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Dartmouth College
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Dartmouth College Shield
Motto Vox clamantis in deserto
Motto in English The voice of one crying in the wilderness
Established December 13, 1769
Type Private
Endowment US $3.44 billion
President James Edward Wright
Academic staff 647
Undergraduates 4,147
Postgraduates 1,701
Location Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Campus Rural town, 269 acres (1.1 km²)
Colors Dartmouth green      and white     
Athletics NCAA Division I, Ivy League
34 varsity teams
Nickname Big Green
Mascot Indian, Keggy the Keg, and Dartmouth Moose (all unofficial)
Affiliations University of the Arctic
Website www.dartmouth.edu
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Dartmouth College (pronounced /ˈdɑrtməθ/) is a private, coeducational university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College," it is a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. In addition to its undergraduate liberal arts program, Dartmouth has medical, engineering, and business schools, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences. With a total enrollment of 5,848, Dartmouth is the smallest school in the Ivy League.

The college was established in 1769 by Congregational minister Eleazar Wheelock who wanted to use the college to Christianize the Native Americans. In 2004, Booz Allen Hamilton selected Dartmouth College as a model of institutional endurance "whose record of endurance has had implications and benefits for all American organizations, both academic and commercial," citing Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward and Dartmouth's successful self-reinvention in the late 1800s. Dartmouth alumni, from Daniel Webster to the many donors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have been famously involved in their college.

Dartmouth is on a rural 269-acre (1.1 km²) campus in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire. Given the College's isolated location, participation in athletics and the school's Greek system is high. Dartmouth's 34 varsity sports teams compete in the Ivy League conference of the NCAA Division I. Students are also well known for preserving a variety of strong campus traditions.

In 2010 Dartmouth College joined the Matariki Network of Universities (MNU) together with University of Tübingen (Germany), Durham University (UK), Queen’s University (Canada), University of Otago (New Zealand), University of Western Australia (Australia) and Uppsala University (Sweden).

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  • Eleazar Wheelock

    Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth College founder

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-10-02 03 - Charter

    The Charter of Dartmouth College on display in Baker Memorial Library. The charter was signed on December 13, 1769, on behalf of King George III of Great Britain.

  • Early Dartmouth Dunham

    The earliest known image of Dartmouth appeared in the February 1793 issue of Massachusetts Magazine. The engraving may also be the first visual proof of cricket being played in the United States.

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-09-25 07 - Collis Center

    University seal at the Collis Center

  • Baker Memorial Library, Dartmouth College - DSC09058

    Baker Memorial Library

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-10-20 09

    A view of East Campus from Baker Tower

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Tuck School of Business

    Tuck School of Business

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 McNutt Hall 01

    McNutt Hall, home to the Dartmouth Office of Undergraduate Admissions

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-11-06 Baker Memorial Library 08 - Tower Room

    Tower Room in Baker Memorial Library

  • Dartmouth Hall, Dartmouth College - general view

    Dartmouth Hall, by Gridley J.F. Bryant was reconstructed in 1906.

  • Dartmouth College 1885 American Architect

    Drawing of Wilson Hall, Dartmouth's first library building, by the architect Samuel J. F. Thayer (1842–1893) which appeared in American Architect and Building News in March 1885

  • Elm Tree between Fahey Hall and Russell Sage building at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH June 2011

    American Elm on Dartmouth College campus, June 2011

  • Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College

    The Hopkins Center

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center

    Sherman Fairchild Physical Sciences Center

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Memorial Field 02

    Memorial Field

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-10-03 Robinson Hall

    Robinson Hall houses many of the College's student-run organizations, including the Dartmouth Outing Club. The building is a designated stop along the Appalachian Trail.

  • Dartmouth AXA

    Dartmouth Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity house

  • Darthmouth vs Princeton 1

    A Dartmouth varsity hockey game against Princeton at Thompson Arena

  • 40th Dartmouth Powwow (7210510954)

    The 40th Dartmouth Powwow

  • 2004 Winter Carnival Sculpture

    Snow sculpture at the 2004 Dartmouth Winter Carnival

  • Seal of Dartmouth College

    Seal of Dartmouth College

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Lord Hall

    Lord Hall, Allen House

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Morton Hall 01

    Morton Hall, East Wheelock House

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Woodward Hall 02

    Woodward Hall, North Park House

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Mid Massachusetts Hall 02

    Mid Massachusetts Hall, School House

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Topliff Hall 03

    Topliff Hall, South House

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-10-21 03 - Russell Sage Hall

    Russel Sage Hall, West House

  • Dartmouth College campus 2007-06-23 Cutter-Shabazz 01

    Cutter-Shabazz House for Intellectual Inquiry

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    Robert Frost, poet

  • Ted Geisel NYWTS 2 crop

    Dr. Seuss, writer and illustrator

  • Mathew Brady, Portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, officer of the United States government (1860–1865, full version)

    Salmon Chase, former Chief Justice of the U.S.

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    Kirsten Gillibrand, American politician

  • Robert Reich at the UT Liz Carpenter Lecture 2015

    Robert Reich, political commentator, professor, and author

  • Sarah Wayne Callies Comic-Con 2012

    Sarah Wayne Callies, actress

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    Mindy Kaling, actress and comedian

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    Connie Britton, actress, singer and producer

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    Shonda Rhimes, television producer and writer

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    Brad Ausmus, baseball player

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    Jake Tapper, journalist, author, and commentator


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