Tuck Pathfinders will expose you to a broad range of career options and help you chart a path consistent with your strengths and interests. With an emphasis on “big picture” thinking and planning, you can expect to:
Pathfinders will also introduce you to the many resources available at the Dartmouth Center for Professional Development (CPD), from career coaching to free headshots.
Module 1: PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
The focus of this module is about selling yourself based on your unique strengths in order to secure internships and thrive in the workplace.
Module 2: LIFE SKILLS
The focus of this module is to better understand personal finance and how to communicate clearly.
Module 3: BIG PICTURE
The focus of this module is to assess personal strengths and articulate life goals.
Feb 9 | 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Feb 16 | 1:00–6:45 p.m.
Feb 23 | 1:00–5:45 p.m.
Mar 1 | 1:00–6:15 p.m.
The February 9 session will take place on Zoom. All other sessions will take place in-person at the Tuck School of Business.
Dec 4 | 2:15 p.m. | Register
Jan 8 | 12:30 p.m. | Register
The December 4 session will take place on Zoom.
The January 8 session will take place in-person in the CPD Office, 001 Lower McNutt Hall. Pizza and salad will be served. GF and vegan options available.
Application Deadline:
January 10, 2025
The Tuck Pathfinders program is generously supported by Dartmouth College and is free to participants. We will accept up to 75 first-year Dartmouth undergraduates, on a rolling, first-come, first-considered basis.
Dartmouth College: Senior Lecturer of Economics
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration
Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Aram Donigian served in the U.S. Army for 21 years as an infantry and public-affairs officer, deploying three times to Afghanistan. Donigian cofounded the West Point Negotiation Project and is the coauthor of several articles on negotiation within the military context. Donigian currently teaches the Negotiations course at Tuck and works closely with the Tuck Business Bridge Program.
Tuck School of Business: Senior Associate Dean for Innovation and Growth; Bakala Professor of Business Administration
Joseph Gerakos studies markets for financial services and is currently conducting research on competition in the audit market and the performance of the asset management industry. He teaches Managerial Accounting.
Thayer School of Engineering: Associate Professor of Engineering
Eugene Korsunskiy is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College, where he teaches courses on human-centered design. Prior to arriving at Dartmouth, he taught at Stanford University's d.school, where he helped to develop the "Designing Your Life" curriculum. Eugene is Co-Director of the Design Initiative at Dartmouth (DIAD), and the Executive Director of the Future of Design in Higher Education (FDHE), a global community of educators dedicated to creating and sharing best practices in design pedagogy. Eugene was the 2020 recipient of the Woodhouse Excellence in Teaching Award at Dartmouth, and the 2018 recipient of Dartmouth's Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. He has also received a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, and has been a speaker at several TEDx events and the Aspen Ideas Festival. Eugene has an MFA in Design from Stanford University and a BA in Art & Art History from Williams College.
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Health Care
Dr. Lindsey Leininger specializes in data-driven health policy, with a focus on the health care safety net and community health. She has a longstanding interest in publicly funded health insurance programs, with related research spanning quality measurement, risk segmentation, and program evaluation. Her community health work focuses on health education and promotion initiatives. Highlights include leading an award-winning crisis communication campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic; designing and delivering a nationally recognized curriculum for public benefits navigators; and leading the data and research efforts for a home-visiting program for high-risk pregnant women in Wisconsin. At Tuck she teaches courses on data-driven decision-making in the health sector. She also serves as Faculty Director for the Center for Health Care. Prior to Tuck, Lindsey spent a decade designing and leading research and technical assistance projects for Medicaid agencies, both as an academic and as a think-tank researcher. She holds a PhD in health policy from the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy.
Dartmouth College: Senior Lecturer of Economics
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Business, Government, & Society
Faculty Director, Tuck Pathfinders
Charlie Wheelan D’88 is the faculty director for Tuck’s Center for Business, Government & Society. Prior to joining the Tuck faculty, he was a senior lecturer and policy fellow at Dartmouth’s Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He teaches courses related to business and public policy. The winner of the 2020 Dean of the Faculty Teaching Award, he was also selected by the Dartmouth classes of 2011 and 2020 to be their Class Day speaker and has been recognized in the Aegis as one of Dartmouth’s ten best professors by six other graduating classes.
Prior to coming to Dartmouth, Wheelan taught at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, where he also earned his Ph.D. Wheelan’s most recent book is Write for Your Life: A Guide to Clear and Purposeful Writing and Presentations, which was published in 2022. Wheelan is the author of the “naked books”: Naked Money, Naked Statistics, and Naked Economics. In 2023, Naked Economics was named by Princeton finance professor Burton Malkiel in the Wall Street Journal as the best business book of all time. Wheelan is also the author of The Centrist Manifesto and the founder and chair of Unite America, a movement of Democrats, Republicans, and independents working to foster a more representative and functional government.
