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231st Alumni Council Meeting Agenda

November 13-15, 2025
Hanover, NH

Thursday, November 13

10 a.m.–1 p.m. Nominating and Alumni Trustee Search Committee Meeting and Lunch
Winship, 2nd Floor Blunt Alumni Center

1:30–2:30 p.m. Alumni Liaison Committee Meeting
Winship, 2nd Floor Blunt Alumni Center

2:45–3:45 p.m. New Councilor Meet and Greet
Open to incoming councilors, members of the Orientation Committee, and members of the Executive Committee.
Hayward Room, Hanover Inn

3–6 p.m. Registration
Hanover Inn

3–6 p.m. Professional Headshots Available
Hanover Inn

4–5:30 p.m. Alumni Council Opening Session: Tour the newly renovated Hopkins Center for the Arts
Top of the Hop

5:30–6 p.m. Break, Grab Box Dinners, Transition to Committee Meetings

6–8 p.m. Committee Meetings

  • Lifelong Learning: Birch, Hanover Inn
  • Alumni Service: Ford-Sayer, Hanover Inn
  • New Alumni Engagement: Brewster, Hanover Inn
  • Enrollment and Admissions: Hayward, Hanover Inn
  • Professional Development: Tuck Ankeny Classroom, Auditorium Level of Murdough Hall
  • Honorary Degrees: Drake, Hanover Inn (closed to current committee members only)
  • Alumni Awards: McFate, Hanover Inn (closed to current committee members only)

Friday, November 14

Hanover Inn unless otherwise indicated

7:45–8:15 a.m. Morning Mindfulness
Start the day with present awareness. Join us for a 30-minute gentle, embodied meditation practice to center, ground, and connect in community - a simple way to arrive before a day of dialogue and collaboration. All are welcome, no experience needed. Just bring yourself and an open mind.
Top of the Hop

8:30–9:15 a.m. Registration

8:30–9:15 a.m. Buffet Breakfast

9:15–10:15 a.m. Session 2: Kristi Clemens, Executive Director of Dartmouth 
Dialogues

10:15–10:30 a.m. Networking Break

10:30–11:15 a.m. Session 3: Joe Catrino, Executive Director of the Dartmouth 
Center for Career Design

11:15–11:45 a.m. Committee readouts

11:45 a.m.–12 p.m. Break

12–1:30 p.m. Lunch and Rassias Awards Presentation

1:30–2 p.m. Break

2–3:15 p.m. Session 4: A Conversation with President Sian Leah 
Beilock

3:15–3:45 p.m. Session 5: A brief introduction of the alumni-nominated 
Trustee candidates
Open to current councilors only

4–5 p.m. Reception with the Office of Pluralism and Leadership (OPAL) and the Native American Program (NAP)
Alumni Council members are invite to join OPAL, NAP, and Dartmouth students for a social and networking meet-up! Mingle and catch up with fellow members of affiliated alumni organizations, students from OPAL advising areas and Dartmouth’s graduate schools. Register now.
Collis Common Ground

5–6 p.m. Alumni Awards Reception
Hanover Inn

6–8:30 p.m. Alumni Awards Celebration and Dinner
Hanover Inn

Saturday, November 15

Oopik Auditorium, Class of 1978 Life Sciences Building

8:15–9 a.m. Breakfast

9–10 a.m. Trustee Forum

10:05–10:30 a.m. ALC Update

10:30–10:45 a.m. Break
The Trustee Candidate Presentation is open to current Alumni Council members only. All others must exit the room during this break.

10:45–11:45 a.m. Alumni-nominated Trustee Candidate Presentations
OPEN TO CURRENT ALUMNI COUNCILOR MEMBERS ONLY.

11:45 a.m.–12 p.m. Break

12–12:30 p.m. Alumni Council Open Forum / Q&A and Adjournment

1 p.m. Home Football Game vs Cornell