Connecticut College Viewbook

Do you tend to ask questions that can’t be answered while sitting down?

Ones that inspire you to get up, open doors and connect your best ideas to the world that lies in wait?

Are you curious, resilient, audacious, intrepid?

Creative, insightful and kind?

Camels are known to …

… put learning into action, page 4

Global focus

Four-year career preparation Alumni impact

… chart their own paths, page 22 One-of-a-kind curriculum

All-hands-on-deck advising World-class enrichment offerings

mobilize knowledge

Camels with our hands and our feet.

We curate and create.

We remake the world, one steady step at a time.

(It’s how you know we’re Camels.)

Race. Culture.

Let’s talk about it.

IT’S COMPLICATED. IT’S MESSY. IT’S OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.

The shape of the future (yours, and that of the world) hinges on your ability to hold (and lead) conversations with others, listen respectfully and find common ground.

When we’re able to speak each other’s languages (metaphorically and literally), we’re able to access a wider range of perspectives, reach smarter solutions and inch closer to a just world.

Difference.

Equity.

As it turns out, our greatest strength lies in the scope of our differences.

From a landmark intercultural dialogue program to a research center focused on race and ethnicity to coursework examining inequity, power and difference, Conn students grapple with issues of social justice on many fronts.

(Learn more on page 55. )

Power. Justice.

Gender.

The world is shrinking.

As it does, your reach keeps growing, day by day.

From social innovations to community action, change begins and history is made at the grassroots level.

Conn students lend their unique voices, willing hands and restless feet to a multitude of big ideas that each unfold with a single, purposeful step.

Tapping the programs and resources of the Otto and Fran Walter Commons for Global Study and Engagement, YOU’LL ADVANCE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE BY:

Creating or joining research or partnerships with communities around the world (including the one that’s just across the street)

Building intercultural awareness through courses that connect you with distant communities (using our Global Learning Lab)

Adding context to your academic studies by traveling, living and studying in another part of the world (choosing among more than 100 programs in approximately 40 countries)

Exploring one or more world languages (For a list of the 11 we offer, see the bottom right corner of page 55.)

Camels walk the walk.

You’ll start with a question and proceed with your hands and feet, exiting the classroom and heading out into the world.

Internships

that help you build your resume while mapping passions to professions.

Research and Scholarship

that carve pathways into the previously unimagined.

Talk isn’t much without corresponding action.

We imagine and enact. We dream and deploy.

Because ideas should never be islands. Because concepts gain meaning in context. Because the world’s big problems aren’t going to solve themselves.

Social Justice Initiatives

that address inequity and promote equality on campus and throughout the world.

Creative Endeavors

that upend assumptions and defy boundaries.

For examples of each of these ways (and many others) that Conn students channel learning into action, turn to page 54.

All roads lead to reality.

Which is why all Conn students can complete a comprehensive career track that runs in steady parallel to the life of the mind.

Guided by your career adviser, you’ll build a personalized professional development plan—exploring opportunities that relate to your interests and pressurechecking potential career paths through internships, job shadowing, professional development courses and other activities that equip you with the fundamentals of postgraduate success.

You won’t sacrifice a bit of your intellectual journey as you forge the foundations of professional life, magnifying the value of your Conn education by developing the tools and experiences you’ll need to maximize your impact.

Don’t look now, but here comes life, with its endless surprises and varied demands. We want you to be ready. In fact, we insist.

WE’RE

TO

PREPARE : SELF-ASSESSMENT

(What excites me? What am I best at? What careers align with my interests and values?)

Built-in career plan

Get one-on-one guidance from your career adviser

Create a personalized career development plan

ENGAGE: CAREER AND JOB SEARCH PREPARATION (What set of experiences will best prepare me for my chosen path?)

ACTIVATE: LAUNCH YOUR CAREER

(How do I use what I’ve learned for maximum impact?)

Identify opportunities by leveraging your growing professional network

HERE

HELP YOU imagine, explore, prepare and transform your bold ideas into meaningful pursuits— from day one until the day you graduate.

