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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!

What can cause several thousand Washington area residents to spend the better part of a sunny Saturday afternoon indoors for an event that often brings them to their feet cheering and stomping and having a rip-roaring good time? No, it doesn't involve the Redskins, the Terps, the Hoyas or anything remotely related to NASCAR.

Answer: Girl Scout Step Show! At the Trinity Center! Full Article

Last Friday, I had the privilege of sitting in on a focus group conducted by students in Dr. Shelley Tomkin's seminar on public opinion polling. What a great affirmation of Trinity's mission in women's leadership development! The students organized a highly disciplined and effective session in which other students, faculty and staff answered a series of questions about current politics. I will not go into the details here since the actual report will come from the class and I don't want to pre-empt their fine work. But I do want to share a few observations. Full Article

As we head into the final weeks of the academic year, we begin to tally all of the many achievements of Trinity students. I will feature student achievements on this blog throughout the months of April and May, so if you have some notable news — academic awards, fellowships, internship experiences of note, acceptance to graduate and professional schools, plans to enter the Peace Corps or Americorps, or similar academic and professional items — please send them to me with a brief essay about your achievement and goals. Photos are also welcome. Send to my email: president@trinitydc.edu

Our first student achiever: Brigid Otieno

Brigid has been accepted into the highly competitive 2008 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program at Howard University. She follows in the footsteps of Leah Martin '07 who won a prestigious Rangel Fellowship for postgraduate study in preparation for a career in the foreign service.

Brigid wrote this about her interests in International Affairs and her plans: Full Article