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HUY CHAU ’16

MerinHartfordScholarandAlexanderA.

Mackimmie,Jr.Scholar;IntendedMajor:

Engineering;Valedictorian,Bulkeley

HighSchool,Hartford

“I am the first to attend college in my family, and my family is proud. My father works for Chartwells [Trinity’s campus dining service], so he was especially proud ... I feel privileged to learn from professors who often teach beyond the scope of the subject, and to study with a diverse group of peers

who challenge me intellectually ... On a class trip to Hartford Hospital, I learned about a research project involving my professor. Through engineering, he has helped little kids in the local Hartford community diagnosed with Otitis Media [ear infection]. One day I also hope to be able to help the Hartford community as an engineer.” [The trip was part of Assistant Professor of Engineering Lin Cheng’s first-year seminar, “Engineering Our Digital World.”]

Ensuring Opportunities for Promising Local Scholars

This is the time of year when the Admissions Office selects the next cohort of students entering

Trinity, including high-achieving, multi-talented students from around the country and the world. Coming from 47 states and 54 countries, our students hail from far and wide. However, it is especially important for our home city and state that we provide opportunities for bright, promising local students to contribute to the fabric of life at Trinity.

In addition to funds allocated by the College for financial aid, generous alumni, parents, and friends of Trinity have contributed gifts to establish scholarships, many of which are named by their benefactors. Some scholarships are endowed permanently, while others provide student aid through annual contributions that go directly toward funding the costs of attendance for the recipient. Together, these named awards support more than 500 Trinity students each year.

We turn to six scholars from Connecticut—all former class valedic- torians or salutatorians—for reflections on their decision to attend Trinity, including excerpts from letters written to thank their scholarship donors.

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GEORGE DENKEY ’15

MerinHartfordScholar;IntendedMajors:

PoliticalScienceandUrbanStudies;

Valedictorian,LawandGovernment

AcademyatHartfordPublicHighSchool;

The Denkey family immigrated to the

U.S. in 1997 from Togo, West Africa.

“Throughout my childhood, it was my dream, and my family’s dream as well, that I would attend an institution of higher education … The academic life at Trinity is beyond exceptional. One of my favorite courses has been “Global Challenges of the 21st Century” with Professor Brigitte Schulz [Associate Professor of Political Science], in which we evaluated the major challenges and threats that the globalized community faces. I was truly inspired to contribute to this changing world in which we live … At Trinity, I have been able to grow, connect with some wonderful people, and truly understand what my purpose is and where I am headed at this crucial juncture of human history, where everything seems set to change.”

T CLIFFORD DUNLOP IDP’20

T’44Scholar;Major:Philosophy;

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school and beginning to think about

applying to colleges.

“Since I came to Trinity, I have been given the opportunity to open up my world. I would never have dreamed that I would study abroad at this time in my life, in a study-abroad program in Italy this past summer ... One of my papers was published last spring in the Trinity Papers ... These experiences would not have been available without the generosity of spirit that donors have shown in their effort to offer non-traditional students the ability to attend Trinity.”

DARIEN FRANCO ’15

TimothyJ.Walsh’85andMary

CasnerWalshScholar;IntendedMajor:

Philosophy;Valedictorian,Capital

PreparatoryMagnetSchool,Hartford

“I was a camper at Trinity’s Dream Camp, beginning in sixth grade, and have been a counselor in recent summers. That’s how I first got to know Trinity. For a long time I’ve had a real sense of comfort being on this campus. As I looked at different colleges and applied to my list of schools, I started receiving financial aid award offers. I realized Trinity is really such a top school. The scholarship

support made a big difference in my being able to attend ... I’ve decided to major in philosophy and I’m consider-ing a second major in sociology. I joined a new philosophy club that one of my friends founded. I like absorbing everything here, all of the opportunities at Trinity. And I’ve made good friends–it would be hard not to, it’s that kind of place.”

EMMA STERNLOF ’13

PresidentialScholar;Major:History,with

aMinorinReligion;Valedictorian,St.

BernardSchool,Uncasville

“I want to express my profound gratitude to donors for their generosity in supporting my career at Trinity... Over the past year, my academic experience has been overwhelmingly positive. Whether I was handling medieval manuscripts, brainstorming with professors, or attending extracur-ricular lectures, I was constantly challenged and stimulated. Two years ago, I was honored to receive the George J. Mead Prize in History. Last year, I studied Latin literature, European politics, and medieval art history at our Rome Campus. I am currently researching and writing a two-semester thesis centered on the Native American

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scholarship of James Hammond Trumbull, the first librarian of the Watkinson Library and a celebrated linguist and colonial historian.”