Take a Career Preparation Course (learn the basics of interviewing, networking and professionalism )

Participate in Advanced Career Engagements, cementing expertise through hands-on experience

Take a Career Informed Learning course (with alumni industry experts)

Use flexible Career Action Funds (up to $3,000) for experiential learning opportunities such as internships or research with a Conn professor

Explore opportunities to build cultural competency by using world languages in professional settings

Do an independent creative or social change project

Identify, apply and interview for jobs

Apply to graduate or professional school

Apply for a fellowship to amplify your expertise and deepen your impact on the world

We put our money where your future is, offering up to $3,000 in flexible Career Action Funds to support your professional development (including a $500 career exploration award for eligible firstyears) by promoting experiences that build skills and connections while channeling learning into action.

Fortune favors the prepared.

Equipped with knowledge and experience, purpose and a practical plan, Camels are ready for what comes next.

EACH PROUDLY UNIQUE, OUR GRADUATES ARE KNOWN AND VALUED AS:

Purpose-driven individuals— committed to marshaling ideas into action

Engaged global citizens— aware of the world’s challenges and prepared to address them

Expansive thinkers— defying traditional approaches and assumptions in pursuit of creative solutions

Empathetic humans— open-minded, respectful and able to communicate with confidence across differences of culture and perspective

Willing collaborators— inclined to harness the strength of complementary forces

These attributes distinguish Conn alumni as leaders and innovators, prized colleagues, community anchors and fundamentally decent people.

We’re honored ...

Often. Camels regularly receive highly competitive honors and awards.

That’s not a brag, honest! It’s just who our students are: intelligent, motivated scholars making the most of the opportunities they have.

It’s also what we do: provide support early so students can identify scholarships, fellowships and other awards for which to apply, and then assist throughout the application process.

And it’s why we do it: These honors allow our students to build on the education they receive at Conn to become even more experienced and knowledgeable ... and therefore more competitive in graduate school and professional careers.

In recent years, Conn students and graduates have been honored with the fellowships, scholarships, awards and honors found on the next page.

Postgraduate

BEINECKE SCHOLARSHIP

FORBES 30 UNDER 30

FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP

GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP

MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

PICKERING FELLOWSHIP

PUBLIC POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

SCHOLARSHIP

RANGEL GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

WATSON FELLOWSHIP

Undergraduate

BOREN SCHOLARSHIP

DAAD RISE

DAVIS PROJECTS FOR PEACE

GILMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP

LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE SUMMER RESEARCH EARLY IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM

PUBLIC POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS JUNIOR SUMMER INSTITUTE FELLOWSHIP

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE CRITICAL LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP

SOMETIMES WE GIVE OUT THE AWARDS.

Not only does Conn provide resources to students seeking highly competitive scholarships and awards offered by national and international organizations, we also provide scholarships of our own. Here’s a small sample:

Bessell Fellowship: Funding to support international internships related to the U.N. Global Sustainable Development Goals

ConnSSHARP (Connecticut College Social Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Research Program): Intensive student-faculty summer research in social sciences, humanities and arts

Language Study Grants: Various scholarships that allow students to dive deeper into language study during summer and winter breaks

Minor Myers Research Fellowship: Self-designed research on a topic that reflects a student’s passion and desire to learn outside of the traditional classroom experience

Sharis ’86 & Thorn ’88 Pozen Endowed Fund for Excellence in Journalism, Writing, and Media: Supports first-year and sophomore students exploring potential careers in journalism, writing and media

Summer Science Research Institute: Opportunities for math and science students to conduct full-time research with faculty during the summer intersession

Sophomore Summer Research Program: Scholarships for Pathway, Center or Certificate Program students conducting research the summer after their sophomore year

Perhaps you have an idea or a dream?

At Conn, you’ll take

A pivot or upheaval you hope to set in motion?

A something or other you want to create, improve, invent or engineer?

your moonshot.

Answer the question that drives you. Exceed the goal that inspires you. Cast your shadow upon the world.

Camels make an impact.

How

We Do It

Camels guided by mentors and friends.

lead with curiosity

We ask bold questions that spark constant connections. (And that point us to meaningful action.)

