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February in Pictures

Camels pack a lot of action into the shortest month of the year. 

The waxing crescent moon and the planet Venus in the night sky.
The waxing crescent moon and the planet Venus in the western sky nearing moonset.

The Prom

Actors dance and sing on stage in a musical theater performance

The cast of the ā€œThe Promā€ perform the finale number during the final dress rehearsal in the Athey Center at Palmer Auditorium. The production, a joint effort of the Theater, Dance and Music Departments, was directed by Theater Professor Ginny Anderson and Dennis Corsi, with choreography by Dance Professor Lisa Race and music direction by David Marottolo.

five actors in fancy costumes perform a kick line as part of a musical theater performance.
Actors in high school costumes dance on stage during a musical theater performance.
a female actor in a blue dress speaks angrily into a cell phone prop during a musical theater performance.
Two female actors, one in fancy stage costume, on in pajamas, high kick during a musical theater performance dance routine.
An actor, with arms raised, sings in front of a group of actors on stage during a musical theater performance.
two female actors hold hands and sing to each other on stage during a musical theater performance.
Three students craft a camel out of snow.
Eliza Macaluso ’27, Erin Lawrence ’27 and Maddie Baybeck ’27 fashion a camel snow sculpture on Tempel Green.

Let it snow ...  

A group of students throw snowballs on a snowy college quad.
Two students walk along a sidewalk by snow-covered trees.
Women's basketball players embrace teammate during Senior Night festivities prior to a game.
Senior guard Catie Donadio ’25 is embraced by teammates on senior day day before the women’s basketball team tipped off against Wesleyan at Luce Field House.

1,000-point Camel

A basketball player in white and blue shoots the ball over a defender in red and white.

Menā€™s Basketball guard Cam Schainfeld ā€™25 takes a shot over a Bates College defender at Luce Field House. Schainfeld scored his 1,000th career point in the game.

Students in and improvisational theater group perform on stage.
Members of SCUDS, ¾«¶«AV’s long-form improv comedy group, perform “SCUDS Gets Inked” in Olin Auditorium.
Student actors sing Happy Birthday to a fellow cast member during a break in rehearsal.
The cast of “The Prom” sing “Happy Birthday” to cast member Anna Vredevoogd ’26 during a rehearsal in Oliva Hall.

Career learning

Students sitting a tables discuss documents as part of a career preparation course.

Caylice Williams ā€™28, left, Charlie Riegel ā€™28, and Owen Walsh 28 review resumes during a hiring exercise they completed as part of a ā€œCareer Preparationā€ course.

Student Works Dance Concert

Student dancers wearing black and white perform a hip hop number on stage.

Student dancers perform ā€œBroski's in the House,ā€ choreographed by Melisa Sierra ā€™26, as part of the Student Works Dance Concert in Martha Meyers Dance Studio. More than 70 student dancers performed in 26 student-choreographed pieces. 

Four dancers in all-white perform a modern dance.
“Time, Resonance, Remembrance,” choreographed by Dani Crosta ’27.
Three student dancers leap gracefully through the air performing a modern dance piece.
“Dancing for Rain,” choreographed by Bridgette Silva ’27.
Dancers illuminated in pools of spotlight perform a modern dance piece.
“Falter,” choreographed by Heide Reeh ’27.
A dance student leaps gracefully in the air while performing a modern dance piece with other students.
“A Handful of Dry Roasted Nuts,” choreographed by Ava Dobro ’26.
A group of dance students, clad in a variety of colorful costumes, perform a hip hop dance.
“B.B.L (Booty. Beats. Laughs),” choreographed by Eliaris Brito Castillo ’25 and Ashley Cheeks ’26.
A solo dance student performs.
“It Was …,” choreographed and performed by Bella Donatelli ’25.
A large group of dance students wearing a variety of colorful outfits perform a modern dance piece.
“M.C.M.,” choreographed by Emery Amtmann ’25, Eliaris Brito Castillo ’25, Ethan Chin ’25 and Corinne Robbins ’25.
A trio of dance students wearing orange, blue, and gray jumpsuits perform a modern dance piece.
“Boundless Reentry,” choreographed by Ariel Mayer ’26 and Sam Walker ’26.

Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon

A white-haired librarian leans over a table of female students with laptop computers.

Research and Instruction Librarian Andrew Lopez works with students (L-R) Abby Ragland ā€™25, Ellen Jury ā€™25, Tatum Courtmanche ā€™25 and Lauren Bryant ā€™25, as members of the ¾«¶«AV community work to transcribe papers of Frederick Douglass as part of the annual Frederick Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon. The nationwide event brings together volunteers from across the U.S. to transcribe various Black history-related documents held at the Library of Congress.

