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Nurturing nature and community
Alums help Exeter celebrate its ninth annual Climate Action Day.
![Image of Isadora Kron and Tara Weil](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/Kron_Weil-730.jpg?itok=ZIKZ3ofg)
“Close proximity was really the defining experience of my year. You can’t help but get close to each other.”
Isadora '19 and Tara '19
![Exeter graduate Julie Livingston](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/JulieLivingston1.jpg?itok=nufisvgh)
"I was interested not in the category of the disease but in the experience of being sick."
Julie Livingston '84
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"Our history is integral to our stories, integral to how we will move forward.”
Christine Walley '83
![dining services manager Heidi Dumont and director of dining services Melinda Leonard at Exeter](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/HeidiMelindaHero.jpg?itok=kUD1IU17)
“When you have that true passion for food, it pushes you to learn everything you can.”
Melinda Leonard and Heidi Dumont
![Rob Richards working with a student at Exeter.](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/Richards_730.jpg?itok=BdL4xepb)
"I like being a teacher of the imagination and creative thinking — innovation and ensemble ... .”
Instructor Rob Richards
![Exeter graduate Peter Kalugin](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/P1030209_725.jpg?itok=dSpj7kYs)
”To me what’s most exciting about [oncology] is how diverse and varied it is."
Peter Kalugin '11
![Exeter graduates Sean Davis and Jonathan Lee](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_people_feed/public/news/Sean_Davis.jpg?itok=dNfISP13)
"It is a great privilege when I have the opportunity to interview someone who is incredibly enthusiastic about the possibility of going to Exeter.”
Sean Davis ’92
![Students at Phillips Exeter Academy](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_topic_cluster_primary/public/news/newsletter_adm_lead.jpg?itok=MLZgHLkZ)
Finding your way is the fun part
So many options, so many opportunities ... so many (gulp) questions. Don't worry: Our experts have the answers.
“You do a lot of self-reflection here. ... That leads you to really find yourself.”
![Exonians embrace during opening days](https://exeter.edu/sites/default/files/styles/et_topic_cluster_secondary/public/news/belonging-1.jpg?itok=Rp7hkx0L)
Exonians share stories of belonging
From dorm traditions to tryouts, young Exeter alums reflect on the moment they knew Exeter was home.
“It was a lot of hard work, but [what] made it worth it was the people who ... said, 'Wow, that really had a profound impact on me.'”