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Validity of Princeton Review Findings Questioned
In
the Princeton Review-The Best 351 Colleges, 2004
edition, Trinity was ranked as number one in “Little
Race/Class Interaction.”and “Strained.Town-Gown Relations"
categories. The College questions the legitimacy of these
findings, and with good reason.
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Dialogue Day Digest
An initial summary of facilitator evaluations of
Dialogue Day, held September 16, shows some encouraging
results.
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Kellogg Bridge Grant
The
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Board has approved an 18-month bridge
grant for $1.6 million in support of Trinity College's urban
engagement endeavors.
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Development Office reports
fundraising numbers
The Development
Office reports that the College’s fundraising efforts for the
fiscal year that ended June 30, 2003, resulted in record gifts
from alumni, parents, and friends.
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Trinity Golf League Banquet
The participants
in Trinity’s Golf League gathered at Smith House for a
celebration dinner on September 17 to mark the completion of
its successful inaugural season.
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IDP: Pioneering Higher Education for
Adults
for 30 Years
Thirty years ago, progressive members of the Trinity community sensed
a need to accommodate the prevailing spirit of freedom and
experimentation among college students, and designed the
Individualized Degree Program (IDP)...read more
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Sports
Highlights
Sports at Trinity for the first
month of the 2003 season have revealed high hopes for several
Bantam teams. ...read more
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Who's
New
A
list of those who have recently joined the Trinity
Community.
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Fred Alford:
Dean of Students,
Folk-Rock Fan
With more than 20 years
of experience in higher education, including 10 years as dean of
students at Union College, Fred Alford feels especially strongly
about the role of students in the life of the College. “The
college experience is both academic and social,” he says. “There
aren’t many associations in life, outside of family, that hold as
much meaning for such a long period of time. It’s important for
students to have a proprietary interest in their college, and to
understand that Trinity will always be their college.”
As a longtime student of
the learning process, Alford recognizes the importance of the
liberal arts. “A liberal arts education opens a path to continual
learning,” he said. “It trains people to be critical thinkers,
and to continue to be active learners throughout their lives. Our
task is to prepare students to be citizens of the world.”
When he’s not working or
spending time with his family – he and his wife, Jocelyn, have a
daughter, Hascy, a Trinity senior, and a fifteen-year-old son, Sam
– Dean Alford likes listening to music, reading, and playing
golf. He’s an enthusiastic sports fan and plays a little guitar.
“I’m something of a throwback,” he says with a smile. “If I was
standing at the pearly gates, and all eternity was riding on one
Jeopardy question, I’d have to go with folk-rock from 1965 to
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