{"id":4271,"date":"2013-10-27T16:31:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2013-10-27T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T20:31:09","slug":"trinity-alumnae-coast-to-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2013\/10\/trinity-alumnae-coast-to-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinity Alumnae Coast to Coast!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trinity LA Alums October 15\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9QDhhxCZTOw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What an amazing several weeks for Trinity alumnae from coast to coast!\u00a0 Trinity alumnae in Los Angeles gathered for a wonderful party on October 15, see video above.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/academiccenter\/release\/\">Joan Payden<\/a> was our host at the California Club.\u00a0 Our Board Chair Sr. Patricia O&#8217;Brien, SND and Trustee Finance Chair Irene Horstmann Hannan 68 joined me in saluting Joan for her amazing gift in support of the new Trinity Academic Center.\u00a0 Joan spoke with passion and eloquence about the importance of women supporting women&#8217;s education and advancement.\u00a0 We all had a great time.\u00a0 Thanks, Joan!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, we like to get our Trinity spouses into the act, so we&#8217;re very grateful to Brian P. Gallogly, spouse of Angela Zizzi Dailey &#8217;71, for those great photos.\u00a0 Thanks also to Angela for wonderful assistance with the event, and also many thanks to Mary Zorotovitch and the amazing team at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.payden.com\/\">Payden &amp; Rygel<\/a>!\u00a0 We have a wonderful video of historic photos that played during the event and we&#8217;ll be loading that onto the Trinity website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Gretchen-and-Pat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4274\" alt=\"Gretchen and Pat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Gretchen-and-Pat-248x200.jpg\" width=\"248\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Gretchen-and-Pat-248x200.jpg 248w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Gretchen-and-Pat-161x130.jpg 161w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Gretchen-and-Pat-497x400.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Gretchen-and-Pat.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I raced back from L.A. to change bags and head to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/academics\/provost\/lily-conference\/Speakers.shtml\">University of Scranton<\/a> where Trinity Alumna Dr. Gretchen Van Dyke &#8217;83 (above, left) was chairing a major conference for the <a href=\"http:\/\/lillyfellows.org\/NationalNetwork\/NationalConference.aspx\">Lilly Fellows<\/a>, an ecumenical group devoted to strengthening church-related colleges and universities of many denominations.\u00a0 Gretchen, a professor of Political Science at Scranton, invited me to give an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2013-speeches-and-writings\/\">address <\/a>to this group.\u00a0 She is a real superstar, and the conference was amazing.\u00a0 Thanks, Gretchen!<\/p>\n<p>Then, just this past Friday, I had the pleasure of giving an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2013-speeches-and-writings\/\">address <\/a>to the Catholic high school teachers and principals of the Archdiocese of Washington, and wouldn&#8217;t you know it, one of Trinity&#8217;s Finest was honored during this event.\u00a0 Nellie Jackson &#8217;04 is chair of the English Department at Don Bosco Cristo Rey &#8212;- she received on award for her teaching excellence.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the citation:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4273\" alt=\"Nellie Jackson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Nellie-Jackson-631x400.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Nellie-Jackson-631x400.jpg 631w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Nellie-Jackson-205x130.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Nellie-Jackson-315x200.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Nellie-Jackson.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And as a double pleasure, Nellie&#8217;s principal at Don Bosco Cristo Rey is also a Trinity alumnus, Larry Savoy, a graduate of our Educational Administration master&#8217;s program.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s Larry and Nellie celebrating her award with me:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Savoy-and-Jackson-at-ADW-Teachers-Event-10-15-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4275\" alt=\"Savoy and Jackson at ADW Teachers Event 10 15 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Savoy-and-Jackson-at-ADW-Teachers-Event-10-15-2013-251x200.jpg\" width=\"251\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Savoy-and-Jackson-at-ADW-Teachers-Event-10-15-2013-251x200.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Savoy-and-Jackson-at-ADW-Teachers-Event-10-15-2013-163x130.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Savoy-and-Jackson-at-ADW-Teachers-Event-10-15-2013-502x400.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/10\/Savoy-and-Jackson-at-ADW-Teachers-Event-10-15-2013.jpg 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trinity graduates are excelling throughout the educational universe.\u00a0 We recently learned that THREE Trinity alumnae are among the 23 honorees for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dcps.dc.gov\/DCPS\/About+DCPS\/Who+We+Are\/Honoring+our+Educators\/Teaching+Awards\/2013+Rubenstein+Awards+for+Highly+Effective+Teachers\">Rubenstein Awards for Highly Effective Teacher<\/a>s for the D.C. Public Schools.\u00a0 They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dowan McNair-Lee &#8217;07<\/li>\n<li>Belinda Omenitsch &#8217;94<\/li>\n<li>Amy C. Wertheimer &#8217;02<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to these accomplished teachers and Trinity alumnae!\u00a0 We&#8217;ll have more to report on them after the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we have also just learned that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/dc-charter-school-teacher-wins-surprise-25000-award\/2013\/10\/24\/b8c97566-3cc6-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html\">Kena Allison<\/a> who is an instructor in our Continuing Education Program &#8212; she teaches at the Thurgood Marshall Academy &#8212; also just won a major award for excellence in teaching; she is featured in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/education\/dc-charter-school-teacher-wins-surprise-25000-award\/2013\/10\/24\/b8c97566-3cc6-11e3-b6a9-da62c264f40e_story.html\">Washington Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to all alumnae and alumni, and our very accomplished faculty and instructors, whose amazingly great work makes Trinity so proud!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumnae and friends mark great achievements and celebrate our extraordinary alma mater!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,688,9,26,508],"tags":[1290,1291,1289,1293,1292],"class_list":["post-4271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-center","category-catholic-issues","category-celebration","category-trinity","category-trinity-alumnae","tag-cristo-rey-network","tag-don-bosco-cristo-rey","tag-excellence-in-teaching","tag-payden-rygel","tag-rubenstein-award-for-excellence-in-teaching"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}