Chief Executive Officer, Shondaland
Shonda Rhimes is an award-winning television creator, producer, author and CEO of the global media company, Shondaland.
In 2016, Rhimes formed The Rhimes Foundation whose mission is to support arts, education, and activism. Ms. Rhimes serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations – including the American Film Institute, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Dartmouth College, Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Kennedy Center. In addition, Rhimes is on special committees for the USC Film Council and the Obama Foundation.
As CEO of Shondaland, Ms. Rhimes has ensured the company champions voices from historically underrepresented communities both in front of and behind the camera. The company has launched the Producers Inclusion Initiative, a training program for Indie Producers, Unit Production Managers, Supervisors, and 1st Assistant Directors as Line Producers within the studio system as well as the Ladder Program which provides opportunities for onset sexperience and training in production and technical roles across multiple departments, including Production, Locations, Assistant Directors, SFX, Costume, Hair/Makeup Camera, Electric, Art Department Stunts, Sound, Finance, and more.
For her philanthropic work she has been recognized by such national organizations as the Human Rights Council, GLAAD and Planned Parenthood. She has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her service to US / UK relations and has been inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Photo courtesy of Shonda Rhimes and Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Senior Lecturer of Economics
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration
Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Aram Donigian served in the U.S. Army for 21 years as an infantry and public-affairs officer, deploying three times to Afghanistan. Donigian cofounded the West Point Negotiation Project and is the coauthor of several articles on negotiation within the military context. Donigian currently teaches the Negotiations course at Tuck and works closely with the Tuck Business Bridge Program.
Tuck School of Business: Senior Associate Dean for Innovation and Growth; Bakala Professor of Business Administration
Joseph Gerakos studies markets for financial services and is currently conducting research on competition in the audit market and the performance of the asset management industry. He teaches Managerial Accounting.
Thayer School of Engineering: Associate Professor of Engineering
Eugene Korsunskiy is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College, where he teaches courses on human-centered design. Prior to arriving at Dartmouth, he taught at Stanford University's d.school, where he helped to develop the "Designing Your Life" curriculum. Eugene is Co-Director of the Design Initiative at Dartmouth (DIAD), and the Executive Director of the Future of Design in Higher Education (FDHE), a global community of educators dedicated to creating and sharing best practices in design pedagogy. Eugene was the 2020 recipient of the Woodhouse Excellence in Teaching Award at Dartmouth, and the 2018 recipient of Dartmouth's Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. He has also received a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award, and has been a speaker at several TEDx events and the Aspen Ideas Festival. Eugene has an MFA in Design from Stanford University and a BA in Art & Art History from Williams College.
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Health Care
Dr. Lindsey Leininger specializes in data-driven health policy, with a focus on the health care safety net and community health. She has a longstanding interest in publicly funded health insurance programs, with related research spanning quality measurement, risk segmentation, and program evaluation. Her community health work focuses on health education and promotion initiatives. Highlights include leading an award-winning crisis communication campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic; designing and delivering a nationally recognized curriculum for public benefits navigators; and leading the data and research efforts for a home-visiting program for high-risk pregnant women in Wisconsin. At Tuck she teaches courses on data-driven decision-making in the health sector. She also serves as Faculty Director for the Center for Health Care. Prior to Tuck, Lindsey spent a decade designing and leading research and technical assistance projects for Medicaid agencies, both as an academic and as a think-tank researcher. She holds a PhD in health policy from the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy.
Dartmouth College: Senior Lecturer of Economics
Tuck School of Business: Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Faculty Director, Center for Business, Government, & Society
Faculty Director, Tuck Pathfinders
Charlie Wheelan D’88 is the faculty director for Tuck’s Center for Business, Government & Society. Prior to joining the Tuck faculty, he was a senior lecturer and policy fellow at Dartmouth’s Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He teaches courses related to business and public policy. The winner of the 2020 Dean of the Faculty Teaching Award, he was also selected by the Dartmouth classes of 2011 and 2020 to be their Class Day speaker and has been recognized in the Aegis as one of Dartmouth’s ten best professors by six other graduating classes.
Prior to coming to Dartmouth, Wheelan taught at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, where he also earned his Ph.D. Wheelan’s most recent book is Write for Your Life: A Guide to Clear and Purposeful Writing and Presentations, which was published in 2022. Wheelan is the author of the “naked books”: Naked Money, Naked Statistics, and Naked Economics. In 2023, Naked Economics was named by Princeton finance professor Burton Malkiel in the Wall Street Journal as the best business book of all time. Wheelan is also the author of The Centrist Manifesto and the founder and chair of Unite America, a movement of Democrats, Republicans, and independents working to foster a more representative and functional government.
