ALL CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Help Support Dream Camp at Trinity College During Your Next Visit to Blue State Coffee
Blue State Coffee in downtown Hartford selects four local nonprofits to benefit from two percent of sales. Support Dream Camp at Trinity College by adding “Dream Camp at Trinity College” to the suggestion jar. More information
Bantams in Balance Open Call for Substance-Free Weekend Program Ideas
Do you have a brilliant idea about a substance-free weekend activity that you would like to see on campus? Fill out an interest form. Selected participants will be asked to come in and present their idea to a panel of judges (similar to the television show Shark Tank). If your program is selected, you will win a $50.00 gift card to Barnes and Noble, and Bantams in Balance will fund your program and implement it next year. The submission deadline is April 23. Panel judging will be on April 25. Questions? Send them to Geralyn.Gherard@trincoll.edu.
April 23 | Studio Arts Senior Thesis Opening Exhibition
4:30–6:30 p.m., Crescent Center for Arts and Neuroscience, Student Gallery, “Overflow” by Bryan Poon and “Beyond the Surface” by Clear Tavarez.
April 24 | The History and Memory of Slavery at Trinity College: An Inaugural Presentation of Student Research
4:30 p.m., Dangremond Family Commons. Join students from AMST 406 as they share their research projects and reflect on what Trinity’s complicated past can teach us about our present. More information
April 24 | Quick! Get SMART!! Power Skills Session
Do you have 30 minutes? Do you like food? Do you want to learn ways to improve your life and well-being? Join us for a Quick! Get SMART!! Power Skills Session every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in Trinity Commons, room 142. Email Pamela Mulready by Wednesday at noon for food choices. Forgot to email? Join us anyway, we have snacks! This week's topic (new!): Feeling a Bit Tense? It's OK, Most of Us Are: Learn Progressive Muscle Relaxation. We will order food from Panera. More information
April 24 | SMART Recovery Meetings for ages 18 to 24
Every Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Trinity Commons, Room 142. Contact: Pamela Mulready or Daniel Levy. SMART stands for "Self Management and Recovery Training". SMART is an international organization with a mission to offer free, self-empowering, mutual-help groups for abstaining from any substance or activity addiction. SMART helps people address issues with: alcohol, drugs, smoking/vaping, gambling, eating, spending, gaming, over-exercising, preoccupation with relationships or sex, excessive use of the internet/social media, etc. SMART is a science based program. It's built upon well-established scientific approaches used to help people manage behavioral problems and achieve successful change. Website: smartrecovery.org
April 24 | Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?
7:30 p.m., Cinestudio. Featuring an expert panel with Dr. William Moomaw, coauthor of 5 IPCC reports. This film tells the little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel. It interweaves the science of climate change, the escalating energy-policy disputes, the biomass industry practices, and the actions of activists and citizens who are working to protect their own health, their communities, the forest, and the planet's climate. The film's various stories present an intimate and visceral account of what is at this moment in time is a critical, yet mostly unknown, national and international controversy.
April 25 | Women at the Summit: Stories from the Class of 1973 | Common Hour
Common Hour, Joslin Family Room. A conversation with members of Trinity's first four-year coeducational class, featuring Diane Brown ’73, P’03, Karen Fink Kupferberg ’73, P’07, Joyce Krinitsky ’73, and Patti Mantell-Broad ’ 73, P’06. More information
April 25 | Chamber Ensembles, Vol. I | Common Hour
Austin Arts Center, Music Hall.
April 25 | Natural Systems Can Address Climate Change | Common Hour
Common Hour, Washington Room. A lecture by Dr. William Moomaw about reducing emissions and enhancing the removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
April 25 | SMART Recovery "Family and Friends" Meeting
Every Thursday from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Trinity Commons, Room 142. Contact: Pamela Mulready or Daniel Levy. Are you a family member or friend of someone with a substance or activity addiction (gambling, spending, eating, over-exercising, excessive media use, etc)? Help yourself and help your loved one. SMART Recovery Family & Friends is a science-based, secular alternative or supplement to Al-Anon. Our Method is based on the tools of SMART Recovery and CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training). Website: smartrecovery.org
April 26 | Bring Our Children to Work Day Lunch and Tours
Terrace Rooms A and B. RSVP by April 19. More information
April 26 and 27 | Spring Dance: Spatial Harmonies
7:30 p.m., Austin Arts Center, Goodwin Theater. Free and open to all! For tickets, please call 860-297-2199 or stop in at the Austin Arts Center Box Office. The Box Office is open Monday–Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m., and prior to events. Closed Sunday.
