Dartmouth announces $20 million gift for diversity in STEM fields
Dartmouth College trustee Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe and her husband John Donahoe, the CEO of Nike and a former Dartmouth trustee, have given 20 million to the college to draw more underrepresented groups to STEM fields. (Courtesy photograph)
Published: 5/17/2021 5:06:02 PM
HANOVER Dartmouth College on Sunday said an alumni couple has given the college $20 million to boost efforts to draw more underrepresented groups to the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to encourage more such faculty members early in their careers.
The gift from a Dartmouth trustee who has been active in human rights and her husband, one of the highest-paid CEOs in the country is jump-starting a $60 million initiative to “to support diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM at Dartmouth through faculty diversity, student support, and community building efforts,” Dartmouth said in a news release Sunday eve
Town Meeting preview: West Fairlee adapts process to pandemic
Published: 2/12/2021 9:56:55 PM
Modified: 2/12/2021 10:06:03 PM
Hot topic: West Fairlee, like other towns in Vermont this year, is forgoing its usual hybrid between floor meeting and ballot voting. Instead, there will be an informational meeting by Zoom, and all articles will be voted on by Australian ballot.
Budget: The Selectboard has presented a budget seeking about $2,300 less than last year, and appropriation requests are the same except for contractual increase of $1,300 for Upper Valley Ambulance, according to Selectboard Chair Delsie Hoyt. The warning asks voters to approve $768,374 in operating expenses and appropriations, which would require raising $643,754 in taxes.
Two skaters rescued after falling through ice in Canaan
Modified: 1/1/2021 2:08:49 PM
CANAAN Two ice skaters who fell through thin ice Wednesday morning on Canaan Street Lake were rescued after more than 25 minutes in the frigid water, according to the Canaan fire chief.
The two women, both Canaan residents, were more than 150 yards off-shore and were fortunate that Canaan police officer Matthew Bunten had just arrived at the lake to check the lock on the Canaan Street beach house and also make sure no one was venturing onto unstable ice, Fire Chief Bill Bellion said.
“These people were incredibly lucky,” Bellion said. “He saw two people probably 150 to 200 yards offshore. He looked away, looked back, and they were gone, and he knew that they were in the water.”