Dear Connecticut College Alumni:

President Lee Higdon will be inaugurated during Fall Weekend on Saturday, October 14. Check out the schedule of events for this year’s homecoming and read more campus news below:

•  Incoming! Members of the Class of 2010 hail from 34 states and 20 countries. They’ll arrive soon for orientation.
•  On air and sea. Kit Will ’07 has been selected to sail in the 44th Transpacific Yacht Race and his adventure will be the subject of a documentary produced by Disney.
•  Notes from Down Under. The field hockey team travels to Australia in preparation for the 2006 season.
•  A new look. Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on the first phase of renovations to Marshall and Hamilton dorms and four classrooms.
•  Econ 500. Priyanka Gupta ’06 and Professor Merrilee Mardon explore feminist economics at an international conference.
•  Peer portraits. Faculty members pay tribute to retiring colleagues Alan Bradford, Janis Solomon and Garrett Green.
•  On the ball. Dave Cornell has been named head coach of the CC men’s lacrosse team.

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.

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