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. Please register even if you do not need regalia. 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 payments require a Dartmouth Chartstring. Please have a department chartstring ready to enter when you order. Orders received after May 5 will be subject to a $20 late fee. If you encounter any problems with the registration process or the regalia website, please contact Conferences and Events.
Regalia orders can be picked up in Paganucci Lounge, 53 Commons, Thursday, June 8 through Saturday, June 10 between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Regalia can be returned to Wilson Hall room 219 immediately following the ceremony until 2 p.m. or to the Conferences and Events offices at 5 Allen Street the week of June 12–16 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Geisel Class Day: Regalia orders and investiture details are provided through Tina Hoisington: (603) 650-1509 or Geisel.Class.Day@dartmouth.edu.
- If you are marching in both Geisel Class day (May 27) AND Commencement Weekend events, please keep your regalia for both weekend events.
TDI Class Day: Order your regalia through the faculty site and please indicate that you will be marching in this ceremony as well.
- Class Day details are provided through Tina Hoisington: (603) 650-1509 or Geisel.Events@dartmouth.edu.
- If you are marching in both TDI Class Day (June 9) AND the Commencement Ceremony, please keep your regalia for both events.
Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Investiture: Ceremony for AM, MS, MALS, and PHD graduates.
- Order your regalia through the faculty site and please indicate that you will be marching in this ceremony as well. Investiture details are provided by Amy Gallagher.
Thayer School of Engineering: Regalia orders and investiture details are provided through Theresa Fuller in the Registrar’s Office: (603) 646-3801.
Tuck School of Business: Regalia orders and investiture details are provided through Lauren Morse.
Ceremonies
Geisel Class Day: Saturday, May 27 at the Life Sciences Lawn tent. Class Day details are provided through Tina Hoisington: (603) 650-1509 or Geisel.Class.Day@dartmouth.edu.
The Dartmouth Institute Class Day: Friday, June 9 at the Life Sciences Lawn tent. Class Day details are provided through Tina Hoisington: (603) 650-1509 or Geisel.Events@dartmouth.edu.
Thayer Investiture: Saturday, June 10 on the Cummings Hall Front Lawn. Investiture details are provided through Theresa Fuller, (603) 646-3801, in the Academic and Student Affairs Office.
Tuck Investiture: Saturday, June 10 on the Tuck Steps. Investiture details are provided through Lauren Morse in the MBA Program Office.
Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Investiture Ceremony Saturday, June 10 on the Green. Investiture details are provided by Amy Gallagher.
Commencement: Sunday, June 11: The academic procession assembles at 8:30 am 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. ONLY graduating students, the platform group, and marching faculty/administrators will be allowed in Leede. If the severe weather plan must be enacted, you will receive an email in the late afternoon or evening of Saturday, June 10, 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.