Dear Connecticut College Parents:

It’s spring break, and students are scattered around the globe for work and fun. They return Monday for an unusually busy spring, capped for seniors by Commencement May 21. The speaker is Nobel Prize winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai of Kenya. For more information on Commencement, go to www.conncoll.edu/commencement.

The latest news from campus:

• School's out. Students, faculty put two free weeks to good use.
• 'An elegant prophet.' Cornel West, one of America's leading intellectuals, will be on campus April 21-22 for a symposium devoted to his views on the future of democracy.
• Are there camels at the South Pole? Three CC students prove that the answer is yes.
• Hoop dreams. Katy Serafin '08 leads a young basketball team with a promising future.
• Stewards of the environment. A family with three generations of CC alumnae honors Karla Heurich Harrison '28 with a gift to the Goodwin-Niering Center.
• Attention high school parents. If you have a younger son or daughter waiting anxiously for a "thumbs up" from a favorite college, take a look at this new blog written by a CC admission officer.
• CC makes the news. Check out recent highlights from national and local media.

For more CC news and information plus a calendar of athletic, campus and alumni events, go to www.conncoll.edu.

Announcements:

Five alumni with jobs at HBO, ESPN, CNN and Current TV will be on campus April 7 for a panel discussion, "Made for TV: The Reality of Broadcast Journalism," at 4 p.m. in Olin 014. The event is open to the public.

Online Resources:

Read the new issue of CC:Connecticut College Magazine online.

Shop the Connecticut College Bookshop.

Make a gift to CC.

We welcome your feedback on our monthly newsletter. Send comments to collrel@conncoll.edu. For information about CC’s Parents Committee or to update your contact information, e-mail brandy.kolmer@conncoll.edu.