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July in Pictures

July in Pictures

Joys of July: Sprout, soccer, science, Shakespeare and more!

¾«¶«AV assistant womenâ€™s soccer coach Mia Santana leads soccer camp on Harkness Green. ¾«¶«AV's annual summer sports camps are popular in the region. — ¾«¶«AV Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach Mia Santana ’20 leads a soccer camp session on Harkness Green. ¾«¶«AV’s annual youth sports camps are popular in the region.

Summer@¾«¶«AV

David Dorfman plays accordion while overseeing a Summer @ ¾«¶«AV session

Summer@¾«¶«AV pre-college programs for high school students featured offerings in entreneurship, global studies and intensive dance with David Dorfman Dance. The immersive two-week residential programs allow high school students to explore their passions, collaborate with experienced faculty and current ¾«¶«AV students, and live and learn on ¾«¶«AVâ€™s beautiful waterfront arboretum campus to get an early feel for the residential liberal arts college experience. Learn more.

David Dorfman dancers perform for high school students during an intensive Summer @ ¾«¶«AV session. — Dancers from David Dorfman Dance, ¾«¶«AV’s company-in-residence, perform for high school students during an intensive Summer@¾«¶«AV session.

Workers bring flooring up a dormitory staircase — Workers move new flooring into Knowlton in mid-July. Improvements to campus continue all summer long.

Workers level fresh cement on a campus sidewalk — Workers lay new concrete pathways across Larrabee Green as the Larrabee-Crozier steam renovation project comes to a conclusion.

A ghost shrimp on a petri dish up close — Associate Professor of Biology Taegan McMahon’s summer research looks at pathogenic fungi in ghost shrimp.

Summer Research

Summer science students study ghost shrimp in a lab — Biology students Meiling Bottan ’25, foreground, and Andrew Bartolomucci ’25 conduct research on pathogenic fungi in ghost shrimp with Associate Professor of Biology Taegan McMahon.

A Sprout worker ties flowers in another worker's hair — Jo Duckett ’25 weaves flower blossoms into the hair of Caroline Skrebutenas ’25 as they and Sabilah Alibhai ’25 prepare for the weekly Sprout Organic Garden market at Cro.

Still Sprouting!

Student workers wash vegetables in the the Sprout garden

A student harvests lavender in the Sprout garden

¾«¶«AVâ€™s organic Sprout Garden continues to yield its summer bounty to the enjoyment of students, staff and faculty.

Students harvest garlic in the Sprout garden — Caroline Skrebutenas ’25 lays out garlic to cure as Eric Vukicevich, the Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Assistant Professor of Botany at ¾«¶«AV, works with the student Sprout gardeners to clean and prep the freshly harvested garlic.

Image of a woman's face reflected in another person's glasses — Anthony Medina Rivas Plata, right, reflects on the point Leposava Ognjanosk Stavrovsk is making during the U.S. Department of State Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) foreign policy program hosted on campus by MaryAnne Borrelli, the Susan Eckert Lynch ’62 Professor of Government at ¾«¶«AV, in July.

Meeting the community

Interim President Wong greets students and staff on campus

Interim President Leslie E. Wong met with students, staff, faculty and prospective students throughout July.

Interim President Wong talks to staff on campus — Interim President Leslie E. Wong hosted meet-and-greet sessions with staff and faculty in July.

Masked actors perform during Flock Theater's Shakespeare in the Park in the Arboretum — Masked actors perform during Flock Theater’s production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in the Arboretum meadow by the pond. The production was directed by Derron Wood ’88.

Flocking to the Arboretum

Actors perform during Flock Theater's Shakespeare in the Park in the Arboretum

Masked actors perform during Flock Theaterâ€™s production of William Shakespeareâ€™s â€œA Midsummer Night's Dreamâ€ in the Arboretum. The production was directed by Derron Wood â€™88.