{"id":1480,"date":"2014-10-07T16:55:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T20:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/ebuckhor\/?page_id=1300"},"modified":"2014-10-07T16:55:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T20:55:33","slug":"opportunity-passion-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/reporter-fall2014\/features\/opportunity-passion-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity, Passion, Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scholars embrace all aspects of the Trinity experience<\/i><\/p>\n

By Kathy Andrews<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Mackenze-Genauer\"<\/a>
More than 90,000 applicants vied for Morgan Stanley\u2019s sought-after summer program for analysts and associates, and Mackenze Genauer \u201916 was one of just 1,000 hired. He worked four days a week as a summer analyst at the New York-based bank, owner of the world\u2019s largest brokerage.
Photo: Chris Herder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mackenze Genauer \u201916
\n<\/b>The recipient of the William O. Frawley \u201960 Scholarship<\/b> and a member of the Trinity baseball team, Mackenze Genauer \u201916 is equally immersed in academics and other activities about which he is passionate. Last May, as he was trying to line up a summer internship in the financial services field, he thought his chances of receiving an offer from one of his targeted firms looked slim. But after developing backup options for summer employment, the economics and mathematics double major received two attractive offers. With seemingly boundless energy and the sort of work ethic any employer would welcome, Genauer accepted both positions, working four days a week for Morgan Stanley in New York City as a summer analyst and every Friday in Hartford at RBC, job shadowing a vice president\/financial adviser.<\/p>\n

Game-changing experiences<\/b>
\nGenauer spends long hours in the library on his economics assignments but prefers doing math homework in his dorm room. \u201cMath proofs are more creative,\u201d he explains. He has always excelled at math but has discovered many opportunities at college \u201cto step out of my comfort zone\u2013to grow as a person.\u201d Being on the baseball team is a big part of his Trinity experience\u2013and not just the practices and games. For Do It Day, Trinity\u2019s community service day held in September, the entire team did a project at a local community playground. \u201cMy best friends all come from the team\u2013they are all humble, great guys.\u201d He also works for Ferris Athletic Center, tracking stats for volleyball and serving as a ball boy for field hockey, in addition to doing other administrative tasks.<\/p>\n

