March 23, 2004, New Rochelle, New York:   Trinity College President Patricia McGuire was presented with an honorary degree today by The College of New Rochelle, at an Academic Convocation held as part of CNR's year-long celebration to mark its Centennial.   President McGuire was recognized for her leadership at Trinity College and for a life-long career devoted to academic excellence and the advancement of women.

President McGuire gave the keynote address at the Academic Convocation, entitled:  "Creativity, Innovation, Celebration:  The Future of Women's Colleges." 

The Academic Convocation was part of a two-day event, "In Celebration of Women's Colleges" that The College of New Rochelle hosted at its Main Campus.  The College of New Rochelle is the first Catholic college for women in New York State.  You can read more about the program, and about the Centennial events at Trinity's sister Catholic women's college, at the CNR web site.

President McGuire is congratulated by The College of New Rochelle President Stephen Sweeny.	President McGuire gives keynote address at The College of New Rochelle's Academic Convocation.

In honoring her leadership, The College of New Rochelle noted that "since becoming President of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. in 1989, Patricia McGuire has turned around an institution nearing bankruptcy in the late 1980s to one that is today at the pinnacle of the Washington, D.C. higher education community.  She has accomplished this impressive achievement by overseeing the completion of a $20 million sports complex with a special emphasis on women and girls and by diversifying the college’s student population by tapping into communities where higher education is often an elusive dream.  Today, 75 percent of Trinity’s student population consists of black and Hispanic women from Washington, D.C.

"Before coming to Trinity, Ms. McGuire was the Assistant Dean for Development and External Affairs for Georgetown University Law Center, where she was also an adjunct professor of law teaching courses on tax exempt organizations. Earlier, she was project director for Georgetown's D.C. Street Law Project. She was also a legal affairs commentator for the award-winning CBS children's newsmagazine 30 Minutes and the Fox Television program Panorama  in Washington."

Contact:  Ann Pauley, Trinity College Public Relations, 202/884-9725