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2024 BACCALAUREATE
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Andrew Nalani '16, Ph.D.
Title: "The Hidden Blessing of a Question"
The Tucker Center is excited to sponsor the Multifaith Baccalaureate Service, which will feature Dr. Andrew Nalani '16, Ph.D., as well as student speakers and the Gospel Choir. Dr. Nalani will be talking about "The Hidden Blessing of a Question." As a student, Dr. Nalani was the recipient of numerous student awards, including the Churchill Prize (awarded to a first year male student) and the Barrett Cup (awarded to a graduating senior). He was also a student speaker for the inaugural Twilight Ceremony in 2014. Dr. Nalani is an Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University
ABOUT THE SERVICE
The Baccalaureate Service seems to have originated in the early 15th century at Oxford University in England. Each graduate was obliged to deliver an oration or sermon, in Latin, to demonstrate his worthiness to receive the degree of bachelor, signified by crowning him with laurels. This service is what we now call commencement.
In America, at religious colleges (like Dartmouth was at its founding and early years), the graduation ceremony included a church service, so that new graduates would understand both the seriousness of their new responsibilities and the true Source of all their achievements.
Today's service has evolved greatly since the days of Eleazar Wheelock. It is now a multi-faith, multicultural service in which we celebrate what we hold in common while also recognizing each tradition's beautiful particularities. It is a time of celebration and worship when we pause, as a college, to reflect and express gratitude and joy for our graduates.
Filmed on June 8, 2024
Hanover, New Hampshire
2024 BACCALAUREATE
Key Note Speaker: Dr. Andrew Nalani '16, Ph.D.
Title: "The Hidden Blessing of a Question"
The Tucker Center is excited to sponsor the Multifaith Baccalaureate Service, which will feature Dr. Andrew Nalani '16, Ph.D., as well as student speakers and the Gospel Choir. Dr. Nalani will be talking about "The Hidden Blessing of a Question." As a student, Dr. Nalani was the recipient of numerous student awards, including the Churchill Prize (awarded to a first year male student) and the Barrett Cup (awarded to a graduating senior). He was also a student speaker for the inaugural Twilight Ceremony in 2014. Dr. Nalani is an Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University
ABOUT THE SERVICE
The Baccalaureate Service seems to have originated in the early 15th century at Oxford University in England. Each graduate was obliged to deliver an oration or sermon, in Latin, to demonstrate his worthiness to receive the degree of bachelor, signified by crowning him with laurels. This service is what we now call commencement.
In America, at religious colleges (like Dartmouth was at its founding and early years), the graduation ceremony included a church service, so that new graduates would understand both the seriousness of their new responsibilities and the true Source of all their achievements.
Today's service has evolved greatly since the days of Eleazar Wheelock. It is now a multi-faith, multicultural service in which we celebrate what we hold in common while also recognizing each tradition's beautiful particularities. It is a time of celebration and worship when we pause, as a college, to reflect and express gratitude and joy for our graduates.
Filmed on June 8, 2024
Hanover, New Hampshire
