For Faculty & Staff
Register to March in Ceremony Processions
Faculty members, emeriti, research associates, and administrative officers are invited to march in the academic procession. If you have any questions, please contact Conferences & Events.
Rental Regalia
Rental regalia orders may be placed at the same time you register to march. All orders require a payment via a Dartmouth chart string. Please have your department chart string ready when you order. If you encounter any problems with the registration process or regalia ordering website please contact Conferences & Events. Please note that all orders received after May 4 will be subject to a $20 late fee.
NOTE: Regalia orders can be picked up in Paganucci Lounge, 53 Commons, Thursday, June 12 through Saturday, June 14 between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm.
Regalia can be returned to the Hood Terrace following the ceremony until 2 pm or to the Conferences & Events Office at 5 Allen Street, Suite 250 the week of June 16 - 19 between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm.
Ceremonies
Geisel Class Day: Class Day details are provided through Tina Hoisington: (603) 650-1509 or Geisel.Class.Day@dartmouth.edu.
Geisel, Doctor of Medicine Class Day: Class Day details are provided through Tina Hoisington: (603) 650-1509 or Geisel.Events@dartmouth.edu.
Thayer Investiture: Investiture details are provided through Julia Abraham, (603) 646-0412, in the Academic and Student Affairs Office.
Tuck Investiture: Investiture details are provided through Lauren Morse in the MBA Program Office.
Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Investiture Ceremony Investiture details are provided by Amy Gallagher.
Commencement: Sunday, June 15, 2025: The academic procession assembles at 8:30 a.m. near the Hood Museum front entrance and forms a double line in order of seniority. Seniority is established by year of receipt of baccalaureate degree. This traditional order of march will be implemented by the faculty marshals, the Associate Deans of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The faculty marshals will lead you to your seats on the faculty platforms. Please remain standing until the head marshal gives the signal to be seated. At the end of the ceremony, after the main platform group recesses down the center aisle, the faculty, led by the faculty marshals, will recess down the two side aisles immediately adjacent to the center aisle.
Severe Weather
The ceremony will remain outdoors if it is merely raining. However, in the highly unlikely case of lightning, hail, or dangerously high winds, a severe weather plan will be implemented, and the ceremony will be moved indoors. If the severe weather plan must be enacted, you will receive an email in the late afternoon or evening before Commencement with instructions.
Should you have any questions, concerns, or need accessibility information, please do not hesitate to contact Conferences and Events at commencement@dartmouth.edu.
All family and guests are welcome to attend Commencement. No tickets are required. The ceremony will be held outdoors, rain or shine.
The deadline for students to order regalia is Friday, May 5, 2023.
Each camp and gown is made from 23 recycled plastic bottles. After the ceremony, your regalia will be recycled into indoor/outdoor carpeting. The recycling containers are in Collis, and on the Green near the flag poles.
There are 10 senior societies in existence today, at least six of which keep membership secret until the carved canes show up at Commencement. About 25 percent of the senior class is affiliated with a senior society,
There is no record of the ceremony ever being canceled due to bad weather.