics major will prepare students with the ability to work with data ethically, construct data-driven arguments and use data to communicate effectively.

• 1 new major, making Dickinson one of three top-100 liberal-arts colleges offering a data analytics program • 2 new faculty members who will bring new teaching and research expertise to Dickinson’s data analytics program • $2.8 million in program support and counting • 47 Dickinsonians who helped develop the data analytics major as a part of the Revolutionary Challenge

“Our future leaders need to think differently, and there’s no better way to do this than to help students understand how to interpret, present and perform data analytics. That’s why we have been so invested in creating this new data analytics major. We’re so glad to give back to the college in this way and are excited to see the major kick off this fall.”

—Dave ’74 and Sue Stebbins Souerwine ’75

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You Supported Students During a Challenging Year When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the college launched the Emergency Response Fund (ERF) to support the most vulnerable members of our community. The ERF has helped cover increased financial aid for students who were hit hard by the pandemic and helped pay for necessary items like COVID-19 tests, disinfectants, sanitizers and personal protective equipment to keep our campus community safe. The ERF also covered year-round housing costs for 40 students who could not return to their home countries or faced housing or food insecurities.

• 32,000 COVID-19 tests completed during the 2020-21 academic year • 99.8% negative test rate this spring thanks to the Emergency Response Fund investment in personal protective equipment and campussafety items

“It’s been a highly unusual time.

Support of the ERF makes a difference in the lives of students like me, and our Dickinson experience benefits greatly from your giving.”

—Carmen Maria Canino ’22 (biochemistry & molecular biology)

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You Are Transforming Lives Through Scholarships • $9,927,611 in total FY21 scholarship gifts from 1,454 total donors • 1,621 students supported by scholarships during the 2019-20 academic year • 14% of graduates in the class of 2021 were first in their family to graduate from college • 96% of Dickinson graduates are employed, completing an internship, attending graduate school or pursuing a fellowship one year after graduation

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Dickinson students leave Carlisle with a deep understanding of the challenges facing our world, the capabilities to tackle those challenges and a sense of responsibility driving them to do real and lasting good.

By investing in scholarships, you are investing in the success of our students and helping to provide an education that will create the next generation of engaged leaders making a difference in the world.

“The college has continued to set the bar very high. I think scholarship support is a great way to offer opportunities for those who wouldn’t be able to attend a school like Dickinson.”

—Kyle Stewart Evans ’78

Volunteers Make a Difference for Dickinson • Nearly 20,000 volunteer hours committed to Dickinson by 304 advancement volunteers assisting in raising over $3 million for the Dickinson Fund • Friends of Red Devil Basketball alumni group helped to raise $27,955 for the women’s and men’s basketball programs on Day of Giving • Delta Nu volunteers raised $122,771 for a scholarship in honor of the group’s 50th anniversary • Senior class gift drive volunteers celebrated 100 donors to their senior gift during a difficult year. Special thanks to Rick ’92 and Rebecca Anderson for their generous $10,000 challenge to the class of 2021!

• Almost $20,000 raised for the McAndrews Fund for Athletics in honor of legendary Coach Wilbur “Goby” Gobrecht ’52 through a fundraising effort spearheaded

by Lon Haines ’71 and John Heath ’71 among football and men’s lacrosse players and Sigma Chi and Alpha Chi Rho fraternities.

Dickinsonians from around the world came together to make our seventh annual Day of Giving a huge success. We had over 300 volunteers whose hard work in reaching out to friends and classmates, posting on social media and encouraging friends to make gifts made all the difference.

Together, we raised nearly $1,100,000 from 3,665 gifts!

Data supports that the most successful philanthropic efforts are those with a strong volunteer corps. Dickinson is lucky to have so many alumni and parents doing great work to provide support for the college and our current students. We could not have accomplished what we did this year without our wonderful volunteer team, and we are grateful for your partnership and commitment. Thank you!

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“My husband and I want to give students the opportunity to enrich their lives by studying in a foreign country and the opportunity to become engaged citizens of the world.” —John and Mary Coffman Crocker ’65

Leaving a Lasting Legacy • More than $10 million in estate gifts • 485 members of the Old West Society, which honors individuals who have provided future support to Dickinson College through their estate and/or life income plans The Dickinson community continued to step up this year, making $10 million in new estate commitments.

These gifts will enhance every component of a Dickinson education—from academic programs to research opportunities and student scholarships for years to come. We are grateful to these donors for their incredible generosity and dedication to the mission of the college by making gifts that will sustain the future of Dickinson.

Loyal Dickinsonians • 6,560 members of the Mermaid Society • 4,362 donors who have been giving for more than 20 years • $14,040,754 raised by Mermaid Society members in FY21

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The Mermaid Society honors alumni, parents and friends who consistently financially support the college.

