THE MAGAZINE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2015
A University of the Highest Order
TRINITY UNIVERSITY’S 19TH PRESIDENT FIND YOUR PATH: TRINITY ADOPTS A NEW CURRICULUM ANTHROPOLOGIST STUDIES SNAKES IN VIETNAM
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CONTENTS
A University of the Highest Order
31 Introducing President Danny Anderson
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President’s Message Editor’s Note 6 Trinity Today 12 Trinity Press 13 Summer Reading 14 Tiger Pride 18 Faculty & Staff Focus
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Where are they Now In Memoriam 42 Alumni Profiles 50 Class Notes 57 Chapter Activities 62 Alumni News 63 Déjà View
39 Trinity Adopts Pathways Curriculum
Making the Cover The many colors of a Trinity education come to life in our summer issue. Watch as our photographers and illustrators paint the University’s story in Trinity’s “Making the Cover” feature: gotu.us/makingthecover
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
President Danny J. Anderson and Mrs. Kimberly Anderson Dear Trinity community,
June 1 marked the beginning of my Trinity journey and what I hope will be the start of many years of service to this remarkable University. My wife Kimberly and I have been warmly embraced by the extraordinary Trinity community and we have begun exploring the diverse and dynamic city of San Antonio. I appreciate the confidence of the search committee in recommending me and the Board of Trustees in selecting me to lead at this important moment in the life of Trinity University. As president, my goal is to ensure that Trinity University is recognized as the model of 21st century liberal arts and sciences education envisioned by the Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan. I share this vision and will
As president, my goal is to ensure that Trinity University is recognized as the model of 21st century liberal arts and sciences education envisioned by the Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan. work with the faculty and staff to make it a reality. The liberal arts and sciences are essential for this transformative Trinity experience, for the ability to thrive in the 21st century, and for the drive to experience the life well-lived.
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In the coming months, I look forward to meeting as many alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, and students as possible. Part of my task as president will be to tell the stories of this transformational Trinity experience as I collect and recount the difference that Trinity University makes. My plans this fall include visiting alumni chapters across the country, meeting with all academic departments, and connecting with community leaders. Listening will be at the top of my agenda. In my experience leading many groups, one of the key things I have learned is that listening is the place to begin. It is important to build trust that fosters relations and deepens our collective commitment to the success of the University. I cannot accomplish these goals alone. I ask for your continued support of the University so that, together, we can build upon the momentum that has fashioned Trinity as one of the most forward-thinking liberal arts and sciences universities in the nation. I invite you to watch my introductory video message at gotu.us/intro19 and follow me on Twitter @TU_President19.
Best wishes,
Danny J. Anderson, Ph.D. President Trinity University
EDITOR’S NOTE
Over the last few months, I’ve found myself increasingly having to
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Congratulations on a great issue of the Trinity magazine. I’ve enjoyed every article. I’m a National Alumni Board member but was unable to attend the February 2015 meeting. This issue is helping to get me updated on all the happenings I missed at the meeting! - Alyson Rose-Wood ’03
I have no idea what the response is going to be to the new design of the alumni magazine—I work in higher-ed design every day, so I have first-hand experience when I say that, overwhelmingly, people hate change. But let me be a positive word when I say that the new design is unbelievably beautiful. It’s Trinity—so I’m certain there was a thoughtful person behind all of those decisions—but this new style is far preferred. - Janie Porche ’03
I just received my copy of the Winter 2015 Trinity magazine. As a retired architect and former Texan I really enjoyed the article & images of the rediscovered O’Neil Ford drawings! Thank you for that! - Stan Hargus
The winter issue’s “Education by Design” feature brought back fond memories of my alma mater...still so much the same today! - Rick Gray ’78
defend my choice of a liberal arts education; the criticism, of course, is not limited to Trinity. The New York Times’ “The Decline and Fall of the English Major” notes that while humanities courses teach students how to write, they don’t satisfy a narrowing vocational emphasis placed on college majors. Even Forbes published a study claiming that rather than earning a liberal arts degree, it may be better to earn no degree at all. All the while, articles such as “We don’t need more STEM majors, we need more STEM majors with liberal arts training” from The Washington Post and “Thinking outside the box: Our tech-driven future needs the skills of liberal arts graduates” from U.S. News & World Report have been steadily filling my inbox. Is higher education a tool to equip people for their vocational roles in an ever-changing economy? Or is it an outlet to discover creativity, grow as a leader and a follower, and become well-rounded citizens of a global and interconnected world? I am a Trinity graduate, so I would argue the latter. But how? Yet these articles, while encouraging and eloquent, don’t personalize the liberal arts and sciences educational experience. They certainly don’t speak to Trinity’s “flavor” of the liberal arts—mixing humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and fine arts with business, engineering, education, and entrepreneurship. So Trinity magazine set out to do just that. Reader, I hope you take the stories in this issue to heart, combine them with stories of your own, weave in the powerful, poignant words of our new president and our incredible faculty, and use them the next time you’re asked why you chose a liberal arts path—maybe even why you hope your children will choose one as well. Speaking of our incredible faculty, this issue holds Trinity magazine’s last “Faculty & Staff Spotlight,” but these honors will soon find another home. In an effort to more prominently emphasize the achievements of Trinity’s faculty and staff, the University will be releasing its inaugural issue of IMPACT: Scholarship, Creativity, and Community Engagement at Trinity University in September 2016. As we applaud the efforts of those who taught, mentored, and supported us, we must always remember: we are Tigers at heart. We are educators and entrepreneurs, scientists and business people, innovators and scholars. We have been, and truly remain to be, a university of the highest order.
