The website for the current strategic planning process uses the 2019 Quartomillenium as an endpoint, with its motto “Imagine the Next 250.”

The Bicentennial year of 1969-1970 gives an example of what the Quartomillenium could be. There were three big events according to Charles Widmeyer in John Sloan Dickey: A Chronicle of His Presidency of Dartmouth College (1991), 250, 271. Those events were:

1. The Bicentennial Commencement in the summer of 1969.
2. Dartmouth Day (i.e. Charter Day), December 13, 1969. This was the focal point of the year, and it involved a fireworks display, a parade around the Green, and a proclamation by the Governor in front of the Hop (the Bicentennial plaque is in the Zahm Garden).
3. The Third Century Convocation in the Fall of 1970.

The notable commemorative objects produced for the Bicentennial included:

1. A USPS stamp designed by John Scotford, technically in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Dartmouth College Case, since USPS does not recognize individual schools or their anniversaries.
2. A new college flag with its stylized pine symbol designed by Scotford.
3. A medal designed by Rudolph Ruzicka and struck by the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia, requiring an act of Congress:

The Quartomillenium could include these events:

1. A commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Dartmouth College Case.
2. A visit by the 10th Earl of Dartmouth.
3. The receipt from the College of Arms of letters patent granting to Dartmouth an honorary coat of arms along these lines: