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November in Pictures

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November in Pictures

There is always plenty to be thankful for at Conn. 

A soccer player raises his hand in celebration after scoring a goal in a playoff game.

Men’s Soccer forward Matt Scoffone ’25 celebrates after scoring the opening goal just five minutes into NCAA DIII tournament action against Suffolk University on Freeman Field. The Camels were undefeated in the month of November, winning the NESCAC Championship and punching their ticket to the NCAA Final Four.

Men’s Soccer hosts NCAA tournament games 

Two students sing the national anthem before a soccer match.
Katherine Caviness ’25 and Jilly Pearson ’25 sing the national anthem before the NCAA DIII tournament opening round matchup between Conn and Suffolk University on Nov. 16. Conn hosted the first- and second-round games and won both, defeating Suffolk 4-1 and Franklin and Marshall 3-0.
A soccer team gathers together for a pre-game cheer.
The team gathers for a cheer before they take the field.
A water polo player sings the National Anthem accompanied by teammates on tuba and oboe.
Men’s Water Polo utility Brevin Master ’26 sings “The Star-Spangled Banner,” accompanied by utility Paul Podrebarac ’28 on bassoon and attacker Jesse Ellis ’27 on tuba, during Senior Night at Lott Natatorium.
A group of students of color sit and listen to a speaker.
Students attend a BFFR x BIPOC Speaker Series event, “Navigating Institutional Spaces as Women of Color,” an evening of shared stories, insights and networking dedicated to empowering Women of Color+ in institutional settings. The event was hosted by Women of Color+ Collective and Race and Ethnicity Programs in the PepsiCo Room of Unity House.
Four laughing students crowd into the curtained enclosure of a photo booth.

L-R: Aspen Thompson-Langner ’27, Allie Vidinha ’27, Ava Gebhart ‘27 and Theo Andres ’27 crowd into a photo booth at the Nov. 13 opening of “Behind the Curtain,” a student-curated exhibition on the art of photo booth photography. Students taking “Perspectives on Photography” with McDannel Professor of Art History and Anthropology Christopher Steiner and Associate Professor of Art History Karen Gonzalez Rice worked for over a month with 2024 Krane Art History Guest Residents Brian Wallis and Näkki Goranin to interpret and curate the exhibit, which is on display in Shain Library through Dec. 17. Read more. 

Victorious homecoming 

A smiling soccer team looks out into the dark as their bus arrives home.
Smiling Men’s Soccer players look out into the dark as their bus returns to campus after the team won the NESCAC Tournament Championship at Middlebury College on Nov. 10. The 3-1 victory over the No. 3-ranked Panthers marks Conn’s first-ever team NESCAC Championship in any men’s sport.
Soccer players are greeted as they disembark from their bus from a victorious tournament.
Injured player Sam Brockelman ’26, who didn’t make the trip, greets his teammates as they return. 

Craft Fair

Two students lean over to look at items for sale at a craft fair.

Westley Cardani ’26 and Anna Vredevoogd ’26 look at some of the wares offered at the Connecticut College Craft Fair in Ernst Common Room and Hood Dining.

Dance Club fall performance 

A dancer in white button-down shirt and tie performs on stage.
a group of dancer leap high in a graceful performance.
A large group of dancers perform with dramatic gestures on stage.
Two dancers appear to float in the air as they perform with a larger group on stage.
Student photographers train their lenses on a dance performance.
A row of dancers in red and black strike poses as the perform on stage.
A large group of dancers, fading back from one in the front and center, perform a hip hop dance on stage.
Three dancers embrace after a successful performance.

Dancers take the stage for “Structural Noise,” the Connecticut College Dance Club fall performance, in the Martha Myers Dance Studio. The show featured 20 works by 24 student choreographers. 

Oceana club craft night

College students work on a craft project with preschool students.

Members of Conn’s chapter of Oceana, an international organization dedicated to marine conservation, led an ocean-themed craft night with Child Development Lab School students and their families in Holmes Hall. 

Two students view an art installation of eight framed prints during an art show opening.
Students view “Fumetti Futuri, 2023,” a suite of nine monotypes on Kozo paper by Professor of Art Timothy McDowell at the Art Faculty Exhibition opening in the Joanne Toor Cummings Art Gallery.
A hockey goalie sprays himself with his water bottle standing over the goal.
Men’s Hockey goalie Will McEvoy ’26 cools off after warming up as the team prepared to face Williams College in the home-opener at Dayton Arena.
Women's soccer players leap into the air to head the ball.
Women’s Soccer midfielder Clare Mulvihill ’25 goes up to head the ball in NESCAC quarterfinal action against Wesleyan University at Jackson Field in Middletown.
Two students work on stowing a horse bridle standing in a stable with a horse.
Hope Bellinger ’27, right, teaches Ana Khomenko ’28 how to stow her bridle as Hidalgo awaits grooming after an Equestrian Team practice at Mystic Valley Hunt Club. The team competes in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA).
Actors strike pose during a dance number in a play in a black box theater.
The Theater Department hosted four performances of “Dance Nation” by Clare Barron in the Tansilll Black Box Theater at Hillyer Hall Nov. 22-24. The play, a 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist, was directed by Professors Rachel Boggia and David Jaffe.
A student and professor look at the night sky with a telescope.
A “Solar System Astronomy” lab student observes the moon under the guidance of Professor Geoffrey McLean atop Olin Hall.
Three college students sit on a bench waiting for their ride.
Alexandra Mateo ’25, Isabella Hinkson ’25 and Wonkyung Lee ’25 wait for their Lyft ride to vote at New London City Hall on Election Day.

Hallmark at Conn

An auditorium full of students laughs and gestures as they watch the premier of a movie filmed on campus.

Members of the Conn community gathered in the Olin Hall auditorium for a screening of Hallmark’s “Trivia at St. Nick’s.” The holiday movie, which premiered as part of Hallmark’s annual “Countdown to Christmas” series on Nov. 8, was filmed largely on Conn’s campus in late June and early July, and several students served as extras. Read more. 

Sixth Annual All-College Symposium

Students crowd around another presenting research results on a large poster board.

Students fill the Greer Room in Cummings Hall for a poster session during the College’s sixth annual All-College Symposium on Nov. 7. More than 200 seniors presented the results of their transformative academic experiences during the daylong event. Read more. 

Scenes from the All-College Symposium 

One student in a group sitting at a table speaks.
a staffer explains the operation of presentation technology to a group of student speakers around a podium.
two students embrace after a successful presentation.
A student holds an animatronic puppet and explains its operation.
Two well-dressed students sit on a cushioned bench waiting for their turn at the podium while the college president makes remarks.
Students celebrate their success presenting at a symposium while walking down the library steps.
Two student actors, one in a pink dress and cardigan, and one in khaki jacket, shelter under a newspaper during a performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Ella Rudisill ’25, left, and Gray Ruffer ’26 play Janet and Brad as part of a shadow cast during a Wig and Candle interactive film screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in Olin Auditorium.

Wig and Candle’s Rocky Horror Picture Show 

An auditorium full of costumed students waits for a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to start.
The cast of a student performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show perform on stage.
A basketball player chases a loose ball over her head after knocking it away from her opponent.
Women’s Basketball guard Avery Burns ’26 steals the ball from a Hartford player in non-league action at Luce Field House.

 

A chapel steeple stands out against the evening sky at dusk.

Harkness Chapel stands out against the sky at dusk. 



December 2, 2024

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