Dear Connecticut College Alumni:

The results are in! We’ve identified some of the studious students in these mystery photos from the CC archives. Check to see who’s who and catch up on the latest campus news:

Commencement and Reunion 2006:

  • Pomp and circumstance. The College’s 88th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 21 feature 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.
  • Out of the classroom. After 140 years of service, four of CC’s faculty members retire in June.
  • Reunion 2006. The stage is set for this year’s June 2-4 celebration for class years ending in ’1 or ’6. Highlights include a talk by former President Claire L. Gaudiani ’66.

Other campus news:

  • Official visit. CC President-elect Lee Higdon, Jr. meets with faculty, staff and students pledging to ‘invest in our distinctiveness.’
  • On screen. Barry Stringfellow ’82 writes the new film “One Last Thing…” starring Cynthia Nixon, Ethan Hawke and Michael Angarano.
  • Water polo. The women’s water polo squad causes a splash against Division 1 teams.
  • Bit by bit. Eben Cross ’03 earns a trip to Germany on his quest to save the planet.
  • Democracy matters. Activist and intellectual Cornel West heralds the value of going outside your ‘comfort zone’ to find joy in a recent campus lecture.
  • Remembering Paul Fell. Varun Swamy ’01 learned the power of patience from the beloved professor of zoology who died in December 2005 — and he learned always to take the stairs.

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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CC makes the news. Recent highlights from national and local media.

Around the world. Read the latest blog entry from David Owyang ’07, who is spending the semester in Vietnam , and check out a new gallery of photos from students who participated in TRIP China 2006 in January.

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