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Video2013 Investiture
Saturday, June 8, 10:00am
Thayer School of Engineering's 2013 Investiture ceremony will take place in Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center. The speaker is Subra Suresh, President-Elect of Carnegie Mellon University and Former Director of the National Science Foundation.
Thayer School Investiture is part of the Dartmouth College Commencement Program. Dartmouth's Commencement ceremony will take place on Sunday, June 9 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: Peter J. Robbie
- Student Marshals: Sharang Biswas '12 Th'13, Joseph W. Zabinski Th'13
Welcome
- Joseph J. Helble, Dean
2013 Robert Fletcher Award Recipient
- Subra Suresh, President-Elect of Carnegie Mellon University and Former Director of the National Science Foundation
Recognition of 2013 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 Management 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
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 2013 Graduates
Investiture Ceremony
Caps, gowns, and hoods for B.E., M.E.M., and M.S. candidates should be pre-ordered online. PLEASE NOTE: The deadline to order is April 29, 2013. The cost for B.E. regalia is $20, for Masters, $27, and can be paid with a credit card at the time of order. Cap and gown pick up will be on June 6 and 7, 2013 from 9:00am-4:00pm in Paganucci Lounge, 1953 Commons, and hoods will be distributed at Investiture. There will also be a full variety of gowns available for those who do not pre-order, but payment will be cash only. The caps and gowns are recyclable and if you do not plan to keep them, you can recycle them in one of the regalia recycling containers located at Thayer School, Tuck School, Collis, or on the Green. If you have a black cap and gown from your undergraduate graduation, it is fine to use that, and you do not need to place an order for the hood, Thayer School will place the order. It is important that all Thayer School students have their regalia by 4:30pm on Friday, June 7, as our Investiture Ceremony is on Saturday morning at 10:00am.
Doctoral candidates will receive information from Dartmouth Graduate Studies on how to order regalia and where to pick it up.
On Saturday, June 8 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 9. 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.
Videos
Videos of the Investiture ceremony can be purchased from Computing Services.