The four-hour ceremony at Memorial Field featured several speeches and the conferring of degrees on the Class of 2021.
An impromptu vigil on the Green Friday night honored the freshman, who died at home in New York on Wednesday.
To meet increased financial need, the Dartmouth Student Union reopened its mutual aid fund to prioritize those who have lost work during the quarantine period.
The event brought together nearly 125 community members in remembering the one-year anniversary of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
Members of Pi Theta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. have led an effort to pass legislation banning discrimination based on race-based hairstyles in New Hampshire.
Reactions have been mixed in the wake of the College’s decision to hold an in-person Commencement for the Class of 2021, restricted only to graduating students. Members of the Class of 2020, who will now have to wait at least through this year to celebrate together after their in-person ceremony was postponed indefinitely, said they had expected the announcement.
The College will hold an in-person commencement ceremony for the Class of 2021 in early June, though only graduating students will be invited to attend. An in-person commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020, which was previously rescheduled for this June, has been postponed indefinitely.