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Protests of president punctuate rainy graduation for Dartmouth’s Class of ’24
Dartmouth President Sian Beilock’s address, which came near the end of the ceremony, was met with a walkout by about 60 freshly-minted graduates. Read the story on VTDigger here: Protests of president punctuate rainy graduation for Dartmouth’s Class of ’24.
TTLG: Leaving Home Behind
This article is featured in the 2024 Commencement & Reunions special issue. “I am excited to see what I will learn from my next home.”. That is the final line of the Common Application essay that I sent to Dartmouth on a whim in January 2020. I had written about a series of unconventional homes that I grew up in, hoping halfheartedly to find something resembling a home in college. I could not have imagined what I would find at Dartmouth.
Montalbano: It’s time Dartmouth honors the alumni who fought for equality
This article is featured in the 2024 Commencement & Reunions special issue. In 1819, Daniel Webster uttered the famous line, “It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college. And yet, there are those who love it” in the Supreme Court case Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward. Within a decade of the case, two future statesmen, Thaddeus Stevens, Class of 1814, and Salmon Portland Chase, Class of 1826, would be on the rise in their respective legal practices, becoming famous — or, to many at the time, infamous for their work on progressing racial equality. Unfortunately, their memories have not been honored by Dartmouth to nearly the extent they should.
A look back on news for the Class of 2024
This article is featured in the 2024 Commencement & Reunions special issue. As the Class of 2024 prepares to graduate, The Dartmouth looks back at the biggest news stories from their four years at the College. 2020-2021. The Class of 2024 arrived at Dartmouth during the height of the COVID-19...
From Stage to Screen: Arts graduates script their own futures
This article is featured in the 2024 Commencement & Reunions special issue. Members of the Class of 2024 studying the arts will forge diverse paths after graduation. From pursuing their artistic fields professionally to exploring the arts in their own time, this year’s graduating seniors encapsulate the wide array of post-graduate paths that arts majors can follow.
Dartmouth College awards more than 2,000 degrees at commencement
HANOVER, N.H. — More than 2,000 degrees were awarded Sunday at Dartmouth College's commencement. Families were proud and smiling despite the wet weather. The Class of 2024 entered college during the pandemic, and for many, commencement was a first. "I'm very excited because I never had a formal high...
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