Don’t just ask about

Four-Year Career Track

A comprehensive sequence of courses, opportunities to learn on the job and one-on-one advising designed to parallel your academic journey.

(See pages 12–15 for more detail)

Making connect

Personal Advising Team

Five (5!) F.I.V.E. dedicated advisers, each with a different way to help.

HERE, AT A GLANCE, IS A SKETCH OF HOW CONNECTIONS WORKS.

Workshops, tutoring and enrichment; the ARC helps every Conn student find ways to power up.

Academic Resource Center

Conn’s version of an honors college offers focus, support and funding for targeted exploration of a project of your choosing.

Pathways

An inquiry-based, experience-enhanced, cross-disciplinary deep dive into a topic of personal interest.

So. Much. More.

From world language study to broad exploration of modes of inquiry to an emphasis on writing mastery, Connections aims to broaden, deepen, extend and inspire.

THROUGH OUR SIGNATURE ACADEMIC PROGRAM, CONNECTIONS, you’ll pose provocative questions while assembling a personalized portfolio of knowledge and related experience. Carefully guided by mentors and peers, you’ll hone your analytical and creative capacity while building the foundation of your professional life—one that emerges from your genuine interests.

The bottom line: There is a plan with a beginning and an end.

The vast, exciting in-between is up to you.

Camels have five legs.

It’s what makes them so hard to knock down.

The truth behind the metaphor is this:

EVERY CONN STUDENT HAS AN ADVISING TEAM. Not an adviser. A team of five separate human individuals, each one dedicated, present and well-informed. (This is how it should be.)

Your team is there for you. To show you the ropes. To connect you with resources. To help you map a plan for your studies—and life.

PERSONAL ADVISING TEAM:

Professor (who is also your FirstYear Seminar teacher)

YOUR ADVISING TEAM WILL HELP YOU:

Assemble a customized academic experience, drawing on the staggering possibilities of this place.

Career Adviser (there to offer guidance from day one)

Staff Member (representing a key campus resource and able to connect you with other resources)

Student (a sophomore who has been carefully selected and extensively trained) Student (another sophomore there to mentor, guide and drink coffee with you)

Build a long-term career plan that relates directly to your studies and deepest interests.

Get you over the hump, if and whenever you need a nudge or a lift (pause here for pun appreciation).

Your best life is a shared endeavor.

Perhaps you could hop across the desert on one foot, but we think you shouldn’t have to.

Prefer thorny questions to easy answers?

ANY CONN STUDENT

MAY CHOOSE TO PURSUE A “PATHWAY,” a set of interdisciplinary courses organized around a central theme and a cluster of related experiences that unfold across four years of exploration, engagement and discovery.

Pathways

The looming curiosity you are wondering about and/or the point of inquiry to guide exploration (which is likely to evolve as discovery unfolds).

CONN’S VERSION OF THE HONORS COLLEGE

EXPERIENCE, Centers combine interdisciplinary coursework, scholarship, research, internships and community-based learning. They offer a dedicated staff and endowed funding to support student projects.

Centers for Interdisciplinary Scholarship

Thematic Inquiry Kick-off course that introduces the Pathway theme and lets you get to know the others in your cohort.

Big Question

While bolstering your intellectual toolkit, you’ll explore culture and identity, grapple with complexity and give back to your community—while preparing for your future in ways that reach far beyond what’s written on the syllabus.

Pathway Courses

Three foundational courses (related to the topic) that prompt explorationcross-disciplinary and skills development.

Global/Local Engagement Opportunities to test or interrogate your question through experience (internship, research, study away, community-based learning, etc.)

Senior Reflection

Culminating opportunity to synthesize, process and expound.

Pathways have included

• Creativity

• Data, Information and Society

• Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Value and Change

• Food

• Global Capitalism

• Media, Rhetoric and Communication

• Peace and Conflict

• Public Health

• Social Justice and Sustainability

All-College Symposium

Share your findings and conclusions with the Conn (Appreciationcommunity.follows.)

Apply

Describe your project (sophomore fall).

Gateway Course Dive into your research and meet your cohort.

