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TRINITY REPORTER New Route

To Degree Is Payed Trinity's Individualized Degree Program-known in its planning stages as the Alternate Degree-Program-has received final approval by the Board of Trustees. Students will be admitted to the IDP, a guided approach to the bachelor's degree which is freed from the standard 36 course-credit curriculum, beginning in January 1973. The first IDP students will include some of the incoming Freshman Class, possibly a few upperclassmen and some older persons from the Greater Hartford Area. One of the purposes of the IDP is to make .a regular college degree available to persons whose schedules do not permit them to attend Trinity full time, for example those people with occupational or family responsibilities. The IDP also accommodates students with exceptional academic abilities, by allowing them to take greater initiative in the plarming and· completion of their College degree program. Under the IDP, a b'achelor's degree may be earned in as few as three years, or as many as six to ten years. Although the IDP does not involve completion of 36 course credits or necessarily involve large amounts of classroom work, the IDP is at least the equivalent in its rigor of the regular academic program. During the non-major phase of the IDP, the student· will complete Study Units and projects; at the major level, in most departments, he will continue wodc through independenf reading and projects. The Study Units, which will ·be prepared by the faculty (and in some cases by the student) are guides to particular segments of knowledge which also contain a statement of objectives, a bibliography, a serie~ of instructions on performance of the work, and a means for evaluating the work. At least 12 of the 24 required -Study Units will be related, or "linked," to each other. The IDP also calls for completion of an integrative project, which connects the student's major field of study to other areas of knowledge. Close faculty guidance is involved in every stage of the IDP. The IDP, approved in principle by the faculty last October, was developed in full during the Spring by a faculty committee, and sent to the Trustees for consideration in June. A brochure (see IDP, page 5)

JUNE, 1972

TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

VOLUME 2 NUMBER 10

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Annual Giving Goal Met Increasing support for Trinity College was evidenced as the 1971-72 Annual Giving Campaign ended at I 04 percent of its goal. Giving this year totaled $440,421, well over the $425,QOO goal and nearly $39,000 better than last year's total-roughly a 10 per cent increase. There were 3,822 contributors, a gain of 682 from last year. This represents a 22 percent increase in the number of

Weaver

Brewer

Three faculty promotions have been announced by President Lockwood, including the promotion of Dr. Glenn Weaver to full professor of history. In addition, Dr. Karl F. Haberlandt will become associate professor of psychology; and Dr. Robert H. Brewer, associate professor ·of biology. All three promotions will be effective in September. Dr. Weaver, Trinity historian and former archivist of the College, is an authority on Colonial, America and American Church History. Before coming to Trinity in 1957, he taught at Lehigh, Yale, Albany State Teachers College, Connecticut College for Women and Catawba College. Besides "The History of Trinity College," published in 1967, Dr. Weaver has published "Jonathan Trumbull: Connecticut's Merchant Magistrate," "Centennial History o( the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.," and a history of the Hartford Electric Light Co. (HELCO). He has also contributed many professional articles to periodicals.

150th Birthday In 1973, Trinity will observe the 150th anniversary of its founding as Washington College in 1823. The special events planned to celebrate the occasion will be announced in future issues of the Reporter.

contributions. Of the five major sources of gifts, four groups-The Friends of Trinity Fund, non-corporate foundations, Parents Fund, · and the J.lusiness and Industry Associates-did better than 100 percent of their projected goals. The last group, the Alumni Fund, came in close at 99 percent of the goal. Alumni participation, however, grew

Haberlandt

In 1966 Dr. Weaver was named "outstanding· teacher in the field of American History in a Connecticut school or college" by the Connecticut Chapter of the National Society, Daughters and Founders and Patriots of America, Inc. He is currently CCH!ditor of the Papers of Jonathan Trumbull, a project sponsored jointly by the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State Library.. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the New England Historical Bibliography and has recently been commissioned to edit for the Historical Commission of the State of Connecticut a series of 35 historical booklets to deal with all aspects of Connecticut History in the period of the American Revolution. He is a member of the Historic Wethersfield Foundation. Dr. Haberlandt, who was born in Germany, received the degree of Diplom-Psychologe from the Freie Universitat of Berlin in 1964. He received an M.A. in 1966 and a Ph.D. in 1968 from Yale, the year he came to Trinity. Dr. Haberlandt's interests lie in theories and research on memory and on attitude formation. Dr. Brewer came to T!:~nity in 1968, from Adelaide, South Australia, where he was a research fellow at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute at the University of Adelaide. He received his B.A. from Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has taught at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois.

to 32 percent of all alumni, up from 25 percent last year. The Alumni Fund represented the greatest portion of the total Annual Giving Drive. It wound up at $248,944, or 99 percent of its $250,000 goal. There were 3,027 alumni contributors, 538 more than last year. Next largest amount came from the Parents Fund, which reached $89,099, or 104 percent of its goal of $85,000. Business and Industry Associates contributed $60,714, or 101 percent of their $60,000 goal. The Friends of Trinity Fund, including gifts from those who are neither Trinity alumni nor parents, totaled $23,964, or 160 percent of its $1 5,000 goal. Non-corporate foundations contributed $18,700, or 125 percent of their $15,000 goal. . The Annual Giving Campaign supports the general operating budget of the College, and has been instrumental in keeping Trinity operating in the black. Last year's drive, which totaled $400,526 (over the goal of $~50,000), enabled the College to balance its operational budget following the $320,000 deficit Trinity suffered in fiscal 1969-70. This year's drive showed an increase of $39,895 over last year. According to Judson M. Rees, Director of Development, the College expects that the increasing levels of support and participation will continue as Trinity enters her 150th anniversary year this fall. Describing· the outcome of the drive as "a respectable showing," Rees said he was grateful for the spirit of generosity shown by the contributors as well as the hard work put in by alumni and friends who directed the Annual Giving Drive. Serving on the Steering Committee of the Alumni Fund were: Andrew Onderdonk '34, national chairman; Martin D. Wood '42, vice chairman; John L. B onee '43, distinguished gifts chairman; James R. Glassco Jr., '50, leadership gifts chairman; Lispenard B. Phister '18, Arthur H. Tildesley '53 and Scott W. Reynolds '63, special gifts chairmen; Benjamin J. Williams '58, promotion chairman; Thomas M. Meredith '48, class agent chairman, and Lillian N. Kezerian, M.A. '61, masters degree chairman. On the Steering Committee for the Parents Fund wet:e: Willard W. Brown of Cleveland, national chairman; Ralph J. Taussig of Philadelphia, special gifts chairman; Richard S. Knapp of New York, past parent ch?.~:nan; Milton L. Levy of Boston, Class of 1972 chairman; Francis C. Farwell of Chicago, Class of 1973 chairman; Charles M. Barringer of Chadds Ford, Pa., Class of 1974 chairman, and Charles S. Walker of Providence, R.I., Class of 1975 chairman. Seymour E. Smith '34 was chairman of the Business and Industry Associates, and Ostrom Enders was chairman of the Friends of Trinity Fund. Until his death in February, Barclay Shaw '35, chairman of the board of trustees, had served as national chairman of the Annual Giving Campaign.


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