Dear Connecticut College Alumni: Summer is winding down and CC is getting ready for a new academic year. The College is preparing its welcome for the Class of 2009 and Camel athletes are training for a new season. See photos of returning athletes in action and look below for more campus news. • A taste of China. Palmer Auditorium is the first stop for Chinese musicians and dancers on a U.S. tour co-produced by CC’s Lan-Lan Wang. • Happy 25th! The Roth Writing Center celebrates a milestone anniversary Sept. 15 and 16 and honors founder Theresa Ammirati. • From theory to practice. Planning his first major museum exhibition gives curator Dan Fulco ’04 a chance to prove himself. • Fall sports. CC teams prep for a new season in the New England Small College Athletic Conference. • Orientation 2005. CC welcomes freshmen with briefings, mini-classes, an open house and — after the parents leave — get-acquainted games and a country fair. • Ode to the ‘inner geek.’ Helping students uncover their scientific spirit is a passion of CC chemistry Professor Marc Zimmer. He explains in an essay published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. For more CC news and information plus a calendar of athletic, campus and alumni events, go to www.conncoll.edu. To update your address or other information, e-mail alumni@conncoll.edu. Announcements  The Fall Weekend 2005 schedule of events will be mailed soon. In the meantime, check out the online version. Read the latest issue CC: Connecticut College Magazine online. Did you send a letter to the editor via ccmag@conncoll.edu after the Summer 2005 issue was published? Due to a server error some messages were not received. The address is up and running again and we would like to hear from you. Visit the Connecticut College Bookshop. Make a gift to Connecticut College. We welcome your feedback on our monthly newsletter. Send comments to collrel@conncoll.edu.