“Home Is Wherever I’m with You”

Though the graduates couldn’t join Dean Slaughter and associate deans Sally Jaeger and Joe Hall in Hanover due to public health concerns, T’20s and friends of Tuck tuned in from all over the world for a first-of-its-kind virtual Investiture celebration.

A culmination of creative efforts across the school, including weeks of careful planning by the T’20s in collaboration with the MBA Program Office, the special celebration honored the newest class of wise, decisive leaders with a combination of live and pre-recorded remarks. The celebration kicked off with live remarks from Dean Slaughter, and featured a live reading of awards and honors by deans Jaeger and Hall; an Investiture address delivered by Noreen Doyle T’74, chair of the board of Newmont Mining Corporation; a student address by Chris Waltham T’20; a collection of photos and videos celebrating the graduates’ accomplishments and their two years in Hanover; and perhaps most special of all, a heartwarming musical send-off from the Tuck Band to the tune of “Home” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes.

“You are forevermore part of Tuck’s tightly-supportive community, now one of our more than 10,000 alumni circling the world,” Slaughter told the Class of 2020, the 120th class to graduate from Tuck. “Our Tuck community will always be at your side—to connect you to new people and new opportunities, to encourage your continued learning and striving, and to celebrate your many accomplishments.”

Tuck MBA degrees were distributed on Sunday, June 14 during a socially distant meet-up organized by the MBA Program Office and T’20 Student Board. An in-person Investiture ceremony for the Class of 2020 will commence in summer 2021, details forthcoming.

Below is a roundup of highlights from Tuck’s first-ever virtual Investiture.