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Family Weekend


September 28-30, 2007

Schedule of Events


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28


Student Services RESOURCES 

For individual appointments on Friday, please call respective offices prior to arrival on campus:

  Campus Activities: (860) 297-2171

  Campus Life (Residential Life and Student Activities): Amy DeBaun, (860)

    297-2305

  Campus Safety: Charlie Morris, (860) 297-2054

  Career Services: Lanna Hagge, (860) 297-2080

  College Chaplain: (860) 297-2013

  Community Service and Civic Engagement: Joe Barber, (860) 297-4256

  Dean of Students: Fred Alford, (860) 297-2156

  Financial Aid: Kelly O’Brien, (860) 297-2046

  Health Center: Marth Burke O'Brien, (860) 297-2023

  Internship Programs: Anne Lundberg, (860) 297-2382

  International Programs: Lisa Sapolis, (860) 297-2436

  Student Accounts: Dina Jorge, (860) 297-2027

  Women and Gender Resource Action Center: Laura Lockwood, (860)

    297-2408

 

 

8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.   

FAMILY WEEKEND REGISTRATION
Rittenberg Lounge,
Mather Hall, second floor

Trinity staff members will be on hand to answer questions.  Pick up or purchase tickets, campus map, class schedule, and final schedule of events with event locations.

 

8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
CLASSES OPEN TO PARENTS

Various Classrooms

Pick up a campus map and class schedule in Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall, second floor.

 

9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.           

Admissions Interview Appointments

Admissions and Career Services Center

A limited number of appointments have been reserved for siblings of current students who are in their senior year in high school.  Please call (860) 297-2180 to reserve an appointment.

 

10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.  

Admissions Group Information Sessions

Grand Room, Admissions and Career Services Center

 

11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.         

CAMPUS WALKING TOURS

Leave from the Admissions and Career Services Center, rain or shine

 

Noon.-1:15 p.m.         

Lunch Discussions

Mather Hall, second floor

Making the Most of the Trinity Experience  - SOLD OUT

Featuring Adrienne Fulco, Associate Professor of Legal and Policy Studies and the Director of the Public Policy and Law Program; Elinor P. Jacobson, Associate Director of Urban Academic Engagements; J. Ronald Spencer ’64, Associate Academic Dean; David G. Allen ’09; Mikhael H. Borgonos ’08; Judy Chiu ’10; Caitlin M. Farrell ’09; Vanessa B. K. Lee 08; Andrew P. Pedro ‘08

Alumni Lounge, Mather Hall, second floor

 

Summer Program Opportunities - SOLD OUT
Featuring Xiangming Chen, Dean and Director of the Center for Urban and Global Studies and Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Sociology and International Studies; Alison J. Draper, Director of the Science Center and Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Science; Andy D. Miller, Director of Quest and Associate Director of Leadership Giving;
Isabel G.W. Gottlieb 09; Isis M. Irizarry ’10; Meagan B. Miller ’08; William M. Raymund ’10

Wean Terrace Room B, Mather Hall, second floor

 

Trinity College Coach Ascends Mt. Everest

Featuring Anne Parmenter, Head Field Hockey Coach and Professor of Physical Education

Wean Terrace Room C, Mather Hall, second floor

 

Box lunch tickets are still availabale for "Trinity College Coach Ascends Mt. Everest" for $10.00 per person. Reserve your tickets now, using the online registration form.

1:30-3:30 p.m.   

HISTORIC HARTFORD: BUS AND WALKING - SOLD OUT

Featuring Andrew Walsh ’79, Associate Director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life

Meet at Mather Hall, Summit Street

 

1:30-2:30 p.m.    

PrEPARING GLOBAL CITIZENS FOR AN URBAN WORLD: AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEWLY-CREATED CENTER OF URBAN AND GLOBAL STUDIES

Featuring Xiangming Chen, Dean and Director for the Center of Urban and Global Studies and Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Sociology and International Studies and Lisa Sapolis, Acting Director of International Programs

Washington Room, Mather Hall, second floor

 

Emails home

Featuring Frederick H.P. Alford, Dean of Students; Amy M. DeBaun, Director of Campus Life; Randolph M. Lee, Director of the Counseling Center and Associate Professor of Psychology; Ann E. Reuman, Associate Dean of Students; Robin L. Sheppard, Professor of Physical Education, Associate Director of Athletics, and Assistant Director of the First-Year Program

Wean Terrace Room B, Mather Hall, second floor

2:45-3:45 p.m.

