Dear Connecticut College Alumni: This newsletter needs a name! Send suggestions to Barb Nagy, the editor, at banag@conncoll.edu. View sports highlights from the fall semester. Campus news Sarah Carlson '94 is dancing to a new beat — Vodou — in West Africa, thanks to a Fulbright grant. Freshmen get iPods, digital cameras, to capture "learning moments." Google VP Tim Armstrong '93 joins the Board of Trustees. International journalists turn to students, faculty for election insights. In Mali, Casey Osborn '07 helps indigent women and learns the value of persistence. Allen Carroll '73 maps his way to National Geographic and a CC environmental award. Alumni are "expectant and eager," says Association President Lynda Batter Munro '76, P'08. Read excerpts from her remarks at Lee Higdon's inauguration. Announcements Nominate an alum for a CC award. Professor Lisa Wilson will comment on the harsh realities of Pilgrim life on a History Channel documentary. "Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower" airs Sunday, Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. EST. CC makes the news. Recent highlights from national and local media. New York LBGT alumni will have a mixer Wednesday, Dec. 6 with other NESCAC schools from 6-8 p.m. at Vlada Lounge, 331 W. 51st St. To get e-mails about LBGT events, contact Val Norris at venor@conncoll.edu . Your gift to Connecticut College makes a difference. Believe it.