Poughquag resident Monica Erin Dillon
earns Connecticut College degree
NEW LONDON, Conn. (July 26, 2018) – Monica Erin Dillon of Poughquag was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College at the 100th Commencement ceremony on May 20. Dillon majored in Biological Sciences.
The 424 members of Connecticut College’s Class of 2018 were addressed by President Katherine Bergeron; Journalist Jazmine Hughes ’12; and Nayla Tohme ’18, a psychology major and an art and gender and women’s studies double minor who was also a scholar in the College’s Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts.
About Connecticut College
Founded in 1911, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal college located on a 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking Long Island Sound and the Thames River. Our innovative educational approach, Connections, integrates everything our 1,800 students experience here-classes, majors, study abroad, internships, even residence hall and campus life-so they learn how to look at problems from multiple angles and find value in differing points of view. These habits of mind prepare them to be leaders who are intellectually courageous, inventive, resourceful and resilient. For more information, see www.conncoll.edu.
