Skip to main content

You may be using a Web browser that does not support standards for accessibility and user interaction. Find out why you should upgrade your browser for a better experience of this and other standards-based sites...

Dartmouth Home  Search  Index

Dartmouth HomeSearchIndex

Dartmouth home page
Dartmouth Commencement
Home >  Information for Students > 

Assembly & Order of March

On Commencement morning, seniors assemble at 8:45 a.m. in Leede Arena and must be in their assigned seats by 9:00 a.m.  The doors will be locked at 9:00 a.m. sharp so that diplomas may be arranged in final march order. Seniors will not be admitted to the Commencement procession after the doors are locked at 9:00 a.m.

Seniors march in alphabetical order.  March lists with the number assigned to each graduate will be posted at Parkhurst Hall on Friday, June 12.

Graduate and professional school students gather at 8:30 a.m. (MBA) or 9:00 a.m. (PhD, MD, MS, AM, MALS, MS[ECS], MPH, MEM, BE) at their designated assembly sites by Sanborn Library and in front of Wentworth Hall.

The platform group and faculty assemble at the Hopkins Center to form the academic procession.

At a signal from their class dean, the seniors march from Leede Arena to the Green where they form two lines through which the Academic Procession advances toward the platform.

The seniors and graduate and professional school students then march to their seats in the front sections.

Last Updated: 6/16/08