Dwight Hall at Yale

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Dwight Hall at Yale
Formation1886
Purpose Nonprofit Organization
Headquarters Yale University
Location
Executive Director
Peter Crumlish
Coordinator
Carlos Brown
Coordinator
Sasha Thomas
Subsidiaries Yale Prison Education Initiative
Website dwighthall.org

Dwight Hall at Yale is a student-run, staff supported public service and social action organization at Yale University. Founded in 1886, "The Hall" stands as one of the oldest and most storied collegiate public service institutions in the nation. It is the largest student-run organization at Yale College.

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Dwight Hall via Old Campus

Mission

To nurture and inspire students as leaders of social change and to advance justice and service in New Haven and around the world.

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Dwight Hall Chapel

Historical Origin

Dwight Hall was opened in 1886 as the campus chapter of YMCA as a part of the booming movement Muscular Christianity. In the summer of 1882, philanthropist and businessman Frederick Marquand was approached by a Yale alumnus about donating funds for a campus YMCA. Frederick, greatly admiring the teaching of Timothy Dwight, promised to pay for the construction. However, two weeks later he died. His adopted daughter and her husband, Virginia and Elbert Monroe, founders of Pequot Library, ensured the funds were allocated. [2] The New Englander and Yale Review noted of the opening that "college athletics bear part of the praise of this growing manliness. The healthy play of young life in honorable tests of ability, condemns and banishes rudeness and lawlessness of behavior from common life." [3] Today, Dwight Hall is not religiously affiliated.

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Dwight Hall Circa 1890s

Governance

Dwight Hall is primarily governed by its Cabinet and executive committee. The Cabinet is composed of leaders from each of the Hall's nearly 100 Member Groups and organizations.

Recent Activity

Since the arrival of Executive Director Peter Crumlish in the mid-2000s, Dwight Hall has sought to innovate and modernize in the field of collegiate public service. The 2015 and 2016 Executive Committees have put a particular emphasis on expanding the Hall's presence on campus. For example, the recently founded "Outreach Program" works to connect Dwight Hall to many different organizations and students at Yale, including those without a service affiliation. [4] The Hall has also made an active effort to expand its social justice advocacy efforts [5]

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Dwight Hall Floor Plan

and recently endorsed a candidate for the Yale College Council Presidency for the first time. [6]

In 2016, the Yale Prison Education Initiative was founded as an institutional program of Dwight Hall. [7] YPEI offers Yale liberal arts courses to incarcerated students in Connecticut. In 2021, YPEI announced a partnership with the University of New Haven in order to offer degrees to students in prison. [8]

Member Groups

Dwight Hall serves as the umbrella organization for nearly 100 member groups that are divided into four networks.

Social Justice Network:

Education Network:

Public Health Network:

International Network:

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References

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  2. Mouheb, Rebecca Buckingham (22 March 2012). Yale Under God. Xulon Press. pp. 273, 274.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. Ladd, Tony (1999). Muscular Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Bridgepoint Books. pp.  59. ISBN   0-8010-5847-3.
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  6. "Dwight Hall Endorses Huang". 15 April 2016.
  7. "History". ypei. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
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