September in Pictures

Things really get going in September!

Things really get going in September!

A male college student and a female college student walk together along a pedestrian promenade. — Ruslan Feyzov ’28 and Ariel Meyer ’26 talk as they stroll along the new Cro Boulevard Pedestrian Promenade, which connects the south end of campus and Tempel Green to the Crozier-Williams student center and the northernmost points of campus. The project was made possible with generous support from Robert Hale Jr. ’88 and Karen Hale P’20.

Highlights of Fall Weekend 2025

Three college soccer players in the mouth of the net with a backdrop of fans with arms raised break into jubilation at the scoring of a winning goal. — L-R: Men’s Soccer defender Freddie Taylor ’29, defender Dylan Hoke ’28 and defender Max Haberman ’27 celebrate after forward Gavin Mpiana ’27 scored against Middlebury during Fall Weekend.

Fall sports in full swing

Two college field hockey players, one with arms raised, celebrate a goal. — Field Hockey forward Elizabeth Bonner ’28, left, and midfielder Kellyn Scheel ’27 celebrate after Conn scored against Colby College in NESCAC action on Silfen Field. Bridget McGann ’26 notched two goals in the team's 3-2 victory.

A seated male student explains an acorddion-folded art piece to a group of students and a professor gathered around a conference table. — Students in Professor of Art Andrea Wollensack’s First-Year Seminar, “Art in Real Life,” share their thoughts on the work of artist Werner Pfeiffer during class in the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives in Shain Library. Foregrounding the idea that experiencing art is subjective, engages multiple senses and involves dialogue, this course presses students to give their full, attentive presence to artworks viewed in real life, not through reproductions.

Fall Weekend A Cappella Showcase

All seven of Conn’s a cappella groups performed under the tent on Tempel Green during Fall Weekend.

A group of college students, comprising a student government body, meet around a rectangle of tables in a college meeting room. — The Student Government Assembly meets for the first time this year as a full body in the Ernst Common Room. The SGA Assembly includes the executive board, the four class presidents, and a senator from each residence house.

Dispatches from the field

A college student takes notes in a spiral bound pad during a lecture. — Greta Halpin ’29 takes notes as Chanté Morris ’20 offers reflections on her journey from Conn to her Ph.D. during the English Department’s “Dispatches from the Field” event, sponsored by the Beaver Brook Fund. The event featured Morris and Rachel Haines ’20 in conversation with their Ph.D. dissertation advisers in the Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room at Shain Library.

A college student works at a table with their service animal, a golden retriever dog, sprawled on the floor at their side. — Maddie McDaniel ’27, parliamentarian for the Student Government Association, works on some SGA duties as her service dog, Garth, rests at her feet.

Camels Care Fest, run by the Office of Wellbeing and Health Promotion, celebrates mental health and well-being for everyone while providing resources about managing the stress of college and looking out for friends. The event featured decorative mask making; Groton Town police officer Heather McClelland’s comfort dog, Chase; face painting; information booths and more.

A college class meets outdoors on the grass under an oak tree. — Annabelle Hicks, adjunct instructor of French, meets with her “Elementary French Language and Culture” students under an oak tree on Tempel Green.

Two female college students hold hands as they inline skate in a parking lot. — Kamalei Cox ’29, right, teaches Anna Vredevoogd ’26 how to inline skate on the new pavement of East Lot.

Student bands perform at Arbofest

Student bands Brisa Azul and Marmalady perform as part of Fall Weekend’s Arbofest on Tempel Green. The event, traditionally held in the Arboretum amphitheater, was moved to the Fall Weekend tent due to weather.

A group of college students lean over a table and work on sewing a quilt. — From right, Alison Smithey ’29, Lucy D’Avino ’29, Jerry Lin ’29 and Ruth Keith ’29—students in Professor of Dance Heidi Henderson’s First-Year Seminar course, “Quilting: Art, Reuse, Protest”—work on basting their quilt in Shain Library.

Harvest season in Sprout Garden

A group of former collegiate rowers now in middle-age and dressed in suit and tie gather for a group photo during a hall of fame induction in a college banquet room. — Basil Donnelly ’86, third from right, poses for a photo with some of his rowing teammates during the Connecticut College Athletics Hall of Fame induction banquet Sept. 26 in the 1962 Room. The event celebrated eight inductees from the Hall of Fame Class of 2024 and Class of 2025.

A group of male college students with laptop computers gather to study around a low table on a patio overlooking a green. — Students study on the newly renovated patio outside of Humphrey’s at the Crozier-Williams student center.

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