You are doing great things for Dickinson!

THANK YOU!

“This is my first year at Dickinson and I could not be more impressed by and proud of this community.

As this report confirms, Dickinsonians are truly special. You’re generous. You’re supportive. You’re engaged. You care about solving the most challenging problems of our time. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your generosity and confidence! Your gifts make it possible for us to continue to serve the college’s vital mission today and into the future.

Thanks to you, that future looks very bright.”

—Carlo Robustelli, vice president for college advancement

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Change a Life— Change the World:

The Evolving Story of Scholarships at Dickinson

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By Matt Getty

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“… From its founding, Dickinson was committed to inclusivity and affordability.”

It’s an old story.

It’s been told time and time again throughout Dickinson’s history.

The oldest version goes something like this: A student goes home for summer break only to find out that a parent has lost a job, a family member has gotten sick, the family farm is doing poorly. The student returns to Carlisle in the fall, meets with a dean or the college president, says they don’t have the money to continue.

Or sometimes that story starts before the student’s first year.

The student is ready to come to Dickinson. The talent is there, the drive is there, but the money is not.

So what happens next?

Long History, Steady Growth

As early as the 18th century, plenty of those stories end with that dean finding the student a job or taking up a collection from donors. They might not have yet used the word, but this, of course, is the story of scholarships, and it’s embedded in Dickinson’s very founding.

“Benjamin Rush founded Dickinson to prepare future leaders and engaged citizens to build a new democracy through the useful liberal arts and sciences,” explains interim President John E. Jones III ’77, P’11 . “That means that this education could never be restricted to the very rich. From its founding, Dickinson was committed to inclusivity and affordability.”

The history of financial aid is much older than Dickinson. Using the word “scholarship” to refer to external funding to support a student’s tuition dates back to the 1590s, but the practice is even older.

Fee-based higher education has

its roots in ancient Greece, which means so does philanthropy aimed at paying for that education. Early higher-education donors included Alexander the Great, who paid tuition for hundreds of Aristotle’s students. Throughout the Middle Ages, “endowed chests” provided the first organized system of student loans and scholarships. Isaac Newton attended Cambridge as what was then called a “sizar,” one of the earliest forms of a work-study scholarship.

According to Dickinson’s Archives & Special Collections, the earliest mention of endowed scholarships dates back to the 1872-73 college catalog, in which trustees solicited donations of $1,000 to establish the first formal Dickinson scholarship funds.

The mention shows how even in Dickinson’s first century, the need for scholarships had grown from isolated stories to a more predictable need. Between then and now, that need has become so widespread it’s baked right into the college’s budget.

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Of the 485 Dickinsonians who graduated this May, 330 would not have been able to walk down the Old West steps without donor-driven scholarship support.

Today, 68% of Dickinson students receive some form of needbased financial aid. The average institutional grant is $36,898, which amounts to $55.8 million annually.

That’s not the kind of need that can be met by a dean finding a student a job or taking up an informal collection.

In fact, 90% of that money comes directly from the college’s budget.

“This is why increasing donor support for scholarships is absolutely critical,” says Carlo Robustelli , vice president for college advancement.

“Not only do scholarship gifts change individual lives, but they create a ripple effect. They enable those students to go on and change lives, and they strengthen the college and the experience of all students by increasing diversity in the classroom and enabling the college to invest more in the overall student experience.”

Life-Changing Impact

The way scholarships change lives is easy to see. Take a recent graduate like Jasmin Lopez ’19, who never thought Dickinson would be financially possible. Growing up in a single-parent home where money was tight, Lopez says, “my educational journey was a challenge because we didn’t know how to get to college.” Yet, thanks to an alumni-funded scholarship, Lopez attended Dickinson, where the close mentoring relationships with faculty and staff helped her not only become

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the first member of her family to graduate college but also forge a successful career.

“Without scholarship donors, I literally would not be where I am today,” says Lopez, now an associate account executive at Ethicon, a medical-device company specializing in surgical technologies and solutions. “You’ve made an impact on not just me but by sister, my family, all of my friends and the people that I’ll meet afterward.

Because you contributed to my life, I’ll be able to go out and contribute to other people’s lives.”

The Ripple Effect

Lopez is emblematic of how countless Dickinson graduates live out the ripple effect of scholarship giving. Of the 485 Dickinsonians who graduated this May, 330 would not have been able to walk down the Old West steps without donor-driven scholarship support.

As those graduates become scientists finding cures for diseases or helping the world wrestle with climate change, leaders and artists inspiring others, or business leaders and entrepreneurs creating jobs and fueling the economy, the impact of that support reverberates around the world.

