Connecticut College

Connecticut College is a coeducational, private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1911, it was a women's school until 1969. It is located just up Route 32 from the United States Coast Guard Academy. Across the Thames River which the college's crew and sailing teams practice on, is the city of Groton.

Programs

• Career Enhancing Life Skills (CELS) is a four-year program through which students explore career options, assess interests and skills, learn to consider lifetime goals when planning coursework and activities, look for a career-related junior-year internship, and get help with a job search as seniors.
• Unity House is the college's multicultural center. Unity House promotes, supports, educates, and implements multicultural awareness programs on campus. It also houses a library and group meeting room, open to all. It also hosts many intercultural organizations, including but not limited to Umoja (African Diaspora club), SOUL (Sexual Orientations United for Liberation), and CCASA (Connecticut College Asian/Asian American Student Association).
• Office of Volunteers for Community Service (OVCS) helps students find volunteering opportunities in the community. Also provides a van service to drive students to their community service.
• Friday Nite Live The Student Activities Council hosts a series of weekly concerts performed by on-campus and off-campus bands. Some of the recent acts include: Virginia Coalition, ViV, Paranoid Social Club, and Ari Hest.