Getting a Dartmouth professional degree is a long and arduous process: years of research, study and hard work. But for some, it all culminates this graduation weekend.
Tuck Business School, Dartmouth Medical School and the Thayer School of Engineering will reward the efforts of its students not only with a degree at graduation today, but also at events yesterday specifically for its graduating class.
The Tuck School Investiture took place yesterday afternoon.
"It's a ceremony to honor the Tuck graduates," Pat Palmiotto, Tuck director of student affairs, said. "It's a meaningful event for the Tuck students, their families and guests and members of the Tuck community to recognize the substantial work and time that students have invested in the school, their studies and in each other."
The agenda included welcoming remarks, a speech by the dean, a talk by a guest speaker, an awards ceremony and a student speaker.
Most importantly, the graduating students received special hoods by the board of overseers which they will wear over their gowns at graduation today.
The guest speaker this year was Didier Tineau-Valencienne who graduated from Tuck in 1957. He is now the retired CEO of Groupe Schneider, an electical company.
Thayer also held Investiture, which included an awards ceremony and guest speaker. Families of students are also invited to meet the faculty.
Around 80 students were expected to participate.
The guest speaker this year was John W. Strohbehn, who is the provost at Duke University.
"It's nice that we have this on Saturday with just the Thayer students," Daryl Laware said. "I know it's a ceremony that the students really enjoy."
DMS held Class Day yesterday. Class Day is the DMS equivalent of Investiture and includes many of the same activities.
DMS Class Day events include a guest speaker, the hooding ceremony, a presentation by Professor John Rassias and the recitation of the Hippocratic Oath by the M.D. candidates.
The guest speaker was Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lt. Governor of Maryland and the student speaker was Michael L. Mahoney, DMS '99.
Professor John Rassias also recited the Hippocratic oath in its original Greek, continuing a new tradition at the event.
