Each year, Student Marshals are carefully selected by fellow students for their citizenship, enthusiasm, positive impact on others, and integrity of character. The marshals carry batons engraved with their names as they lead their classmates to the Green during the Commencement academic procession.

College photographer Eli Burak ’00 turned his lens on this year’s undergraduate and advanced degree recipients, with help from additional photographers including Public Affairs Officer Bonnie Barber. Jessica Chen ’12, the Office of Public Affairs Whitney Campbell Intern, interviewed the graduates about their time at Dartmouth.

To view the full-size images with stories, click the photo below to start the slideshow. Then, click the “full screen” view button at lower right. Once in full screen mode, click “show info” in the upper right to view the captions. (The photos can also be viewed directly in the Portraits of Leadership: 2012 Student Marshals set on Dartmouth’s Flickr website.)

Student Marshals for Commencement 2012 are:

• 2012 Student Marshal Janie Abernethy ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Alden Adolph, Thayer ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Emma Fidel ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Jason Goodman ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Michael Hopkins, A&S Grad ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Kolene McDade, Geisel ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Allison McKendry, Thayer ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal S.N. Tyler Melancon ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Michael Chinedum Odokara-Okigbo ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Erin O’Flaherty, A&S Grad ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Erin Pichiotino, A&S Grad ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal John Rutan ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Michelle Shankar ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Benjamin Tilton, Tuck ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Jacob Wijnberg ’12
• 2012 Student Marshal Yuxiang Zhou ’12