Spring 2009

Spring 2009 Welcome Dear Friends in the Trinity Community, As this edition of TRINITY magazine goes to press, we have so much good news to report! The Class of 2009 is about to graduate on May 17, and they are as accomplished a group of students as any we have seen. Some of the more notable accomplishments in ...

Gloria Guard ’67 People’s Emergency Center and the Geometric Power of Healing By Aimee Dolaway Olivo ’99 It was a gray, dismal day. The sort of day where you alternately take out and put away your umbrella because it is raining, but just barely. Against that backdrop, a few things particularly stood out: the mosaic planter ...

Veronica Nolan ’99: Opening Doors for D.C. Youth By Ann Pauley “I love working with teenagers, it’s in my DNA,”says Veronica Nolan ’99 brightly. “They are still young and idealistic, yet on the brink of adulthood. Having a tiny influence on the rest of their lives excites me.” That passion has motivated Nolan to expand the Urban Alliance ...

Irma Rivera ’05 Gains a Fresh Perspective By Paige Blache When Irma Rivera ’05 worked in an after-school program at a wealthy northwest D.C. school, she didn’t imagine where the experience of working with children and families would lead her. However, as many people know, perspective is everything. Today, as director of the Family Literacy Project at ...

Marguerite Kirst Colston ’89: Shining a Light on Autism By Jason Pier ’08 The path to nonprofit advocacy isn’t always a direct one right out of college, and sometimes stems from a single life-altering experience. Marguerite Kirst Colston left Trinity in 1989 with a dual degree in Latin American studies and economics, bound for a career in ...

Denise Hyater ’98: Fighting Cancer, Saving Lives By Ann Pauley Denise Hyater ’98 began working for the National Capital Region of the American Cancer Society just two months after the tragedy of September 11. She was senior vice president for marketing and corporate communications and she had a big challenge: people were making donations to organizations that ...

In Celebration of Community Organizers On Thursday, January 15, hundreds of community organizers, Trinity students, alumnae, faculty and friends gathered in the Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama. Attendees included dozens of leaders of nonprofit and service organizations, educators, foundation leaders and public officials. The festive ...

Sr. Seton Cunneen ’65 Fellows Thirty years after her graduation, the campus ministry outreach of Sr. Seton Cunneen ’65 was recognized by the Maurice R. Robinson Fund with the establishment of the Sr. Seton Cunneen Fellowship Program at Trinity. In the 14 years since the inception of this prestigious internship program, many Trinity women have competed ...

Trustee Profile: Nicole V. Lang, MD ’89   Hometown: Atlanta, GA (born in Mobile, AL). Personal: Married, one daughter, 7 years old. Alma Mater: Trinity College ’89. Major: Biochemistry. Graduate Study: MD, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Employment: President and CEO, Washington Pediatric Associates, PC. Why I chose Trinity: I chose Trinity College because I wanted to continue my ...

Trustee Profile: Argelia Rodriguez   Hometown: Havana, Cuba, then Dallas, TX. Alma Mater: Stanford University. Major: Industrial engineering/operations research. Graduate Study: Harvard Business School: marketing/strategic planning. Employment: D.C. College Access Program (DC-CAP). Accomplishment of which you are most proud:Starting up DC-CAP ten years ago, and now celebrating having helped send more than 11,500 disadvantaged D.C. students to college. Most memorable Trinity moment: First ...