President McGuire Participates in Teach for America

October 29, 2004

As part of “Teach for America Week,” Trinity President Patricia McGuire taught a class at Gage-Eckington Elementary School in Washington, DC, to highlight the need to expand educational opportunity and to inspire students to pursue their life goals through education. In this effort she joins more than 250 leaders from all sectors, including: former first lady Barbara Bush, actor Michael Douglas, Hewlett-Packard chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina, and former attorney general Janet Reno.

Teach for America Week is the annual nationwide event in which leaders from all professions spend an hour of their time teaching children from some of our lowest income communities. Each year, dozens of politicians, business leaders, athletes, performers, community activists, and other prominent individuals serve as guest teachers in the schools where Teach For America corps members teach.

About Trinity President Patricia McGuire

Patricia McGuire has been President of Trinity in Washington, D.C. since 1989. 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 in 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.

In 2000, President McGuire was appointed by D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and the D.C. Financial Control Board to a special term on the Education Advisory Committee overseeing the D.C. Public Schools.

President McGuire earned her bachelor of arts degree cum laude from Trinity College and her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. Author of many published articles, and an accomplished speaker, President McGuire serves on the board of many educational organizations.

About Teach For America

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding college graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in low-income urban and rural communities and become life-long advocates to expand opportunity for children. Corps members go above and beyond traditional expectations to impact the lives of children growing up in low-income communities. Beyond their two years, corps members take their insight and added commitment to assume leadership roles from inside education and from every other sector and to work toward the fundamental changes necessary to provide more equal opportunities for all children in our nation.

Since Teach For America placed its first 500 corps members in classrooms in 1990, approximately 12,000 outstanding college graduates have joined its movement to eliminate educational inequity. By the fall of 2004, corps members will teach in 22 locations in underserved communities across the country. For more information on Teach For America, please visit: www.teachforamerica.org.