Cheryl Bascomb ’82, the vice president for alumni relations, offered opening remarks at the kickoff celebration for Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary. “Welcome to the beginning of an incredible year,” she said. “This is an opportunity to celebrate an enduring institution. It’s a look at our history to understand how it has informed where we are today and what we want our future to look like.” (Photo by Robert Gill)

Students celebrate the 250 kickoff at Leede Arena. (Photo by Seamore Zhu ’19)

Snow covers campus at the beginning of winter term. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

Students perform in Collis during the celebration of Dartmouth’s 250 anniversary and Collis’s 40th anniversary. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

Don Pease, the Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities and a co-chair, with Cheryl Bascomb, of the Dartmouth 250 celebration, speaks at the kickoff celebration. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Members of the Dartmouth community gathered at locations around campus for the 250 kickoff, including in McLaughlin Atrium at the Tuck School of Business. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Students walk across the Green on the first day of winter term. (Photo by Robert Gill)

“Our 250th is as much about our future as it is about our past,” President Philip J. Hanlon said at the 250 kickoff. “It is a time for us to reflect on our evolution as an institution, on the defining moments—both trying and triumphant—that have shaped our campus character, and on our collective achievements as a community, including the work of brilliant minds who’ve taught here, and the bright young minds they’ve inspired.” (Photo by Robert Gill)

Collis Center at night. (Photo by Robert Gill)

The Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center served as one of the nine gathering spots for the 250 kickoff. (Photo by Seamore Zhu ’19)

Members of the Dartmouth Outing Club’s Cabin and Trail group pose at the top of Gile Hill in Norwich, Vt. (Photo by Seamore Zhu ’19)