Archive » Awards & Honors

President McGuire announced that the 2010 Commencement speaker at Trinity Washington University will be Argelia Rodriguez, president and chief executive officer of the District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP). Full Article

The U.S. Senate has confirmed two Trinity alumnae, M. Patricia Smith '74 and Ellen Gloninger Murray '70, to serve in top posts in the administration of President Barack Obama.  Smith was confirmed by the Senate on February 4 to serve as Solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor, the third highest position in the department.  Murray was confirmed on February 11 by the Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Full Article

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 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, 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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