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Christopher Barnard, assistant professor of art: Barnard, who specializes in painting and drawing, earned a master of fine arts from the University of Southern California USC. He has had many sole and group exhibitions and also has work on display as part of the College's Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition. Ana Campos-Holland, assistant professor of sociology: Campos-Holland, who has a Ph. Her dissertation was entitled "'Doing' Parenthood: Crime, Illicit Drugs and Parenting under Mass Correctional Supervision," and she has given a number of presentations on the effects of parental drug use, violence and imprisonment on children.
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David Chavanne, assistant professor of economics: Chavanne's areas of expertise include experimental economics, public choice and law and economics, and his research focus is on third-party redistribution. He earned his Ph.
Sheetal Chhabria, assistant professor of history: Chhabria, who has a Ph. Bombay and its Oceanic Frontier. Ferhatovic specializes in medieval and renaissance literature. A native speaker of Serbo-Croatian, Ferhatovic earned his Ph. He was previously a visiting professor in the department of cultures, civilizations and ideas at Bilkent University in Turkey. Suzuko Mousel Knott, assistant professor of German: Knott, who earned a Ph. Louis, has been a visiting assistant professor of German at Bradley University for the past year.
The college was chartered in in response to Wesleyan University 's decision to stop admitting women. Wright and other Wesleyan alumnae convinced others to found this new college, espousing the increasing desire among women for higher education. Their initial endowment came from financial assistance from the city of New London and its residents, along with a number of wealthy benefactors. The college sits on a former dairy farm owned by Charles P.
He died in and his wife Harriet Jerome Alexander died in , and their son Frank sold a large part of the land to the trustees to found Connecticut College. The entering class was made up of 99 freshmen students, candidates for degrees, and 52 special students, a total registration of A fine faculty of 23 members had been engaged and a library of 6, volumes had been gathered together. Shain claimed that there was evidence that women were becoming uninterested in attending women's colleges. Admission to the college is considered "more selective" by U.
In the college rankings of U. The College offers more than a thousand courses in 31 academic departments and seven interdisciplinary programs, and students can choose from 41 traditional majors plus opportunities for self-designed courses of study.
Starting with the class of , students at Connecticut College participate in a new interdisciplinary general education curriculum called Connections. Connecticut College has a history of undergraduate research work and students are encouraged to make conference presentations and publish their work under the guidance of a professor. Student Fulbright Program grant. Connecticut College has been recognized as a top producer of Fulbright awardees, [22] producing, in , nine Fulbright Grant recipients.
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The student-faculty ratio is about 9 to 1. The main campus has three residential areas. The North Campus contains the newest residential halls: The South Campus contains residence halls along the west side of Tempel Green: The Central Campus contains the oldest residence halls: The oldest dorms on campus are Plant House and Blackstone House, which were founded in Connecticut College's two principal libraries are the Charles E. The Shain library was originally dedicated in and is named after former College President Charles Shain.
It was renovated, expanded, and re-dedicated in , and that renovation was honored by the American Institute of Architects with a New England Honor Award in the category of Preservation. Students frequently go to the arboretum to walk, study, or otherwise enjoy nature.
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Harkness Chapel is a fine example of noted architect James Gamble Rogers ' colonial Georgian style , with twelve stained glass windows by G. The building is used for denominational religious services, as well as for ceremonies, concerts and recitals, weddings, and other public functions. The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is located on campus, although it is not connected to the campus proper. The museum's web site states that "the permanent collection includes over 10, paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, furniture, and decorative arts, with an emphasis on American art from the 18th through 20th centuries.
Students live under the college's year-old student-adjudicated Honor Code , which distinguishes Connecticut College from most of its peers.
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The honor code underpins all academic and social interactions at the college and creates a palpable spirit of trust and cooperation between students and faculty. Other manifestations of the code include self-scheduled, unproctored final exams.
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In a typical year, the college enrolls about 1, men and women from states, Washington D. Approximately forty percent of students are men. The fall student body was Under the college's system of shared governance, faculty, staff, students, and administrators are represented on the major committees that make policy regarding the curriculum, the budget, and the campus and facilities.
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The College provides financial aid packages that meet percent of its students' demonstrated financial needs. Connecticut College does not offer a Greek system of fraternities or sororities. The College has seven a cappella groups:. The college radio station WCNI A 2, watt transmitter installed in reaches much of the lower New England region.