CORRECTION In the “In Memoriam” section of Cass Notes in the Winter 2015 issue (page 53), Baxter Gentry ’77 was listed as deceased. Gentry is not deceased, and we apologize for the error.
Send comments, ideas, or suggestions to jgoodri1@trinity.edu or Jeanna Goodrich Balreira, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212. Letters may be edited for style and space considerations.
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The Big Picture As scientists sound a conservation alarm on the harvest of sea snakes, sociology professor Alfred Montoya traces the networks involved with catching these snakes in the wild and using them for food or traditional traaditionalmedicines. medicines. Read more more Read on page on __. page photo 23. photo by Zoltan by Zoltan Takas Takacs
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Art Donation to Chapel Honors Chi Delta Tau, Sponsors Alumnus presents gift of rare religious folk art
1966 in 2015 Creative nonfiction journal releases new issue by Carlos Anchondo
Produced and funded by the English department, 1966 is an online journal of creative nonfiction. Created in 2012, 1966 has published biannually since 2013. English professor Kelly Grey Carlisle co-founded the journal with five Trinity students and continues to guide students as they help edit and produce the journal. 1966 includes written work from authors worldwide, from a Pulitzer-prize finalist to published essayists to online columnists. Carlisle says she founded 1966 to give her creative writing students experience in editing and publishing. She believes that working on the journal provides undergraduates with an added sense of confidence and appreciation of their skills. “Working on the journal gives students demonstrable editing and production experience, and helps them develop their
larly enjoys watching students develop in their “skills, judgment, and knowledge.” Assistant editor Ciara Bergin ’16 says that working on 1966 has given her great insight into the lives of writers who send their submissions, taught her invaluable skills about magazine publishing, and shaped her future as a writer. “Working on this journal, and interacting with my team members, I have a greater understanding of the kind of
“Working on this journal, and interacting with my team members, I have a greater understanding of the kind of impact I want my writing and my work to have on the world.” professional skills in communication, organization, and management,” Carlisle says. Four to six students each year, from any major, are selected to work on 1966, although Carlisle does offer preference to high-achieving students in her Introduction to Creative Nonfiction class. Any Trinity student is able to submit visual art. While there are many gratifying aspects to producing 1966, Carlisle particu-
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impact I want my writing and my work to have on the world,” Bergin says. “I have been able to learn skills that are so integral to the publication of magazines in such a short time.” Read the current edition of 1966 online at gotu.us/1966
Jim Ludeke ’67 and wife Kelly, owners of an art gallery and home furnishings store in Austin, Texas, donated two pieces of religious folk art to the Parker Chapel. The donation is in recognition of Ludeke’s longtime association with the Chi Delta Tau social fraternity and to express his appreciation to the leadership and service of advisers and mentors OZ White and the Rev. Raymond Judd. The two pieces were formally dedicated at Parker Chapel before a small gathering of fraternity alumni and actives in late January.
“Trinity had a very special influence on my life and career.” One, a small cast bronze statue of Moses holding the Ten Commandments, was originally found in the Holy Land. The second, a rare Spanish colonial artifact, is a polychromatic wooden statue of Saint John the Evangelist, likely created in the late 1700s. “Trinity had a very special influence on my life and career and produced a strength of faith I want to share with students,” Ludeke said. Both pieces now have a central place in the Chapel’s sacristy.
“CSI is designed to encourage collaborations among faculty and students across all disciplines, spark new ways of thinking, and stimulate creativity and innovation,” said Michael Fischer, vice president for faculty and student affairs. Completed in fall 2014, CSI is the largest development ever undertaken on the Trinity campus. The 280,000-square-foot project included new construction and major renovations of existing buildings configured to create an integrated academic complex that puts science on display. Community and Trinity leaders gathered for the CSI ribbon cutting. left to right: U.S. Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas); Trinity’s 17th President, John Brazil; Trinity Trustee John Korbell; Vice President for Faculty and Student Affairs Michael Fischer; Murchison Professor of
Geosciences Has Rocked Trinity for 50 Years Alumni gather to celebrate milestone of academic department, dedicate campus rock garden
Biology David Ribble ’82; Trinity’s 18th President, Dennis Ahlburg; and Trinity Trustee Board Chairman Douglas Hawthorne ‘69, ‘72.
Trinity Dedicates the Center for the Sciences and Innovation Weekend of festivities showcases collaborative characteristics at the campus hub of productive collisions A ribbon cutting on Feb. 20 formally celebrated the completion of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation (CSI). The grand opening ceremony was held on the McLean Family Entrance Plaza, directly in front of the CSI complex. U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, 21st Congressional District, and chair of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, was among the featured speakers at the event. The grand opening ceremonies included a full weekend of events. On Friday, a CSI art tour and reception with the artists allowed guests to learn more about the artwork featured around the building. On Saturday, TED-like “Tiger Talks” featured Dr. Mark Kline ’79, Jason Hafner ’93, Dirk Elmendorf ’97, and psychology professor Carolyn Becker, all who are leaders in the fields of medicine, science, and innovation. Interactive science experiences were held for area high school science teachers and students.
In celebration of the geosciences department’s 50th anniversary, Trinity faculty, students, and alumni dedicated a rock garden and honored the memory of Donald McGannon Jr., founder of the original geology department at Trinity. Alumni spoke about how McGannon made geology come alive, persuading many to transition from previous majors such as biology or engineering science. At the rock garden dedication, geosciences chair Diane Smith said Rick Ward ’65 had noticed that nothing on campus commemorated McGannon’s role to launch the department. Alumni and students raised $10,000 for the garden outside the department’s home in the Marrs McLean Hall. Les Bleamaster, geosciences adjunct professor and CSI facility manager, designed the garden.
