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College to sponsor Earth Day-Community Day celebration
March 02, 2007
For immediate release - March 2, 2007 Contact: Amy Sullivan (860) 439-2526; amy.sullivan@conncoll.edu Connecticut College sponsors Earth Day-Community Day celebration NEW LONDON, Conn. - Connecticut College and the Connecticut College Arboretum will celebrate Earth Day-Community Day with a variety of events for children and adults on the college green from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. on April 21. The rain date is April 22.
The environment-themed activities will include guided arboretum tours, storytelling, crafts, games, dancing, food and short talks about invasive plants, propagation and other environmental issues. The event will also feature vendors, artists and educational displays.
Some of the event's many participants will include Project Oceanology, Mystic Aquarium, Sierra Club, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, SolarWrights, Coast Guard Academy Sustainability Club, Mystic Paper Beasts, singer Geoff Kaufman, Fiddleheads, Hygienic Art residents, artist Susan Stone, Shaklee Corporation and Norwich Area Global Warming Action Group.
To announce this year's Earth Day-Community Day, Connecticut College has partnered with the Regional Multicultural Magnet School's third grade classes. Approximately 80 students have decorated informational posters that will be displayed in New London County. This effort is being led by Hugh Birdsall and Amy Grammatica of the Regional Multicultural Magnet School.
A more detailed schedule of the day's events is forthcoming.
Ranked among the most selective private liberal arts colleges in the nation, Connecticut College enrolls 1,900 men and women from 43 states and 45 countries. The college is known for putting the liberal arts into action through interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. Founded in 1911, the college operates under an 85-year-old honor code. The college is located at 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, about two hours by car from Boston and New York. The 750-acre campus is an arboretum overlooking Long Island Sound. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu. --CC--
For media inquiries contact: Amy Martin (860) 439-2526; a.martin@conncoll.edu