March 3, 2011 - Trinity Washington University will host the 24th annual Capital Area Association for Peace Studies Student Conference on Saturday, March 26. The theme this year is “Peace and Justice for Our Planet.” College students from the Washington area will present academic papers, make more informal presentations at roundtables and lead experiential or practical workshops. Students are encouraged to present their best intellectual, academic, artistic or activist work on peace, justice, social change and the survival of the planet. All college students in the Washington region interested in peace studies are welcome to attend the free conference, which runs from 9:30 am to … Continue reading
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February 15, 2011 - Recent Trinity Washington University graduate Jameika Andrews ’10 of Washington, D.C., has been crowned the 2011 Ms. Wheelchair District of Columbia. Andrews graduated from Trinity in December 2010 with a bachelor of arts in business administration. Andrews graduated one year early from Dunbar Senior High School. Her future plans include pursuing an MBA and becoming an independent entrepreneur. During the selection process, Andrews said that she would like to give something back to her city as Ms. Wheelchair District of Columbia: “I make a good representative for people with disabilities, because I have been able to succeed despite the fact … Continue reading
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January 27, 2011 - President Patricia McGuire received an honorary doctor of education from Liverpool Hope University and delivered the commencement speech at the university’s Winter Graduation on January 26, 2011, in Liverpool, England. President McGuire was recognized for her exemplary leadership in higher education and her commitment to the transformative power of education. Liverpool Hope University is an ecumenical university that was created though the merger of three colleges, including a college founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame. In her remarks to the graduates, President McGuire said, your “degrees come with a serious and urgent imperative: these diplomas are your commissions to … Continue reading
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December 7, 2010 - President McGuire announced that the 2010 December Graduation speaker at Trinity Washington University will be Dr. Geraldine Bednash, chief executive officer and executive director of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. She will receive an honorary doctor of letters. Trinity will hold its first December Graduation on Thursday, December 16, at 5:00 pm in the Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports. Continue reading
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November 9, 2010 - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Trinity graduate Cathleen Black ’66 to serve as chancellor of the NYC public school system. Black will be the first woman to head the nation’s largest school system, with a $23 billion budget, 135,000 employees and more than one million students. Black is currently chair of Hearst Magazines; she served as president of Hearst Magazines for 15 years, where she launched O: The Oprah Magazine and published some of the nation’s and world’s largest circulation magazines, including Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, and Good Housekeeping. Continue reading
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October 27, 2010 - Three Trinity graduates were named to Forbes magazine’s list of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”: Speaker of the House Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi ’62 (#11), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius ’70 (#23) and Hearst Magazines Chair Cathleen Black ’66 (#67). Continue reading
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October 26, 2010 - Provost Virginia Broaddus announced the appointment of Dr. Mary Romanello as the founding dean of Trinity’s newly established School of Nursing and Health Professions. Trinity launched its nursing program in 2007 and it has surpassed its enrollment goals. Trinity formally created the School of Nursing and Health Professions this fall to support the rapid growth of the nursing program and to develop new degree programs in fields such as occupational therapy, speech language therapy, exercise physiology and other disciplines. Continue reading
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October 18, 2010 - The Washington Area Women’s Foundation is focusing a new light on the strengths, challenges and issues that women and girls in the D.C. metro area face with the recent release of its “2010 Portrait of Women and Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area,” and Trinity students and faculty played a key role in shaping the report. Continue reading
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October 16, 2010 - President Patricia McGuire was presented with the International Women’s Forum 2010 Women Who Make A Difference Award, which celebrates workplace diversity, support for the advancement of women, and enlightened leadership. President McGuire was honored at the International Women’s Forum (IWF) World Leadership Conference in Montreal on October 15, 2010. Continue reading
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September 27, 2010 - Trinity senior Morgan Kellman ’11 was awarded the prestigious St. Catherine Medal at Cap and Gown Convocation on September 25, 2010. Kellman, a political science major, is from Middletown, Maryland. Kellman has distinguished herself as a scholar, athlete and student leader in many ways. She is currently president of the Student Government Association, is a member of the Trinity Honors Program and is a varsity athlete in three sports. She has been president of her class, lead singer in the Campus Ministry Choir, and active in College Democrats and the Green Leaders Club. Continue reading
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