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May in Pictures

Sunshine and celebrations abound. 
Graduates toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of commencement exercises.
Connecticut College celebrates 107th Commencement The 433 members of the Class of 2025 receive their diplomas May 18 during Commencement exercises on Tempel Green. The graduates were addressed by Maxim Langstaff ’81, a Grammy- and Emmy-nominated multimedia writer and producer; President Andrea E. Chapdelaine; and the 2025 Senior Class Speaker, Natalia Hall ’25. For full Commencement coverage, click here
Soap bubbles fill the air as students attend an outdoor music festival.
Students dance amid a spray of bubbles during Floralia. One of the most popular events of the year, the annual outdoor spring concert features live music, attractions, dancing and more. 

Scenes from Floralia 2025 

Students run through a cloud of colorful chalk during a Color Run.
Students participate in a color run hosted by the Office of Sexual Violence Prevention and Advocacy. 
Bright orange/red poppies bloom in the sun.
Poppies bloom near the New London Hall greenhouse on a sunny afternoon. 
A student sits in one Adirondack chair with her feet up on another and works on a laptop computer on a sunny spring day in front of the college library.
Campbell Baumgartner ’28 works on a paper for her psychology course on the Shain Library lawn.
Two students paint terra cotta plant pots.
Elise Molloy ’27, right, and Rhea Mallery ’27 paint terracotta plant pots at a “Breath and Bloom” wellness fair on May 9.
A student with bright red colored hair embraces another during a stolling ceremony.
Day Baez ’25 embraces Westley Cardani ’26 after receiving their rainbow cord during the eigth annual Lavender Graduation in the 1962 Room. The ceremony honors and celebrates the achievements of LGBTQIA+ students, as well as their allies.
A student makes their way along a newly finished pedestrian promenade through campus.
Phase one of the Crozier Boulevard Pedestrian Promenade is now complete. The new walkway leads right through the center of campus. Phase two is ongoing. For more information about current and future projects, click here
An audience watches a film exhibition in a darkened theater space.
Film Studies students and faculty gather in Evans Hall for a year-end student film exhibition. The event featured works by 17 students in Professor Noah Schamus’s “Fundamentals of Motion Picture Production” course and “Advanced Motion Picture Production,” taught by Professor Ross Morin ’05.
Students take photos together as they enjoy a pub night gathering in a newly renovated space in the student center.
Members of the Class of 2025 enjoy a Boston-themed “Senior Pub Night” in the new Humphrey’s Pub on the second floor of the newly renovated Crozier-Williams student center.

A flurry of activity as the academic year comes to a close 

A disembodied hand holds a smart phone high to take a photo of a college class of 1975 reunion group.
Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement Luci Chaplin snaps a photo as members of the Class of 1975, celebrating their 50th reunion, prepare to march in the traditional Parade of Classes during Reunion Weekend

Scenes from Reunion 2025 

A chicken walks along a sidewalk in front of a stone wall and iron gate.
A chicken walks along Williams Street. It did not, as far as we know, cross the road. 

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