Internships (exploring your question in the workplace), and/or Study Abroad (considering your topic through a different cultural lens) and Research (testing your question in the lab or field).

The point: to build an academic plan that emerges from your interests, direct your own education and log experiences that best prepare you for your future. (Solving problems while you’re at it.)

Capstone Course

Check in with your cohort for synthesis, analysis and contented sighs.

Choose from five Centers

• Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology

• Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity

• Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment

• Holleran Center for Community Action

• Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts

Camels take care of their own.

You

can charge harder and lean out further when someone has your back.

THE NATION’S BEST-FUNDED ACADEMIC RESOURCE CENTER

serves the entire Conn community, supporting students who seek targeted assistance with a specific subject as well as those looking to elevate their overall toolkit.

The sharper your skills, the greater your impact. Wherever you stand, we’ll help you reach higher.

A non-exhaustive accounting of Academic Resource Center and Writing Center offerings:

Peer tutors help you raise your game through subjectbased tutoring and writing support at any stage of the writing process

Learning Specialists work one-on-one with students on time management, study skills and test-taking strategies

Faculty partnerships create open avenues for ARC and Writing Center staff and tutors to proactively support students in their majors, Centers and Pathways

There isn’t much that rhymes with “camel.”

The only rhymes we can think of are “trammel,” “mammal,” “enamel” and “Mark Hamill.” But, truth be told, this just serves to back up our sense that camels are a rare breed, content to be their remarkable selves, even while gathered with others of their kind. That said, this does make it somewhat more difficult to write a poem about the Conn experience. But we gave it the old college try.

How to Spot a Camel

You know a camel by the smile it sheds As it formulates a thorny question, Gathering fragments, connecting the threads, Fearlessly channeling thoughts into action.

Camels contemplate, ponder and wonder, Creating, conceiving, and seeking caffeine, Living with honor, bringing the thunder, Becoming the changes that they have foreseen.

The Camel greets a world of possibility Then gathers friends to form a motley herd; Many perspectives, joined in civility, Form better solutions when each voice is heard.

A Camel states a dream then sees it through From tip to tail, ’cause that’s what Camels Do.

Camels

gather in herds.

Because life is a team sport. Because we have so much to learn from each other.

(Because it’s far less fun to cheer for yourself.)

Camels are

surprisingly similar

Bringing tireless curiosity, a winning balance of gumption and know-how, and a habit of knocking down walls for the good of the world.

Like ninjas training in the dojo, you’ll make each other better.

They’ll be your thinking partners, sidekicks and surrogate siblings.

and

wondrously unique.

They’ll be your foil and counterpoint, your exponent, your magnifying glass. Like elements combining, you’ll give and gain and gradually emerge as something wholly new.

Each contributes to a dynamic array of talents, opinions, beliefs, points of view, distant dreams and secret superpowers.

You’ll learn as much from each other as you do in class.

Honor leads to ownership.

AMONG THE BEST BELOVED ASPECTS OF CONN CULTURE IS OUR HONOR CODE, one that governs both academic and community conduct.

In brief: Students sign a pledge to be honest, ethical and civil—in our academic work and in our dealings with others. The resulting trust and mutual respect are the glue that binds this unbreakable community.

OUR OTHER GREAT TRADITION IS SHARED GOVERNANCE, which means working together to imagine and chart our path as a community.

Because Conn students are smart, self-possessed and capable, they are invited to the table as voting members of many major campus committees—including those concerning budgets, curriculum and campus improvements.

Student ownership makes a real difference in how our college is run. And it leads to the development of individual agency and personal responsibility.

You’ll leave here confident that your voice matters and that you are capable of making an impact—because you will have already.

THE HONOR CODE

“We will never, by any selfish or other unworthy act, dishonor this our College; individually and collectively we will foster her ideals and do our utmost to instill a respect in those among us who fail in their responsibility; unceasingly we will strive to quicken a general realization of our common duty and obligation to our College. And thus in manifold service we will render our Alma Mater greater, worthier, and more beautiful.”