The McGannon family gathers at the dedication
The garden contains many significant rocks, such as Town Mountain granite from Llano in the Texas Hill Country; stromatolitic limestone from the Cambrian Wilberns formation in Mason, Texas; speleothems from caves in a quarry of the Glen Rose limestone, north of San Antonio; and a variety of Precambrian rocks from the Midwest. Linda McGannon Robinson, daughter of the late professor, said it was an honor to have her father’s memory preserved on campus and said she enjoyed hearing the memories from alumni about him. “It’s special to hear words of how many lives he affected,” she said. “It’s priceless.”
Retired General Named Trinity Trustee San Antonio businessman, past head of U.S. Southern Command, to join University leadership group A San Antonio businessman and former military commander, retired Gen. James T. “Tom” Hill ’68, has been elected to the Trinity University Board of Trustees. Hill, president of JT Hill Group Inc., provides guidance on strategic leadership and planning, international political issues, and security issues. Hill’s knowledge of these subjects stems from a distinguished background in military service and command. Hill’s military history and business experience demonstrate his broad range of leadership and management expertise. Hill has succeeded in increasing funding for certain military projects and has established community partnerships that improve military-civilian relations. Hill’s experience also extends to current and past positions as a board director for a biotech company, a notfor-profit company, and an international science and technology development company. Hill graduated from Trinity with a bachelor’s in political science. He received a master’s in personnel management from Central Michigan University in 1980 and graduated from the National War College, which is part of the National Defense University, in 1988. In 2003, he was named a Trinity University Distinguished Alumnus.
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Since 2011, more than 140 students have participated in this semester-long market research project, in which students design a survey that is administered on the rodeo grounds during February and collect a sample of more than 1,600 observations. Students then conduct statistical analysis to estimate the economic impact of the event on the city of San Antonio and also provide the rodeo association with an evaluation of the effectiveness of the organization’s online marketing strategy. Caravana 43 members speak at “Somos Todos Ayotzinapa” in Chapman Auditorium.
The Sound of Music Chamber Singers tour the West Coast Trinity University’s Chamber Singers traveled along the West Coast from March 5 to 15. Thirty-nine students and director of choral activities Gary Seighman participated in the 10-day tour which included six evening concerts, three visits to area high schools, two collegiate collaborations, and participation at alumni and prospective student events. The tour provided an educational experience for music students beyond the traditional classroom. Repeated performances over many days in a variety of venues allowed student-artists the opportunity to refine their performance technique in a manner that a single campus performance cannot achieve. Three of these performances included collaborations with local artists. In Seattle, Trinity alumni Sarah Davis ’04, an opera singer with an active career throughout the U.S, and Dawn Padula ’97, chair of the vocal and opera department at the University of Puget Sound, performed solo and duet selections with the choir. In Los Angeles, the choir shared a concert program with the Mount St. Mary College Chorus, and in Sacramento with the Young Adult Choir at First Presbyterian Church. Various impromptu public performances at places such as the California State Capitol building and bustling business locations provided exciting outlets for students to share their songs.
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Somos Todos Ayotzinapa Caravana 43 member makes Trinity stop on nationwide tour for justice Omar Garcia spoke at Chapman Auditorium on March 16 as a member of Caravana 43, a group of families touring the U.S. to bring international attention to the attacks on university students in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, in September 2014. Garcia, a student at a rural teaching college in Ayotzinapa, spoke of the systematic violence plaguing Mexico and demanded the safe return of his 43 missing classmates. Garcia and the families of the kidnapped Ayotzinapa students traveled across the U.S. during March and April to demand justice, accountability, international review, and a reevaluation of U.S. assistance to Mexico. Garcia called on audience members to help hold the Mexican government accountable so that corrupt habits within the Mexican government and police will eventually change.
Let’s Rodeo, Tigers! Students study economic impact of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo This semester, 39 students from the School of Business participated in the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Economic Impact Project, developed by finance and decision sciences professor Mario Gonzalez-Fuentes as part of a course on marketing and business research.
A Planetary Pioneer Astrophysicist Sara Seager talks exoplanets at Trinity Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at MIT, presented “Searching for Earth 2.0” as the Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers Visiting Scholar for Women’s History Month on March 18. Seager explained how every star in the sky is a sun and how each of those stars have at least one planet. Astronomers have also found a wide diversity in the types of planets circling each star. As she celebrated Women’s History Month, Seager offered thanks for the women who came before her and pushed the boundaries of science. Seager noted the importance of treating others with respect, regardless of gender, age, or position. Seager also feels a special kinship with her female MIT students, where she is regarded as a mentor. In addition to her lecture, Seager guesttaught a class at Trinity, where she found the students “engaged” and said they asked “excellent questions.”
Chinese Delegation Visits Trinity Collaborative liberal arts group exploring sustainable campus initiatives, faculty-led programs A delegation from United International College (UIC) of Zhuhai, China—one of the first liberal arts colleges in that country— visited the University in April to discuss U.S. and Chinese models of liberal arts and sciences education.
The visit to San Antonio was one leg of a three-city tour of campuses of member schools of the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) whose president, Owen Williams, accompanied the Chinese delegation on the trip. Stephen Field, the J.K. and Ingrid Lee Professor of Chinese and co-director of the Program in East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST), visited the UIC campus last summer with faculty from Davidson and Hendrix colleges. This summer, David Ribble, the Murchison Professor of Biology, will accompany Field on a fact-finding visit to UIC to explore the possibility of creating a faculty-led program in China on environmental studies.
