Nancy Schoeffler

1 month ago | dartmouthalumnimagazine.com | Nancy Schoeffler

Chavira Ochoa is passionate about crickets—to eat. “It’s a no-brainer: Cricket protein is a superfood,” she says. “The only problem we face is the stigma behind consuming bugs. It’s time for us to change our habits and diets and move toward a more sustainable and nutrient-rich path.”During her senior year, Chavira Ochoa and fellow students developed a test product—cricket-based bouillon cubes, which she says add a nutty umami flavor to broth served on ramen.

2 months ago | dartmouthalumnimagazine.com | Nancy Schoeffler

When Skate Club members meet on Thursdays, they grab air and stick landings—with varying degrees of ease and expertise. The action takes place at their new skate park, a set of ramps, pipes, and rails on the roof deck of Maxwell Hall. Last year, founders Malik Terrab ’25 and Asher Lord ’25 nailed $5,000 in funding from the Dartmouth Outing Club to equip the park. The money also helps with helmets and boards, although many skaters have their own. The deck isn’t large, but “it skates,” Terrab says.

2 months ago | dartmouthalumnimagazine.com | Nancy Schoeffler

“The script just poured out of me,” says Mehrel of Honeyjoon, the feature film she wrote and is directing on Sao Miguel  Island in the Azores. The semiautobiographical comedy tells the story of an old-fashioned Kurdish-Persian woman who, after the death of her husband, travels to Portugal’s coast with their vivacious daughter—and how they each deal with grief. Mehrel’s pitch won the 2024 AT&T Presents: Untold Stories award, which helps emerging and underrepresented filmmakers.

Mar 19, 2024 | dartmouthalumnimagazine.com | Nancy Schoeffler

In need of repairs? Fromer likely knows someone who can help—for free. Since 2022 she has coordinated a growing network of repair cafés in more than 50 communities that stretch across New York state. Her volunteers—many of them retired electrical engineers, others inveterate tinkerers—repair just about anything, from chair legs to zippers to computers to antique radios. The most requested repair? “It’s consistently lamps,” says Fromer.

Mar 6, 2023 | dartmouthalumnimagazine.com | Nancy Schoeffler