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Lily Rosenberg returned to the Island on October 21 with members of the Middlebury College Paradiddles a capella group. The group performed several popular titles to the delight of the audience of students, faculty, and alumni who gathered in Founders Chapel for the Saturday evening event. Lily received a warm welcome back to campus and had a chance to reconnect with some of her teachers and friends from her years at Loomis.
2017 Shanelle Jones was honored at the fourth annual Hartford Girls Rock! event this fall at the Marriott Hartford Downtown. Hartford Girls Rock! honors young women in Greater Hartford for academic achievement, leadership, and commitment to service. Shanelle is a first-year student and Day of Pride academic scholarship recipient at the University of Connecticut. According to her profile in the Hartford Girls Rock! program, Shanelle is considering majoring in political science and possibly double-majoring in human rights, and she aspires to be a corporate or immigration attorney. In addition to her academic pursuits, Shanelle sings in the gospel choir Voices of Freedom and is a member of the Black Student Association at UConn. Sponsored by the Foundation for Educational Opportunities and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Epsilon Omicron Omega chapter, Hartford Girls Rock! selects recipients based on nominations of “the best and brightest girls” serving in local community-based nonprofits. Recipients engage in enrichment workshops such as goal-setting, career exploration, and leadership development, and they are honored at a brunch attended by civic leaders, corporate representatives, and family and friends. The keynote speaker at this fall’s event was Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas.
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Junior Harry Raddock and his grandmother, Debbie Savitt First ’59, and uncle, Rich First ’86, celebrate the varsity soccer team’s win over Hotchkiss in the Meadows.
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Catherine Turley Basu ’03 ran into Dean of Faculty Katherine Ballard at Catherine’s book signing in Mystic, Conn., in October 2017.
Gathering at the Middlebury College Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony are Brian Hefner ’97, Kelly Hefner ’91, Loomis coach Chuck “Bruno” Vernon, honoree Jennifer Hefner Carbone ’93, honoree Fred Beams ’62, and former Loomis coach Jim “Grim” Wilson.
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Nicole Meo ’04 and husband Michael King on their wedding day, July 15, 2017, in Old Lyme, Conn.
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