At Dartmouth, Shonda Rhimes ’91 Learned to Be a Leader

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One of TIME magazine’s most influential people of 2021 shares her student experience.

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The winning screenwriter, producer, author, and CEO of the global media company Shondaland, says Dartmouth prepared her to lead in the arts. As a senior, she ran the Black Underground Theater Association. “And it was a lot of work! I was not an extroverted person, so it was a very different experience. Suddenly, I was the leader; I was in charge,” she says.

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