Connecticut College News

Paul Fussell, historian and cultural critic, died last week at 88. With his death, America lost a steady voice for cantankerous protest against all so many pedestrian American institutions and assumptions - the gourmet restaurant, the uniform, the national defense system.

Local students have achieved Dean's Honors, a recognition for students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.66, or Dean's High Honors, a recognition for students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.78, for the 2012 spring semester at Connecticut College.

After a year's absence and parents requesting that it be brought back, the Spectrum student enrichment program was reinstated in the Somerset Public Schools this school year and Director of Curriculum Bradford Smith said the program has had an impact on students in all of the elementary schools in Somerset.

For a few hours last week, I'd planned to write a column about the " five-second rule ." Scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University in England had released a study showing that some foods were safer to eat than others after being left on the floor to collect germs.

Congratulations to these students from Pleasantville and Briarcliff Manor who have recently crossed stages at colleges and universities to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Three Winchester residents were awarded bachelor of arts degrees from Connecticut College at the 94th commencement ceremony on May 20.

A renowned scholar of World War I and II, Fussell joined Penn's English department in 1983, and taught until his retirement in 1994, after which he and his wife continued to live in Philadelphia for several years prior to moving to Oregon.

The following Wrentham students graduated from college recently. Bryant University James Lightbody Jr., of Wrentham, majored in economics Matthew Schoenewolff, of Wrentham, majored in business administration in finance Connecticut College Samuel Dylaw, of Wrentham, majored in economics and German studies Samuel Field, of Wrentham, majored in ... (more)

Jillian DolliffA of Excelsior was awarded a bachelor of arts degree from Connecticut College at the 94th commencement ceremony on May 20.

He was one of three Bermudian sailors representing their respective high schools at the New England Schools Sailing Association Team Race Championship at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut.

Jameel Best participates with the first graduating class ceremony for the Soulsville Charter School in commencement ceremonies Thursday at Saint Andrew AME church.

The US writer Paul Fussell's 1975 book The Great War and Modern Memory was, according to the British military historian John Keegan, revolutionary.

The Snelling House Director at Champlain Valley Union High School will depart CVU after the current school year to become the new principal of Montpelier High School.

Alexander Krogh-Grabbe, 26, was hired to fill the position in a unanimous 11-0 vote by the BID's board of directors last week.

We were connected through WorkReady Philadelphia, the citywide initiative that prepares young people for the world of work through programs that allow them to experience, firsthand, the workplace, explore their own career interests, and make connections with business professionals.

A Ambassador Louis B. Susman suggested that Connecticut College 's Class of 2012 is anxious about its future, but said he is confident the graduates and their generation worldwide are stepping up to meet challenges.

East Lyme's Kiki Ryan, 7, gets a shot past Stonington goalie Haley Hamilton, 22, during the lacrosse game held at Connecticut College in New London Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Graham Allen, a sophomore at Connecticut College, was awarded the sophomore Julia Wells Bower Prize, which is given for distinction in mathematics offered by an anonymous donor in honor of Julia Wells Bower, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics.

The record, a self-titled and essentially homemade - if not an accidental and truly "indie" affair - saw the Brooklyn-based band move from unknowns to road warriors thanks to the wonders of the interweb.

A Lindsay Paiva , a senior at Connecticut College, was recently awarded the Katherine Finney Memorial Award, which is given to a senior whose undergraduate career exhibits the qualities of leadership, responsibility and integrity which characterized the late Professor Finney's thirty-five years of distinguished service at Connecticut College.