The VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) clinic at Trinfo will open for the 2022 tax season in early February. Now in its fourth year, the clinic offers free tax preparation services to the community.
In 2018, CHER started CLiFF (Community Learning Faculty Fellows) to help professors develop curriculum and teach community learning courses. One of the Community Learning Faculty Fellows this year is Dr. Kelly P. Dugan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Trinity.
Reflecting on Trinity's Engagement in Hartford and more
In the spring semester of 2020, Professor Nick Marino set out to teach his course, Visual Rhetorics, with a new Community Learning curriculum. The course teaches students about how messages are communicated through visuals, font, typography, and photography for persuasion. Students worked with two partners to create new logos using skills they learned in the course.
Applications for the Liberal Arts Action Lab, Do It Day, and more
Please join the Community Learning program in celebrating the Trinity College faculty who will be part of the 2021-22 Community Learning Faculty Fellows program! This program introduces faculty to community engagement pedagogy and supports them in designing a Community Learning component to be taught in an upcoming course. This year, 6 fellows will receive a stipend to participate in seven one-hour meetings during the academic year. We will discuss best practices for partnering with community organizations, hear from experienced community learning instructors, and workshop plans for their courses.
Public Humanities Collaborative, Dump and Run, and more
In its fourth year, the Public Humanities Collaborative (PHC) will look a little different this year. Through the last three years, we have seen how the PHC gives students the opportunity ...
Over Twenty Years of Trinfo, Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of the Learning Corridor, and more
This Spring, the 2020-21 cohort produced outstanding work in partnership with Mutual Aid Hartford, the Connecticut Hall of Change, NARAL Pro-Choice CT, and the YWCA Hartford.
