On December 5, 2012, 24 students, one professor, one dean, one chaplain and two staff members at Trinity agreed to spend a day in a wheelchair to promote disability rights.   This video, made by Trinity students, highlights the day, organized by Kristen Duquette ’13 and Sean Snyder ’13.  The video was edited by Will Hermann ’14.  “A Day in a Wheelchair,” […]

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Trinity College wishes a happy holiday season to people of all faiths.  Enjoy these  holiday videos featuring Trinity students.

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The 2013 Chinese New Year is on Sunday, February 10. Trinity students, professors, their families, and other volunteers recently gathered to begin preparation for the celebration. The dragon is symbolic of power, luck, success, and control of the elements.  In Chinese culture, the dragon is equated to success.  More information to follow. (photo by Abbey […]

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This week, Econometrics students presented their semester-long research projects to determine answers to student curiosities.   The projects were:  Does where you sit in Econ 101 affect your first test score?; Does it pay-off to pay for performance: An analysis of salary determination and success in four NFL teams; Who is more likely to take a few liberties with […]

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The Trinity College Quirks had yet another memorable performance – opening for the Jaimoe Jasssz Band, led by Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson of the Grammy Award-winning Allman Brothers.  In the photo, members of both groups celebrate another exciting performance.

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This semester, Hudson Taylor, wrestling coach at Columbia University, three-time All-American Division I wrestler at the University of Maryland, and a prominent straight ally and civil rights activist of LGBT rights, addressed students and athletes at Trinity.  Taylor is descended from a long line of Christian missionaries, including James Hudson Taylor, one of the first Christians […]

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Twenty-five members of the Trinity College community spent “A Day in a Wheelchair” to experience what it is like to have a mobility impairment. The idea originated with Kristin Duquette ’13, a human rights major.  According to Duquette and Sean Snyder ’13, who is also a human rights major and an organizer of the event, […]

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On November 29, students attended a reception and preview of the new Vernon Social Center, scheduled to open in Fall of 2013.   Tentative plans include new study and recreation spaces, a specialty sandwich shop, a convenience store, a bar, and other amenities, to be shaped with student input from the reception.

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Pictured above at Rittenberg Hall, Yipeng Shen, assistant professor of Chinese and International Studies and a member of Trinity Faculty in Residence, presents research on Mo Yan, the 2012 Nobel Literature Prize Laureate.  Shen discussed Mo Yan’s literary works, contemporary China, and screened clips of a movie.  (photo by Travis Kotecco ’14)

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Dr. Erin Valentio’s first-year seminar class, “The Information Age and the Digital Divide” did a small exhibition on the school’s rare books collection in the Watkinson library, including this mini-Bible (pictured). Every student was assigned a book: almanacs, old text books, atlases, prayer books, fliers that were once in circulation, or household “doctor” books, and […]

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