“Giving toward scholarships and financial aid at Dickinson isn’t a matter of choosing the college over other worthy causes,” explains Robustelli. “You’re giving through Dickinson as much as you’re giving to Dickinson. By supporting

scholarships for students committed to fostering the common good, you are supporting countless other worthy causes.”

Perhaps no donor has given through Dickinson as much as Sam Rose ’58 , whose endowed scholarship gifts and Dickinson Fund donations have provided more than $20 million toward scholarships and made Dickinson possible for more than 300 students. That kind of ripple can become a tsunami. Even just within the limestone walls of the college, Rose’s generosity has been transformational.

Driven by a desire to “level the playing field,” Rose’s gifts have battled socioeconomic realities that traditionally make college a bigger reach for students of color.

He has helped Dickinson live up to its goals of diversity and inclusivity, increasing the percentage of students of color from 13% to 27% since 2012 and increasing the percentage of first-generation graduates from 8% to 20% during the same time.

From Isolated Stories to Common Need

Yet, as the growing financial aid numbers indicate, the need for scholarship gifts goes well beyond first-generation students. Over the last three decades, college tuition in America, adjusted for inflation, has increased at roughly 20 times the rate of the average family’s income. This means scholarship

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Steps to the Steps

For donors like the Davis, paying it forward doesn’t just mean enabling students to walk up the Old West steps and sign into the college. It also means supporting all the other steps along the way that help students walk down those Old West steps four years later ready for lives of impact.

Because of its highly personalized educational experience, Dickinson has a four-year graduation rate that is more than twice the national average, and graduates launch successful careers more quickly and at a higher rate than most others. All of this means scholarship gifts don’t just fund tuition—they fund student success.

Accordingly, as the college prepares to launch its next major fundraising campaign this fall, Dickinson has launched a Scholarship Task Force to explore ways to expand the impact of

scholarships. The 15-member task force made up of alumni and faculty has been meeting with staff to determine how the college can craft scholarships for many of the enhanced educational experiences it offers. This fall its members will present their recommendations to the board of trustees, which will then decide how to implement them in the campaign.

“We want to think more creatively and expansively as we consider the needs of our students,” says Jennifer Ward Reynolds ’77, the task force chair. “We have an opportunity to create a compelling case to underwrite or defray the expense of a Dickinson education through scholarships, internships, research opportunities or career exploration—all elements our students need to put them on the path to success.”

To understand this potential new scholarship model, consider internships. Over the last decade, internships have gone from a resume enhancer to a career-launching necessity, nearly as vital as attending college itself. Yet, the same way finances have played an unfair role in determining who can attend college, finances continue to limit who can take on an internship.

“Many internships are underpaid or even unpaid,” explains Damon Yarnell , associate provost and executive director of the Center for Advising, Internships & Lifelong Career Development. “As a result, students’ socioeconomic status can constrain their ability to pursue internships.”

This means that to deliver on its promise of preparing every student for the future, Dickinson needs to increase funding for internships.

“To promote equity and to enable Dickinson students to build careers based on their talent and merit

rather than their existing resources, the college needs to provide as much internship support as possible,” says Yarnell.

Future Focused

So as Dickinson looks to the future, the story of scholarships continues to evolve. Far from the isolated anecdote about helping an unfortunate student, scholarships today can support every aspect of what makes the Dickinson experience life-changing for every student. A scholarship supporting an internship will be just as important as a scholarship that enables a student to come to Dickinson.

The same is true for scholarships for study-abroad experiences, student-faculty research, and other mentorship and leadershipdevelopment experiences.

And as these scholarships change the lives of students who become tomorrow’s leaders, scholarship donors also have the power to change the world for the better.

“At Dickinson, scholarship giving isn’t just giving someone financial aid,” says Jones. “It’s giving someone an opening to become a mentor, to complete an internship, to present at a conference, and this is exactly why our efforts in this area must be efforts of action— because we know that Dickinson gives remarkable people remarkable opportunities. To ensure our college is the egalitarian place we believe it to be, we must be able to provide for those who provide diverse views and who can and want to become the unifiers of our future.”

For more stories of and testimonial from scholarship donors, visit dson.co/schol21.

gifts increasingly make college possible for students from middleincome families. And that means that scholarship donors increasingly play a vital role for all Dickinson students.

Thankfully, high-impact donors like Rose are accompanied by thousands of other Dickinsonians who see scholarship giving as part of the Dickinson journey. As more and more graduates rely on financial aid, more and more see supporting scholarships as a key part of being a Dickinsonian—giving back to give forward. This year alone, more than 800 donors made Dickinson Fund gifts supporting scholarships.

