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With thousands assembled for Trinity College’s 199th Commencement, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont told the Class of 2025, “Every generation has its challenges. I want you to take on those challenges with optimism, because optimism is an energizer, and not fear, because fear is a tranquilizer.”

As students in the Class of 2025 prepare to graduate, they reflect in this video on the people, moments, and experiences that defined their transformative time at Trinity College.

The College recently hosted its annual Faculty and Staff Retirement Celebration in honor of employees whose Trinity careers are concluding this year.  

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont will deliver an address and will receive an honorary degree at the College’s 199th Commencement on Sunday, May 18. This Commencement marks President Joanne Berger-Sweeney’s last at Trinity after leading the College for 11 years.

“Being a part of this project, and the course in general, has truly propelled my educational and professional interests,” says Eliza Terrell ’28. “This course has helped me connect my passions for journalism, visual storytelling, and community and city engagement.”

Alumni, students, parents, and friends joined President Joanne Berger-Sweeney at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Monday, April 28, to celebrate the All In campaign for Trinity College. The memorable event included entertainment by Trinity’s very own Chapel Singers, the Trinitones, and singer-songwriter Rachel Platten ’03.

The Trinity College community gathered recently to say farewell to President Joanne Berger-Sweeney as she prepares to retire at the end of the 2024–25 academic year after 11 years of leadership.

Bantams with some of the best nests on campus have been named the winners of Trinity College’s first Room of the Year contest.

Assistant Professor of Language and Culture Studies and Human Rights Studies Diana Aldrete was awarded an American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship Program grant from the American Association of University Women to support the completion of her first book.

Trinity College students in “Modern Architecture: 1900 to Present,” taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts Willie Granston ’13, put down their textbooks and picked up historic building plans to learn about some of the most iconic structures on campus.