Dartmouth College facts for kids

Dartmouth College
	Dartmouth College Shield
Motto	Vox clamantis in deserto
Motto in English	The voice of one crying in the wilderness
Type	Private
Established	December 13, 1769
Endowment	US $3.44 billion
President	James Edward Wright
Academic staff	647
Undergraduates	4,147
Postgraduates	1,701
Location	Hanover , New Hampshire , United States ; 43°42′12″N 72°17′18″W / 43.70333°N 72.28833°WCoordinates: 43°42′12″N 72°17′18″W / 43.70333°N 72.28833°W
Campus	Rural town, 269 acres (1.1 km²)
Colors	Dartmouth green and white
Athletics	NCAA Division I, Ivy League; 34 varsity teams
Nickname	Big Green
Affiliations	University of the Arctic
Mascot	Indian, Keggy the Keg, and Dartmouth Moose (all unofficial)
Website	www.dartmouth.edu

Dartmouth College (pronounced /ˈdɑrtməθ/) is a private, coeducational university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College," it is a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. In addition to its undergraduate liberal arts program, Dartmouth has medical, engineering, and business schools, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences. With a total enrollment of 5,848, Dartmouth is the smallest school in the Ivy League.

The college was established in 1769 by Congregational minister Eleazar Wheelock who wanted to use the college to Christianize the Native Americans. In 2004, Booz Allen Hamilton selected Dartmouth College as a model of institutional endurance "whose record of endurance has had implications and benefits for all American organizations, both academic and commercial," citing Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward and Dartmouth's successful self-reinvention in the late 1800s. Dartmouth alumni, from Daniel Webster to the many donors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have been famously involved in their college.

Dartmouth is on a rural 269-acre (1.1 km²) campus in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire. Given the College's isolated location, participation in athletics and the school's Greek system is high. Dartmouth's 34 varsity sports teams compete in the Ivy League conference of the NCAA Division I. Students are also well known for preserving a variety of strong campus traditions.

In 2010 Dartmouth College joined the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU) together with University of Tübingen (Germany), Durham University (UK), Queen’s University (Canada), University of Otago (New Zealand), University of Western Australia (Australia) and Uppsala University (Sweden).

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Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth College founder
The Charter of Dartmouth College on display in Baker Memorial Library. The charter was signed on December 13, 1769, on behalf of King George III of Great Britain.
The earliest known image of Dartmouth appeared in the February 1793 issue of Massachusetts Magazine. The engraving may also be the first visual proof of cricket being played in the United States.
University seal at the Collis Center
Baker Memorial Library
A view of East Campus from Baker Tower
Tuck School of Business
McNutt Hall, home to the Dartmouth Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Tower Room in Baker Memorial Library
Dartmouth Hall, by Gridley J.F. Bryant was reconstructed in 1906.
Drawing of Wilson Hall, Dartmouth's first library building, by the architect Samuel J. F. Thayer (1842–1893) which appeared in American Architect and Building News in March 1885
American Elm on Dartmouth College campus, June 2011
The Hopkins Center
Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center
Memorial Field
Robinson Hall houses many of the College's student-run organizations, including the Dartmouth Outing Club. The building is a designated stop along the Appalachian Trail.
Dartmouth Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity house
A Dartmouth varsity hockey game against Princeton at Thompson Arena
The 40th Dartmouth Powwow
Snow sculpture at the 2004 Dartmouth Winter Carnival
Seal of Dartmouth College
Lord Hall, Allen House
Morton Hall, East Wheelock House
Woodward Hall, North Park House
Mid Massachusetts Hall, School House
Topliff Hall, South House
Russel Sage Hall, West House
Cutter-Shabazz House for Intellectual Inquiry
Robert Frost, poet
Dr. Seuss, writer and illustrator
Henry Paulson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs and United States Secretary of the Treasury
Timothy Geithner, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
Salmon Chase, former Chief Justice of the U.S.
Daniel Webster, former Secretary of State
Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President of the United States
Kirsten Gillibrand, American politician
Robert Reich, political commentator, professor, and author
Sarah Wayne Callies, actress
Mindy Kaling, actress and comedian
Connie Britton, actress, singer and producer
Shonda Rhimes, television producer and writer
Brad Ausmus, baseball player
Jake Tapper, journalist, author, and commentator