This gallery is a collection of photographs of families, friends, staff, faculty, and other community members celebrating the Class of 2020, as well as images of members of the graduating class celebrating. Dartmouth's first-ever virtual degree-conferral ceremony took place on June 14, when the Dartmouth community gathered remotely from across the globe to celebrate the Class of 2020.

For a larger collection of images, visit the full Flickr album.

On June 15, President Philip J. Hanlon '77 announced that Dartmouth would replace the copper weather vane, designed nearly a hundred years ago, that sat atop Baker Library Tower and represented an offensive image of a Native American. Ten days later, a crane operator and other workers arrived at the site and took down the weather vane. Recommendations for a replacement will come from a working group whose members will consider new designs for the weather vane.

A 52-foot sugar maple dug in Weathersfield, Vt., was planted this week by Facilities Operations & Management, working with the company Skyline Landscaping, on the southeast corner of the Green across from the Hop. With a second large maple going in a day after the first one, the two trees removed from the site late last year due to disease will have tall, healthy successors growing in the same spot.

On June 14, family, friends, and the entire Dartmouth community will cheer on the Class of 2020 at Celebrating the Moment: Dartmouth 2020, this year's virtual degree-conferral ceremony. Here are a few of the photographs that families sent in to congratulate their graduates in a personal way. You'll see plenty of sign-making skill and, in some of them, a bit of help from the family pet. The larger gallery will appear on June 14.

Join us on June 14th at 12:00 PM EDT to virtually celebrate Dartmouth's Class of 2020 graduates!

Protests have sprung up across the country and the rest of the world in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. At Dartmouth, a protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement took place June 10 on the Green, where members of the Dartmouth community gathered and held up signs expressing their calls for racial justice.

While observing social distancing guidelines, the staff at Dartmouth Dining Services continues to serve meals to students who are living on campus. The Class of 1953 Commons is open for these students and for staff who work in the dorms. The majority of students order their food ahead and pick up prepared bags, but some pick up food in the cafeteria for takeout. '53 Commons is open for breakfast from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and dinner from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Access is limited to 10 students at a time for meal pickup and is not open to students, faculty or staff who are living off-campus.

To celebrate the joys of spring and cheer everyone up during trying times, our staff photographers compiled a collection of photos from campus and beyond. These photographs of Dartmouth scenes, many with flowers and newly leafed-out trees, can be downloaded for Zoom backgrounds or to brighten up your meetings or computer screens.