A Community of Service Student volunteers honored by Trinity, Presidential Honor Roll Since 2008, Trinity has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the University’s commitment to the local and global community. This year, however, is the first time for individual students to be recognized for the commitment to the world through service. Trinity University senior May Lea Watson, who recorded 263.5 service hours through an online social network for volunteers, received the gold President’s Volunteer Service Award. Watson said she “grew up” in summer camps—an enriching experience that she now shares with at-risk kids on San Antonio’s West Side. (Watson
Twenty students were recognized for logging at least 100 community service hours. was also honored this year by the Trinity University Alumni Association for her service to the San Antonio community; read more on page 62.)
Trinity Launches Three Strategic Centers Strategic plan calls on new centers to prepare students to meet career and personal demands in a rapidly changing world by Sharon Jones Schweitzer
Trinity University has launched three new centers that will focus on students’ college
success, experiential learning and career preparedness, and international citizenship. Integral to the vision of the Trinity Tomorrow 10-year strategic plan, the centers enhance Trinity's exceptional student-focused resources and academic opportunities. “These centers embody Trinity's commitment to educate the whole student—which begins with a challenging liberal arts education in a supportive residential setting—and continues by transforming today's students into tomorrow's leaders,” said Michael Fischer, vice president for faculty and student affairs and co-chair of the Trinity Tomorrow steering committee. The Student Success Center consolidates and strengthens a portfolio of related services that position students to thrive academically and socially while developing resilience in the face of life's inevitable challenges. "The center helps all students get the most out of their education by enhancing skills like time
The Center for Experiential Learning and Career Success will integrate academic work, service-learning, and career preparation. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, the center connects students' academic inquiry and real-world decision-making. Students develop critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills by participating in service-learning, undergraduate research, internships, and projects administered by the center. As they prepare for graduation, students align their goals, passions, and skills with the assistance of Trinity's Career Services through a global alumni network, résumé and job interview preparation, and graduate school applications. The Center for International Citizenship will leverage the University's many international activities, including academic programs, study abroad, faculty-led international programs, international student recruitment, and support for international students and faculty. "The center will broaden Trinity's global involvement
“These centers will transform today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders.” management, financial literacy, and effective studying strategies," Fischer said. Initiatives include counseling services, wellness programs, the first-year experience, peer tutoring, and adviser training, all of which are informed by the latest research in student development and are already in high-demand, particularly among the increasing number of Trinity students who are the first in their family to attend college.
and impact beyond the borders of the campus," said Fischer. The center also brings together the interdisciplinary academic programs developed in international studies, as well as the Mexico, the Americas and Spain program (MAS), East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST), and Languages Across the Curriculum. Watch a video about Trinity’s three new centers at gotu.us/threecenters
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Nineteen other students were recognized for stellar volunteer service by logging a minimum of 100 hours in 2014. Seven students recorded between 175 and 249 service hours in 2014 and received the silver award, and 12 students logged between 100 and 174 service hours, receiving the bronze award.
Trinity Celebrates Fiesta in a Major Way Announcement for authentic San Antonio major followed by “April Fools!” April is known in San Antonio as the month of Fiesta, so just in time for the citywide celebration, Trinity University unveiled an interdisciplinary major combining culture, arts, and engineering for its new Fiesta major. Of course, this happened on April 1, a day also known as “April Fools’ Day.” Launched on the University’s home page, the faux announcement included a video with students sharing their excitement to learn about “ticket ripping etiquette” and “balloon wrangling.” The page showcased two stellar professors—Leeroy the Tiger and El Rey Feo— and offered courses in medal design, sash making, and a leadership course dealing with inebriated Fiesta participants, among others. Alumni on social media were quick to comment that they wished the major had
existed when they were on campus. Get in on the prank at gotu.us/fiesta
A Musical Curiosity Students celebrate special collections with Collegium Musicum course For the first time in almost 20 years, Trinity students participated in Collegium Musicum, a one-credit-hour music course. After discovering Coates Library’s special collections and archives during New Student Orientation, Joshua Cohen ’18 and Ryun Howe ’18 inquired with Megan Toups, instruction and liaison librarian, about any “old music” within special collections. Toups located some Baroque-era sheet music and suggested a concert to the students. Cohen and Howe then approached David Heller, professor and chair of music, with the idea. Heller not only thought the concert was a great idea, but asked to join as a participant on harpsichord and offered to transform the ensemble into the Collegium Musicum course. The ensemble of five students and Heller was born, resulting in a May 1 concert in special collections. Watch an excerpt from the concert at gotu.us/collegiummusicum
Trinity University Names Dean of School of Business Fields brings experience in finance, business leadership L. Paige Fields, the Dick and Peggy Prassel Professor of Business, has been appointed to a five-year term as Dean of the Trinity University School of Business. Fields joined the Trinity faculty in 2012 after serving as a faculty member at the University of Kentucky, the University of Arizona, and Texas A&M University. She has served Trinity most recently as chair of the Department of Finance and Decision Sciences.
Student Managed Fund Continues to Perform Course gives undergraduates hands-on portfolio management experience At the end of the first quarter of 2015, the Student Managed Fund (SMF) portfolio had a total return of 2.91 percent. This return exceeded the S&P 500 return of 0.95 percent and placed SMF in the top 4 percent of Lipper Large-Cap Core funds and in the top 32 percent of Lipper Mid-Cap Core funds. Assets under management currently total $5.34 million and the fund has positions in 35 securities.