Dungeons & Dragons Live

A group of students strike poses as they are introduced during a live Dungeons & Dragons game.

Gamemaster Sitara Takyar ā€™25, left, introduces players Giuseppe Piccirilli ā€™25, Ali Rubin ā€™25, Pluto Shea ā€™26 and Ian Ross ā€™25 as the student theater club Wig & Candle performs ā€œDungeons & Dragons Liveā€œ in Olin Auditorium.

A audience of students laugh seated in an auditorium.
Two student dungeons and dragons players react to the game while seated next to a giant 20-sided polyhedral die.

[Un]Freedom Colloquium

A man holds a microphone as a female student asks a question during a forum on housing justice

Priscilla Ameyaw ā€™26 asks a question as members of the ¾«¶«AV and New London communities gather for ā€œFrom the Grassroots: [Un] Freedom and Community Advocacy,ā€ the first public event in the . The event brought together local community organizers in the areas of housing, healthcare and education to reflect on the meanings of ā€œunfreedomā€ in their work, which describes the condition of marginalized people who are denied human rights even when legally free.  

Four students seated on a couch gesture and laugh while playing a trivia game.
Students laugh during Black History Month Jeopardy at Coffee Closet. The event was hosted by the Black Student Union, the African Student Association and Race and Ethnicity Programs.

NESCAC Swimmer of the Year

Two student swimmers fist-bump after competing in a race.

Justin Finkel ā€™25, left, fist bumps his Wesleyan University opponent after winning the 50 free during a dual meet at Lott Natatorium. Finkel was named NESCAC Swimmer of the Year for the third consecutive year after his performance at the 2025 NESCAC Men's Swimming & Diving Championships. 

Three students take a photo together at a Lunar New Year celebration.
Students take a photo together at the Asian Students in Action (ASIA) and International Students Association Lunar New Year Celebration in the 1941 Room.

Lunar New Year Celebration 

Students gather around large round tables to socialize during a Lunar New Year celebration.
Students gather around large round tables to socialize during a Lunar New Year celebration.

Sampling the sap

A bearded college professor pours raw maple sap into cups for students to sample.

Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies Manuel Lizarralde pours raw maple sap into sample cups for students in his ā€œCoevolution of Plantsā€ course. Lizarralde, with the help of retired college grounds supervisor Jim Luce, offered samples of the sap at various stages of processing.  

Tapping the maple trees 

a bearded college professor uses a hand drill to tap a maple tree as students in a botany course watch.
A college professor pours sap collected from a maple tree from the collection bucket as students watch.

Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies Manuel Lizarralde taps a maple tree using a hand drill and shows students sap collected from a previously tapped tree. 

A heavy lift

two men use a pole to lift a donut shaped telescope mirror from its housing.

Assistant Teaching Professor of Astronomy Alex Gianninas, right, and Thames Amateur Astronomy Society member George Blahun remove the 20-inch main mirror from the Olin Observatory telescope to prepare for the unitā€™s removal. The College received a $100,000 gift from an anonymous alum to replace it with a 14-inch telescope, a CDK350 Observatory System built by PlaneWave Instruments.

A seated student sings into a microphone as a standing student plays the trumpet during a coffeehouse performance.
Farah Najjari ’25, left, is accompanied by Elijah Edmonds ’28 on the trumpet during the Musicians Organized for Band Rights on Campus (MOBROC) open mic night at the Coffee Closet.

Pasta time

Students in aprons gather around a kitchen work table to make pasta.

Students learn to make pasta during a workshop hosted by Associate Dean of the College and Dean of Sophomores Carmela Patton.

Polar Plunge

Four male students in bathing suits race out of the water after participating in a polar plunge in the ocean.

Members of the Menā€™s Water Polo team race for shore during ¾«¶«AV's Oceana chapterā€™s annual Polar Plunge to benefit Save The Sound. More than 30 students splashed into the frigid waters of Long Island Sound at Ocean Beach Park in New London. 

Students race into the ocean as part of a polar plunge.
A group of student athletes take a group photo before participating in a polar plunge into the icy waters of Long Island Sound.

The Veiled Vocalist

Students in mascot costumes take to the stage for a singing competition.

During the Student Activities Councilā€™s second annual Veiled Vocalist competition, six student singers competed in three roundsā€” voted on by the audienceā€”for a $500 shopping spree. The event was emceed by magician and comedian Joseph Tran.

Students in an audience cheer.
Students in mascot costumes prepare in the dressing room for a singing competition.

Snow-covered campus

Snow blankets a college campus as seen from the air.
A church steeple looms high over a snow covered college campus.
An ice covered pond from the air.


March 6, 2025

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