Emily Rudd's Page

Melissa Felice Rudd of Boulder, Colorado, graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College on June 8, 2008, with a major in German studies. Her honors thesis focused on the religious philosophy of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. On June 7, she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Melissa is also a 2004 International Baccalaureate graduate from Fairview High School.While enrolled at Dartmouth, Melissa belonged to the undergraduate society Amarna, sang in the Handel Society choir, taught writing at the Dartmouth Center for Research, Writing, and Information Technology and Hebrew for the Upper Valley Jewish Community, and served as managing editor and contributor to the Dartmouth Beacon.In August she will begin study at Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, Israel.