“I received financial help to attend, and I want to pay it forward to others who will value and appreciate what this school has to offer,” says Mike Davi ’95, who along with his wife, Julie ’94, has consistently supported scholarships.

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Alumni Weekend Traditions

A Look Back at Two Centuries of Fun While 21st-century technologies provided the juice for Dickinson’s 2021 Virtual Alumni Week celebrations, it was the decades-old connections and traditions that made it hum. In honor of those time-honored ties, we’re taking a peek at the history of Alumni Weekend at Dickinson.

1982

First Alumni Weekend. Despite incessant rain and a few naysayers, it was a success, attracting rave reviews and nearly 600 alumni out of the gate.

1988

Two-day Alumni College program launches, extending the weekend by a day.

1989

First men’s glee club reunion; the Octals joined in 1996.

1998

McAndrews Golf Tournament launches. Carlisle blackout begins Saturday morning and continues into Sunday, upending plans and menus (but the fun continues).

2000

First online “virtual reunion” allows those who can’t travel to campus to view photos online.

2001

First full college-preparation program and mock-interview session for Dickinson families.

Largest Alumni Weekend attendance to date (1,631).

2007

Mimosas added to the Sunday brunch to great acclaim.

2008

Unexpected downpour floods Carlisle streets, sending some cars floating and forcing all outdoor Alumni Weekend festivities inside. (We partied on.)

2020-21

Virtual Alumni Week brings Dickinsonians safely together online during the global pandemic.

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The story begins in 1828, when Dickinson organized its first “Alumni Day” as part of the college’s weeklong Commencement festivities. Alumni reunions remained a part of Commencement Week until Dickinson’s Alumni Weekend launched, under the direction of administrator Bruce Wall ’70, in 1982. The event has grown exponentially since.

The most popular Alumni Weekend event is one of the oldest—the Sunday brunch. The clambake was a favorite until 2007, when the college shifted to more sustainable, local foods, according to Errol Huffman, director of dining services, who includes College Farm fare in today’s menu. Another past favorite: the Alumni Parade (pictured at left), which weaved through campus and downtown Carlisle in the late 1800s and early 20th century. It grew smaller over the decades and ended in 2007.

Newer traditions include the dance party—frequently featuring Dave Newell ’73’s alumni band, Bradley, already booked for 2022—and the Friday dinner on Morgan Field, College Farm lunch and athletics and affinity-group reunions. There are also open houses, tours of the campus and town, the Alumni and McAndrews Athletics Award ceremonies, Alumni College sessions and book signings, beer and wine tastings and a variety of receptions.

Alumni Weekend is also a traditional time to get updates from college leaders, dedicate class gifts and campus spaces and officially introduce new college leaders to the alumni community.

Four presidents—including Dickinson’s first two women presidents— have marked their first official alumni appearances during Alumni Weekend since it began in 1982. —MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

“I know a lot of small liberal-arts colleges hold Alumni Weekends, but I don’t know of any that generate the enthusiasm and loyalty of Dickinson alums. As soon as we leave each year, I start counting the days until we do it again.” —Lindsey Goodman Iacovino ’75, who’s attended 37 reunions and counting as part of the Marcussen Group of 1970s alumni

Fun Facts $3 on-campus overnight

accommodations per person, 1968 King’s Gap location of class of 1918’s

50th anniversary dinner 7,543 miles farthest distance traveled to Alumni Weekend (Chiran Thapa ’63 has ventured from Nepal several times) 375 pounds amount of filet mignon

served at the 2019 Saturday dinner, along with 190 pounds of crab and shrimp imperial Tea cooler most-requested

nonalcoholic drink $11 million largest reunion class gift (class of ’58, gifted in 2008 in honor

of 50th reunion) 23 dance parties (and counting) performed by Bradley, the weekend’s

unofficial band

Photos by Dan Loh.

Thornwald Park farthest distance from campus an Alumni Weekend golf cart was retrieved 85% highest reunion class gift participation (class of 1960, for its 50th) 2.5 dorm keys lost annually, on

average (“We occasionally get home or garage keys turned in,” says Liz Glynn Toth ’06)

23 McAndrews Golf Tournaments, so far—check

out photos from this year’s event at right.

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CONGRATULATIONS to the 2021 Alumni Award recipients:

Distinguished Alumni Award for Professional Achievement: Barbara Stauch Slusher ’86, P’16 Distinguished Alumni Award for Professional Achievement: Beth Masters McCormick ’81 Outstanding Young Alumni Awards: Afif Kulaylat ’07 and Shawn Werner ’06 The Walter E. Beach Distinguished Alumni Award for Service: Kellie Newton ’81

Virtual Alumni Week

Dickinsonians everywhere are eager for the day when they can gather safely together on campus in full force. Until then, forward-thinking alumni and staff discovered creative ways to learn and connect through the college’s 2021 Virtual Alumni Week. Held June 7-11, the event brought Dickinsonians across generations and across the miles together online to celebrate and learn with fellow alumni, spark new connections and reconnect with old friends and the college that brought them together.

