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Dartmouth Celebrates a Historic Day

Posted on September 23, 2023

The Inauguration of Sian Leah Beilock as Dartmouth president.

Inauguration week activities culminated in the ceremony on Friday for Sian Leah Beilock, a cognitive scientist and Dartmouth’s first woman president.

See more Inauguration photos on Flickr. 

Sian Leah Beilock holds the Dartmouth Charter onstage at Inauguration
President Sian Leah Beilock holds a copy of the Dartmouth Charter. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Sian Leah Beilock addresses the crowd at Inauguration
President Sian Leah Beilock delivers her Inaugural address on the Green on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
The Inauguration procession
Provost David Kotz ’86 leads the procession before the ceremony on the Green. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Dean of Libraries Susanne Mehrer
Dean of Libraries Susanne Mehrer, who serves as the College usher, carries the Dartmouth Cup, made in England 1848 and presented to Dartmouth in 1969 by England’s ninth Earl of Dartmouth at Dartmouth’s bicentennial celebration. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
Faculty, visitors, and alumni make their way to the stage.
Making their way to the Inauguration were Mary Lou Guerinot, the Ronald and Deborah Harris Professor in the Sciences, representing her alma mater, Cornell University; Joseph Helble, former Dartmouth provost and dean of Thayer School of Engineering and now president of Lehigh University; and Ben Vinson III ’92, the president of Howard University. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
Jessica Chiriboga and Duane Compton march at Inauguration
Undergraduate Student Body President Jessica Chiriboga ’24 and Geisel School of Medicine Dean Duane Compton march at Inauguration. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson leads the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir.
Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson leads the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir in You’re Awesome. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
Dartmouth leadership looks on at Inauguration
Dartmouth leadership looks on at Inauguration. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Dartmouth College Glee Club Assistant Director Irma Mellinger directs the singers.
Dartmouth College Glee Club Assistant Director Irma Mellinger directs the singers on Dartmouth Undying. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
Community members sings the alma mater
Attendees sing the Alma Mater during Inauguration. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Student body president Jessica Chiriboga gives a speech at Inauguration
Student Body President Jessica Chiriboga ’24 delivers remarks at President Beilock’s inauguration. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Sian Leah Beilock delivering her Inaugural address.
Sian Leah Beilock delivering her Inaugural address. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Alumni and visitors cheer during Inauguration.
Class of ’76 president Naomi Kleinman, former vice president of alumni relations Martha Beattie ’76, and Martha Hennessey ’76 cheer during the processional. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
Trustees Shonda Rhimes ’91 and David McKenna ’89.
Trustees Shonda Rhimes ’91 and David McKenna ’89 depart the ceremony. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
Aerial view of the Inauguration dinner.
Some 325 friends, family, and invited guests enjoyed a dinner in West Gym on Friday night, bringing to a close a full day that saw the afternoon inauguration of Sian Leah Beilock as Dartmouth’s 19th president. (Photo by Robert Gill)
Aerial view of Dartmouth community cookout
The Dartmouth community enjoys a pre-Inauguration cookout. (Photo by Chris Johnson)
Football players serving food during the community cookout
Football players, Ivan Hoyt ’26, left, and Patrick Campbell ’26 serve food during the Inauguration Community Cookout. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
Two students fist bump at the Dartmouth community cookout
Dartmouth community members enjoy a pre-Inauguration cookout on Tuck Mall. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
Dartmouth community cookout on Tuck Mall.
Dartmouth community members enjoy a pre-Inauguration cookout on Tuck Mall. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
President Beilock testing the mic before Inauguration
President Beilock testing the mic the day before Inauguration. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Sian Beilock
President Sian Leah Beilock speaks at a panel on innovation and impact as panelist engineering professor Tillman Gerngross listens on Thursday evening. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)
President Beilock and Peter Carini
College Archivist Peter Carini shows President Beilock the Flude Medal, which she wore during the Inauguration ceremony. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Indra Nooyi and Sian Leah Beilock
President Sian Leah Beilock speaks during the discussion with former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi on Wednesday evening. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Sian Leah Beilock, Indra Nooyi, and Vijay Govindarajan
President Sian Leah Beilock, left, and former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi held a “fireside chat” Wednesday evening to kick off Inauguration activities. The session at Cook Auditorium was moderated by Tuck professor Vijay Govindarajan. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Collis banner
A celebratory Inauguration banner hangs from Collis. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Employee hangs from the inauguration stage tying down fabric
Teams hung in there Tuesday fastening down the front fabric of the top of the Inauguration stage to protect it from wind gusts. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Mike Sauer of DPMS bands Inauguration programs together
Mike Sauer of Dartmouth Printing and Mailing Services bands Inauguration programs together after they’ve been printed, trimmed, folded, and stitched. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Pages of Inauguration program
Pages for the Inauguration program, shortly before they were folded and stitched together. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Inauguration main street banner
A banner announcing the Inauguration of Sian Leah Beilock hangs above South Main Street in Hanover. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
The Inauguration program rolls out of the stitcher.
Mike Sauer of Dartmouth Printing and Mailing Services gathers programs after they were stitched together. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)
Cam Blossom of FO&M fits an inauguration banner to a light post.
Cam Blossom of Dartmouth Facilities Operations and Management attaches an Inauguration banner to one of the lampposts surrounding the Green. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)