Student Affairs “Legends” Catch Up on Campus Lunch with former staffers rich with memories, advice
Left to right: (front row) Janet Waltman, former director of health services; Debbie Kimbell, former Coates Center building supervisor; Margaret Farris, former coordinator of student organizations; Coleen Grissom, English professor and former vice president for student affairs and dean of students; and Peg Layton, former director of residence halls. (back row) Jim Potter, former director of intramurals; Pete Neville, former director of student activities; Thurman Adkins, former assistant vice president for student affairs; David Tuttle, associate vice president and dean of students; Gary Neal, director of counseling and health services; and Richard Reams, associate director of counseling services.
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Current and former “legends” from the student life division at Trinity University gathered for lunch in the Skyline Room on April 9 to celebrate, reconnect, talk about old times, and share experiences. Each visiting legend said a few words to current student life staff and to a leadership class taught by Jamie Thompson ’05. Cumulatively, their legendary experience totaled more than 275 years.
Reading TUgether Comes Full Circle 2015 selection addresses privacy in the information age
The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall by Sarah Barrett
Each year, the Trinity University community shares a common reading experience through the Reading TUgether program, in which students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to all read a single book. The 2015 selection is David Eggers’ The Circle, which chronicles an once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity for Mae Holland, the novel’s protagonist, at the Circle, a powerful Internet company. Mae, a recent college graduate, initially loves working at the Circle, but quickly becomes disillusioned as the company demands transparency and all remnants of personal privacy are quickly stripped away. Kyle Gillette, associate professor of human communication and theatre, was heavily involved in the selection of The Circle, and calls Egger’s novel “not only prescient but also eerily urgent.” “Wrestling with ideas about technology, authentic connection, and what it means to be human in the information age, Eggers creates a ‘Brave New World’ for the 21st century,” Gillette says. Jennifer Henderson, professor and chair of the communication department, will moderate a panel discussion of The Circle on Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. in Laurie Auditorium. “Dave Eggers’ The Circle reminds us how much privacy has already been lost in today’s highly networked, monitored society,” Henderson says. “It asks us to think about how much privacy we have willingly given away in exchange for the promise of a more socially friendly, technologically advanced, and politically transparent future.” First-year Trinity students are required to read the Reading TUgether selection and use the book to complete annotated bibliographies due before the start of the semester.
On Sept. 24, Trinity University Press will host renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall as the 2015 DeCoursey Lecture in honor of the publication of The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall, edited by Dale Peterson and Marc Bekoff. The book features more than 100 testimonies by Goodall’s friends and colleagues. In advance of Goodall’s visit, Trinity University Press asked co-editor Dale Peterson—who will be joining Goodall for the event—to give us insight into their nearly 30-year-old friendship and how The Jane Effect came to be.
SB: In your own essay, “Jane the Teacher,” you describe how she facilitated your thoughts on conservation and animals. How was your interest sparked?
Dale Peterson (DP): I first met Jane in 1989, when I was hoping to write a book about chimpanzees and looking for an expert who could help. Jane, as it turned out, was looking for a writer who could help her write a book about chimpanzees—so we joined forces, wrote the book, and have been close allies and friends since.
DP: I’ve always—ever since I started avidly reading in my junior year of high school— been interested in writing. My interest in animals and conservation was probably long a part of my personality—having been born a dog lover and an admirer of Native Americans and grown up as an avid Boy Scout. My interest in chimpanzees began in 1984 when my wife showed me an article about endangered primates in Brazil; it inspired me to travel solo around the world and write a book about primates, which led me to think concretely about the single primate species: chimpanzees.
SB: Jane was the first scientist to study wild
SB: The idea for this book came about as a
chimpanzees by living among them in the
birthday gift for Jane’s 80th birthday. Was
African forest. How did she get interested
Jane aware of the making of this book, or
in chimpanzees in American laboratories
was it a complete surprise?
and zoos and “other captive situations”?
DP: To the best of my knowledge, it was a complete surprise. We certainly tried all we could to keep it a secret, and I believe the secret was kept by everyone until the moment of her birthday. I wasn’t able to give her the birthday gift directly. She was in San Francisco at that moment, being celebrated at a major donors’ dinner party; I was in Boston. But the next day she sent me and Marc a lovely thank you note and a photo showing her relaxed in a chair outdoors somewhere sunny, wearing her sunglasses and reading the book.
Sarah Barrett (SB): How long have you known Jane Goodall and how has that relationship informed your life?
DP: Her fame as a scientist made her the
most logical person to have intelligent opinions about the right and wrong of how chimps are treated in captivity. She knew that chimpanzees are intelligent and highly emotional animals; they possess many of the same emotional needs that we humans have. In 1986, she learned about the baby chimps caged in a federally-funded laboratory in Maryland. Jane was outraged and thus began her campaign to improve the conditions for chimps in captivity.
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The Luck Archive: Exploring Belief, Superstition, and Tradition Mark Menjivar Artist Mark Menjivar discovered four four-leaf clovers pressed between the yellowed pages of an old book. The discovery piqued Menjivar’s curiosity so much that he began a multiyear exploration into the concept of luck and its intersections with belief, culture, superstition, and tradition. Menjivar has spent hours engaging people in airplanes, tattoo shops, bingo halls, grocery stores, public parks, baseball stadiums, and voodoo shops—as well as out on the streets and in their homes. Along the way he documents his findings to create a physical archive that contains hundreds of objects and the stories and pictures that go with them.
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Hail of Fire: A Man and His Family Face Natural Disaster Randy Fritz Hail of Fire is an intimate account of the third worst wildfire in modern U.S. history and the most destructive in the history of Texas. It is a memoir of what happened to Randy Fritz, an artist turned public policy leader, and his family during and after the Bastrop County Complex fire in 2011. Combining universal themes of loss and grief and a searing account of the fire as it grew to apocalyptic strength, Fritz gives a first-person account of the emotional turmoil that comes with rebuilding one’s life after a calamitous event.