Camels

LIKE MOST COLLEGES, WE HAVE A LONG AND VARIED ROSTER OF STUDENT-RUN CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES to fuel and sate and amplify the sprawling range of interests, causes and curiosities of our campus community.

What’s different here is the volume of applause.

Do what you do. (Perform, promote, compete, invent, expound, etc.)

People will show up.

The result is a domino effect of enthusiasm and support that propels you to greater heights and amplifies your impact.

And that makes life much more fun.

do … and do and do and do.

Small ideas never changed the world.

TO CREATE IS TO DEFY, UPEND, DISLODGE OR SURPRISE. To thwart inertia.

To shed light on the previously impossible.

Whether or not you ever take an art class or step on stage, your fellow Camels (professors and peers) will challenge you to develop a creative mindset.

You’ll connect and recombine existing elements. You’ll subject your assumptions to new sets of conditions.

You’re here (at Conn and in the world) to make an impact. YOUR CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE EVERY BIT AS UNIQUE AS YOUR FINGERPRINTS.

Let them be heard.

Think outside the lines.

WHATEVER YOUR CREATIVE STREAK, here you’ll find the space, resources and fellow makers you need to create your masterpiece and get it out into the world.

Theater: playwriting, dramaturgy and dramatic literature; perform in or help mount the many productions staged each year in one of three campus performance spaces; intern with New York or regional theaters; study theater abroad; learn from visiting artists.

Dance: Encounter and perform modern, Afro-Caribbean, West African, improvisation and ballet in a program shaped by 30 years of hosting the American Dance Festival; contribute to (at least) six dance productions each year; intern with a dance company; study dance abroad; collaborate with our

theory, composition and musicology from world-class musicians; take free, private lessons; perform in a wide variety of ensembles; study abroad; record in state-of-the-art studios.

Fine Art: Explore and experiment with ceramics, graphic design, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture with devoted faculty and practicing artists; as a senior, have 24-7 access to a personal studio for your thesis project; collaborate with faculty; learn from prominent global artists-in-residence.

You don’t want to mess with a Camel.

HERE’S THE THING: You’re never going to catch us on an off day.

When we take the field, we go all in. Fighting and tireless. United and savvy. Adaptive and highly intelligent.

Proud members of the NESCAC conference and fielding 28 varsity teams in NCAA’s Division III, our legacy is written in the storied accomplishments of our All-Americans, individual national champions, Olympic medalists and championship-caliber teams.

When we play, we play to win.

When we represent the Camels, we take it personally.

To ensure you’re NEVER MORE THAN A MODEST SPRINT FROM YOUR NEXT CUP OF COFFEE, we offer four cafés, each with its own offerings, atmosphere and resident Camels.

Oasis

Centrally located and abundantly provisioned with sushi, ice cream and salads (all of which pair well with coffee).

The Blue Camel Café Library-based, with soups, baked goods and (wait for it ...) coffee; open 24-7 as a study space.

Coffee Grounds Comfy couches, many windows, an unending torrent of caffeinated bliss.

The Coffee Closet at Ruane’s Den Why waste words when we had you at “coffee”?

ON THE WATERFRONT

Our newly revitalized waterfront features a first-rate facility for the sailing and rowing programs; an outdoor classroom and living laboratory for marine science, environmental research and conservation; and an expedition training area for Conn’s Outdoor Adventures program. Did we mention we’re the only NESCAC on the water?

Destination education.

The only member of NESCAC with a waterfront location, Conn is home to a 750-acre arboretum, a stunning central quad and a commanding view of Long Island Sound.

We’re minutes from I-95 (without feeling like we’re anywhere close to a highway) and an easy drive to Hartford, Providence, Boston and New York City—where many students do internships and build professional networks that lead to quick starts after Conn.

Here you’ll find the ideal residential college experience (welcoming, intimate, supportive) connected to the spinal cord of the wider world.

The middle of nowhere we are not.

