On Tuesday, March 9th, Mark Shriver and Glenn Blumhorst met with Dartmouth students and community members to focus on the legacy of the Peace Corps on its 60th anniversary—and discuss what lies ahead for the organization at a time of domestic and international upheaval.
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My time with the Rockefeller Global Leadership Program opened my eyes to many aspects about myself and the world that I did not know. I talked to people with different experiences from mine and heard stories about people whose lives seemed unimaginable to me. However, my biggest takeaways were the tools I have acquired for navigating differences in culture, language, country, race, or anything that may make dialogue uncomfortable or more difficult.
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This quarter flew by, and it’s crazy to think that March 4 was our final Rockefeller Leadership Fellows session of the winter term. As the final RLF presenter of the quarter, Janae Harris discussed community and intentional leadership in a presentation titled “We’re All in This Together.” The presentation’s name is a timely one given the past year in which Americans have been politically polarized and physically separate. People lack access to the community spaces we once took for granted as a source of interpersonal bonding and local involvement.
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After a fascinating slate of speakers during the winter, RLF ended on a (characteristically) fantastic note with its final session of the term. Dartmouth Class of 1999 alumna Allison Bawden was the speaker for the session, and she focused on skills to help build credibility as a member of an organization and as a leader. As a Director in the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and past professional experience in auditing, evaluations, and testifying to Congress, Bawden has learned first-hand the importance of impenetrable credibility.
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On January 19, 2021, Dr. Clayborne Carson, the Martin Luther King Jr. Centennial Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University, spoke at special edition of Rocky Watch as part of Dartmouth’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration.
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