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Connecticut College´s Class of 2010 to graduate May 23

NEW LONDON, Conn. - Nearly 450 Connecticut College students will receive their diplomas this year at Connecticut College´s 92nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23. A crowd of nearly 4,500 family members, friends, professors and alumni will gather on the college´s Jean C. Tempel ´65 Green for the 11 a.m. ceremony. In the event of significant rain, the ceremony will take place in Palmer Auditorium. Guests are asked to arrive by 10 a.m.; the processional begins promptly at 10:35 a.m. Economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and professor of health policy and management at Columbia University, will give the keynote address. Sachs, who is known for challenging economic development policies, twice has been named one of Time Magazine´s 100 most influential leaders. President Leo I. Higdon Jr. and Class of 2010 President Alexandra Felfle of Barranquilla, Colombia, will also speak to the graduates and their guests. For the 18th year, each graduate will be presented with a sapling during Commencement exercises. The sapling represents the tree on the college seal and each student´s continuing connection to the college. Since the first year of the tradition, more than 7,000 saplings have been distributed. Following the ceremony, the new graduates and their guests are invited to a luncheon on the Library Green. For more information and a full schedule of events, visit www.conncoll.edu/events/1621.htm. About Connecticut College Situated on the coast of southern New England, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal arts college with 1900 students from all across the country and throughout the world. On the college´s 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking Long Island Sound, students and faculty create a vibrant social, cultural and intellectual community enriched by diverse perspectives. The college, founded in 1911, is known for its unique combination of interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu. --CC--



May 10, 2010