On June 11 and 12, the University will celebrate the Class of 2020 and 2021 in-person and on campus. If you have any questions about planning for the 20 celebration in the meantime, please reach out to our Alumni Relations team. Roger W. Ferguson Jr.: Attorney and economist who served as president and CEO of TIAA, and vice chairman of the board of governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, Louise Glck: Poet and essayist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2020, Sal Khan:Founder and CEO of the nonprofit Khan Academy, which provides free education to learners worldwide, N. Scott Momaday:Artist, poet, and Pulitzer-prize winning novelist, Ernest J. Moniz:Nuclear physicist who served as U.S. Secretary of Energy, Moses Pendleton 71:Choreographer who co-founded the dance companies Pilobolus and Momix. Is it to have available housing for classmates and/or your loved ones? Momaday taught at Stanford University, the University of Arizona, and the University of California in Santa Barbara and in Berkeley. If you have questions about other 2020 class activities or would like to volunteer to help, please reach out to 2020 Class Executive Committee. Were looking forward to welcoming you back to Hanover and celebrating with you. He has also had endorsement deals with several major brands. On campus and local accommodation information and full program details will be posted on the 2020 Celebration website closer to the event date. That weekend will include a ceremony and class photo, as well as a barbecue and other activities tailored to the alumni and their families. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, law scholar, and MacArthur Fellow will deliver the main address and receive an honorary degree at the June 13 ceremony. We share your deep disappointment. We inspire students to practice good global citizenship while strengthening their own communities. Claudia Goldin (Doctor of Humane Letters). Two years ago Dartmouth promised the Class of 2020 that when we were able, we would welcome them home to Dartmouth. Claire T. Carney . Additional speakers will address the graduating class during the ceremony. By the time you hit your 30s, you will realize that your primary mission in life is to be really good at making commitments., I think a lot of people dream. 3:30 p.m.Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced StudiesCeremony Investiture Ceremony, on the Green; a masters and a PhD student will speak at the investiture. She showed up dressed in greena Dartmouth parent to the hilt. Please let your family and friends know that everyone is invited to this special celebration. Long after the tents are taken down and the chairs removed from the Green, the words of wisdom from these speakers live on. The ceremony will take place at 4:00pm on the College Green. Your commencement will take on extra-special meaning for all of us next year. Is it to choose a time when the largest number of classmates can return? Newman will deliver the keynote address at the Thayer School of Engineering Investiture Ceremony. Bhartia served as a member of the board of governors at the Indian Institute of Technology and the Institute of Marketing and Management, the executive committees of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry, and of the Task Force on Chemicals, appointed by the government of India. The interdisciplinary projects include cross-campus and community collaborations. All past 2020 Commencement Celebration Communications are available here. Appointed CEO of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) in 2009, at the height of the global economic crisis, Haldeman built a new management team and cut costs by 10% in two years. While we hope to have a small amount of regalia available for purchase on site, we cannot guarantee any availability and strongly encourage ordering in advance. Fans of Dartmouth and football know that Wilson has deep roots on the Hanover Plain: His father, the lateHarrison Wilson III 77a Big Green receiver who also played shortstop and third base on the baseball teamand three uncles attended Dartmouth. Commencement holds great joy and deep meaning to every member of the Dartmouth community, but especially to our seniors and the coupled 50-year reunion class. You can invest in our future leaders. Gordon-Reed will be present at the June 13 ceremony and Ferguson and Moniz will attend the investiture ceremonies (see below) at the Tuck School of Business and Thayer School of Engineering, respectively. But she was also a person with an incredible gift for friendship, support, and encouragement, he said. Tributes to Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, poured out from the Dartmouth community, where she had strong ties, upon the news that she had died of cancer Wednesday at 84. { This years honorary degree recipients will also include attorney and economist Roger W. Ferguson Jr., poet and essayist Louise Glck, founder and CEO of the online learning platform Khan Academy Sal Khan who addressed the Class of 2020 at last years virtual graduation Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, artist and poet N. Scott Momaday, nuclear physicist Ernest J. Moniz and choreographer Moses Pendleton 71. Ceremonies for the graduate and professional schools will also be held in-person, on campus. Moniz is CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and of the Energy Futures Initiative. Bottom row: Moses Pendleton, Roger W. Ferguson Jr., Sal Khan. He holds three degrees from MIT and an. My dad, a Dartmouth alum, was my biggest champion and instilled in me the importance of education and having a Why Not You? attitude from an early agetwo principles that have guided much of my life. 2. Aimee Minbiole can be reached ataimee.minbiole@dartmouth.edu. The Class of 2021 faced unprecedented challenges and are entering a world in need of solutions, speakers said. Poet Laureate, serving from 2003 to 2004. We look forward to seeing you in 2022 to celebrate the best class ever! Charles Ed Haldeman 70 (Doctor of Humane Letters). Fill out an on-campus housing application now. Although Pendleton was an English major, he took a dance class as part of ongoing rehabilitation. I cant wait to be there to share some of those lessons with the class of 2022 and celebrate their many accomplishments.. Your fulfillment in life will come by how well you end your freedom. Accommodations for guests with disabilities are available. He never skied in the Olympics, but he was a choreographer for the Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in 1980, and the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Ferguson served on President Barack Obamas Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Long-Run Macro-Economic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population. College President Phil Hanlon and the senior classs valedictory speaker to be announced once final grades are calculated in early June will deliver their own speeches. We will post updates on the website as we have additional updates or information to share. Daniel Benjamin, current president of the American Academy in Berlin and Dickey director at the time of Albrights 2014 visit, called her death a shock. 