OUTCOMES

Sampling of institutions

Conn alums have attended within five years of graduation:

Berklee College of Music

Boston College

Brown University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Duke University School of Law

Georgetown University

Harvard University

London School of Economics

New York University

Northwestern University

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Simmons College

Tufts University

University of California - Berkeley

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of Virginia

Vanderbilt University

Wesleyan University

Yale University

A few current employers of recent Conn alumni:

AECOM

Amazon

Bain & Company

Banani International School

Booz Allen Hamilton

Buzzfeed

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Circus Place

Citi

Camels Do.

Flavorlab

GLAAD

Google

Hubspot

ICAP

JPMorgan Chase

Lincoln School

McKinsey & Company

Morgan Stanley

Naval Nuclear Laboratory

Penguin Random House

Pfizer

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Science Club for Girls

Square

STEM Women Sierra Leone

Tesla

Toast

Travelers

Twitch

United Healthcare

Vogue

Weill Cornell Medicine

Yale University School of Medicine

LEARNING INTO ACTION

Companies and organizations where students have recently interned

AMC TV

Archaeological Conservation Institute

Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Brown Brothers Harriman

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Children’s Defense Fund

Children’s Hospital of New York

China General Chamber of Commerce

Christie’s

Columbia University Medical Center

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Delegation of the European Union to the United States

Environmental Defense Fund

Fidelity Investments

Google

Ground Floor @ Berkeley

Repertory Theater

Mt. Sinai Hospital

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston National Park Service

NBC

Pfizer

Salesforce

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

SpaceX

Time Inc.

UBS

United Nations Relief and Works Program (UNRWA)

Presentations from recent All-College Symposiums

Access and Excess: Exploring the S ocial and Environmental Impacts of Food Waste

An Analysis of Hydrokinetic Devices: Harnessing Energy From Moving Water

Science Fiction Art from the Perspective of Neoclassicism and Romanticism

Social Media: This Generation’s Cigarettes

How Wealth Disparities Impact Prenatal Care Around the World

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Each year, there are at least 80+ student-run clubs and organizations active on campus in the following categories:

Academic and Language

Club Sports (see a sampling on the next page)

Community Service

Culture and Identity

Issue Oriented

Performing Arts

Political

Publications and Media

Religious and Spiritual Special Interest

Student Governance

For the most upto-date list of clubs, visit connquest. conncoll. edu

(A non-exhaustive accounting of things that)

You’re busy, and we have only so much ink. As such, we have (so far) painted with a broad brush. But for the sufficiently intrigued and motivated, here’s some nitty-gritty.

Number of DIVISION III COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES: 438 Varsity Athletic Teams:

Basketball (M/W)

Cross Country (M/W)

Field Hockey (W)

Ice Hockey (M/W)

Lacrosse (M/W)

Rowing (M/W)

Sailing (M/W)

Soccer (M/W)

Squash (M/W)

Swimming & Diving (M/W)

Tennis (M/W)

Track & Field (M/W)

Volleyball (W)

Water Polo (M/W)

SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES

Agnes Gund ’60

Dialogue Project

Offers workshops, interactive classes and cultural immersion experiences that promote enlarging conversations about political, social, racial and socioeconomic differences.

Center for the Critical Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE)

Conn’s hub for the study of comparative race and ethnic studies spurs exploration of such topics as immigration, globalization, indigenous histories and historical traumas.

Elevate

Our annual conference on social justice elevates our collective consciousness about issues of equity and uplifts communities that have historically been marginalized.

Equity and Inclusion

Action Plan

Ever-responsive to the changing needs of our community, the plan provides strategy and specific actions for advancing the goals of equity, inclusion and full participation.

Social Difference and Power Courses

Each Conn student takes two courses that help establish an informed understanding of systemic inequality, power structures, social identity and difference.

