Trinity Hosts United Way National Education Town Hall
Trinity freshman Anastasia Broadus of Hagerstown, Maryland, welcomed more than 200 educators and nonprofit and business leaders gathered on Trinity’s campus for the United Way National Education Town Hall today. Broadus told the audience that “I love being a Trinity student because my professors are committed to my education, because I am respected as an...
Anastasia Broadus Welcomes Participants to United Way Education Town Hall
Trinity freshman Anastasia Broadus of Hagerstown, Maryland, welcomed more than 200 educators and nonprofit and business leaders gathered on Trinity’s campus for the United Way National Education Town Hall today. Here are her remarks; watch her welcome and the entire Town Hall program. “I am pleased to welcome you to Trinity Washington University for the United...
Trinity Hosts Capital Area Association for Peace Studies Student Conference on March 26
Trinity Washington University will host the 24th annual Capital Area Association for Peace Studies Student Conference on Saturday, March 26. The theme this year is “Peace and Justice for Our Planet.” College students from the Washington area will present academic papers, make more informal presentations at roundtables and lead experiential or practical workshops. Students are...
Trinity Graduate Jameika Andrews ’10 Crowned 2011 Ms. Wheelchair D.C.
Recent Trinity Washington University graduate Jameika Andrews ’10 of Washington, D.C., has been crowned the 2011 Ms. Wheelchair District of Columbia. Andrews graduated from Trinity in December 2010 with a bachelor of arts in business administration. Andrews graduated one year early from Dunbar Senior High School. Her future plans include pursuing an MBA and becoming...
President Patricia McGuire Receives Honorary Degree, Gives Commencement Speech at Liverpool Hope University
President Patricia McGuire received an honorary doctor of education from Liverpool Hope University and delivered the commencement speech at the university’s Winter Graduation on January 26, 2011, in Liverpool, England. President McGuire was recognized for her exemplary leadership in higher education and her commitment to the transformative power of education. Liverpool Hope University is an...
Dr. Geraldine Bednash, CEO and Executive Director, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, to Speak at December Graduation
President McGuire announced that the 2010 December Graduation speaker at Trinity Washington University will be Dr. Geraldine Bednash, chief executive officer and executive director of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. She will receive an honorary doctor of letters. Trinity will hold its first December Graduation on Thursday, December 16, at 5:00 pm in the Trinity Center for...
Trinity Graduate Cathleen Black ’66 Named Chancellor of NYC Public Schools
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Trinity graduate Cathleen Black ’66 to serve as chancellor of the NYC public school system. Black will be the first woman to head the nation’s largest school system, with a $23 billion budget, 135,000 employees and more than one million students. Black is currently chair of Hearst Magazines; she...
Three Trinity Alumnae Named to Forbes Magazine List of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”
Three Trinity graduates were named to Forbes magazine’s list of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”: Speaker of the House Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi ’62 (#11), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius ’70 (#23) and Hearst Magazines Chair Cathleen Black ’66 (#67).
Dr. Mary Romanello Named Dean of Trinity’s School of Nursing and Health Professions
Provost Virginia Broaddus announced the appointment of Dr. Mary Romanello as the founding dean of Trinity’s newly established School of Nursing and Health Professions. Trinity launched its nursing program in 2007 and it has surpassed its enrollment goals. Trinity formally created the School of Nursing and Health Professions this fall to support the rapid growth...
Trinity Students and Faculty Play Key Role in Report on Area Women and Girls
The Washington Area Women’s Foundation is focusing a new light on the strengths, challenges and issues that women and girls in the D.C. metro area face with the recent release of its “2010 Portrait of Women and Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area,” and Trinity students and faculty played a key role in shaping the...