STARTING OUT RIGHT: AN OVERVIEW OF TRINITY’S FIRST-YEAR PROGRAM AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES

Featuring Margaret Lindsey, Director and Acting Dean of the First-Year Program and Ann Reuman, Associate Dean of Students

Washington Room, Mather Hall, second floor

 

HOW YOUR STUDENT CAN ‘KICKOFF’ THEIR JOB OR INTERNSHIP

SEARCH WITH CAREER SERVICES

Featuring Career Services staff

Career Services Office, Admissions and Career Services Center, first floor

 

Long Walk Restoration and Renovation update

Featuring Tom Fusciello, Project Manager and Kent McCoy, Senior Architect at Smith Edwards Architects

Alumni Lounge, Mather Hall, second floor

4:00-5:00 p.m.        

CAMPUS COMMUNITY BOOKSIGNING Reception

Featuring Cheryl Greenberg, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of History; Lucy Ferris, Writer-in-Residence; Samuel D. Kassow '66, Charles H. Northam Professor of History; Peter J. Knapp '65, Special Collection Librarian and College Archivist

College Bookstore, Mather Hall, lower level

4:00-6:00 p.m.
OPENING RECEPTION: PAINTING I – SPRING 2007
Broad Street Gallery, 1238 Broad Street

5:30-7:30 pm           
Reception Honoring Members of the Long Walk Societies
Grand Room patio, Admissions and Career Services Center

6:00-8:00 p.m.   

SHABBAT SERVICE AND DINNER

Zachs Hillel House, 74 Vernon Street

Dinner tickets are $15.00 per adult, $5.00 for child (5-12 years old) and no charge for Trinity students.  Reserve your tickets now, using the online registration form. Tickets are limited.

 

7:30 p.m.

FILM SCREENING: BECOMING JANE

Cinestudio

9:00-10:45 p.m.      

CANDLELIGHT A CAPPELLA CONCERT AND DESSERT

The Cave Patio, Mather Hall

 


  

SATURDAY, September 29

8:30-11:00 a.m.      

Family Weekend REGISTRATION

Rittenberg Lounge, Mather Hall, second floor

Trinity staff members will be on hand to answer questions.  Pick up or purchase tickets, campus map, and final schedule of events with event locations.  Registration will re-open at 11:45 a.m. on the Quadrangle, where luncheon tickets may be purchased.

9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.         

THE KEY TO MY success: A Breakfast discussion with Trinity Alumni - SOLD OUT

Featuring Scott F. Lewis ’76, Attorney; Robert F. Phelps, Jr. ’76, P’09, Managing Partner at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Denver; S. Michelle Stone ’95, Physician; Francis C. Aitken ’94, Director at Thomas Capital Group

Hamlin Hall

 

9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.  

Admissions Group Information Sessions

Grand Room, Admissions and Career Services Center

 

10:30-11:45 a.m.   

State of the College Address

Featuring James F. Jones, Jr., President and Trinity College Professor in the Humanities

Washington Room, Mather Hall, second floor

 

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and Noon   

CAMPUS WALKING TOURS

Leave from the Admissions and Career Services Center, rain or shine

 

Noon  

FIELD HOCKEY VS. WILLIAMS

MEN’S SOCCER VS. WILLIAMS

WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. WILLIAMS

 

Noon-1:30 p.m.       

BUFFET LUNCHEON

The Quadrangle

Many of the faculty advisers for students in the First-Year Program, Guided Studies Program, Interdisciplinary Science Program, Cities Program, and InterArts Program will host tables.

Luncheon tickets are $15.00 per person and $7.35 per Trinity student.  Reserve your tickets now, using the online registration form.  Tickets are limited.

