Last Words
Voices of the Trinity College community in the media
Editor’s note: JoAnne Epps ’73, H’15, quoted below, unexpectedly passed away on September 19, 2023, after this issue went to print. Her obituary will be included in the winter 2024 issue of the magazine.
“To be given this honor at this time means more than I could probably put into words. It is going to be my sincere promise to do the best I can in this role.”
JOANNE EPPS ’73, on being named acting president of Temple University; NBC10 Philadelphia, April 11, 2023
“The concept of book banning in and of itself is an exclusionary practice that restricts cross-cultural learning and prevents younger generations from learning about the world outside of their known culture.”
GRACE SANKO ’23, who majored in English, on book bans; CT Mirror, May 21, 2023
“Our Bicentennial theme, ‘Committed to the future since 1823,’ is a reminder that today, we must both honor our past but also pledge to continue working for a better future.”
TRINITY PRESIDENT JOANNE BERGER-SWEENEY, speaking on Charter Day, the day of the College’s founding; WTNH News 8, May 16, 2023
SEAN FITZPATRICK, professor of the practice in public policy and urban studies and director of Public Policy Graduate Studies, on livability in Connecticut’s 25 largest cities and towns; CT Insider, July 3, 2023
Read the story“The legislation that implements this reform should be enacted and paid for by the state, lest this becomes just another unfunded mandate passed along to the 169 cities and towns.”
DIANA EVANS, professor political science, emerita, on state funding for early voting in Connecticut, CT Mirror, May 2, 2023
“We still treat drug-users and drug offenders like criminals rather than people with a substance use disorder,” writes DILLON MCDERMOTT ’24, public policy and law major, on the need for a state-legislated overdose prevention plan; CT Mirror, May 8, 2023
“I thought why not go back and take this idea of creating a catalog of public art, works of art that anybody can see for free, and turn it into a website, and make it immediately available virtually anywhere.”
ALDEN GORDON ’69, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts and curator of PublicArtCT.org, on an interactive website that offers information about public art in Greater Hartford; Connecticut Public Radio, May 18, 2023
