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More than 520 members of the Trinity College Class of 2022 received their degrees on May 22. “May your journey be long and purposeful, and may each of you leave an indelible mark on the sands of time,” Raja Changez Sultan ’72 said in his Commencement address.

Raja Changez Sultan ’72, a renowned Pakistani painter and poet, is the featured speaker.

Trinity’s Legislative Internship Program has proven to be a transformative experience for Jason Farrell Jr. ’23, who spent the spring 2022 semester working as an intern for Rep. Jason Rojas M’12 in the Connecticut General Assembly.

A Connecticut Public story by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas M’17 reports on work by students in Professor of Educational Studies Jack A. Dougherty’s “Cities, Suburbs & Schools” course who created graphics to illustrate the current state of Hartford school integration.

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.

As the spring 2022 semester came to a close, Trinity College recognized students for outstanding achievements in academics, community service, and leadership at the 71st Honors Day.

Trinity students in the Community Learning Research Fellows program partner each year with local organizations on research work that goes beyond the classroom. Jane Dunbar ’23 and Sulemaan Khalid ’23 worked with Hartford Land Bank, a non-profit that stewards the rehabilitation of vacant, abandoned, tax-delinquent, or distressed properties in the city.

Trinity’s Library and Information Technology Services (LITS) recently hosted its annual Day of Digital Scholarship, designed to celebrate the use of technology in research and teaching projects created by faculty, staff, and students.

Trinity College student Darya (Dasha) Maliauskaya ’22 recently published a paper in the Inquiries Journal about authoritarian leaders and military support. Based on a midterm assignment from the political science course, “Authoritarianism,” the research explores how autocrats use power, coercion, and loyalty to influence the military into supporting the regime during mass uprisings.

When Kate Whitman ’23 enrolled in an educational studies course in her first year at Trinity, she didn't know how much of an impact working with first-graders would have on her. The Community Learning course improved her research and analytical skills, and proved to be rewarding in more personal ways, as well.