Number who SUFFER THE CEASELESS INDIGNITY of not having a Camel for a mascot: 437

Club and Intramural Sports:

Baseball

Basketball

Dance Team

Equestrian Team

Figure Skating

Golf

Ice Hockey

Kickball

Lacrosse

Rugby

Ski Team

Soccer

Ultimate Frisbee

Volleyball

SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

Camels Reef aquatic habitat

Carbon neutral by 2030

Geothermal well field on Tempel Green

Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment certificate program

Green roof on College Center

LEED Gold-certified New London Hall

Numerous bottle-filling stations

SmartFlower solar structure

Solar array on service building

Spokespeople bike rental and repair

Sprout Garden organic produce Stars GOLD rating (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education)

Sustainability Fellows program

Sustainable living residence

Earth House

Swap Shop clothing exchange

Founded in 1911

750 acres of campus/arboretum rising above Long Island Sound and the New London seaport

Approximately 1,900 undergraduates

For specifics on the most recent incoming class, visit https://www.conncoll.edu/ admission/apply/ admission-statistics/

Faculty

9:1 student-to-faculty ratio

Average class size of 17

Around 180 full-time faculty members, 95% of whom hold a Ph.D. or other terminal degree

More than half our students work with professors on independent studies or honors theses

Career Prep and Life

After Conn

Nearly 100% of our students e ngage with the career office at Conn. About 90% of them report that the career program helped them find jobs.

More than 95% of our alumni are e mployed or pursuing advanced degrees within one year of graduation.

50% of our graduates earn advanced degrees.

Majors

Africana Studies

American Studies

Anthropology

Architectural Studies

Art

Art History

Behavioral Neuroscience

Biological Sciences

Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Botany

Chemistry

Classics

Computer Science

Dance

East Asian Studies

Economics

English

Environmental Engineering Studies

Environmental Studies

Film Studies

French

Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality Studies

German Studies

Global Islamic Studies

Government

International Relations

Hispanic Studies

History

Human Development

Italian Studies

Latin American and Latino Studies

Mathematics

Music

Music and Technology

Philosophy

Psychology

Religious Studies

Slavic Studies

Sociology

Student-Designed

Interdisciplinary Theater

Minors

Most majors, plus: Applied Statistics

Arabic Studies

Astronomy

Cognitive Science

Finance

Geology

Jewish Studies

Linguistics

Language Studies

Arabic

French

German

Greek Hebrew Italian

Japanese

Latin

Mandarin Chinese

Spanish

Russian

See yourself here? Turn dreaming into action.

(It’s what Camels do.)

ADMISSION

Does this look like your natural habitat?

The entire aim of this book has been to help you answer this simple-butall-important question. The best college for you checks various boxes. Academic programs that will nourish your curiosities and give you the best chance to set them in motion. A community that feels comfortable but will also challenge you to grow.

There is plenty of info online, but here are a few important, high-level tidbits:

We are test-optional. Feel free to submit results if you like, but know that we see you as much more than numbers.

We accept the Common App to keep things as simple as possible. Interviews are available, but not required.

Learn more about requirements, deadlines and admission philosophy: CONNCOLL.EDU/ ADMISSION/APPLY

VISITING

Come see us for a few hours. (Or four years.)

Our thoroughly unscientific study of current students suggests that it took them an average of 83 seconds between stepping on campus and deciding to apply. Which is to say, a visit to this place could literally change your life. Come see us, walk our acres, gaze down at the water, stand among Camels and see if you like what they have to say.

Come to campus or get to know us from the comfort of your couch!

See your options: CONNCOLL.EDU/ ADMISSION/VISITSVIRTUALS-AND-EVENTS

FINANCIAL AID Want to figure out how to make Conn affordable for you? (So do we.)

College is a huge investment. We get it. We are fortunate to have the resources to help those who would be the best match for this community gain access to a Conn education. The bottom line: We meet the full demonstrated need of every student we admit. Before you decide that Conn is out of reach, give us a chance to prove you wrong.

About 60% of students receive need-based aid

Around 90% of this aid consists of grants that do not have to be repaid

Our average need-based financial aid award is just above $45,000

For more about Conn costs, the aid application process and financing options: CONNCOLL.EDU/ FINANCIAL-AID

College is committed to the goal of achieving equal opportunity for all and, accordingly, does not discriminate

basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and characteristics, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, visible or invisible disability, or status as a disabled veteran of the Vietnam era. The College complies with federal and state legislation and regulations regarding nondiscrimination. This policy applies to faculty and staff, applicants for faculty and staff positions, students, and applicants for educational programs and activities. Inquiries concerning