{"id":20,"date":"2013-05-03T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2013\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2013-12-04T21:28:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T21:28:42","slug":"trude-goodman-03","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-spring2013\/profiles\/trude-goodman-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Trude Goodman ’03"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trude Goodman ’03<\/p><\/div>\n

When it comes to the things that really matter to Trude Goodman \u201903, she has a motto: \u201cMake the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortunately, this practice comes easier to Goodman
\nthan it may to others. \u201cI am the kind of person who
\ndoes better when I have a lot of things happening at
\none time,\u201d she explained. \u201cI am fortunate enough to
\nbe super organized, which helps me pursue all of the
\nthings that I care about.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is clear then that Goodman cares a great deal about Trinity, as evidenced by the time that she invests in\u00a0 alumni leadership roles. She currently serves as co-class secretary and as a member of the 10th Reunion planning committee for the Class of 2003; she is a member of the National Alumni Association Executive Committee and chairs the Young Alumni Subcommittee; she is a Long Walk Societies member; and she keeps close ties with Trinity\u2019s Zachs Hillel House.<\/p>\n

Even as an undergraduate, Goodman made the time for Trinity. Her long list of student\u00a0 extracurricular activities included vice president of her class; Alumni Association Student Ambassador; member of the Social Honor Council, Student Life Trustee Committee, and President\u2019s Special Council on Women; Hillel participant; academic mentor; and co-captain of the ski team, to name a few.<\/p>\n

Following graduation, Goodman moved to Houston, Texas, where she discovered that Trinity alumni who lacked geographic proximity to Hartford had plenty of ways to stay involved with the College. She became even more active in the alumni community when she moved to New
\nYork City. \u201cMy natural inclination is to stay in touch with people. I make that a priority in my life,\u201d
\nshe said.<\/p>\n

This inclination is no more evident than in her role as a member of the planning committee for the Class of 2003\u2019s 10th Reunion. Goodman was on the planning committee for her 5th Reunion as well, where the Class of 2003 set a record at that time for attendance. She hopes to replicate this success at her 10th Reunion and to spend time learning about how her classmates\u2019 passions have been realized since graduation. \u201cSo many people have already switched jobs and careers at this point,\u201d she says, and she suspects that \u201cwhat we really care about will be able to shine through.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Goodman, what has become clear in the 10 years since college is that she cares passionately about education\u2014both the instructional and the administrative sides. Admittedly, this passion emerged even before she stepped onto Trinity\u2019s Hartford campus. Goodman deferred her first year of college so that she could work with City Year, a Boston-based nonprofit that works to identify and intervene with students who are at risk for dropping out of school.<\/p>\n

While working on her bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology at Trinity, she wrote her senior thesis about working with the Hartford Magnet Middle School (now the Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy), and she held internships in the Hartford Public Schools system. She also earned a master\u2019s degree in education leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University.<\/p>\n

Goodman currently teaches humanities and is the Class 5 supervisor at The Chapin School in New York City, where she is also an assistant coach of the robotics team and organizes diversity
\nworkshops for faculty and community members related to educational equity. She also makes the time to volunteer in her community by serving as director of education for Top Honors, a nonprofit that offers fundamental math tutoring to middle school students in New York City.<\/p>\n

She hopes to share her passion for education and excitement for the future with fellow Bantams at Reunion. \u201cTen years is a particular milestone, far enough removed from college that we feel like real adults now\u2014we\u2019re more in the place where we want to be,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is a terrific opportunity to see where a Trinity education has taken our class.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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