Lectures and Symposia

Annual Friends Celebration

Blaustein Humanities Center Ernst Common

Faculty and students have monitored bird populations in the Arboretum for decades. Robert Askins, Professor Emeritus of Biology, will describe the dramatic changes in bird life that these studies have revealed. Some forest birds have declined or disappeared while others have increased. A reception will follow the presentation.

6/7 Arts & Culture

Music in the Meadow

Arboretum Outdoor Theater

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for our 8th annual family-friendly outdoor concert! A food truck will be onsite and/or B.Y.O.P. (Bring Your Own Picnic). Free for current Conn Coll students (as space permits), advance registration required. To register, call 860-439-5020 or email arbor@conncoll.edu. $10 adults, $5 kids (cash only)

6/29 Campus Events

Nature Printing Workshop

Use Williams Street entrance to the Arboretum, meet at Buck Lodge.

John Sargent is an artist and art teacher of many mediums and his wife, Linda is a teacher of young children. For this workshop John will share easy techniques using nature’s materials to make print art that you can take home. Please wear old clothes or bring a smock. Adults and families welcome, children under 14 must be accompanied and guided by an adult. Free for current Conn Coll students, $20 ($15 members + CT Audubon), registration required, please call 860-439-5020 or email arbor@conncoll.edu.

8/21 Campus Events

Odyssey Pre-Orientation program

We invite international students to participate in Odyssey, an orientation program for first-year International students and their families, scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. This pre-orientation program gives international students an opportunity to get to know the College and each other before the arrival of the rest of the first-year students.

8/22 Campus Events

Orientation: First-year & transfer students

New Student Orientation for first-year and transfer students is Thursday, Aug. 22 through Monday, Aug. 26. You'll move in and get settled on Arrival Day and begin Orientation that evening. Your student advisers, house staff and other student leaders will help you get settled and acquainted with the organizations, traditions and activities of Connecticut College. Orientation prepares you for an amazing experience at Connecticut College.

8/26 Campus Events

Convocation

Convocation, literally a "calling together" of the College community, celebrates the formal opening of the academic year, welcomes new students to the College and recognizes the new senior class. The ceremony highlights some of the College's most important values: academic excellence, the Honor Code and the importance of community.

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Annual Friends Celebration: Eighty Years of Change in Bird Populations in the Connecticut College Arboretum

Blaustein Humanities Center Ernst Common

5/23/2019 FROM 6:30 PM TO 8:30 PM

Annual Friends Celebration: Eighty Years of Change in Bird Populations in the Connecticut College Arboretum

Blaustein Humanities Center Hood Dining Room

5/23/2019 FROM 7:30 PM TO 8:30 PM

Associate Director REAL candidate open forum

Charles E. Shain Library Charles Chu Room

5/29/2019 FROM 1:30 PM TO 2:30 PM

Associate Director REAL candidate open forum

Blaustein Humanities Center 203

5/30/2019 FROM 3:00 PM TO 4:00 PM

Associate Director REAL candidate open forum

Blaustein Humanities Center 203

5/31/2019 FROM 2:30 PM TO 3:30 PM

Music in the Meadow

Arboretum Outdoor Theater

6/7/2019 FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:30 PM

Nature Printing Workshop

Buck Lodge Buck Lodge

6/29/2019 FROM 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM

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