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Are you ready? Looks like the Red Class of 2008 (above) is already rockin'!

Seniors, to get pumped, just put on those mortarboards and click on this link for a little "Pomp and Circumstance" while you practice accepting your diploma… 27097_graduation-pomp-and-circumstance.mp3

Commencement Day is Sunday, May 18, and already the excitement is building on the Marble Corridor. Commencement is the best day of the year at Trinity, and we are eager to welcome all of our graduates, families, friends, alums and guests to campus!

We have so many student achievements to celebrate this year, and in the next few days I'll be recapping more achievements on this blog. If you have done something notable and worthy of publication, please sent me a note (president@trinitydc.edu) and a photo is even better, along with a brief paragraph.

Congratulations to Rihem Badwe who will be attending the Albany College of Pharmacy in the Doctoral Program!

Congratulations to Ashleigh Wesche who gets her wings this week in a ceremony commissioning her as an Air Force Second Lieutenant!

Congratulations to Yanna Sideris who will be earning her Master's Degree at Argosy University!

Congratulations to Charlynn Burgess who will be earning her Master's in Biochemistry at Hood College!

These are just a few of our many talented graduates — watch this space for news of many more achievements!

Send YOUR news to me at president@trinitydc.edu

Congratulations to the Red Class of 2008!

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It's been two weeks already since Pope Benedict's visit, so some postgame analysis now seems in order. Starting with the red shoes. Did you see them? I got a close look during his meeting with the college presidents, see above. Fab. A far cry from the "shoes of the fisherman" circa 33 A.D. when Peter became the first Pope. Peter was probably more Teva than Prada.

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