Logging in from home, festive alumni got the party started with themed recipes, supplies and favors thanks to new Reunion in a Box offerings. All were encouraged to share the good times on social media, using the hashtag #dsonproud.

Dickinsonians took a virtual tour of campus, and of the college’s Archives & Special Collections, and an online scavenger hunt brought families in on the fun. Participants learned how to help young family members prepare for college interviews during personalized online sessions with Dickinson staff members and logged into inspirational and educational alumni-led webinars.

Sporty alumni, many locally based, gathered off campus for the traditional McAndrews Golf Tournament (photos on Page 31).

Alumni also cheered on their own during a livestreamed Alumni Awards Ceremony. —MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

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DISTINCTIVELY DICKINSON / alumni weekend

Class of 1971 Celebrates 50th Reunion Realizing the importance of the 50th reunion in many Dickinsonians’ lives—and the close-knit M.O. of the class of 1971, which celebrates that halfcentury milestone this year—Dickinson’s alumni office surveyed the class to gauge interest in an in-person reunion, should it be deemed safe by federal and state public-health authorities. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and the reunion committee got enthusiastically to work. So while their fellow Dickinsonians joined together online during Virtual Alumni Week, this small but mighty class gathered for a long weekend together in Carlisle.

“The 50th reunion is such a big deal, and the class of ’71 is a strong and connected class that could get vaccinated earlier than the general population,” says Liz Glynn Toth ’06, director of alumni relations. “Because of that—and because it’s a big campus, and they’re a relatively small group that didn’t want to wait to get together—we decided to do what we could to bring them back together, safely.”

The weekend included a welcome reception and class lunch, along with opportunities to learn together through a livestreamed environmentally themed documentary by Mark Lichty ’71, as well as through the college’s all-alumni livestreamed Virtual Alumni Week events. A class evening reception and dinner brought the tastes of fresh fare—including goods from the College Farm—to the table.

Alumni unable to attend in person were invited to Zoom into the Friday and Saturday receptions. In-person attendees stopped by two designated Zoom areas to connect.

New this year: A Lightning Conversation session, bringing small groups of alumni with like interests together for a series of fun, 10-minute, interestbased chats.

An extra-special event brought together more than 60 former lacrosse and football players, Alpha Chi Rho and Sigma Chi brothers and current members of the athletics department to celebrate the 90th birthday of coach and Associate Professor Emeritus Wilbur “Goby” Gobrecht ’52, P’84, P’87. (Read more on Page 36, and watch for a feature on Goby in an upcoming issue.)

Geoff Coe ’74

The weekend ended the good old-fashioned way—with a smaller yet equally relished champagne brunch. —MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson 33

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PAST & PRESENT

Dickinson Is Where You Are BERNADETTE MCFADDEN STOUT ’07

Alumni Council President

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Dan Loh

take the reins of the Alumni Council during a time of enormous change for our institution. Though the U.S. continues to emerge from the pandemic, significant challenges remain as higher education adapts to a post-pandemic normal. Meanwhile, we welcome a new, yet familiar, president to guide the college forward. Given this confluence of factors, I offer four reflections:

Strength of our alumni body. I have the privilege of being a member of two other alumni networks (Duke University and McKinsey & Company) that are thought of as among the world’s strongest. And yet, it is my Dickinson network to which I have the greatest affinity. I know the same is true for many of you. Upon stepping into the role of Alumni Council president in 2015, Michael Donnelly ’02 wrote: “No matter where one is in life, stumbling upon a fellow Dickinsonian provides a sense of comfort and, albeit brief, a moment of pride and camaraderie.” I couldn’t agree more. Let us use that pride and camaraderie to strengthen our reciprocal relationship with the college and one another.

A distinct, timely value proposition. For over 200 years, Dickinson has prepared students for lives of leadership and service.

Throughout the crises of the past 18 months (as in every crisis before that), Dickinsonians around the world exhibited this ethos of engaged citizenship. We have read in this magazine about Dickinsonians who serve on the front lines, and I expect we’ll continue to read about the extraordinary and the day-to-day service by Dickinsonians in the years ahead.

