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Video2012 Investiture
Saturday, June 9, 2012, 10:00am
Thayer School of Engineering's 2012 Investiture ceremony will take place in Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center. The speaker is Bob Metcalfe, Professor of Innovation and Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise in The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering.
Thayer School Investiture is part of the Dartmouth College Commencement Program. Dartmouth's Commencement ceremony will take place on Sunday, June 10, 2012 on the Green.
Please contact Thayer School's Academic and Student Affairs Office at (603) 646-3801 or email Daryl.Laware@Dartmouth.edu if you have any questions about Thayer School's Investiture program.
Investiture Program
Processional
- Faculty Marshal: William Lotko
- Student Marshals: Alden C. Adolph '11 Th'12, Allison J. McKendry Th'12
Welcome
- Joseph J. Helble, Dean
- Carol Folt, Provost
2012 Robert Fletcher Award Recipient
- Bob Metcalfe, Professor of Innovation and Murchison Fellow of Free Enterprise in The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering
Recognition of 2012 Award Recipients
- The Dartmouth Society of Engineers Prize
- The Charles F. and Ruth D. Goodrich Prize
- The Thayer School of Engineering Corporate Collaboration Council Engineering Design Prize
- The Thayer School Faculty Award for Academic Excellence
- The Thayer School Dean's Service Award
- The John C. Woodhouse Engineering Design Prize
- The John C. Woodhouse Environmental Engineering Prize
- The Caroline Henderson Prize
- The Special Faculty Award for Engineering and Service to Humanity
- The Brieanna S. Weinstein Engineering Design Prize
- The George A. Colligan Memorial Prize
- Richard W. Olmsted Engineering Sciences Prize
Excellence in Teaching Award
- To be announced
Outstanding Service Award for Faculty
- To be announced
Outstanding Service Award for Staff
- To be announced
Conferring of Hoods
- Ian Baker, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Sherman Fairchild Professor of Engineering
- Alexander Hartov, Director of the M.S. and Ph.D. Program and Professor of Engineering
- Robert J. Graves, Director of the M.E.M. Program and John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies
- Erland M. Schulson, Chairman of the Engineering Sciences Department and George Austin Colligan Distinguished Professor
Closing Remarks
- Joseph J. Helble, Dean
Recessional
- Graduates and faculty will recess to Moore Theater for class photos. (Class photos will be available for download from Thayer School's Flickr site.)
- Graduates, faculty, and guests are invited to a reception at Thayer School after the ceremony.
Location
The Investiture ceremony will take place in Spaulding Auditorium in the Hopkins Center.
Information for 2012 Graduates
Investiture Ceremony
Caps, Gowns and Hoods for B.E., M.E.M., and M.S. candidates will be on sale in the Office of Student and Academic Affairs, 103 MacLean from Monday, June 4 to Friday, June 8. The regalia for B.E. and Masters students are different, so please be sure to indicate which degree you are receiving. The cost for B.E. regalia is $32, for Masters, $34. If you have a black cap and gown from your undergraduate graduation, it is possible to purchase just the hood — B.E. hoods are $14 and Masters are $15. It is important that all Thayer School students have their regalia by 4:30pm on Friday, June 8, as our Investiture Ceremony is on Saturday morning at 10:00am. Out of town students who do not have regalia should make arrangements for the purchase before Investiture. The information for Doctoral Candidates has been or will be distributed shortly.
On Saturday, June 9 students must assemble promptly at 9:15am in the Faulkner Auditorium in the Hopkins Center. Caps and gowns should be worn with appropriate attire at the Investiture ceremony.
Commencement Exercises
Dartmouth Commencement exercises will be held on Sunday, June 10. Thayer School students should assemble in front of Wentworth Hall promptly at 9:00am. In the event of rain, Thayer students will gather inside of Dartmouth Hall. Caps, gowns, and hoods should be worn with the proper attire. The Academic Procession is at 9:30am; Commencement begins at 10:00am. For A.B./B.E. students, you will process in with the senior class; hence you will assemble in Leede Arena.
Directions to Thayer School and Parking
See directions to Thayer School of Engineering.
Parking in the lot adjacent to Thayer School will be limited. Additional parking is provided in the Ledyard Lot on Boathouse Road (see map below). There will be free shuttle bus services from the Thayer School parking lot and the Ledyard Lot to the Hopkins Center. After the ceremony there will be a shuttle service from the Hopkins Center back to Thayer School for the reception.
For more information about parking on campus during Commencement weekend, see Parking on Dartmouth's Commencement website.
Housing and Dining
See Dartmouth's Commencement site for information about on-campus dormitory housing for families and graduates and off-campus accommodations.
Dining options, both on-campus and in the Upper Valley area, are also listed on Dartmouth's Commencement site.
Videotapes
Videotapes of the Investiture ceremony can be purchased from Computing Services. For more information please visit Videotapes on Dartmouth's Commencement website.