Campus Notes - West Hartford College Students

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Here are some recent notable accomplishments by local college students, as provided by readMedia Newswire.

Colby College, Waterville ME

• Walker E. Benet of West Hartford has enrolled at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, this fall. Before classes began Sept. 4, they took part in a weeklong orientation that included an introduction to academic and intellectual life at Colby, participation in an outdoor education trip (COOT), and an address by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies Cheryl Townsend Gilkes at Colby's 202nd Convocation. A graduate of Conard High School, Benet is the son of Peter and Lisa Benet.

Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore MD

• As first-year students embark on their college experience, William Aaron and Stuart Carlisle, both of West Hartford, took part in Loyola's living learning program, Messina. The common text for Messina is Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh. The book is an eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in America that "will deepen our understanding of the ways in which class shapes our country."