Supporting one another in career transitions. A recent survey found that nearly half of U.S.-based employees are reconsidering the kind of work they do because of the pandemic. We are likely on the cusp of one the greatest periods of career transition in generations. In June, Roe Falcone ’95, the new chair of the Alumni Council’s Career Committee, sent an email to every alum identifying ways we can support the class of 2021. Let us also challenge ourselves to help Dickinsonians, from all generations, through this time of transition. Many of us can join a virtual panel, post job openings, conduct virtual interviews or welcome fellow Dickinsonians who are new to your employer. All of us can offer advice and encouragement and join Alumnifire. (Visit dson.co/ac21 to learn more.)

Bring Dickinson to you. I intend to use this column to highlight a theme: Dickinson is where you are. I’ll share examples of how Dickinsonians stay engaged even when they are far removed—geographically or in years—from Carlisle. If the pandemic had any redeeming value, it is that it taught us new ways to connect. While many of us are eager to return to the limestone walls, for others, regular visits aren’t feasible. Let’s update our assumptions about how we build and nurture relationships with the college (and each other) by thinking about how technology and local engagement can help make us a better alumni body.

During my tenure as your Alumni Council president, I hope to meet and engage with as many of you as possible. But even more importantly, the Alumni Council will work to find new ways for all of us to reconnect with Dickinson so that Dickinson is where you are. In future columns, I’ll share how alumni are hosting events in their cities, leveraging technology to audit classes remotely and launching affinity groups. I encourage you to write to me at bernadette.m.stout+dickinson@gmail.com with your thoughts for how to bring Dickinson closer to you.

The Alumni Council is composed of alumni volunteers who span generations and geographies and serve as advocates of the college. Your Alumni Council members are here and willing to serve you to bring Dickinson to you. Learn more at dson.co/alumnicouncil21.

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Small-Business

Spotlight

Dickinson launched its Small-Business Directory in 2020 as a way to celebrate, share and support alumni-owned enterprises. Businesses are submitted by alumni and organized by category, ranging from home goods and health to sustainability and charitable services.

There are now more than 200 listings in the directory, and we’ll highlight a few of these businesses in each issue. Here are a few from the home goods, arts and crafts category, which has more than 40 businesses listed!

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40 Acre Wood (Heidi Stein Frazier ’84; Lexington, Texas): An independent bookstore that is home to hundreds of eclectic titles on a smattering of subjects.

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Barrick Design Candles (Rick Faulkner ’77; Lancaster, Pa.): Unique artisan candles for celebrations, holidays and everyday use.

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Blue Jar (Emie Hughes ’13; Wallingford, Pa.): A woman-owned & operated business creating handmade artworks, nature-inspired gifts and elegant designs; workshops available for all ages in sun printing (cyanotype) and dance.

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Izerfin LLC (Mathias Bedolfe ’15; Dana Point, Calif.): From water sports to gardening to construction work, the izerfin neoprene ring protector can help keep your treasured rings secure.

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Moonsands (Alexandra-Selene Jarvis ’10; Waterloo, Ontario, Canada): Handmade jewelry crafted by a hydrogeologist, with a focus on hypoallergenic, tarnishresistant materials, both natural and artificial: minerals, freshwater pearls, seashells, stainless steel, titanium and glass.

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Rose Valley Restorations (John Hutchinson ’92; West Chester, Pa.): Complete restoration and conservation studio for antiques, fine furniture, decorative arts and antique game tables.

View the full directory at dson.co/directory, and email alumni@dickinson.edu to submit your business for inclusion.

Thank you to the 263 Mermaid

Society members who have been giving to Dickinson for 50 or more years.

We are so proud to recognize you for your remarkable level of commitment to Dickinson, which makes us not just Dickinson strong but Dickinson strongest.

Celebrating 50 Years of Giving!

Karen Zwart Aarons ’65 Ted Adourian ’53, P’84 Rilva Adourian P’84 Char Stanley Alderfer ’61 Bob Andrus ’64 John Arndt ’65 Deb Lyle Atherholt ’70 Pam Ayre ’67 Phoebe Bacon P’84 Ken Barber ’61 Sally Howard Barnes ’65 Jim Bartoli ’61 Herb Bass ’60 Allen Beach ’55 Amy Muncaster Beiler ’60 Bill Benner ’66 Esther Featherer Berry ’61 Joan Clapp Biel ’48 John Bierly ’66, P’95 Judy Myers Bierly ’66, P’95 Ed Blanchard ’63 Helen Frendlich Bott ’44 David Brauner ’63 Liz Bloss Breisch ’58 Cody Brooks ’55 Carolyn Bryant ’66 Chris Crum Bush ’56 Kathy Strite Caldwell ’64 Chuck Calhoon ’64 Barbara Buechner Carroll ’63 Shirley Chace ’53 Carolyn Wherly Cleveland ’60 Mike Collins ’63 Ben Compaine ’67 Hilma Forsberg Cooper ’64, P’91, P’93 Bob Crawford ’60 Mary Coffman Crocker ’65 Suzy Tindall Crump ’67 Ann Conser Curley ’63 John Curley ’60 Rebecca Simmons Davies ’54 Bob Davis ’59 Don Davis ’60 Tom Davis ’62 Mike Della Vecchia ’68, P’10 Elizabeth Della Vecchia P’10 Chip Detwiler ’66 Judy Smith Detwiler ’66 Sally Lannholm Dillin ’67 Bob Dilts ’60 John Douglas ’63 Eileen Fair Durgin ’52 *deceased