2020 Commencement Celebration Communications September 2, 2021 June 23, 2021 February 2, 2021 April 9, 2020 September 2, 2021 SAVE THE DATE AND JOIN US FOR Dartmouth Class of 2020 Celebration Friday, August 5 through Sunday, August 7, 2022 WE ARE CELEBRATING THE BEST. He was a visiting professor at several universities, including Columbia, Princeton, and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. You dont have to devote your life to itno one is asking for some saintly transformationI am only asking for a sense of being a global citizen, of caring about the injustice in this world, and doing something, however modest, to bring an end to it.. Sal Khan is the founder and CEO of Khan Academy, a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. The quarterback and seven other recognized leaders will receive honorary degrees. Arts Integration Initiative Supports Innovative Research, Copyright 2023 Trustees of Dartmouth College, Guarini School of Graduate & Advanced Studies. Khan also taught MCAT test prep courses and was named Teacher of the Year by a national test prep company. Best,Cheryl Bascomb 82, P12Vice President for Alumni Relations. It is with a heavy heart that I must announce the need to postpone Dartmouth's Commencement exercises, including graduate and professional school Investiture ceremonies, for the Class of 2020. Commencement exercises will take place on Sunday, June 11, 2023 with the academic procession beginning at 9:00 am and the ceremony at 9:30 am. In 1980, Pendleton branched off on his own with the creation of Momix, for which he has directed shows for the past 41 years. To learn more about all housing options, please go to Dartgo.org/20Accommodations. Honorary degrees will also go to scholars in the arts, education, and sciences. Arts Integration Initiative Supports Innovative Research, Copyright 2023 Trustees of Dartmouth College, Guarini School of Graduate & Advanced Studies, Commencement Ceremony 2021 Will Be Held June 13, Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. The graduate and professional schools will also hold in-person ceremonies on campus. It is the culmination of our graduating students' lifetimes of focused studya day to celebrate their academic achievements, the special bonds they've forged during their time at Dartmouth, and the start of what are sure to be extraordinary lives of purpose. Thank you for your understanding and for the extraordinary sacrifices youve made to keep our community safe under these unprecedented circumstances. Every one of you has earned the chance to celebrate your graduation with one another in the place that you love, here on the Hanover plain. We are working to find a time for the event and need to hear from you, not only about when it makes sense to hold the celebration, but also about which factors are most important and prioritized for you when making this decision. She co-chaired the 2020 NAS Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics, which recommends how the nation should invest in astronomy and astrophysics in the coming decade. The Class of 2022 student speakers to tell stories of personal and academic success. Not much has changed about the court since our nations inception, so if people believe that the balance is out of equilibrium, the answer is likely that other institutions have weakened. We look forward to seeing you and your families and supporters next year as we honor the awesome Class of 2020! Top row: Louise Glck, Ernest Moniz, N. Scott Momaday. . I think she engaged every Dickey postdoctoral fellow on his or her work. Moniz joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty in 1973, and served as head of the Department of Physics and founding director of the MIT Energy Initiative. onorary degrees will also go to scholars in the arts, education, and sciences. (Severe Weather Location: Spaulding Auditorium) See the full playlist on Dartmouth's YouTube channel. We are thrilled to welcome you and your families back to Hanover to honor your class with an in-person Commencement in 2022. Roger Ferguson Jr. is the former president and CEO of TIAA, and the former vice chairman of the board of governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. else Newman was the principal investigator on four spaceflight missions flown aboard the Space Shuttle, Russian Mir Space Station, and the International Space Station. Top of page | Privacy | Copyright 2023 Trustees of Dartmouth College
Conan O'Brien's 2011 commencement address at Dartmouth College was one of those speeches that was so good it drew news coverage. We look forward to seeing you and your families and supporters next year as we honor the awesome Class of 2020! But it is now clear that the risk of hosting events of this magnitude in mid-June, with students, families, alumni, and friends from all over the world gathering on the Green in such close proximity, is simply too great a risk to take. Dartmouth EMS is dedicated to the safety of Dartmouth community members and visitors. Thanks to all who offered ideas and support to select a date and begin planning this event. Albright was the 2001 commencement speaker, visited and spoke in 2014, and was a proud Dartmouth parent of Anne Korbel Albright '83. We are honored to have Annette Gordon-Reed as our commencement speaker this year, saysPresident Philip J. Hanlon 77. Previously, she has held professorships at the University of Oxford and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard. She showed up dressed in greena Dartmouth parent to the hilt. Remembering some of the most memorable moments from the past 10years of commencement. Glck was the 12th U.S. In a career spanning three decades, Bhartia has transformed HT Media from a print-only traditional media company into a professionally run media conglomerate that spans English, Hindi, digital, and FM radio.