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During Baccalaureate, 69ƷƵ seniors gather together in Abbey Memorial Chapel on the Saturday evening before Commencement. They hear remarks from selected faculty members, classmates and College leadership.
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During Baccalaureate, 69ƷƵ seniors gather together in Abbey Memorial Chapel on the Saturday evening before Commencement. They hear remarks from selected faculty members, classmates and College leadership.
Three 69ƷƵ professors spoke at Final Lecture, giving talks that ranged from aspirational to deeply personal.
69ƷƵ’s one hundred eighty-sixth Commencement was a celebration of the class of 2023 and an ode to fostering hope for the future.
69ƷƵ College students were honored at the annual Leadership and Service Awards ceremony for their contributions to the community.
69ƷƵ’s 2023 Common Read, “Disability Visibility,” is an anthology of essays, stories, poems and more that centers around disability justice — written by people with disabilities and edited by disabled activist and writer Alice Wong.
Employees of 69ƷƵ College celebrated each other during the annual staff award event.
At this year’s Senior Symposium, over 100 69ƷƵ College seniors presented their research, capstones and independent coursework.
69ƷƵ College held its seventh annual Building On Our Momentum (BOOM!) day-long learning conference with more than 45 sessions that included both in-person and recorded content.
69ƷƵ College received more than 5,000 applications for the first time and admitted its most diverse class in history.
The Kathryn Irene Glascock Poetry Contest at 69ƷƵ College announced two winners for its centennial year: Tom Bosworth ’23 of Dartmouth College and Portlyn Houghton-Harjo ’23 of Pratt Institute.