Murray Eckell ’56 Jane Herr Engle ’55 Bob Eskin ’69 Dave Eskin ’63 Doug Everstine ’62 Tom Fanta ’67 Lorraine Howe Fenton ’67 Charley Ferrone ’57, P’85 Ginny Mussano Fisfis ’60 Helen Herr Ford ’56, P’82 Kenneth Foster P’07 Roberta Williams Francis ’64 Phyllis Hood Fredericks ’53 Bill Freeman ’60 Ann Seewald Frehn ’59 John Frehn ’58 Shu-Man Fu ’65 Nancy Tatnall Fuller ’45 Pat Miller Gable ’65 Felicia Gaskin ’65 Marge Lawn Gazzola ’61 Fred Geiger ’62 George Gill ’54, P’81, P’88 Joan Kline Gingrich ’51, P’77 Bob Gladfelter ’57 Dick Goldberg ’59 John Goodchild ’67, P’94 Jack Gould ’57, P’81, P’88 Lyn Costenbader Gradoville ’69 Louise Hauer Greenberg ’54 Ernie Griffith ’52 Allan Grim ’63 Jane Howland Grim ’64 John Griswold ’65 Gary Grosart ’67 Susan Stover Grosart ’67 Mina Jane Grothey ’67 Al Guckes ’61 Pat Foster Hajian ’59 Sandy Dixon Hanson ’68 Ronald Hanson ’68 Sue Kline Hart ’63 Donna Werner Hecker ’72 Linda Dalrymple Henderson ’69 Charles Herber ’52 Jan Monks Herrold ’68, P’03 John Herrold P’03 Tom Hetherington ’57 Gay Wells Hill ’62 Louise Howard Hill ’55, P’81 Ann Freas Hines ’60 Sally Anderson Hitchcock ’56 Leslie Davidson Hobbs ’64

Jim Hollinger ’58 Kay Miller Hollinger ’58 Bob Holston ’66, P’91, P’96 Pam Grafton Holston ’66, P’91, P’96 Lee Holz ’57, P’84 Ann Lemkau Houpt ’59, P’83 Bunny Zug Huebner ’64, P’91 Steve Huebner P’91 Richard Huether ’68 Chet Humphrey ’61 Jake Jacobson ’58 Sue Jacoby ’63 Nancy James ’61 Mary Jenkins ’70, P’07 Anne Jillson ’66 Linda Johnson ’61 Kim Larsen Johnson ’66 Bill Jones ’62 Janet Whiffen Jones ’73 Joan LeVan Jones ’59 Nancy Arndt Jones ’63 Ray Jones ’70 Betty Anne Keat ’61 Bill Keen ’57, P’89 Marion Lee Kidder ’63 Fred Kirchner ’63 Ann Hooff Kline ’59, P’87 Barbara James Kline ’57, P’81, P’86 Bob Kline ’58, P’87 John Kohlmeier ’56 Paul Kovnat ’57 Norm Kranzdorf ’52 Jon Kulp ’59, P’91 Carol Kulp P’91 Carol Durbin Lebo ’63 Nelson Lebo ’60 Dick Levie ’66, P’06 Sally Levie P’06 Mort Levitt ’58 Ed Lintern ’54 Chuck Lippy ’65 Donald Lockwood ’59 Allie Loew ’64 Paul Lotke ’59 Chip MacDonald ’67, P’95 Linda DiVincenzo MacDonald ’67, P’95 Suzie Van Culin Marion ’61 Jon Mark ’60 Bob Martin ’69 Kim MacKinnon Martin ’69 Don Masten ’53 Barb Mattas ’53

