Thursday, July 21, 2022

New Dartmouth President

Find the announcement of Sian Leah Beilock, currently the president of Barnard College HERE.

In the following video she says she "loves Dartmouth's focus on athletics" at the 3:08 (or so) mark:

Find a Dartmouth "About" the President-elect page HERE. From that page:

Sian Leah Beilock is the president-elect of Dartmouth. She is the first woman to be elected president of Dartmouth by the Board of Trustees and will begin her tenure in the 2023-24 academic year.

Beilock currently serves as the eighth president of Barnard College at Columbia University. One of the most selective academic institutions in the world, Barnard is devoted to empowering exceptional women to change the world and the way we think about it.

Of interest on that page:

Beilock is one of the world's leading experts on the brain science behind "choking under pressure" in business, education, and sports.

And . . .

She works closely with individuals, Fortune 500 companies, sports teams, and government organizations to help them build high-performance teams and use research-driven strategies to create environments that attract, retain, and get the best out of their talent.  

Wikipedia page