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Members of the Class of 2019 march at their Commencement, 50 years after the college began admitting women as first-years. Photo by Shana Sureck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here and now \u2026 and looking toward tomorrow<\/p>\n

As the college continues to celebrate 50 years of coeducation, The Trinity Reporter<\/em>\u2014with the help of several student workers and Communications Office staff members\u2014sought to take the pulse of today\u2019s campus. We asked more than 30 individuals two key questions: How would you characterize the role of women at Trinity College today? And how do you see that role evolving in the future? The following pages offer excerpts of the responses we received. To hear the complete audio interviews\u2014which also have become part of the Stories from the Summit oral histories project\u2014please visit our SoundCloud playlist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How would you characterize the role of women at Trinity College today?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cWhen you look at the people and programs at Trinity, you\u2019re starting to see parity at all levels, from the president down to the faculty and staff. And I think with time, that parity will continue to increase.\u201d
\nAlison Draper
\nDirector, Science Center<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think that women bring a different perspective to an institution that has been traditionally male dominated, and I see that as a very positive development.\u201d
\nAnne Lambright
\nDean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Language and Culture Studies <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think that there\u2019s still a lot of progress to be made toward gender equity, but I think that women at Trinity College are breaking barriers, holding these leadership positions, and really seeking gender equity.\u201d
\nBrooke LePage \u201919<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder Joanne\u2019s leadership, we see a very different structure for leadership at the college, one that both reflects her as a woman and her as a woman of color.\u201d
\nCarlos Espinosa \u201996, M\u201998
\nDirector, Community Relations and Trinfo.Caf\u00e9<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen are making an impact on this campus and are having an impact on the policies and procedures, and the practices of the institution.\u201d
\nCarrie Robinson
\nDirector, LGBTQ+ Life<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have a huge voice, and it\u2019s really important for us to stick up for marginalized students and women.\u201d
\nCat MacLennan \u201920 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI would use one word: ascendant. I feel that women have certainly gained a lot of ground in terms of visible leadership positions because clearly I\u2019m one of them \u2026 as chair of the board. And also, we have a president who is a woman. And to have those top two leadership positions filled by women at Trinity is, I think, a remarkable testament to the ascendancy of women in our college community.\u201d
\nCornie Thornburgh \u201980
\nChair, Trinity College Board of Trustees<\/p>\n

\u201cStudents see the women in front of them as classroom teachers, but the women at Trinity are also recognized internationally and nationally as scholars.\u201d
\nGail Woldu
\nProfessor of Music<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have some progress to make, but I think in terms of leadership and visibility, we associate Trinity right now with some really powerful and very talented women.\u201d
\nJennifer Regan-Lefebvre
\nAssociate Professor of History<\/p>\n

\u201cThe institution now has its first female president and first female chair of the board. And anytime you\u2019re in an organization where there\u2019s a first, the people who are in those roles at first are forging new pathways, thinking about their role relative to the past of the institution and thinking about what they want their role to be in the future in a very different way than if you were not first.\u201d
\nJoanne Berger-Sweeney
\nPresident and Trinity College Professor of Neuroscience<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my 20 years here, I\u2019ve been blessed to be able to work with incredible students who identify as female who have been change agents, who have been community builders, who have found their voice and agency through WGRAC but also through [academics] and through organizing around issues that they believed in and became leaders.\u201d
\nLaura Lockwood M\u201995
\nDirector, WGRAC<\/p>\n

\u201cI see us as leaders and trailblazers.\u201d
\nRose Rodriguez \u201915, M\u201918
\nSustainability Coordinator<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen at Trinity College have objectively and subjectively made this campus much better than it ever has been and continue to do so.\u201d
\nTrinna Larsen \u201920
\nStudent Government Association (SGA) President 2019\u201320<\/p>\n

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Men in the Class of 1968 take part in their Commencement. Photo: TRINITY IVY 1968<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How do you see that role evolving in the future?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cI think that \u2026 women have a lot to offer, a lot to bring to the table, ways of changing the conversation that could take Trinity in a really good direction.\u201d
\nAnne Lambright
\nDean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Language and Culture Studies<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that we can kind of come out of this with some clearer understanding not only as to who we are, honor where we\u2019ve come from with respect, and acknowledge that we\u2019ve still got a lot more growing that we need to do to include every single person on this campus.\u201d
\nAnne Parmenter
\nProfessor of Physical Education and Head Field Hockey Coach<\/p>\n

\u201cI think at Trinity, like at a lot of college campuses, I think [there are] still obstacles that women are facing in terms of social culture and academic culture, but I know Trinity has had some really great milestones recently and is doing a lot to improve campus culture for women.\u201d
\nGillian Reinhard \u201920<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now we have strong women here and definitely will continue to, so I definitely see that legacy continuing in a really positive way.\u201d
\nJennifer Chavez \u201919<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I think about the evolving role of women, it\u2019s based on understanding our past and history and where we have been a part of this institution, understanding where we are now, and then, together, setting what future we want for Trinity College with women integrated in it.\u201d
\nJoanne Berger-Sweeney
\nPresident and Trinity College Professor of Neuroscience<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely think that in the future Trinity is just going to become stronger, and we are going to see more women in leadership roles because that\u2019s organically going to happen. \u2026 That\u2019s just going to take our institution to higher heights.\u201d
\nJyles Romer \u201920<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the future outlook for women here at Trinity College is promising, but we still have a lot of work to do. \u2026 We need to do a better job of \u2026 supporting women to pursue engineering and STEM.\u201d
\nKevin Huang \u201912
\nAssistant Professor of Engineering<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that the future can be a time where we don\u2019t even have to ask or we don\u2019t even have to refer to female leaders as female leaders and we can just look at them as leaders \u2026 on the same playing field as everyone else.\u201d
\nKristina Miele \u201919
\nSGA President 2018\u201319<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that the trend of having female leadership here at the college continues. I think it\u2019s the kind of thing that we would need to see continue in order to best meet the needs of all of our students but in particular our female students.\u201d
\nLaura Holt \u201900
\nAssociate Professor of Psychology<\/p>\n

\u201cI think women really are the driving force of a lot of the change that happens here. \u2026 I\u2019m very hopeful that we will continue to admit women, diverse women, women with different backgrounds \u2026 and I know that that\u2019s going to do a lot for this school.\u201d
\nManny Rodriguez \u201920<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that one of the real differences, since I\u2019ve been here for some time, is that there are women available to mentor women, and sometimes, that\u2019s extremely important.\u201d
\nAdrienne Fulco
\nAssociate Professor of Legal and Policy Studies<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to see leadership in both students and in faculty demonstrate clear values for women as true equals in the educational sphere and in the institutional life of Trinity College.\u201d
\nTrinna Larsen \u201920
\nSGA President 2019\u201320<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in the future, their role needs to evolve in such a way that we can see them as being not just women on campus but as Trinity students \u2026 as Trinity faculty, as members of the community that aren\u2019t defined by the title as women.\u201d
\nWill Estony \u201921<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here and now \u2026 and looking toward tomorrow As the college continues to celebrate 50 years of coeducation, The Trinity Reporter\u2014with the help of several student workers and Communications Office staff members\u2014sought to take the pulse of today\u2019s campus. We asked more than 30 individuals two key questions: How would you characterize the role of … <\/p>\n

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