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Floralia 2024

A performer hypes up the crowed at Floralia

A singer with acoustic guitar raises her arms to acknowledge the applause from the audience

A student band performs onstage

A performer sings into a microphone

Students in a concert audience watch a band perform onstage

A band performs on stage as seen from behind with fog shrouding the audience.

Performer takes photos with fans during a concert

A student makes a face for a smartphone camera while amidst a crowd at a concert

Floralia 2024 featured performances by Young M.A, Natalie La Rose, THUS LOVE and more than a dozen other musical guests.

Cellos in recital

Student cello players perform on stage — Evan Strouse ’24, center, is joined by members of the Connecticut College Cello Ensemble for his senior cello recital in the Fortune Recital Hall at Cummings Art Center.

A student vocalist performs with a jazz ensemble. — Ian Albanese ’24 sings with the Connecticut College Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Gary Buttery during Jazz in the Courtyard in Castle Court.

college students dance with preschoolers at a child care center — Shawnia Yon ’24, right, dances with a preschool student as senior dance majors visit the Child Development Lab School to demonstrate some of their moves and lead the preschoolers in movement exercises.

Dance outreach

college students dance with preschoolers at a child care center

college students dance with preschoolers at a child care center

Senior dance majors visit the Child Development Lab School to demonstrate some of their moves and lead the preschoolers and toddlers in movement exercises.

Senior athletes honored

Student athletes gather on a stage to be honored and presented with achievement cords to wear during commencement. — Interim President Les Wong, right, and Dean of Students Victor Arcelus present athletes with their honor cords during the Senior Athletic Awards Ceremony in Evans Hall.

Senior Athletic Awards

A student athlete is presented with an award on stage — Athletic Director Mo White, right, and Erica Bos ’92, center, present The Erica M. Bos ’92 Award Award to women’s soccer player Mya Johnson ’24 during the Senior Athletic Awards Ceremony.

Student athletes gather on a stage to be honored and presented with achievement cords to wear during commencement. — Director of Sexual Violence Prevention & Advocacy Nicole Powell, center, presents women’s lacrosse student-athlete Dillyn Zindler ’24, left, with her OneLove cord during the Senior Athletic Awards Ceremony.

David Dorfman Dance previews “TRUCE”

Modern dancers perform in dramatic lighting. — David Dorfman Dance, Connecticut College’s company-in-residence, previewed their latest piece, “TRUCE” in the Martha Myers Dance Studio.

modern dancer perform on stage

modern dancer perform shrouded in a white sheet on stage

modern dancer perform on stage

modern dancer perform on stage

Modern dancers perform in dramatic lighting.

A pair of modern dancers exchange a kiss

One student carries a box to the car as three others watch helpfully — Kazi Stanton-Thomas ’26, left, gets help from Jesse Perryman ’26, Millie Bouvin ’27, Declan Hunter ’26 and Prosser Friedman ’25 while moving out of Katherine Blunt House.

A professor and a student smile and share a moment comparing their orthodonture — Associate Professor of Theater Virginia Anderson, left, and Libby Kotei-Fearon ’26 share a moment over their mutual orthodonture experiences during Camp Teach and Learn in Blaustein Humanities Center.

Highlights from the end of the year

A group of students gather for a group photo. — Hispanic Studies students pose for a photo as the department holds an awards and stoling ceremony for graduating seniors at the Ad Astra Garden on Tempel Green. Senior majors received stoles and senior minors received braided cords to wear during Commencement.

Students play hacky sack on a field. — A group of students play a derivative of hacky sack, using hands instead of feet, on Tempel Green during Moving out day on campus.

Students in costume gather their things after a photo session — Students in Professor Sabrina Notarfrancisco’s “Costume Design and Construction” course gather their things after the first of a series of photo sessions to present their final projects.

A professor grills food for graduating students at an outdoor gathering — Art Department Chair Chris Barnard grills burgers and dogs for art students on the Cummings Art Center patio. Barnard purchased the grill about two years ago and grills for the students at least once in the fall semester and at the end of the academic year.

Students present their professors with bouquets of flowers — Film Studies students present Department Chair Ross Morin ’05, right, and Department Technician Greg Surman, left, with flowers after a showcase of student work from “Fundamentals of Motion Picture Production” and “Ideological Representation in Motion Picture Production” in Evans Hall.

Seated students in stoles smile and cheer. — Unity House seniors cheer on classmates during a Stoling Ceremony in the 1962 Room.

Students dressed up for a dance wait around a bench to board buses visible in the background. — Seniors wait on the Cro patio for buses to take them to their formal dance.

A professor leads a line of students in caps and gowns into a room for an honor society induction ceremony — Professor of Mathematics Christopher Hammond, right, leads the inductees in the Connecticut College Phi Beta Kappa Delta of Connecticut chapter into Evans Hall for the chapter induction ceremony.

A student shows his mother an award certificate. — Moises Chiquito ’24, right, shows his mother the certificate he received during the Class of 2024 Posse Scholar Graduation Celebration May 18 at The Commander Merle J. Smith Consolidated Club at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

family members set their hands on the shoulders of a graduating senior during a blessing concluding a baccalaureate ceremony — Graduates and their families gather for a laying of hands blessing at the conclusion of the multifaith Baccalaureate service honoring the Class of 2024 at Harkness Chapel.

106th Commencement

graduating students toss their mortarboard caps into the air at the end of commencement exercises — Members of the Class of 2024 toss their caps in the air at the conclusion of Connecticut College’s 106th Commencement exercises Sunday, May 19, on Tempel Green. Laura Coates, legal affairs analyst for CNN, delivered the keynote address. For full Commencement coverage, visit conncoll.edu/commencement.

Highlights from Commencement

Graduating seniors make their way to commencement exercises.

Three women in academic regalia take a selfie photo together

A graduate raises their arms and cheers as their name is called during commencement exercises

A line of students in caps and gowns wait to hear their names called during commencement expercises

A graduate waves a Mexican flag as she crosses the stage to receive her diploma.

Graduates sit and listen to a speaker during commencement exercises

A speaker addresses a sea of graduates during commencement extercises

Faculty in their academic regalia process up stairs on their way to commencement exercises

A college president in full academic regalia and his wife walk off the field together following commencement exercises — Interim President Les Wong, right, and his wife, Phyllis, join the recessional following 106th Commencement exercises. Interim President Wong will re-retire when President-elect Andrea Chapdelaine officially begins her tenure as Conn’s 12th president on July 1.

June 11, 2024

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