Campus Update

Girl Scouts Honor President McGuire

President Patricia McGuire and Trinity College received the Officers' Award from the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital at the President's Circle Dinner in March. The Officers' Award honors outstanding organizations, and the leaders of those organizations, for their contributions to the Girl Scout Council. This marks only the fifth time that this distinguished honor has been awarded.

President McGuire has been involved with the Girl Scout Council in a variety of significant ways. She has served on the Cultivation Committee for the Girl Scout's Capital Campaign, hosted the Council's Wider Opportunity program, been a keynote speaker for the girlsandwomen.connect program, participated in the Women's Advisory Board, hosted dinners for the Council's "Dine Around" series, and has participated in the Girl Scout's popular Camp CEO program, where women executives attend camp with area Girl Scouts - sharing s'mores and leadership advice.

Trinity College has had a partnership with the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital for more than a decade. Trinity is a cosponsor of girlsandwomen.connect, which pairs women business leaders with Girl Scouts and offers a series of interactive programs. The Washington Business Journal, Washington Mystics and the Calvert Group are also cosponsors of the program. In Spring of 2002, Trinity established a scholarship program that awards $5,000 to Gold Award Girl Scouts, and makes scholarships available to all Girl Scouts and their leaders. Trinity has hosted a number of Girl Scout programs, including the Soy Unica, Soy Latina Festival in the fall and Wider Opportunity, a week-long summer enrichment program; and provided housing to Girl Scouts who participated in the 90th Anniversary Sing-Along on the Mall.

"Our relationship with Trinity over the past 10 years exemplifies the very best in 'partnership,' said Donnella Brockington, president of the Girl Scout Council.
"President McGuire has always been our most enthusiastic and energetic supporter. It is hard to imagine Girl Scouting in the Nation's Capital without Pat McGuire…. and without Trinity College." She added, "Trinity's scholarship program for Girl Scouts is making dreams of education come true for many of our members. There is no greater gift."

The Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital has more than 71,000 members in the Washington area, making it one of the largest councils in the nation.

Trinity Hosts Catholic School on Campus

This fall, the sounds of children playing hopscotch, jumping rope and practicing multiplication tables will be heard, as Trinity welcomes the students of Immaculate Conception Catholic School to campus while their school is being renovated.

Immaculate Conception is part of the Archdiocese of Washington's Center City Consortium, a group of 13 inner-city Catholic schools. The Center City Consortium is the cornerstone of the Archdiocese's "Faith in the City" initiative, which seeks to stabilize and revitalize the inner-city Catholic schools located in the neediest neighborhoods of Washington, D.C. The Consortium is committed to turning these schools into nationally recognized centers of excellence that demonstrate what Catholic schools can and do accomplish in inner cities across the United States.

Immaculate Conception educates about 130 students, pre-K through 5th grade, and also offers before- and after-school care. Classrooms are being created to accommodate the new students in the lower level of Alumnae Hall, Cuvilly Hall, and the Library. Immaculate Conception plans to be at Trinity during the 2003-04 academic year, while the school is being completely renovated.

Mary Anne Stanton '90, executive director of the Consortium, is thrilled with the arrangement. "I think this is such an exciting partnership," she said. "I know that this will be a wonderful learning experience for all of us. Exposing young kids to college this way will make a very positive impression on them."

"Trinity works with and reaches out to the Archdiocese of Washington and other dioceses in many ways," said President Patricia McGuire. "This is a special opportunity to extend our commitment to Catholic education, and to the young people of this city," she added. "When the Archdiocese needed space for one of its schools, Mary Anne knew that she could turn to Trinity for support. We are delighted to welcome the students of Immaculate Conception to campus."

Trinity also hosts the annual "Faith in the City" family fun festival in the spring in the Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports.