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  • A Year of Transformation and Accomplishment

A Year of Transformation and Accomplishment

As summer begins, we share some of the defining moments of the past academic year that highlight how 91³ΙΘΛ achieved distinction in the classroom, on the playing field and in the wider world. From a two-time national swimming champion and a renowned artist’s long overdue exhibition to two seniors winning the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, the College continues to build on a tradition of innovation and excellence. The successes of the last year bode well for a bright future!

Conn welcomes Class of 2027

 

Student leaders cheer as new students arrive on campus.
Student leaders and the Camel prepare to welcome new students.

In August 2023, Conn welcomed its newest Camels, selected from the largest applicant pool in College history and hailing from 33 states and 29 countries, with 68 members of the incoming class being the first in their families to go to college.

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Late Prof. Emeritus Barkley Hendricks honored with solo show at the Frick

Artwork by Barkley Hendricks
Artwork by Barkley Hendricks

In fall 2023, Hendricks’s paintings, which revolutionized contemporary portraiture with their vivid depictions of everyday Black Americans, were exhibited alongside the work of the European greats in the first solo show dedicated to an artist of color in the Frick’s 87-year history.

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50 Years of Unity

Unity 50th Fall Weekend Day Event
Unity 50th Fall Weekend Day Event

Unity House has been a beacon of support for generations of underrepresented students for 50 years. Celebrations were held throughout the 2023-2024 academic year, culminating with a Celebrations Reunion for all alumni of color during Reunion 2024 from May 31-June 2.

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Brilliance and talent shine at the All-College Symposium

Panelists answer questions at the end of the Media, Rhetoric and Communication Pathway presentations during the All-College Syposium.
Miranda Dowie ’24 presents her research, β€œTo Educate and Entertain: Targeting Audiences for Exhibition and Events,” as part of the Museum Studies panel in the Charles Chu Asian Arts Reading Room.

Nearly 200 seniors presented the results of their transformative academic experiences through talks, panels and poster sessions, showcasing the connections they have made among their courses and research, their jobs and internships and their work in local communities and around the globe.

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Two-time national champion in swimming

Finkel swim
Finkel swim

Justin Finkel ’25 won two events at NCAA DIII Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, becoming just the second Conn student-athlete to win multiple national titles and the first to do so in the same NCAA Championship.

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91³ΙΘΛ announces 12th president

President Chapdelaine
President Chapdelaine

Andrea E. Chapdelaine, a visionary leader and champion of the liberal arts, was unanimously appointed by the Board of Trustees as 91³ΙΘΛ president-elect in March. Chapdelaine has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, having served as a professor, dean, provost and, since 2015, president of Hood College in Frederick, Maryland.

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Two awarded prestigious Watson Fellowships

Leslie Villegas
Sophie Demaisy

Sophie Demaisy ’24 and Leslie Villegas ’24 were awarded the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowships to embark on a year of international exploration and discovery. Part of an exceptional group of 35 graduating seniors who make up the 56th class of Watson Fellows, Demaisy and Villegas will each receive $40,000 to support their travel and research.

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Class of 2024 encouraged to β€˜reinvent the world’

Student receiving diploma at Commencement 2024
Laura Coates speaks at Commencement 2024

CNN chief legal analyst Laura Coates, the 106th Commencement keynote speaker, told the 381 members of the Class of 2024 to treat the world like β€œa blank slate.” β€œYou have a chance not just to build upon but recreate and reinvent the world,” said Coates, β€œYou have that power right now.”

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Transforming the heart of campus

A rendering of a new gathering space in Cro.
A rendering of the renovated 1962 Room

Construction has begun for three capital projects: the partial renovation of the College Center at Crozier-Williams, the conversion of Cro Boulevard into a pedestrian promenade and the creation of a Cro-Plex connector, which will eliminate vehicle traffic to create a unifying, open green space.

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June 26, 2024

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