April 27 | Pauline Choquet ’19–Music Department Senior Recital
1:00 p.m., Austin Arts Center Music Hall
April 27 | Ryan Frye ’19 – Music Department Senior Recital
2:00 p.m., Austin Arts Center Music Hall
April 27 | Shannon Kennedy ’19 – Music Department Senior Recital
3:00 p.m., Austin Arts Center Music Hall
April 27 | Salsarengue!
10:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m., Washington Room. Hosted by La Voz Lataina. Food, dancing, and live Latinx music. All are welcome!
April 29 | Action Lab 2019 Digital Poster Fair
3:00–5:30 p.m., 10 Constitution Plaza. Drop in and see the results of Liberal Arts Action Lab student team research projects More information
April 29 | Studio Arts Thesis Opening Exhibition and Reception
4:30–6:30 p.m., Crescent Center for Arts and Neuroscience. “Dwelling.” A thesis in painting by Maxwell Fertik. More information
April 29 | Italian Theater as a Way of Life
7: 00 p.m., Vernon Social. Music, comedy, acting, storytelling, and dancing. Presented by the Department of Language and Culture Studies. More information
April 29 | The Shirley G. Wassong Memorial Lecture in European and American Art, Culture, and History
7: 00 p.m., McCook Auditorium. "Volume, Variety, Velocity: The Data Challenges of Contemporary Culture," by Lev Manovich. More information
April 30 | Chamber Ensembles Recital, Vol. II | Common Hour
Austin Arts Center, Music Hall.
April 30 | Trinity Jazz Ensemble
7:30 p.m., Austin Arts Center, Music Hall. Free admission, non-ticketed.
May 1 | Steel Pan Ensemble
5:30 p.m., The Performance Lab at Trinity Commons. Theater and Dance classwork and works in progress: an informal program for the campus community
May 1 | End of Semester Showings
7:30 p.m., Austin Arts Center, Music Hall. Free admission, non-ticketed.
May 2 | Contemporary Music Ensemble | Common Hour
Austin Arts Center, Music Hall. A performance by students enrolled in the Department of Music’s Contemporary Music Ensemble class.
May 2 | Kimani Bishop ’19–Music Senior Thesis Presentation
2:00 p.m. Austin Arts Center, Music Hall. The History of the Steelpan, its impact in Hartford, and the significant evolution. An inside look into the West-Indian community in Hartford and the positive contribution that the steelpan has made through musical organizations.
May 3 | History Department Senior Thesis Presentations
9:00 a.m., Terrace Rooms B and C. History thesis writers, history majors, members of the History Department, and members of the Trinity community are welcome at this special event. Breakfast provided. See full schedule of presentations.
May 3 | President's Office Hours
12:15 to 1:15 p.m. President's Office, Williams Memorial 114. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to stop by to discuss any issue of interest, whether individually or in groups of up to three, on a first-come, first-served basis. To accommodate as many of the community as possible, the sessions will be limited to 10 minutes each. When arriving, please check-in. Light refreshments will be provided.
May 4 | Trinity Film Festival
5:00 p.m., Cinestudio. Celebrate undergraduate short films from around the world at the eighth annual Trinity Film Festival (TFF). TFF offers talented undergraduates the opportunity to premiere their short films on the big screen for a wide audience of peers, professionals, and local filmgoers. Please join us for a night of films, awards, networking, and the celebration of cinema! Admission to both the film screening at Cinestudio and catered awards banquet at Hamlin Hall is free with Trinity ID. Facebook event
May 6 | Long Night Against Procrastination
8:00 p.m.-midnight, 1823 Room (LITC, level 2). Research, Instruction, Technology will host the library’s inaugural Long Night Against Procrastination. During these four hours, students will be provided with a quiet space to work on final projects and study for exams. Throughout the night, there will be regular study breaks to help students de-stress. These study breaks will include pizza, yoga, cute animal videos, and bubble wrap popping! Unlimited coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided all night. Best of all, Librarians and Instructional Technologists will be available to help you with research, citations, digital projects, etc. This is a RSVP-only event. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/lnap2019. If you have questions, contact robert.walsh@trincoll.edu.
May 28–31 | Become a Green Dot Certified Trainer
Trinity College is hosting a Green Dot Instructors Training workshop May 28-31, in Hallden Hall. Green Dot is Trinity’s new gender based violence prevention strategy, launched in February, 2018. Join the enthusiastic Green Dot Team (who have trained hundreds of students, faculty and staff) and commit to establishing two cultural norms at Trinity: Power-based personal violence will not be tolerated, and everyone does their part to maintain a safe campus. The goal is the permanent reduction of power-based personal violence, i.e. sexual misconduct. To become a certified trainer you must complete all four days of the training. If you would like to sit in on part of the workshop to learn more about this strategy, you may. Please contact Laura.Lockwood@trincoll.edu for more information ASAP. Registration deadline: May 1.