Charlie Mayer ’58 Lynda Bingaman Mayer ’61 Jack McClelland ’63 Jean Weller McClelland ’63 Mickey McDonnell ’68 Barb Duvall McGraw ’63 Paul McGuckian ’60* Bob McNutt ’61, P’93 Thomas Means ’65 Gwen Finkey Merolle ’58, P’89 Al Miller ’63, P’93 Pam Searles Miller ’65, P’93 Roger Miller ’60 Eugene Milosh ’55 Stephen Mintz ’67 Lynne Nesbitt Mitchell ’61 Judy Moneta ’63 Leo Motiuk ’66, P’14 Mary Motiuk P’14 Dot Nagle ’46 Lois Mecum Page ’61 Ron Page ’61 David Paley ’61 Cindy Marantz Pearson ’68 Larry Pearson ’67 Bob Pence ’60 Joan Cappello Phillips ’54 Theodore Phillips ’55 Tony Pileggi ’53 Niki Popow ’69, P’11 Jack Potts ’59, P’93 Kathleen Potts P’93 Woody Powers ’57 Anne Neide Pringle ’57, P’85 Ed Pringle P’85 Judy Morris Pusey ’63 Sylvia Rambo ’58 Creighton Reed ’59 Elton Richards ’54 Darryl Robbins ’67 Paul Robell ’66 Joyce Roberts ’57 Judy Elder Rogers ’66 Tony Rogers ’65 Jerry Rosenberg ’41* Phil Rosenfeld ’63 Dee Rothman Rosenthal ’69 Carol Jones Saunders ’62 Bill Schantzenbach ’63 Marcia Dornin Schoettle ’59 Charlie Seller ’55, P’83, P’86 Jane Myers Seller ’55, P’83, P’86 Karen Smith Sellers ’68

Phyl Fetterman Sexton ’56 Bill Sherman ’52 Hilma Mimm Slechta ’58 Klara Moser Smith ’62 Rene Vath Smythe ’48 Elizabeth Snowdon ’69 Ann Smith Snyder ’65, P’89, P’91 Jim Snyder ’62, P’89, P’91 George Spangenberg ’59 Stu Gadd Specht ’57, P’82, P’84 Charlie Spring ’60 Linda Goodridge Steckley ’63 Richard Steel ’63 John Stephens ’61 Dave Stevenson’61 Paul Strickler ’51 Rachel Smith Sweet ’52 Philip Sze ’68 Martha Miller Tappan ’55 Jane Taylor P’83 Janey Bidwell Thompson ’62 David Torrey ’64 Kip Tourtellot P’11 Conrad Trumbore ’52 Forrest Trumbore ’46, P’74* Victoria Trumbore P’74* Chuck Ulmer ’65 Bill Virgin ’48 Lynn Hammond Voss ’62 Jim Wade ’59 Chuck Wagner ’63, P’92 Emily Zilinsky Wagner ’63, P’92 Barb Greer Warden ’63 Dick Warden ’63 Melissa Haynes Warner ’61 Bill Waterman ’57 Bob Watson ’58 Edith Bean Welliver ’55 Carlie Kleinfelder Wetzel ’67 Walther Weylman ’50, P’93 Bob White ’60 Emily Robison White ’60 William White ’64 Bev Morey Williams ’65 Judy Richmond Williamson ’61, P’91 Bob Wilson ’60 Don Wilson ’62 Chuck Wisor ’60 Jo Macauley Wisor ’61 Carol Dorsey Wisotzki ’59, P’88 Anne Boyer Woodward ’58 John Yoder ’55 Chuck Zwally ’60

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Thinking differently is OK—part of the journey is understanding why someone thinks the way they do.

K E V I N MC A L L I S T E R ’ 9 8 ,

founder of Access Holdings. Learn more about how his Dickinson experience influenced his career, and his life, at dson.co/mcallister98.

[Margee’s] a visionary. She’s someone who gave Dickinson exactly what it needed when she came on board four years ago. And what’s wonderful about taking office is I’m building on the success of a prior president.

Interim President J OH N E . J ON E S ’ 7 7, P ’ 1 1 in the May edition of The Good podcast. Read more about the presidential transition on Pages 14–15.

We’re hoping our scholarship can help lessen the financial burden for some students and make it possible for them to enjoy a Dickinson education in the same way I did as a result of the generosity of people who came before me.

H A R V E Y F R E E DE N B E R G ’ 7 3 ,

who, along with wife Linda, established a scholarship fund in 2020. Read more donor stories throughout class notes and in the Report on

Giving on Pages 17–23.

It's not enough just to know the issues.

It's about what you do to address them.

(international business & management), Dickinson’s new Young Alumni Trustee, who shared some of the experiences that inform her social justice work, including her time in Rwanda, during her speech at one of the Graduate Recognition Ceremonies.

J O A N N E A DE B AYO ’ 2 1

It means so much to me to continue my goal of cultivating an arts-centered and equitable approach to language learning within a culture that has deepened my own understanding of the world.

JA C QU E L I N E A M E Z C UA ’ 19 , who earned a Fulbright grant to serve as an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Brazil.

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