For the second year in a row the club ran Hood to Coast! We had several repeat team members and several runners new to hood to coast.

We held our send-off event for new students; this year, we welcome 11 new students from Oregon and SW Washington.

This year’s Big Green Affair - happy hour for young alumni - was held at the Emerald Line in NW Portland; thanks Corinne Robitaille ‘23 for hosting!

This July we held our annual Portland Spirit Cruise; club members and their families took a leisurely two-hour cruise along the Willamette River. About two dozen alumni and family were in attendance.

Great day for a walking and food tour of downtown Portland. Thanks to David of #sidedishmafia for the informative and filling afternoon!

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Thursday, March 21st we had a happy hour at the Pacific Standard, in the Kex hotel.

In attendance were Kristen Colwell '13 Th'14, Peter (guest/partner of Ariel), Ariel Low '14, Carolyn '90, Hana '20, Shannon TDI '21, Melaura '92, Peter Wilcox '70, and John Jennings '77.

Our Eugene happy hour (3/8, at Coldfire Brewery) was a success! There were 6 attendees including children.

The 2023 annual DCO holiday party! We had around four dozen attendees, including current students, undergrad alumni, and alumni of Geisel, Tuck, and Thayer. It was great seeing alumni come out who hadn’t been active in college events for a while!

The club hosted a tour of the Japanese Gardens - a drippy day but a good group :) Thanks Bert Sperling '00 for organizing!

The club has had a terrific year with lots of well-attended and varied events. Thanks to everyone who has helped us grow by showing up for events such as the Holiday Party, Happy Hours at area breweries, volunteering at the ReStore, … . We love having opportunities for our alumni to meet up and enjoy each other’s company.

This Saturday we enjoyed a Big Green v Crimson football game! We were able to reserve and watch this in a separate room at the Lucky Lab in SE Hawthorne.

Thanks to Rebecca Mehr ‘00 for organizing!

Amazing hike albeit very small crew! Dave Hawley ‘74, Brad Grenham ‘88, and Steve Hochman '88.

Dartmouth Young Alumni across the world hosted the Big Green Affair, an annual gathering to welcome new and recent graduates to their new cities. For Portland we chose Company, a beautiful wine bar in a converted body shop garage that perfectly speaks to Portland’s weirdness and beauty.

Club members gathered together in September for a wine tasting at the local Amaterra Winery in NW Portland.

The Club presented copies of The Bobcat by Katherine Forbes Riley ’96 to six highly exceptional high school juniors. Congratulations to the 2023 Book Award winners!

The DCO came out and cheered for the Portland Timbers during their 2-0 win over the LAFC (Los Angeles Football Club) team.

On August 25th and 26th the club fielded a team for the Hood to Coast run. It’s a 196 mile relay race from Mt. Hood to Seaside, run with 12 people on a team. The event has sold out - on opening day - for the last 24 years!

We held our annual Portland Spirit Cruise July 15th! We had beautiful weather - club members and their families (about 35 total) spent two hours cruising the Willamette on the Portland Spirit.

Thanks to all of you who have participated with the Dartmouth Club of Oregon in the past year! We’ve had a lot of terrific events including the Starlight Run, Portland Spirit cruise, Class of ‘26 send off, hikes in the Columbia River Gorge, a service project at Hoyt Arboretum, and a couple of Happy Hours. Lots of new-to-us alumni joined us and we hope to see many more of you in the future.