The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall edited by Dale Peterson and Marc Bekoff Jane Goodall, who turned 80 in April 2014, is known around the world as a groundbreaking primatologist, the foremost expert on chimpanzees, and a passionate conservationist. In her nearly 60-year career, Goodall has touched the hearts of millions of people. The Jane Effect is an anthology of more than 100 testimonies by Goodall’s friends and colleagues honoring her as a scientific pioneer, inspiring teacher, devoted friend, and engaging spirit whose complex personality tends to break down usual categories.
Song from the Forest: My Life among the Pygmies Louis Sarno, Alex Shoumatoff (foreword), Michael Obert (afterword), and David Rothenberg (afterword) For 25 years American Louis Sarno has been recording the polyphonic and hypnotic music of the Bayaka people in Central Africa. Enchanted by the beauty of the music he first heard on the radio, he followed the mysterious singing to the Central African rainforest and found its source with the Bayaka Pygmies. This book is a first-person narrative of his life among a hunter-gatherer people and an account of their culture’s extraordinary beauty. His story inspired a major documentary film with the same name.
SUMMER READING
Worthy of ‘A’s Coleen Grissom’s Summer Reading List
One of my favorite prompts for final exams goes some-
thing like this: I quote a couple of statements on the value of reading fiction and ask the students to comment on ways the novels we’ve studied achieved this. Lorrie Moore’s observation that “Literature exists so that readers can spend time with people they would never want to meet in real life” usually inspires some detailed, often hysterical, essays. Franz Kafka’s “...a book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us” results in insightful, sometimes depressing, observations. But, I persevere. Since I subscribe to both these assertions as well as to Bernard Malamud’s “The purpose of the writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself,” I continue to value reading and hope that the University community does the same.
This past year’s superior fiction I believe includes Margaret Atwood’s Stone Mattress and Marilynne Robinson’s Lila. Though these two writers have strikingly different styles, these latest works are both insightful, inspiring, and rewarding. Atwood’s, of course, is also remarkably witty and clever. In my first runner-up category I include the Pulitzer Prize-winning All the Light We Cannot See, an autographed copy of which Trinity alumna Carol Casler ’64 sent me because the author, Anthony Doerr, is a neighbor. Closely following are Peter Heller’s The Painter and Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven. In these three novels one can reflect on contemporary life, World War II, and the end of the world (except for Shakespeare) as we know it.
Other works of fiction that held my increasingly hard-to-corral attention were Adam Johnson’s The Orphan Master’s Son and Joshua Ferris’s To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. I suspect I found Ferris engaging because I have never before read a novel with a dentist as the protagonist. The hope that I never have to read another should not dissuade you from this one. I admired the best-seller, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, but I found her serving up not one but three unreliable narrators as getting somewhat carried away with what can be an engaging technique. Both Joyce Carol Oates’s Daddy Love and Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves disturbed my sleep, and I recommend them only if you need a little vicarious misery. This year I’ve also read several fine books by Trinity alumni. Lynda Adkins Stephenson ’64 published the delightful The Southern Chapter of the Big Girl Panties Club; Sandy Ragan ’71 and colleagues published Communication as Comfort: Multiple Voices in Palliative Care. Laura Hankins DiSilverio ’83, after serving in the military for two decades, has become quite a prolific writer; her forthcoming mystery is The Reckoning Stones. Continuing in my catching-up-with-alumni mode, I admired A Minor: a Novel of Love, Music and Memory by Margaret Philbrick ’84 and The Other Side of Painting from Wendy Wolfe Rodrigue ’89. Jamie Brickhouse ’90 has just published a memoir, Dangerous When Wet, which is receiving critical raves. I am trying hard to feel good about this success of a man who impersonated me at “Sing Song” when he was an undergraduate. Since there’s little chance I will ever have most of those reading this magazine in class where I can assign reading to them, I think I’d better remind you of Lemony Snicket’s observation: “Wicked people never have time for reading. It is one of the reasons for their wickedness.” Just saying… - Coleen Grissom, professor of English
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Baseball’s Historic Season Closes With NCAA Semifinals Loss Tigers compete in final tournament for the first time in school history The Tiger baseball team wrapped up its 2014-15 season
with a 10-7 loss to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Eagles on May 26, completing the most successful season in Trinity history by finishing third in the nation at the NCAA Division III Championships.
Head Coach Tim Scannell led the team to its first Division III College World Series in his 17th season in charge of the program. Trinity was 40-14 overall this season, competing in the final tournament for the first time in school history. The Tigers won three straight elimination games in the championships round following the team’s opening loss to Emory. Trinity defeated UW-La Crosse 16-6 the night before to force an elimination game. The first two innings featured three runs by the Tiger offense, beginning with Carter McEachern’s RBI double. La Crosse was held scoreless over the first three innings, then broke onto the scoreboard with an unusual play with two outs in the fourth.
