November marks the end of foliage season here in the Upper Valley and we are now preparing for the winter season, when sparkling snow blankets the entire Dartmouth campus just in time for the holidays. Our idyllic town of Hanover always looks a little more like a Hallmark movie during these months. This season always adds to the excitement in the Admissions and Financial Aid Office, where we are gearing up for Round 1 decision release in a few weeks and are eager to welcome the first members of the 2023 class.
Tuck Admissions closed out October with back-to-back conference weekends, starting with the Tuck Women in Business Conference (WIBC) where prospective students, alumni, and students came together to celebrate this year's theme—Charting Uncharted Territories. The whole weekend was a celebration of women forging their own paths forward while also being a wonderful opportunity for prospective students to see how the Tuck MBA develops wise, decisive leaders who have the tools and confidence to embrace uncertainty and lead in unprecedented situations.
The next weekend, at the Tuck Diversity Conference (DivCo), prospective students from all over the world engaged in a weekend of community-building, networking, mentorship, and programming focused around the theme of “Empowering Every Voice.” This year’s theme served as a timely reminder that everyone should be empowered to share their voice, and that Tuck is a place where diversity, inclusion, and equity are celebrated and voices are heard. The first day of DivCo 2020 featured a screening and Q&A with the directors of THE HATE U GIVE—a powerful event focused on racial justice and the role of art and literature in the fight towards achieving it. Although the event has passed, you can watch a recording of the Q&A here.
Both DivCo and WIBC are opportunities to bring the community and prospective students together around a shared mission of creating a culture of belonging and providing unparalleled support to one another. In this same thinking, the Tuck MBA Program Office (MBAPO) launched Community Conversations, Tuck leadership-hosted weekly meetings where the community is encouraged to share information and together surface ideas to enrich the Tuck experience.
"I am so thankful to have been a part of an amazing group of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to addressing issues of diversity and inclusion," says DivCo co-chair Kristin Ng T'21.
With most of us at home with the inability to travel due to COVID-19, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth launched a virtual trip 'round the girdled Earth, a series of interactive, online events to help Dartmouth community members experience cultures all around the world. These events range from presentations and discussions on current affairs to social and cultural opportunities, such as global cafe “meet ups” with Dartmouth alumni and alumni chapter groups, and interactive food and cultural events. Although the program is focused on exploring cultures different to our own, it also touches on a cornerstone of the Dartmouth and Tuck experience—to learn, have fun, and connect with each other, no matter where in the world we may be. Tuck first- and second-years took some time to do just that this fall. During the International Club's culture sharing showcase, more than a dozen T’22s shared favorite food, music, and traditions unique to their background.
The pandemic has created unique opportunities for timely virtual programming with alumni leaders on leadership, strategy, and innovation during a crisis. Tuck’s Center for Business, Government and Society, in partnership with Tuck's Food & Agriculture Club, led a virtual program with King Arthur Flour Co-CEOs Karen Colberg T'91 and Ralph Carlton T'78 on what it takes to lead during a crisis. Titled “Stakeholders, Strategy, Purpose and a Crisis: King Arthur Flour and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” the discussion focused on how “conscious capitalism” informs or constrains the response to an unprecedented crisis.
Although the global pandemic has created a unique set of challenges for all of us, it has also created a catalyst for creativity and change—all of which were highlighted at the Tuck Marketing Symposium earlier this month. Our alumni speakers, all marketing leaders at their respective companies, took the time to talk to current students, staff, and prospective students about the recent push to embrace technology in all aspects of business and what changes are here to stay.
At Tuck, our mission is to develop wise, decisive leaders who better the world through business. Our endlessly supportive, extraordinary (and in some cases local!) alumni are a wonderful way for us to showcase our mission in action.
See a few highlights from our recent conferences and events
Shared by Lesley Nesbitt
Associate Director of Admissions, Yield
“The unrelenting and unequivocal spirit of giving back and “paying it forward” within the veteran community at Tuck. The way that the servant leader mentality plays such an important role at Tuck writ large, and the way that the entire Tuck community values the unique experience of our veteran servant leaders.The honesty and vulnerability of our current students who have served and continue to serve in the military. They take a huge leap of faith coming to Tuck and take experiential learning to a whole new level, every single day."
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