15 Facts About Connecticut College

1.

Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college in New London, Connecticut.

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2.

Connecticut College was chartered in 1911 in response to Wesleyan University's decision to stop admitting women.

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3.

Connecticut College died in 1904 and his wife Harriet Alexander died in 1911, and their son Frank sold a large part of the land to the trustees to found Connecticut College.

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4.

Connecticut College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education and has been so continuously since December 1932.

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5.

Connecticut College's academics are organized into 31 academic departments and seven interdisciplinary programs with 41 traditional majors plus opportunities for self-designed courses of study.

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6.

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.

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7.

Connecticut College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.

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8.

Student center is called Crozier Williams Connecticut College Center is located in Central Campus often called "Cro".

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9.

Connecticut College Arboretum is a 750-acre arboretum and botanical garden.

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10.

Connecticut College is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Annapolis Group, and the New England Small College Athletic Conference .

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11.

Connecticut College has two student newspapers in which students handle all aspects of production: reporting, editing, ad sales, management, photography, layout, multimedia, and design.

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12.

The Connecticut College Voice is an editorially independent print and online bi-weekly publication, and The Conntrarian is an online opinion publication and a member of the Collegiate Network.

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13.

Connecticut College's teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III in the New England Small Connecticut College Athletic Conference .

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14.

Connecticut College became the first-ever draft pick from Connecticut College and was the first Division III pick since 2016.

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15.

Connecticut College has produced 427 collegiate All-Americans, 16 Academic All-Americans and 12 Olympic qualifiers.

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