RUTHIE WHITWORTH ’15

MeehanFamilyScholar;IntendedMajor:

BiologyorNeuroscience(Pre-med);

Valedictorian,WeaverHighSchool,

Hartford

“My professors at Trinity have done an awesome job in offering their help with my transition as a transfer student, and I am working hard to succeed with my goal of attending medical school to be a pediatrician. The classes have been very rigorous, and the people I spend time with greet me with positive attitudes. The Trinity College Gospel Choir welcomed me with open arms and has been a great way for me to meet others and have a support system ... I am truly appreciative to the Meehan family for helping fund my education and supporting my future endeavors.”

For a complete listing of endowed scholarship funds and the generous donors who have made these scholar-ship opportunities possible, please visit www.trincoll.edu/givingtotrinity and click on the endowment report link.

PublishedeachacademicsemestertoinformdonorsandfriendsofTrinityCollegeaboutthefar-reach-ingimpactoftheirsupport.

Please address all inquiries to:AdvancementCommunicationsTrinityCollege300SummitStreetHartford,CT06106e-mail:[email protected]:(860)297-4278

James F. Jones, Jr.PresidentandTrinityCollegeProfessorintheHumanities

John P. FracassoVicePresidentforCollege Advancement

Mary Jo Keating ’74SecretaryoftheCollegeandVice PresidentforCollegeRelations

Jenny HollandDirectorofCommunications

Christopher FrenchActingDirectorofDevelopment

Kathy AndrewsDirectorofAdvancement Communications

Contributing Writers:Bri Diaz, Dayana Aleksandrova ’15, Junius Ross-Martin ’15

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Mentoring Matters

When Trinity donors and students combine forces to support local schoolchildren

to reach their full academic potential, everyone involved gets excited about the shared results. Two recent gifts illustrate donor support for learning opportunities that are equally valuable for Trinity student mentors and their young mentees.

The Jones-Zimmermann Academic

Mentoring Program (JZ-AMP) at Trinity began in 2001, thanks to generous funding from the Marie &

John Zimmermann Fund, which has continued to make the program possible through its annual contributions. JZ-AMP recruits and trains Trinity College students as mentors to work with approximately 30 low-performing

and other schools) to provide Hartford children–elementary through high school–academic, cultural, and athletic enrichment on Trinity’s campus. Among Dream Camp’s goals are enhancing out-of-school educational opportunities, building confidence and academic skills, and developing students’ interest in pursuing higher education. As Dream Campers enter high school and begin considering college options, programs focus on college awareness, admissions, SAT prep, and navigating through college and financial aid applications. This semester, 120 children are participating in academic-year tutoring. Last summer, 250 children participated in the summer program.

A representative from Bank of

America Foundation recently visited, presenting a donation on behalf of the company. Dream Camp supporters include Trinity alumni, parents, and friends, Fisher Foundation, and Versa

Products Company (whose CEO is Jan Larsson ’77, a Board of Fellows member). For information about supporting these and other tutoring/mentoring programs, please contact Amy Brough, director of institutional support, at (860) 297-5315 or [email protected].

Above,L-R:JZ-AMPmentorLiznel Aybar-Ventura ’15helpshertwomenteeswithhomework;DreamCamptutorWilliam Holden ’15mentorsastudentinmath;Madelin Diaz-Sanchez ofBankofAmericapresentsacheckfor$10,000toMatthew Proffitt,DreamCampprogramdirector,andCarol Darr ’03(atright),assistantdirectorforcorporate,foundationandgovernmentrelationsatTrinity

sixth grade students at the Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy, who commit to participating all three years of middle school. The model is unique in that it matches two mentees to one college mentor.

“Having the opportunity to be a mentor inspires me just as much as it empowers the mentees,” says Liznel

Aybar-Ventura ’15, double-majoring in political science and Hispanic studies. “Every week they grow; physically, intellectually, and socially—they don’t notice, but all of us involved in the program see it. It’s extremely rewarding.”

Meanwhile, Trinity’s Dream Camp, in its 16th season, is both an after-school and summer camp program that engages college students (from Trinity

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RECENT MAJOR GIFTS

Below is a sampling of major gifts Trinity’s generous donors have made to

the College since July 1, 2012.

