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Dickinson Magazine Summer 2012


Features

Mission: Home

For veterans Nathan Toews ’12 and Cameron Kerr ’09, coming home brings new battles.
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A Minute With the Marshal

Biology professor Chuck Zwemer riffs on Commencement.
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A Peaceable Pact

From student internships to faculty research, Dickinson and the U.S. Army War College learn that sharing is a good thing.
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Drafted to Tutor

Through a new partnership between Dickinson and the U.S. Army War College, student tutors in the Multilingual Writing Center are assisting senior foreign military officers with coursework writing assignments.
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'First with the Truth'

CIA Director David Petraeus discusses his career and what it's like to be out of uniform.
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Potato-Chip Factory Goings-on Remain a Mystery

A Cold War paper trail reveals tantalizing details about a mysterious campus landmark.
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Taking the Long View

Generations of Dickinsonians find promise in the Peace Corps.
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Legendary Ledgers

Historic records illuminate early accounting practices.
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Web Exclusives

Mission: Home Slideshow

View additional photos from the "next battles" veterans Cameron Kerr '09 and Nathan Toews '12 faced after coming home from war.
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Dickinson Magazine Web Exclusive

Listen to audio excerpts from an exclusive interview with CIA Director David Petraeus.
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Photo Feature: War College Protest

View photos from the 1970 march on the Army War College.
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The Would-be Strategist and the Tutor

A War College International Fellow meets his first tutor at Dickinson’s Writing Center.
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Sustainable, Functional and Emblematic

Three student leaders and nearly two dozen volunteers teamed up to create unique class mementos.
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Video: Behind-the-Scenes of the College Marshal Photo Shoot

See what happened at the photo shoot with Chuck Zwemer, associate professor of biology and the college marshal.
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Video: A Time-lapse Look at Commencement Day Unfolding

A stationary camera captured the events of May 20, 2012, every three minutes from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Departments

From These Grounds

The notions of war and peace normally stand diametrically opposed, giving rise to strong ideological difference—but not at Dickinson.
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Recruitment News

The class of 2016’s remarkable profile is evidence of Dickinson’s continued momentum, even though we haven’t concluded our work quite yet.
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Glimpses of Our Past

College Archivist Jim Gerencser '93 explores the 1970 student protest during which 1,200 students participated in a peaceful march on the U.S. Army War College.
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Facilities Expansion Gets the Green Light

Dickinson launched the most substantial campus-enhancement effort in its history when the Board of Trustees approved five construction projects on April 21.
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New Prize Promotes Preservation

William McKibben accepts The Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism.
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Israeli Ambassador Highlights Alliances

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren cites the United States’ historical commitment to a Jewish homeland during his campus lecture.
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Legal Eagles

Mary Kate Skehan '12 details what she gained from her Mock Trial experience at Dickinson.
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Sports

From women’s tennis to men’s lacrosse, the Red Devils closed out the spring season with numerous records, Centennial Conference (CC) honors and national championship bids.
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Advancement News

Dean '62 and Zoe Pappas establish $1 million scholarship fund.
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Conflict Resolution at Dickinson Beyond the Classroom

Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and First-Year Class Dean Shalom D. Staub discusses the power of conflict resolution.
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Continuing Discoveries

Dickinson's new dean of career services, Philip Jones, clearly relishes his role in helping students find their dream careers.
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