{"id":4692,"date":"2014-08-17T14:26:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T18:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/?p=4692"},"modified":"2014-08-17T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T18:26:53","slug":"welcome-and-welcome-back-to-trinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2014\/08\/welcome-and-welcome-back-to-trinity\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome and Welcome Back to Trinity!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/Paul-Photo-of-Students_edited-1-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/Paul-Photo-of-Students_edited-1-Large-533x400.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Photo of Students_edited-1 (Large)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/Paul-Photo-of-Students_edited-1-Large-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/Paul-Photo-of-Students_edited-1-Large-173x130.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/Paul-Photo-of-Students_edited-1-Large-266x200.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/Paul-Photo-of-Students_edited-1-Large.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a>(Photo by Ann Pauley)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">A new academic year begins!\u00a0 Welcome to all new students and all who are returning for the 2014-2015 academic year!\u00a0 Special welcome to the <strong>Green Class of 2018!<\/strong>\u00a0 An exciting year awaits and we are eager to get going!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This week on this blog and elsewhere on the website we&#8217;ll be reporting on our new students, orientation events, and plans for the new academic year.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll also be adding some of the &#8220;what I did this summer&#8221; reports from students, so if you have something interesting to share with the campus community, please send me a few paragraphs and photos if you have them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Please note that all orientation schedules are on the website.\u00a0 The orientation for new first year students in the College of Arts and Sciences starts on Monday, August 18 &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/cas\/freshwoman-orientation-fall-2014\/\">see the full schedule.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-382x400.jpg\" alt=\"students\" width=\"382\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-382x400.jpg 382w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-124x130.jpg 124w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-191x200.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to all of the student orientation leaders and staff who worked so hard on Saturday to greet the new resident students and to facilitate move-in day &#8212; flawless!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4697\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-2-710x386.jpg\" alt=\"students 2\" width=\"540\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-2-710x386.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-2-223x121.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-2-345x187.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/students-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>New CAS Dean Pamela Barnett (center, shades) and Dean Michele Mackie (beside Dean Barnett) joined student leaders to welcome the Class of 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/myesha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4694\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/myesha-344x400.jpg\" alt=\"myesha\" width=\"344\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/myesha-344x400.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/myesha-112x130.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/myesha-172x200.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/myesha.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a>Myesha went so far in showing her solidarity with the new Green Class that she sported green hair!\u00a0 I can&#8217;t top that, but I am especially pleased to welcome the Green Class since that was my own class color just a few years (ahem!) ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/sisterhood-Medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/sisterhood-Medium-710x306.jpg\" alt=\"sisterhood (Medium)\" width=\"540\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/sisterhood-Medium-710x306.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/sisterhood-Medium-223x96.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/sisterhood-Medium-345x148.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/sisterhood-Medium.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>Go Green!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">And check out Dean Meechie&#8217;s new title&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/fabulousness.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/fabulousness-448x400.jpg\" alt=\"fabulousness\" width=\"448\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/fabulousness-448x400.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/fabulousness-145x130.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2014\/08\/fabulousness-224x200.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a>Let&#8217;s ALL have a FABULOUS Year!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Stay tuned to this blog for more updates&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>See my blog on the Huffington Post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/patricia-mcguire\/fergusons-lessons-for-the_b_5685880.html\">&#8220;Ferguson&#8217;s Lessons for the Fall Semester&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Follow me on Twitter @TrinityPrez<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Class of 2018 is In The House!  Go Greens!<\/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":[9,25,26],"tags":[1402,1401,1243],"class_list":["post-4692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebration","category-students","category-trinity","tag-back-to-school","tag-class-of-2018","tag-new-school-year"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692","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=4692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}