The Gladys Brooks Foundation » TheGladysBrooksPresidentialScholar-shipEndowment

The Shelby and Gale Davis Charitable Fund » FinancialaidscholarshipsforDavisUnitedWorldCollegeScholarsatTrinity

Arline J. Hoyle, Widow MA’56 » AnunrestrictedbequesttosupportthegreatestneedsoftheCollege

Karen F. and Andrew J. Littlefair P’13 » LittlefairFamilyScholarshipFund

Lauren and Gregory G. Mario ’87 and the Mario Family Foundation » TheGregoryG.MarioDistinguishedProfessorofChemistryFund,inhonoroftheVernonK.KriebleProfessorofChemistryEmeritusHenryDePhillips

Scholarships for Illinois Residents, Inc. » FinancialaidscholarshipsforIllinoisScholarsatTrinity

Elizabeth F. and W. James Tozer, Jr. ’63, P’89, ’90 » TheClassof1963Scholar-shipFund,GatesQuadrangle,JackChatfieldEndowedFundforStudentScholarshipandWritinginHistory,andtheTrinityCollegeFund

William V. Waterman, Jr. ’52 » AnunrestrictedbequesttosupportTrinity’sgreatestneeds

The Henry Luce Foundation has approved a four-year implemen-tation grant of $400,000 to

Trinity through its Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE). The four-year grant, which began this academic year, comes on the heels of a year-long $50,000 explora-tion grant received last year through LIASE, bringing the total amount to $450,000 over five years.

The LIASE grant is one of only four

Trinity Receives Henry Luce Foundation Grantawarded to colleges this year. Coordi-nated by the Center for Urban and Global Studies, the grant will support a visiting scholar from Asia; research and travel for students and faculty in Asia during the academic year and summer terms; language study on campus and abroad; new course development and revision of existing courses; a reading group; faculty attendance at conferences in the United States and abroad; and a Web-based platform

designed to facilitate exchange on Asia, the environment, and sustainable development.

The River Cities of Asia Program, which has been highly successful since its inception in 2009 with support from Trinity’s China Urban

Studies Summer Program Endow-

ment Fund and the O’Neill Asia Cum

Laude Endowment Fund, laid critical groundwork that led to the success of the proposals.

Studentswhoparticipatedinthesummer2012RiverCitiesofAsiaprogramrepresentavarietyofmajors,includingthearts,engineering,environmentalscience,economics,internationalstudies,history,andurbanstudies.

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In April 2013, Trinity faculty members Xiangming Chen, Michael Lestz, and Joan

Morrison will co-present on the River Cities program at the ASIANetwork conference in Nashville. ASIANetwork is a consortium of 160 North American Colleges that strives to strengthen the role of Asian Studies within the framework of liberal arts education.

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Trinity has received a generous bequest from the estate of Jean

Stubbs W’40, establishing the George R. Stubbs ’40 Scholarship Fund in memory of her husband, an accomplished educator. This generous gift is an investment in Trinity’s overall endowment, which provides a secure source of support for our students, faculty, and staff in perpetuity. Income from the new fund is designated to provide scholar-ship support for Connecticut students.

Originally from Danbury, Connecticut, George

Stubbs ’40 earned his B.A. in English and participated in the community service organization, the Trinity Commons Club; the Tripod; Le Cercle Francais; and the Jesters drama club. He pursued

Bequest Fulfills Wish, Endows Scholarship Support

graduate study at Columbia University and taught at schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland before settling in Locust Valley, New York, at Friends Academy, a private, co-educational, college- preparatory school. He served thousands of Friends Academy students over 20-plus years as a teacher, college counselor, director of admissions, and, finally, as dean of students.

Following his retirement in 1968, Mr. Stubbs and his wife moved to Coconut Creek, Florida. After her husband passed away in 1981, Jean Stubbs remained supportive of Trinity and wanted us to know she would continue reading the Reporter magazine and other Trinity publications. In a letter describing her bequest intention, she wrote, “To fulfill his wish, I have provided

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In the seven decades since George Stubbs led a classroom of students for the first time at Friends Academy, there has been a steady stream of the school’s students applying to Trinity each year. The affection he felt for our College influenced many Friends Academy students to choose Trinity and remains an essential part of his legacy.

To support the newly created George R. Stubbs ’40 Scholarship Fund or to explore creating a new endowed scholarship fund, please contact Eve Forbes, director of gift planning, at (860) 297-5353 or [email protected].

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Spring dates to save! MCGILL LECTURE

Tuesday, April 2, 4:30-6 p.m.

AnnualPatriciaC.andCharlesH.McGillIII‘63

DistinguishedLectureinInternationalStudies:

“Egypt:IsItaRevolution?”bySharifAbdelKouddous.

