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The College's 242nd Commencement exercises featured the conferral of 1,779 total degrees and Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp as the main speaker.
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College awards 1,779 degrees at 242nd Commencement

By Jenny Che | June 11, 2012

Patton Lowenstein / The Dartmouth Staff The sun broke over the Green early on Sunday morning, soaking the approximately 12,000 audience members and students awaiting Dartmouth's 242nd Commencement ceremony and setting the stage for one of the warmest Commencement days in recent years.

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Kopp to give Commencement address to '12 graduates

June 8, 2012

Although other Ivy League schools have selected comedians, celebrities or politicians as commencement speakers this year, the College's choice of Teach for America founder and CEO Wendy Kopp is both interesting and unexpected, according to students interviewed by The Dartmouth. Teach for America, which Kopp proposed in her Princeton University undergraduate thesis, currently employs more than 9,000 college graduates in teaching positions across the country. This year, 40 Dartmouth students have been selected to join the program, according to a College press release.

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Senior Class Gift totals over $24,000

By ABBIE KOUZMANOFF | June 8, 2012

The 2012 Senior Class Gift campaign, which provides financial aid to the incoming freshman class, raised over $24,000 through student contributions with 80 percent of seniors participating, according to the Senior Class Gift interns.

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Kim's tenure led to budget reform, health care advancement

By Diana Ming | June 8, 2012

College President Jim Yong Kim who will leave his position on June 30 to assume the World Bank presidency following two years and ten months in office focused his tenure on leading the College through a financial crisis and raising the institution's profile via health-related and student wellness initiatives, according to Chief of Staff David Spalding '76. Following a 23 percent drop in the College's endowment in the 2009 fiscal year, his first year in office, Kim led an effort to cut $100 million from a projected $900 million budget, Spalding said. Kim, working with Provost Carol Folt and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steven Kadish, announced the Strategic Budget Reduction and Investment initiative in 2009.

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Clegg, Lynge, Roth, Fox to be honored this year

By Hannah Wang | June 8, 2012

Dartmouth will award honorary degrees to five leaders in fields ranging from music to human rights activism during Sunday's Commencement ceremony. Commencement speaker Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach for America, will be honored for her work providing educational opportunities children from under-resourced communities.

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Men's rugby defends national 7s title in Philadelphia

By Brett Drucker | June 8, 2012

The Dartmouth men's rugby team successfully defended its title at the USA 7s Collegiate Rugby Championship last weekend in Philadelphia in front of a nationally televised audience. The Big Green controlled most of the action at PPL Park and cruised through the group stage on day one, beating the University of Delaware and the University of Maryland handily before closing the opening portion of the competition with a 28-0 shutout of the University of Florida.

Emma Fidel '12 and Alina Everett '12, editor-in-chief and publisher emerita, read a copy of The D one last time before Commencement.
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Everett: On Common Ground

By Alina Everett | June 8, 2012

Jay Webster / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Shafts of light shift in and out of train cabin 17, and I can feel my seat shaking beneath me as we cover old tracks leading into the Brussels-Midi station in the heart of Belgium.

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Class of 2012 celebrates final days on campus

By Kira Witkin | June 8, 2012

As seniors wrap up their undergraduate careers, the 2012 Class Council planned a variety of activities including RiverFest, GraduRAVEtion and tails events to maximize the last week together before Commencement. Senior Week is coordinated by the 2012 Class Council executives president John Rutan '12, vice president Briana Perry '12, treasurer Nazar Alexander '12 and secretary Mary Dang '12. "Dartmouth is a place that really builds off of tradition, and I think a lot of our senior week resembles years past with a few additions or tweaks based on what our class would be excited about," she said. Perry said expected the most popular event to be RiverFest on Wednesday at the Chieftain Motor Inn, which featured bands, boat rides up the river, kayaks and drinks. She said another highlight of the week was "Across the State Tails" on Monday night.

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The Year in Review

By MICHAEL RIORDAN | June 8, 2012

Rebecca Xu / The Dartmouth Staff The Class of 2012's final year at the College was marked by events that captured the national media's attention, including College President Jim Yong Kim's nomination to head the World Bank, controversy surrounding hazing allegations and the Republican presidential debate held in Spaulding Auditorium before the New Hampshire presidential primary. COLLEGE PRESIDENT On March 23, U.S.

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President Kim looks back on three years at the College

By The Dartmouth Staff | June 7, 2012

College President Jim Yong Kim, who will be leaving on June 30 to assume the presidency of the World Bank, reflects on his experiences at Dartmouth, his accomplishments as president and his hopes for the College's future in an email interview with The Dartmouth. What do you see as your biggest accomplishments at Dartmouth? I am proud that I took the time to dig into Dartmouth's DNA: the traditions, social institutions and the things that make it great.

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