{"id":7507,"date":"2018-06-02T08:32:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T12:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2018-06-06T07:55:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T11:55:54","slug":"celebrating-trinity-alumnae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2018\/06\/celebrating-trinity-alumnae\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Trinity Alumnae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2018\/06\/celebrating-trinity-alumnae\/virginia-mackenzie\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7508\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Virginia-MacKenzie.jpg\" alt=\"Author MacKenzie\" width=\"442\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Virginia-MacKenzie.jpg 2777w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Virginia-MacKenzie-82x130.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Virginia-MacKenzie-126x200.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Virginia-MacKenzie-768x1221.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Virginia-MacKenzie-252x400.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a>So many women of achievement are gathering for the 2018 Reunion!\u00a0 Above is a photo of Dr. Virginia Bergin MacKenzie, Class of 1958, who just published a remarkable book about a family&#8217;s daring escape from the terrible civil war in Liberia in 1990.\u00a0 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07DD31QFX\/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1\">The Shirt on His Back<\/a><\/em> tells the story of Joe and Vera Bailey and their daughters during the chaos at the end of the Taylor regime.\u00a0 The book is available on Amazon in Kindle and hardcover versions. Here&#8217;s Dr. MacKenzie presenting the book to Liberian Ambassador to the U.S. Lois Brutus:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2018\/06\/celebrating-trinity-alumnae\/mckenzie\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7522\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7522\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/McKenzie.jpg\" alt=\"McKenzie book presentation\" width=\"237\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/McKenzie.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/McKenzie-83x130.jpg 83w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/McKenzie-128x200.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a>Virginia has a great story of her own, told well in the Author&#8217;s Note:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2018\/06\/celebrating-trinity-alumnae\/mackenzie-bio\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7509\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7509 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/MacKenzie-Bio.jpg\" alt=\"MacKenzie bio\" width=\"558\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/MacKenzie-Bio.jpg 3562w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/MacKenzie-Bio-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/MacKenzie-Bio-144x200.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/MacKenzie-Bio-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/MacKenzie-Bio-287x400.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a>Dr. MacKenzie donated a copy to the Library.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks and Congratulations, Virginia, on your publication!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2018\/06\/celebrating-trinity-alumnae\/sherri-brown-98\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7510\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Sherri-Brown-98.jpg\" alt=\"Sherri Brown\" width=\"533\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Sherri-Brown-98.jpg 2024w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Sherri-Brown-98-84x130.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Sherri-Brown-98-130x200.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Sherri-Brown-98-768x1186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Sherri-Brown-98-259x400.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a>I was so pleased to connect with Sherri A. Brown, Class of 1998 AND a graduate of our MA in Counseling program.\u00a0 Double Trinity Alumna!\u00a0 Sherri is now associate dean of students at Northern Virginia Community College, a great institution.\u00a0 Congrats, Sherri!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2018\/06\/celebrating-trinity-alumnae\/class-of-78\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7511\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7511\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Class-of-78.jpg\" alt=\"Class of 78\" width=\"714\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Class-of-78.jpg 2726w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Class-of-78-138x130.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Class-of-78-212x200.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Class-of-78-768x725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2018\/06\/Class-of-78-424x400.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a>And it&#8217;s always great to see friends from the Class of 1978, who promise to tell no stories of our days together in Kerby Hall!\u00a0 Happy Reunion!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more stories from Alumnae Reunion 2018!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Virginia Bergin MacKenzie &#8217;58 has published a remarkable book on the civil war in Liberia.  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