Life-changing people
\n<\/b>Genauer describes his mathematics adviser, Nancy Wyshinski<\/b>, associate professor of mathematics, as \u201cextremely helpful, always available to talk.\u201d His economics adviser, Joshua Stillwagon<\/b>, assistant professor of economics, \u201cis a very smart guy,\u201d he says, adding, \u201coften I stay after class to pick his brain.\u201d And then there is the couple who created his scholarship. Genauer doesn\u2019t know how he could ever express the debt of gratitude he feels toward the Scullys\u2013Marlynn and William P. Scully \u201961<\/b>. He thinks about their sponsorship often and feels inspired that \u201cthere are people like them in the world, who would do something like this for someone they\u2019ve never met.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Consuelo-Pedro\"<\/a>
Consuelo Pedro \u201915 checks that all of the electrodes are in place before conducting an electroencephalogram on one of her research subjects. Pedro has worked three years, including two summers, on research related to traumatic brain injury and prospective memory in the Trinity lab of Sarah Raskin, professor neuroscience and psychology.
Photo: John Atashian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Consuelo Pedro \u201915
\n<\/b>When she was searching for the right college, Consuelo Pedro \u201915, who hails from Trinidad and Tobago, had in mind a small, liberal arts school in New England. She was surprised at how she could get to know Trinity without even leaving home. First, she met Milla Riggio<\/b>, James J. Goodwin Professor of English, who\u00a0coordinates the Trinity-in-Trinidad Global Learning site. \u201cI remember thinking, if there are more professors like her, I want to be there!\u201d says Pedro. Then, after e-mailing with Associate Director of Admissions Mandi Haines<\/b>, Pedro learned that Haines would make a trip to Trinidad to meet prospective students. Pedro, whose dream is to be a doctor of physical therapy, was thrilled to be accepted to Trinity as a participant in the rigorous Interdisciplinary Science Program (ISP) and as the recipient of the Andrew S. Terhune \u201978 Scholarship<\/b>. She loves the ISP philosophy of science, which she sums up as, \u201cIt\u2019s not about us, it\u2019s about helping others through science,\u201d and she laughs about the T-shirts she and other ISP students wear: on the back, ISP is defined as \u201cIntensive Sleep-deprivation Program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Game-changing experiences<\/b> Pedro will never forget writing two four-page papers a week as a first-year student\u2013the ISP\u2019s \u201cbaptism by fire,\u201d as she puts it. \u201cEach paper is based on science-related readings of up to 50 pages, involving different disciplines of science. But you can write any<\/i> paper after that,\u201d she says. A neuroscience major, she marvels that Trinity enabled her to present research at two conferences in 2013: the Cognitive Neuroscience Society\u2019s annual conference in San Francisco and a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego. On campus, Pedro has been active with the Caribbean Students Association and represented that organization on the Multicultural Affairs Council. She received an award for outstanding community service from Trinity\u2019s Office of Community Service and Civic Engagement. One of her favorite activities was mentoring girls at Hartford Public High School. About that experience, she says, \u201cThese girls need to know that education is enjoyable. I was there to help inspire them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Life-changing people
\n<\/b>For Pedro, especially valued mentors are Alison Draper<\/b>, director of the Interdisciplinary Science Center, and Sarah Raskin<\/b>, professor of neuroscience and psychology, with whom Pedro conducts research on traumatic brain injury and prospective memory. Haines, in Admissions, also has been \u201ca guiding and nurturing force on campus,\u201d says Pedro, who was recently nominated to serve as a Student Admissions Associate. Another important Trinity person for Pedro is Andrew S. Terhune \u201978<\/b>, her scholarship donor, with whom she looks forward to catching up every year at the Scholars Reception. Terhune says, \u201cMy wife and I don\u2019t have children, and I wanted to pass on to the next generation some of the advantages I received from a Trinity education. I am grateful for the opportunity to have had a role in Consuelo\u2019s experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"YaniqueAnderson\"<\/a>
Yanique Anderson \u201915 waves to attendees of Trinity\u2019s Long Walk Societies Celebration in New York City, at which she and other members of the Shondaa Steppers performed last April.
Photo: John Atashian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yanique Anderson \u201915<\/b>
\nIn the three years since Yanique Anderson \u201915 arrived on campus, she has developed a guiding principle for her life: pursue your passion, without fear and without regrets. A New York City Posse Scholar<\/b> who was born in Jamaica, Anderson has diligently explored a range of educational experiences and initially found it challenging to select a major. Now a senior, she is fully engaged as a double major in theater and dance and human rights and has had an array of adventures. She has interned with two performing arts organizations that are committed to social justice. She participated in the 2012 River Cities of Asia summer study program and the Trinity\/La MaMa Performing Arts Semester in New York City. A dancer, choreographer, and poet, Anderson is captain of Trinity\u2019s Shondaa Steppers and president of the Zeta Omega Eta sorority.<\/p>\n

Game-changing experiences
\n<\/b>Anderson describes her participation in the River Cities of Asia program as \u201cexhilarating,\u201d explaining that she traveled to China, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia with other students and three Trinity professors to study public policy issues related to water, history, and urban development in cities along major rivers in those countries. Back on campus, one of her most riveting classes was \u201cHuman Rights through Performance: Incarcerated\u201d in which students look at life behind prison walls and create a cumulative performance piece at the end of the semester. Also, Anderson says, it has been a privilege to intern at Ping Chong + Company and the Judy Dworin Performance Project (founded by Judy Dworin \u201970, Trinity professor of theater and dance, in 1989). \u201cThese organizations challenged me intellectually and fostered my understanding of the role and importance of the arts in addressing important cultural and civic issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Life-changing people
\nLesley Farlow<\/b>, associate professor of theater and dance, has been Anderson\u2019s mentor and adviser since her first year. \u201cShe has been a source of encouragement and support, and I am forever grateful to Lesley,\u201d says Anderson. She also is thankful for donors who support the Posse Scholarship Program. There are more than 80 Posse Scholars at Trinity, supported by three different endowments established by Mark and Leslie Cooper Sillcox \u201978<\/b>, the Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation<\/b>, Garrett and Mary Penniman Moran \u201976<\/b>, and Sheila and Charles R. Perrin \u201967<\/b>. About her scholarship, Anderson says, \u201cI feel absolutely blessed and honored that others recognized my hard work and my abilities, and I am grateful for the opportunity to pursue my academic goals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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