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As a longtime community partner of Forge City Works (formerly Billings Forge Community Works), Trinity College recently helped to celebrate FCW’s progress toward opening a new restaurant on Broad Street that will be part of the organization’s life-changing culinary and customer service job training programs.

For two summers, Xavier Mercado ’24 has led a classroom through the Breakthrough Collaborative, which promotes education equity and trains college students for careers in education.

Megan Bodmer ’23, a double major in theater and dance and film studies, has worked as a production assistant for four movies based in Connecticut, and has spent her time this summer on film sets and working in Trinity’s Office of Community Service and Civic Engagement.

Ashira Biswas ’24 is spending the summer exploring her passion for economics and learning about nontraditional careers in the field. Biswas was accepted as a summer intern at the Diversity in Government Relations Coalition, which works to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the government relations industry.

The 25th anniversary celebration for Trinity’s Dream Camp included an extra dose of excitement as Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced a $1 million grant from the State of Connecticut in support of Dream Camp.

Several members of the Trinity College faculty recently were awarded substantial grants to pursue long-term scientific projects alongside their students.

President Joanne Berger-Sweeney announced the appointment of five new trustees to the Trinity College Board of Trustees. They began their terms on July 1, 2022.

Five Trinity College interns have been enjoying unique internship opportunities this summer, working with innovators at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and health equity.

In the July 4 Hartford Business Journal article, “Massive Fundraising Campaigns Offer CT Colleges a Key Financial Lifeline,” by Robert Storace, Trinity College Vice President for College Advancement Michael T. Casey discusses the success that the college has already seen in its current effort to raise $500 million.

Trinity College alumna Georgia Beckmann ’21 has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Portugal for the 2022-2023 academic year. Beckmann will support the teaching of English through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship program.