Spring 2010

Working to Keep the World Safe by Judy Cabassa Tart ’78 When political science major Susan Flood Burk graduated in May of 1976, no one could imagine the ensuing political changes that would come to affect the global dynamic. The American hostage crisis in Iran, which began in November 1979 and resulted in the end of Jimmy ...

Safeguarding the Nuclear Arms of the World by Judy Cabassa Tart ’78 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is a part of the U.S. Department of Energy, and is responsible for the management and security of the nation’s stockpile of nuclear weapons, nuclear nonproliferation, and naval reactor programs. It also responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in ...

Saving Africa’s Most Vulnerable by Paige Blache “There was a photo of the hills in Rwanda. They were so green and lush, and the landscape was so breathtaking. At first I didn’t realize what I was looking at, but soon realized that the figures that were strewn across those hills were bodies of human beings.” This photo, ...

From Trinity to NASA: Anne R. Douglass ’71: Informing the World About Climate Change By Jason H. Pier ’08 When Dr. Anne R. Douglass ’71, then Anne Ritger, stepped onto Trinity’s campus as a freshman in 1967, she was absolutely sure she was going to major in mathematics and then expected to become a high school teacher. ...

Dr. Robert Maguire: Advocating Strategies to Rebalance and Rebuild Haiti By Ann Pauley Two days before the earthquake that devastated Haiti in January, Dr. Robert Maguire was in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, delivering an address to Haitian civil servants and policy analysts on the prospects for rebalancing Haiti. He outlined a plan to create a more ...

Michelle Mitchell ’06 by Margy Brooks Reagan ’78 Michelle Mitchell ’06 believes in limitless possibilities. “Do not let anything or anyone stop you,” she says, and using this mantra as her guide, this summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Trinity, with a degree in political science and economics, has carved out a niche full ...

Brigid Otieno ’09: Teaching English in South Korea by Brandy R. Jackson Life after graduation for Brigid Otieno ’09 has been more than she ever imagined. For the past year, her life has been filled with adventure and training, but more importantly, service. Otieno was accepted into the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program in the spring of ...

Morgan Kellman ’11: A Semester in Egypt By Timothy Russell “Egypt is a completely different world,”says Morgan Kellman ’11, who spent the fall 2009 semester studying abroad in Cairo, Egypt. “From my time at Trinity, I thought I knew what city life was like, but in Cairo I was one of almost eight million people – it ...

Carol Kuhn ’73: Improving Health Care in Haiti By Ann Pauley Dr. Kuhn ’73 made her ninth trip as a medical volunteer to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, just 19 days after the catastrophic earthquake. “While walking to the hospital I was met by thousands of people dressed in white, walking and singing in a prayer parade,” she recalls. “They ...