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Tiger starter Mike Walker nearly pitched around two singles to start the inning, getting a fly out and a ground out, followed by a fly ball to right that looked like it would end the threat. Instead, a slip in the outfield led to the ball falling in for a two-run single and La Crosse cut the lead to 3-2. The Eagles then took the lead with a two-run sixth, scoring on two ground outs to make it a 4-3 advantage. It marked the first time in two games that La Crosse held a lead against the Tigers. The Wisconsin team wasn’t done, though, adding a five-run seventh inning to make it 9-3. After the seventh, the impending rain came down in droves, and a five-hour delay ensued. When play resumed, the Tigers were down to just six outs, needing six runs to draw even. Neither team scored in the eighth, but La Crosse extended the lead with a run in the ninth. In the bottom of the inning, Trinity mounted one last charge, scoring four runs on five hits, but the Tiger offense fell short in the end with a ground out to end the game. Walker (6-4) took the loss, giving up eight runs on 10 hits over six innings, and La Crosse finished with 16 total hits in the game. Trinity’s offense actually out-hit the Eagles in the end, ripping 17 total hits, but scoring just seven runs and leaving 13 players on base. The Tigers left 10 runners on base over the first five innings. Connor Moore and Drew Butler had three hits each, while McEachern and Santos both went 2-5 at the plate. Brody Fehmel was 2-4 as well, and Tiger senior Beau Attyah had a pinch-hit single in the ninth that led to a run. Attyah went 3-3 overall during the tournament. Nick Jewett drove in two runs to lead the Tigers, and seven different players scored runs in the game. Head Coach Tim Scannell led the team to its first Division III College World Series in his 17th season in charge of the program. The Tigers defeated Centenary College twice to win the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship at the beginning of the month, then dispatched Linfield in the West Region Final. Trinity tied a school record with 40 wins, reaching the milestone for the second time in three seasons. Learn more about the Tigers’ journey to the NCAA Championship at www.trinitytigers.com.
Trinity Athletics Recap Men’s Tennis
Trinity’s men’s tennis team, and head coach Russell McMindes, won their sixth straight SCAC Championship. Junior Adam Krull, transfer from Xavier (OH) University, was the SCAC Men’s Tennis Player and Newcomer of the Year. Trinity beat Wilkes (PA) University 5-0 in the second round of the NCAA Regionals, then defeated host University of Mary Washington 5-3. The Tigers competed in their third straight NCAA quarterfinals, and fell 5-2 to Middlebury College in the opener. “That needs to be our minimum standard of Trinity tennis,” McMindes said. “My goal is to continue to bring in the players capable of working together as a team, and representing Trinity at the highest level.” Krull competed in the NCAA Singles Championship, and also earned All-America honors by winning the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Singles title. He was joined by seniors Jordan Mayer and Aaron Skinner who captured the Regional Doubles Championship and ITA National Small College Doubles crown. Swimming and Diving
Trinity, led by head swimming coach John Ryan and head diving coach Stan Randall, sent four men’s swimmers, four women’s swimmers, and two first-year women’s divers to the NCAA Championships. Trinity’s men placed 17th, and the women finished 25th at the four day meet. “We had the right combination of sprinters that permitted us to get relays there,” Ryan said. “When you get relays to the NCAAs, your numbers are going to be be bigger. Eight of those swimmers were relay swimmers, and we had two individuals score.” Senior Stephen Culberson, defending national champion in the men’s 100 freestyle, placed second this year. He finished third in the 50 freestyle, earning All-America honors in both. Culberson, seniors Adam Thomas and Kevin Thomas, and sophomore Isaac Johnson received Honorable Mention AllAmerica in two relay events.
Bob King Named Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year King cited for winning record, facility expansions
Trinity University athletics director Bob King was chosen as the NCAA Division III Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year. The annual award is sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), and includes all NCAA Divisions, the NAIA, and junior/ community colleges. King was one of only four athletic directors in Division III to achieve the honor. This marks the third time King has received the prestigious award, having previously been honored by his peers in 2000 and 2004. King was appointed as athletics director in 1993 and is in his 22nd year in the position. Since King became athletics director, Tiger teams have finished in the top 10 on five occasions in the prestigious Directors’ Cup Standings of more than 450 Division III institutions. Trinity has captured four NCAA national team championships during King’s tenure: men’s and women’s tennis, women’s basketball, and men’s soccer. Six student-athletes have won 10 individual NCAA national titles: four women’s high jump, two men’s pentathlon, three women’s diving, and, in 2014, men’s swimming. Six teams have advanced to the NCAA finals with King at the helm: men’s and women’s tennis, volleyball, football, and men’s and women’s soccer. Tiger teams have also won the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Presidents’ Trophy 15 times–including in 2015–as the best all-around program in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). King has led the athletics department during most of Trinity’s 189 SCAC Championships across all sports. Academic excellence has long been a tradition at Trinity, and King’s administra-
tion has enhanced that fact. Trinity moved into the top-10 rankings of the NCAA postgraduate scholarships during King’s tenure, as 36 Tigers have earned the distinction. Trinity student-athletes are regularly elected to the Academic All-America Teams, and qualify for the dean’s list and SCAC academic honor roll. King has spearheaded the expansion and improvement of Trinity’s athletics facilities, including the current $14.2 million renovation project of the William H. Bell Athletic Center. In 2011, the soccer field was expanded and renamed the Paul McGinlay Soccer Field. The Butch Newman Tennis Center and Al G. Hill Jr. Tennis Stadium were dedicated in 2011. Mabry Pavilion, located at the tennis center, had a dedication in 2008. King is also working with architects on the development of new baseball and football facilities, which will be second to none in Division III. King also serves as the selection committee chair of the biennial Trinity Athletic Hall of Fame. He previously was a member of the NCAA Division III Championships Committee, and was chair of the SCAC Athletic Directors Council for two terms. He was also a member of five local organizing committees for NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball Final Fours, Division I volleyball, and Division III soccer and tennis.
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Senior Lydia Jones earned Honorable Mention All-America finishing 16th in both the women’s 100 and 50 freestyle. On the 3-meter board, Danielle Freund finished fifth earning All-American status and Sarah Kate Mrkonich finished 15th earning Honorable Mention All-American. Both earned Honorable Mention All-America on the 1-meter board. The Trinity women swimmers won their 12th consecutive SCAC Championship, and the men won their fourth in a row. Trinity’s coaches were elected SCAC Women’s Staff of the Year, with Colorado College. Culberson and Jones were SCAC Male and Female Swimmers of the Year, and Freund was Female Diver of the Year.
