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Trinity Graduate Veronica Nolan '99 Named a Rising Star in the Washington Business Journal's 2009 Women Who Mean Business Awards

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Veronica Nolan '99, executive director of Urban Alliance in Washington, D.C., has been named a Rising Star in the 2009 Women Who Mean Business Awards presented by the Washington Business Journal. Nolan earned her master of arts in teaching from Trinity's School of Education. Full Article

President McGuire Debuts as a Panelist for New Washington Post Online Feature, On Success

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

President Patricia McGuire has been invited to join a distinguished panel of leaders to participate in a new online feature that the Washington Post launched this week called On Success. Full Article

Kiauna Hemsley Named Student-Athlete of the Month by the Association of Division III Independents

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Kiauna Hemsley, a sophomore forward on Trinity's soccer team, was named a recipient of the Association of Division III Independents Student-Athlete of the Month award for September 2009. Full Article

Ellen Bethea and Cristina Martinez Receive Association of Division III Independents Women’s Player of the Week Award

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

For the first time, two Trinity students were named player of the week in the same week. Full Article

Three Trinity Graduates Named to Washingtonian Magazine's List of 100 Most Powerful Women

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Trinity President Patricia McGuire '74, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi '62, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius '70 were named to Washingtonian magazine's list of "Washington's 100 Most Powerful Women" in the October 2009 issue. Full Article

Senior Sydney Cross Awarded St. Catherine Medal at Cap and Gown Convocation

Monday, September 28, 2009

Trinity senior Sydney Cross '10 was awarded the prestigious St. Catherine Medal at Cap and Gown Convocation on September 26, 2009. Cross, an international affairs major who is completing her degree in three years, is from St. Louis, Missouri. Full Article

Principal Philonda Johnson '05 to Give Keynote at Academic Convocation

Friday, September 18, 2009
Philonda Johnson '05

Philonda Johnson

Trinity graduate Philonda Johnson '05, founding principal of the KIPP DC: Discover Academy, will be the featured speaker at Cap and Gown Convocation on Saturday, September 26, at 5:00 pm in the Trinity Center.  She will be presented with the Trinity Washington Woman of Genius Award. Johnson is the youngest person to serve as a principal of a KIPP school. The KIPP DC: Discover Academy in Ward 8 in Southeast Washington, D.C., is a college-preparatory early childhood school serving 100 pre-kindergarten students; the school will grow to capacity to serve 280 students in grades pre-school through kindergarten.  Full Article

Two Trinity Alumnae Named to Forbes Magazine List of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Two Trinity graduates were named to Forbes magazine's list of the "Worlds' 100 Most Powerful Women": Speaker of the House Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi '62 and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius '70. Full Article

Susan Burk '76 Confirmed by Senate to be Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Trinity graduate Susan Flood Burk '76 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 1 to serve as Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with the rank of Ambassador at the U.S. Department of State. Full Article

Trinity Graduate Ellen Gloninger Murray '70 Nominated to Post at Health and Human Services Department

Thursday, May 28, 2009

President Barack Obama announced his nomination on May 28 of Trinity graduate Ellen Gloninger Murray '70 as Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She joins several Trinity graduates who have been nominated to serve in President Obama's administration: Full Article

Trinity Celebrates 106th Commencement

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Three hundred forty-six diplomas were awarded today during Trinity's 106th commencement, with thousands of cheering families and friends in attendance. Full Article

Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Twelve Trinity Students into Honor Society

Friday, May 8, 2009

Twelve Trinity students were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honor society, at a ceremony on May 7, 2009. Trinity graduate Marguerite Kirst Colston '89, vice president for constituent relations for the Autism Society of America, gave the keynote address to the new initiates and their guests. Full Article

Marguerite Kirst Colston '89 Addresses Phi Beta Kappa Initiates

Trinity graduate Marguerite Kirst Colston '89, vice president for constituent relations for the Autism Society of America, gave the following keynote address to the new Phi Beta Kappa initiates and their guests at the induction ceremony on May 7, 2009. Full Article

Trinity Graduate Kathleen Sebelius '70 Confirmed as Secretary of HHS

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
HHS Secretary Sebelius

HHS Secretary Sebelius

Trinity graduate and former governor of Kansas Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius '70 was confirmed today by the full U.S. Senate to serve as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Just hours later, she was sworn into office by President Barack Obama in an Oval Office ceremony at the White House, and officially joined his Cabinet on the eve of his 100th day in office. Secretary Sebelius was nominated to the position on March 2; her confirmation hearing was held by the Senate Finance Committee on April 2. Full Article

Trinity Students Inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Honor Society

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Five students were inducted as full members into Trinity's chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, and seven were inducted as associate members at a ceremony on April 21, 2009. Full Article


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