Seth Voytek, a Lyman Hall High School and University of Connecticut graduate, described his stay in Georgia as a productive experience: He was able to bring Western notions of women's rights and critical thinking to the school where he taught English, and Georgians were able to share their time-honored traditions with a young American.

MERIDEN - Dr. Fred Tilden watched dignitaries dig ceremonial shovels into the dirt Thursday afternoon and smiled.
"I can't wait for that big hole in the ground to become steel and then a building, and then a place where we can see patients in a quiet, respectful, high-quality way," he said.