Passion and Commitment the Payden Academic Center Comes to Life President Patricia McGuire, ’74 In April of 1897, 120 years ago, Trinity Founder Sr. Julia McGroarty, SND, wrote to Sr. Mary Euphrasia Taylor, SND, that she was worried about the economic viability of their plan to start a new Catholic college for women in the nation’s capital. “Why ...

New Science Labs InsPire STEM Students and Intrigue Others Timothy Russell, ’12 The Payden Academic Center’s 11 light-filled laboratories have been an incredible boon to Trinity’s science community – students and faculty alike. Bursting with the latest scientific equipment and classroom technologies, the Payden Center supports cutting-edge research collaborations, while providing an inviting space to learn and ...

Ann Pauley “Let’s all gather around,” says Dr. Carrie O’Reilly, assistant professor of nursing, to her students.  They are dressed in their nursing scrubs – Trinity purple – seated on rolling medical exam stools. The students are assembled in the gleaming nursing lab in the Payden Academic Center, surrounded by eight brand new hospital beds, each one ...

Ann Pauley “I feel more confident as a scholar when I am in the Payden Academic Center,” says Yarely Rodriguez. As a biochemistry major, she appreciates the pristine labs and state-of-the-art science equipment. Yet, it is the greater sense of confidence that she values most each time she steps into the lobby. “I like the brightness and ...

Hundreds of alumnae and alumni, benefactors, students, faculty, staff, and civic and religious leaders gathered in front of the Payden Academic Center on June 4, 2016, for a joyous day of celebration! President Patricia McGuire ’74 formally announced that the new building would be named the Payden Academic Center, in honor of Money Manager, Joan Payden, ...

Sadhana Singh ’18 Trinity proudly enrolls 45 Dreamer Scholars, with scholarship support from TheDream.US. Dreamers have a unique status: They were brought to the United States by their parents as minors and raised and educated in this country. Yet, as undocumented immigrants, their opportunities to pursue their dreams of college are limited. In 2012, the federal ...