ADMISSIONS 101 April 7 & 8

Highschoolchildrenofalumni,parents,faculty,and

staffvisitcampustolearnmoreabouttheadmissions

selectionprocessinastructuredyetrelaxedway.

www.trincoll.edu/alumni/admissions101.

LONG WALK SOCIETIES GALA Wednesday, April 10, 6-9 p.m.

ForTrinity’smostgenerousdonorsandvolunteers,the

settingforthisyear’sLWSGalawillbeTheNewYork

PublicLibrary.www.trincoll.edu/givingtotrinity/Gala.

SCHOLARS RECEPTION Thursday, April 18, 5:30-7 p.m.

Ourannualcelebrationofthedonorsandrecipients

ofmorethan350namedscholarshipsatTrinity.

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Mark Setterfield, Maloney Family Distinguished

Professor of Economics at Trinity College, delivered his inaugural lecture December 3 to an engaged audience in the McCook Auditorium at Trinity. Entitled “Growth and Crisis: A Multi-Agent System Approach,” the presentation centered on an ongoing research project on which Setterfield has collaborated with a colleague at the University of Vermont and with Trinity students.

Distinguished Maloney Economics Lecture Presented by Mark Setterfield

Setterfield joined the Trinity faculty in 1992, and is chair of the College’s Department of Economics. In addition, he is an associate member of the Cambridge Centre for Eco-nomic and Public Policy at Cambridge University (UK), a senior research associate at the International Economic Policy Institute, Laurentian University (Canada), and a member of the Centre d’Économie de l’Université Paris Nord (CEPN) at l’Université Paris XIII in France.

The Maloney Family

Distinguished Professorship

of Economics was established in 2008 by gifts from Leslie

Warner-Maloney and Kevin J.

Maloney ’79, supporting Maloney Distinguished Professors and their focus on teaching and research on topics of global economic significance.

Such support for endowed professorships makes it possible for Trinity to recruit and retain exceptional faculty members in every discipline.

L-R:FormerDeanofFacultyRena Fraden;PresidentJames F. Jones, Jr.; Jennifer MacDonald; Mark Setterfield; Kevin J. Maloney ’79; Leslie Warner-Maloney; Erik Maloney;andLaura Maloney.

More spring dates to save! WASSONG LECTURE

Monday, April 22, 7-9 p.m.

AnnualShirleyG.WassongMemorialLecture:

“SexualityinEurope:ATwentieth-CenturyHistory

andaHistoryofthePresent”byDagmarHerzog.

COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND May 18-19

Trinity’sonehundredeighty-seventh

Commencementceremony:activitiesbeginSaturday

withtheceremonytakingplaceSunday,11a.m.,

ontheMainQuad.

REUNION WEEKEND June 7-9

Rekindleoldmemoriesandcreatenewones;

celebrateaccomplishmentsoffellowalumni;present

Reunionclassgifts;andenjoyallthatisTrinity.

Thisyearwecelebrateclassyearsendingin3’sand8’s.

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Bantam Bonding, New Year Networking

Top:Nearly30former members of the men’s ice hockey teamreturnedtocampusforareunionattheKoeppelCommunitySportsCenter.AftercheeringonthecurrentBantamteamtoa3-1winovertheConnecticutCollegeCamels,theyreminiscedwithfellowalumni,coachingstaff,andfamily,andposedforafewshotsontheAlbertCreightonWilliams’64IceRink.

Bottom:Thewomen’s squash team recently invited squash alumnaebacktotheTrinitycourts.Formerplayersenjoyedmatcheswithmembersoftheteam,catchingupwithfriends,coaches,andteammates,andmeetingstudents,fellowalumnae,andfamilymembers.

Trinity’s Women’s Leadership Council (WLC)sponsoreditsannualNewYorkCitynetworkingeventwithapaneldiscussionon“Education,Science,Law&Design”featuring,above,L-R:Leslie Cooper Sillcox ’78; Trish Mairs Klestadt ’80, P’09, ’11 (WLCchairpersonandpanelmoderator);Joanne E. Johnson ’79,andDeborah Jones Buck ’78.WLCnetworkingeventsprovideopportunitiesforallfemalestudentsandyoungalumnaetobuildtheirnetworkwithotherTrinitywomen.FormoreinformationabouttheWLC,pleasecontactAliza Finn-Welch,seniorassociatedirectorofalumnirelations,at(860)[email protected].

Insetphoto,L-R:Emily Aiken ’15andAlexis Benedetto ’15.

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Winter break was a busy time for alumni and students connecting or reconnecting over common interests. For additional

photos and captions from these and other events, please visit trincoll.edu/givingtotrinity/news.

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