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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. 

107th Commencement 

A student in graduation regalia gestures toward the audience as he walks across the stage to receive his diploma.
One graduate helps another to fasten the tassel on his mortarboard as they prepare for commencement exercises.
The college president and guest speaker smile as they process toward to stage during commencement exercises.
The class of 2025 processes toward the stage for their commencement exercises.
An honor escort dressed all in white and carrying a chain of greens processes down a sidewalk at the opening of commencement exercises.
A family member holds up a sign reading
A graduate steadies himself after tripping on the ramp onto the stage to receive his diploma during commencement exercises.
A graduate holds her diploma aloft as she crosses the stage during commencement exercises.
A graduate makes her way across the stage to receive her diploma during commencement exercises.
Two academics in regalia embrace on the stage during commencement exercises.
One graduate in the line holds their hands to their mouth and shouts encouragement to fellow graduates during commencement exercises.
The college president embraces the honorary degree recipient on stage during commencement exercises.

See the full gallery from Commencement. 

Floralia 2025

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 

A student guitarist plays on stage during an outdoor music festival.
A crowd of students sing and dance at the barricade during an outdoor music festival.
A group of students gather and play cards on a blanket between performances at an outdoor music festival.
A student band performs on stage as the audience gathers on the grassy hill to watch during an outdoor music festival.
Students take a photo together in the glow of the stage lights during a spring music festival.
A large crowd of students gather around the stage during a spring outdoor music festival.
A rap artist performs on stage during a college music festival.
A crowd of students is seen from overhead as they gather at the stage during an outdoor music festival.
A student band performs onstage during an outdoor music festival.
A student band performs onstage during an outdoor music festival.
A smiling student dances amongst the crowd during an outdoor music festival.
A performer moves down to interact with the audience during an outdoor music festival.

 

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.

 Lavender Graduation

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 reacts after receiving their lavender stoll during a ceremony.
A student shows their gratitude after receiving a rainbow graduation cord during a Lavender Graduation ceremony.
One student holds up the Pride flag up as two others pose for a photo in front of it.
A group of students pose for a photo together.

 Walk this way

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.

Senior Week

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 

Four female students in white dresses spray sparkling cider for photos to celebrate their impending graduation.
Seniors Marina Jacob ’25, Laura Martin ’25, Katie Madow ’25, and Lauren Bryant ’25 take graduation photos with sparkling apple cider in front of Harkness Chapel.
Students in graduation regalia perform a dance as part of a pre-commencement ceremony in the college chapel.
Some of the 22 scholars in the College’s Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts (CISLA) perform a dance choreographed by Eliarís Brito Castillo ’25 before receiving their certificates in Harkness Chapel.
Costuming students run down a grassy hillside as part of a final presentation of their semester's projects.
Skye Roberts ’27, Elora Maxwell ’26, Samantha Chapin ’26, Clare Foster ’25, Sage Cohen-Rider ’26, Jonah Hane ’26 and Devon Middlebrook ’26 run down the Laurel Walk in the Arboretum as they present their final projects for Professor Sabrina Notarfrancisco’s “Costume Design and Production” course.
A campus safety officer helps a student with a dead battery to jump-start the car.
Campus Safety officer Andre Doiron helps a student with a dead car battery by Larrabee House.
A group of male students gather around a table in a college pub space to study for finals.
Colin Blades-Thomas ’26, Conor Matthews ’26, Owen Phelan ’26 and Cam Bayusik ’28 study for finals in a corner space of the newly renovated Humphrey’s Pub.
A student tries to pack the contents of a dorm room in the car for the ride home.
Amelia Noe ’27 and her mother load their car for the trip home to Pennsylvania for the summer break.
Students gather around a library table to study for final exams.
Caitlin Cormier ’27, Sigmund Winiecki ’26, Abby Schultz ’27 and Chase Ireland ’27 study for finals in Shain Library.
Students pose for a photo behind giant 2025 numbers.
Some of the 47 seniors honored during the Unity Stoling Ceremony gather for a photo in the 1962 Room.
Parents take photos as their graduating seniors process into the room for an honor society induction ceremony.
Parents and family capture the moment as the 41 scholars from the Class of 2025 prepare to be inducted into the Connecticut College Delta of Connecticut chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
A student in a red dress takes a selfie photo with fellow students at a certificate ceremony.
Tess Stayton ’25 takes a photo with some of her fellow Museum Studies scholars during their certificate ceremony at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum.
Students gather around their retiring Rabbi during a college baccalaureate ceremony.
The senior leaders of Zachs Hillel House, Ilan Listgarten ’25, Amelia Greenwald ’25, Elena Crowell ’25, Justin Finkel ’25 and Daviel Schulman ’25, gather around retiring chaplain Rabbi Susan Schein during the multi-faith Baccalaureate Service in Harkness Chapel.
A student holds up the ends of an honors stoll embroidered with orchid flowers.
Ana Bermudez ’25 shows the orchid blossoms embroidered on her honor sash as 12 scholars in the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment receive their certificates and sashes in Ernst Common Room. Bermudez’s senior integrative project focused on cultivating native orchids in the arboretum.
A professor holds up a
Professor Chad Jones, the faculty mentor to a graduating Posse from New York Posse, holds up the T-shirt given to him by the students during the Posse graduation ceremony in Ernst Common Room.
Student athletes are bestowed with honor cords for their upcoming graduation.
Staff members Liz Cahn and Kaylin Smith bestow student athlete honor cords to the 122 senior athletes during the annual Senior Athletic Awards Ceremony in Evans Hall.

Reunion Weekend

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 group of college alumni take a photo together with the college camel mascot.
College alumni dance under a tent during a reunion event.
People walk past a sign for a college reunion on the campus green.
Diners at a lobster bake don their bibs before eating.
A group of college alumni raise their glasses during a champagne toast at a reunion event.
A group of panelists in large chairs sit on stage and hold a discussion in front of an audience.
People converse standing on a patio
people embrace at a college reunion
college alumni take photos together on the college green.
A group of college alumni play games of cornhole.
College alumni play a tower tumble wood block game during their reunion weekend.
A person in a camel mascot outfit celebrates while playing cornhole with a group of alumni at a reunion event.
Two college students, accompanied by one on piano, sing the school's Alma Mater.
College alumni in rainbow colored shirts cheer a fundraising announcement during a reunion event.
Three college alumni gather in photo booth.
A member of a rock band on stage takes a photo of the audience during a concert.

Urban wildlife sighting

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. 



June 4, 2025

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