Speech!

Mindy Kaling ’01 speaks at Commencement.

She’s an accomplished actress, writer, producer, and director. Now add Dartmouth graduation speaker to Mindy Kaling’s list of credits. The former playwriting major has come a long way since sitting in the DAM offices as an undergrad, shyly saying she’d like to write for David Letterman someday. That dream went unfulfilled, but many others took its place. Kaling went on to star in, among other productions, The Office, The Mindy Project, A Wrinkle in Time, and the new Ocean’s 8.

Kaling, who heard former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at her graduation 17 years ago, is the seventh alum to deliver the main address since 1997.

Portfolio

Book cover for Wiseguys and the White House: Gangsters, Presidents, and the Deals They Made
Strange Bedfellas
New titles from Dartmouth writers (January/February 2025)
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“What Life Feels Like”
Moviemaker Lilian Mehrel ’09 heeds calling.
At the Mercy of the Mountain

A cold, rainy hike up Moosilauke tests the resolve of 50th-reunion climbers.

Illustration of man holding a camera, kneeling on ground with snow and flames in background
James Nachtwey ’70
A photographer on his career at the front lines

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