President Joanne Berger-Sweeney joined four other Connecticut college and university presidents Friday in Boston to discuss the benefits of partnerships. The event was part of the annual meeting of the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Several members of the Trinity College faculty recently were awarded substantial grants to pursue long-term scientific projects alongside their students.
Within six months of graduating from Trinity, 97 percent of alumni from the Class of 2021 said they had achieved their goals of employment, graduate studies, volunteer service, and other fulfilling pursuits. Here, six alumni check in about where they are now and how Trinity helped them get there.
Through a summer internship with the Rhode Island Department of State, Andrew Briden ’24 addressed issues through data analysis and developed data storytelling and presentation skills.
Trinity College economics major Rayan Ali ’22 explored multiple aspects of the finance industry working remotely as a sales and trading summer analyst with Citigroup in Boston, under the direction of alumnus Jake Robertson ’17.
The Trinity organization H2OPE, founded by Ace McAlister ’20, completed its first well in June 2021 and looks forward to continuing to expand clean water access in rural Ethiopia and, eventually, throughout Africa.
More than 350 Trinity alumni volunteered this spring to be matched with a graduating senior through 2021 Connect, a four-week industry-based mentorship program offered by Trinity’s Center for Student Success and Career Development. “My mentorship gave me perspective as to what ‘life beyond the Long Walk’ would look like and how much value a Trinity degree holds,” said Jeffrey Sagun ’21.
Trinity College alumni Rhoden Monrose ’09, Karraine Moody ’01, and Marvin Pierre ’06 are making groundbreaking changes toward creating a more equitable world.
John Lawson ’20 recently spoke with members of Connecticut’s Jury Selection Task Force about the findings of his thesis research on racial bias and discrimination in jury selection at the state level.
Trinity’s alumni network plays a critical role in supporting new graduates in a difficult job market brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The college’s Center for Student Success and Career Development is leveraging the power of the Trinity community through the Bantam Career Network and the new 2020 Connect program.
Alumni from the Class of 2019 are achieving their post-graduation goals of employment, graduate studies, military or volunteer service, and other fulfilling pursuits. In a testament to the value of a liberal arts education today, recent data gathered from 87 percent of the members of the Class of 2019 showed a 97-percent positive outcome rate.
Trinity’s Center for Urban and Global Studies (CUGS) recently celebrated a decade of summer study in China by hosting a gathering of past participants of the college’s China summer study away program.
