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Winter settles over the college on the hill by the sea.

A college chapel steeple stands in silhouette with a red, orange, and yellow sunset sky. — The sun sets behind the Harkness Chapel steeple.

Teddy Toss

Hockey players skate around to collect stuffed animals tossed onto the ice as part of a fundraiser. — Men’s hockey players take to the ice to collect the teddy bears tossed from the bleachers after Shane Zarcone ’27 scored a goal in the opening frame against the Bowdoin at Dayton Arena. The “Teddy Bear Toss” was sponsored by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Athletes of Color Coalition to kick-off their holiday toy drive. All plush toys and proceeds were donated to the Tommy Toy Fund, a program that provides gifts to local children.

College a cappella singers dressed in khaki pants and light blue button-down shirts act out a marriage proposal scene with wild arm gestures during a performance in a college chapel. — Members of Co Co Beaux, the only all low-register a cappella group on campus, dramatize a scene during their fall show at Harkness Chapel.

Fast Break

A woman basketball player dribbles the ball upcourt followed by a teammate and an opponent. — Women’s basketball guard Valeria Santiago Dedós ’28 leads center Hayle Thompson ’27 and a Coast Guard Academy opponent on a fast break in Luce Field House.

Cheers to the Season

A gathering of college alumni in semi-formal attire smile and laugh in a dimly lit tavern setting. — Alumni from across the generations gather for the New York City Alumni Holiday Party at The Skylark in midtown Manhattan.

a college music student takes the baton and conducts the student orchestra on stage. — Cade Fogdall ’26 conducts Henryk Górecki’s *Three Pieces in Old Style* with the Connecticut College Orchestra during the Music Department Fall Concert in Evans Hall.

Fall Music Department Concert

A college student orchestra performs on stage in a concert hall.

Accompanied by a professor on the piano a college student chorus performs in a concert hall.

A college chorus singer solos during a performance.

A viola player looks up from her instrument for direction from the conductor during a college student orchestra concert.

A group of college theater students skip along a green pathway wearing corsets crafted in a costuming class. — Students in Theater Professor Sabrina Notarfrancisco’s “Corsets and Crinolines” course, (L-R) Amelia Newstadt ’27, Annabel Rosenbaum ‘26, Lauriann Burt ’28, Sage Cohen-Rider ’26, Samantha Chapin ’26, Liz Moronski ’26 and Bailey Regan ’27, head up the Arboretum Laurel Walk to present their final projects for the semester. As part of the class, students investigate the social, economic and political significance of corsets in Western fashion and create their own corsets using traditional and non-traditional techniques and materials.

Dancers gather for a group photo on stage following a performance framed by two arms holding a smart phone overhead of the photographer. — Choreographer Claudia-Lynn Rightmire poses for a photo with dancers for *Where It Thins,* created by Rightmire and Simon Thomas-Train in collaboration with the artists for the Connecticut College Dance Department Concert at the Athey Center at Palmer Auditorium. The show featured pieces choreographed by Conn faculty Shani Collins, Heidi Henderson, Shawn Hove and Rosemarie A. Roberts; students Dani Crosta ‘27, Elyse D’Amato ’26, Ariel Eve Barocas Mayer ’26, and Andrew Solomon ’27; and guest artists Rightmire, Thomas-Train and Martha Tornay.

Dance Department Concert

College dance students perform on stage.

A college dance student performs a solo piece.

What Would Congress Do?

Students have a discussion sitting around a round table with a blue tablecloth in a ballroom setting.

A student in a dress shirt and jacket makes a point during a class discussion sitting at a table with other students in a ballroom space.

Students in “Congress” with MaryAnne Borrelli, the Susan Eckert Lynch ’62 Professor of Government at Conn, explore issues in political public relations with the help of Jonah Davis ’98, senior vice president and editorial strategist at ICR in New York, on Dec. 5 in Cro. Students were divided into partisan groups and tasked with responding to a crisis within their party caucus.

Graduation Celebration

An early-graduating college senior shakes hands with the college president during a celebration of the event.

A college dean, center, takes a photo with two early graduating students.

Early-graduating students unroll certificates presented to them during a celebration of their accomplishment.

A group of early-graduating college seniors gather to take a group photo during a celebration event in a formal library setting.

President Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Associate Dean of Juniors/Seniors and Transfers Ann Schenk and Dean of the College Erika E. Smith host a celebration at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum for the 30 students completing their studies at the end of the fall semester.