 

1:30-2:45 p.m.        

IN THE COMMUNITY: TOUR OF THE LEARNING CORRIDOR

Led by Luis C. Caban, Executive Director of Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance (SINA)

Meet at the Vernon Social Center, 114 Vernon Street
The Learning Corridor is a campus of four public schools ranging from a Montessori school for preschoolers to high school academies for the performing arts and for math and science.  The result of a public/private partnership spearheaded by Trinity College, the Learning Corridor, which opened in the fall of 2000, has been called a national model for school reform, an architectural gem, and “Hartford’s pride” by the Hartford Courant.

 

1:30 p.m.   

FOOTBALL VS. WILLIAMS

Dan Jessee/Don Miller Field

General admission football tickets are $4.00 per person for and no charge for Trinity students with a valid Trinity ID. Reserve your tickets now, using the online registration form.Tickets are limited. Tickets may also be purchased at Family Weekend Registration or at the Jessee/Miller Field gates on Saturday.

 

1:30-4:30 p.m.

Explore Hartford

Please visit Hartford: New England Rising Star at www.hartford.com and Connecticut Tourism at www.ctbound.org.

 

2:30 p.m.

FILM SCREENING: BECOMING JANE

Cinestudio

 

4:00-5:00 p.m.   

ROMAN CATHOLIC VIGIL MASS

The Chapel

 

4:15-6:00 p.m.   

A cappella Concert

The Quadrangle 

5:30-8:30 p.m.
RAMADAN BANQUET

Hamlin Hall
Everyone is invited to break fast with Trinity College's Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan. The evening will be filled with a presentation on Muslim cultures, a short talk on the Essentials of Ramadan, Sufi music, and a delicious South Asian dinner. Please come and bring your family and friends too!  Dinner tickets are $10.00 per adult, $5.00 for child (5-12 years old) and no charge for Trinity students.  Reserve your tickets now, using the online registration form. Tickets are limited.

6:00-7:00 p.m.  

TRINITY VESPERS

The Chapel

 

 

AFTER DARK: CAMPUS HAPPENINGS

 

 7:30 p.m.

FILM: BECOMING JANE

Cinestudio

 

8:00-10:00 p.m.
Open Skate

Koeppel Community Sports Center, 175 New Britain Avenue

 

8:30 p.m.      

KEIGWIN + COMPANY

Goodwin Theater, Austin Arts Center

Keigwin + Company lives to create provocative, witty and engaging dances. Utilizing a collaborative process, K + C combines physicality

with theatricality, samples a variety of mediums and ultimately, fuses

art with entertainment.  Keigwin + Company’s commitment to variety allows for cross-pollination of audiences and encourages harmony between uptown and downtown, professional and amateur, highbrow

and lowbrow, all while maintaining a vision of dance that is both artistically driven and entertaining.

Tickets are $15.00 per person and no charge for Trinity students, faculty, and staff with a valid Trinity ID.  Reserve your tickets now, using the online registration form. Tickets are limited.


8:30-10:00 p.m.
Ice Cream Social
The Bistro, Koeppel Student Center, 109 Vernon Street


9:
00 p.m.-Midnight
Temple
of Hip Hop

Gallows Hill Community Lounge, Hallden Hall

 

 

 


 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

9:30 a.m.-1:40 p.m. (estimated times)

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S ROWING: HEAD OF THE RIVERFRONT

Friends of Trinity Rowing Boathouse, East Hartford

 

10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

JAZZ BUFFET BRUNCH

Mather Dining Hall

Brunch tickets are $7.35 per person. Reserve your tickets now, using the online registration form.

 

2:00-3:00 p.m.

TRINITY ROWING CELEBRATIONS: Dedication of The Spirit of 2007,

Perseverance, and Third Floor of the Friends of Trinity Rowing Boathouse

Friends of Trinity Rowing Boathouse, East Hartford

 



If after reading this Web site, you have additional questions, please contact the Office of Special Events and Calendar at (860) 297-4133 or

christine.guilmartin@trincoll.edu.

 

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