Classes started this week and were ushered in by Twilight and matriculation ceremonies on Sunday.
Members of the Class of 2026 and other new students also attended an open house at Baker-Berry Library on Friday, among other activities, while the Thayer School of Engineering had an orientation lunch for students, faculty, and staff.
On Monday, a community-wide lunch was held on the Green, with President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 and Gail Gentes helping to serve hot dogs and hamburgers, as they have in past years.
And members of the Arts and Sciences faculty and staff gathered for a reception late Monday afternoon at the Top of the Hop.
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New students hold candles aloft as part of Twilight on Sunday evening. The ceremony marks the end of orientation, as classes started on Monday. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Student Government President David Millman ’23 welcomes students at the start of the Twilight ceremony Sunday evening outside Collis. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Members of the Class of 2026 cycle through the president’s office in Parkhurst Hall as part of the matriculation ceremony. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 meets in his office with members of the South Fayerweather residence hall on Sunday during matriculation. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Members of the Class of 2026 march across the Green toward the Bema as part of Twilight. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Students at Twilight enjoy the ceremony. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23)
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Twilight is celebrated at the Bema on Sunday evening. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Anthony Fosu ’24 offers remarks of reflection as part of Twilight. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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President Philip J. Hanlon ’77 and his wife Gail Gentes serve hamburgers and hot dogs during the community-wide Dartmouth cookout on Monday. In between them is Dartmouth Dining worker Brett Wilson, and to President Hanlon’s right is Athletics Director Mike Harrity. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Staff, students, and faculty enjoy the community cookout Monday afternoon on the Green to celebrate the start of the new school year. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Benna McDermott ’26 takes a turn on the Vandercook SP20 Proofing Press in the Book Arts Workshop as Caitlin Fitzmaurice ’26, left, and Claire O’Flynn ’26 look on during an open house for new students on Friday at Baker-Berry Library. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Kushal Jayakumar watches PeiPei Soeung ’26 pin her hometown on a global map during the Baker-Berry Library open house. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
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Alfia Rakova, a research assistant professor, speaks with colleagues at a reception for Arts and Sciences faculty and staff at the Top of the Hop on Monday.
(Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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Thayer students, faculty, and staff at an orientation lunch last week. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)