Dear Connecticut College Parents: President Lee Higdon will be inaugurated during Fall Weekend on Saturday, October 14. Check out the schedule of events and read more campus news below: • Incoming! Members of the Class of 2010 hail from 34 states and 20 countries. They’ll arrive Saturday 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. • Record breakers. Parents make history through gifts to the Parents Fund. • 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 men’s lacrosse team. For more CC news and information plus a calendar of athletic and campus events, go to www.conncoll.edu. Announcements: CC makes the news. Recent highlights from national and local media. onStage at Connecticut College will present eight performances by nationally and internationally renowned artists during the 2006-07 season. See what’s on the schedule. Make a gift to CC. We welcome your feedback on our monthly newsletter. Send comments to Julie Novak at jnova@conncoll.edu. For information about CC’s Parents Committee or to update your contact information, e-mail brandy.kolmer@conncoll.edu.