Championship in Ohio. They became All- Americans by winning the doubles title at the ITA Regional. Track and Field
First-year Britney Sullivan finished 19th in the women’s triple jump at the NCAA Championships. The Tiger men won their third consecutive SCAC Championship, while Trinity’s women won for the second time in three years. First-year Louie Montoto was elected SCAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, while junior Bailey Drury earned Women’s Track Athlete of the Year. Additionally, firstyear Nkolika Nweke was named the Women’s Newcomer of the Year. Head Coach Marcus Whitehead and his assistant coaches earned SCAC Men’s and Women’s Staff of the Year.
Women’s Tennis
Head coach Gretchen Rush led the Tiger women’s tennis team to their fourth consecutive SCAC Championship. The Tigers beat University of Texas-Tyler 5-0 in the first round of the NCAA Regionals. Host Claremont MuddScripps Colleges ended Trinity’s season with a 5-0 win in the second round. Sophomore Liza Southwick and first-year Marie Lutz competed in the NCAA Doubles
Softball
Tiger softball, led by Head Coach Brandi Crnkovic, advanced to its third SCAC Championship game. Seniors Caitlynn Dykes and Lauren Mercado were elected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-West Region Third Team. Dykes made the team for the second straight year, while Mercado was a first-time honoree.
Rush Leads U.S. Team to World Seniors Championship Trinity women’s tennis head coach Gretchen Rush ’86 has represent-
ed the Tigers and the United States with distinction during her career. This June in La Baule, France, Rush continued her tradition of excellence by clinching the title for the U.S. at the International Tennis Federation Seniors World Team Championships. Rush and Ros Nideffer won the deciding doubles event 6-1, 7-5 as the Americans defeated France 2-1 in the championship event of the Maria Esther Bueno Cup for players age 50 and over. “Never give up,” Rush said, when asked if she had a message for her Tiger players. “Love the dog fights, and dream big. ” The U.S. quartet beat Switzerland and Germany by scores of 3-0, and then defeated Great Britain 2-1 before the matchup with defending champion France. Rush later competed in the ITF Seniors World Individual Championships and advanced to the singles semifinals before coming up short in a tightly played three-set match to a competitor from Belgium.
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Golf
Trinity’s men’s and women’s golf teams were runners-up at the SCAC Championships. Sophomore Redmond Lyons placed third earning All- SCAC First Team honors. First- year Diego Trevino was elected to the Golf Coaches Association of America Division III PING All-West Region Team. First-year Shelby DeVore was among four tied for third place, and made the All- SCAC First Team. DeVore was also named SCAC Freshman Player of the Year. Junior Brigette Lee was selected for the Capital One Academic All- America Third Team. Director of Golf Carla Spenkoch coaches the women’s team, and Sean Etheredge leads the men’s squad. Basketball
Senior Hannah Coley and junior Anecia Richardson earned All- SCAC First Team honors. Coley also broke the Tiger career record for threepointers made. Trinity, led by Head Coach Cameron Hill, advanced to its third straight SCAC Championship game. Men’s senior Matt Selling made the All- SCAC Third Team. Pat Cunningham is Trinity’s men’s head coach.
During her collegiate career as a Trinity Tiger, the four-time All-American won the NCAA Division I Doubles Championship in 1983, with Louise Allen ’84. She was runner-up in 1985 with current assistant coach Lisa Sassano Westergard ’85, and placed second in 1986 with Ann Hulbert ’88. Rush was also the NCAA singles runner-up in 1985 and 1986. While enrolled as a Trinity student, Rush advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the 1982 U.S. Open, and the 1983 French Open. She won a gold medal in singles for the U.S. at the 1983 Pan American Games, and teamed with Allen to bring home the gold in doubles. Rush also represented her country at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
A League of Their Own Trinity Tigers excel in professional sports leagues by Sarah Farrell Young athletes playing little league sports often dream about one day playing under the bright lights of a major league stadium in front of thousands of adoring fans. Kyle Bogese ’14, recently a pitcher for the Frontier Greys, remembers wanting to be a professional baseball player since he was a child. “I saw the movie ‘Major League’ when I was little, and I always wanted to be Rick ‘The Wild Thing’ Vaughn,” Bogese said. When people think about Division III athletics, they do not often associate it with a fast track to the big leagues. Trinity student-athletes are students first: they not only graduate in four years, but they are often some of the top students in their graduating classes. “It does take away a lot of stress knowing that I have my degree in my back pocket—and not just any degree: a degree from a very prestigious university,” Bogese said. Ben Klimesh ’12, currently pitching for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, is on the cusp of becoming the first Trinity graduate to play in Major League Baseball since the program joined Division III. Klimesh was drafted in the 15th round of the MLB draft, the highest of any Trinity graduate since 2001, by the Cincinnati Reds. “It was an awesome feeling, a sigh of relief,” Klimesh said. “There is always a little bit of doubt up until that moment comes that you are drafted.” Klimesh was not heavily recruited to play college baseball by any Division I teams. Yet, “Trinity fit all of the criteria” of Klimesh’s academic goals. “Trinity is a really good academic school and a good athletic school,” Klimesh said. Matt Tindall ’15, also a pitcher, graduated this May from Trinity after helping lead the Tigers to the Division III College World Series. Much like Klimesh, he was not highly recruited out of high school to play college base-
ball, and came to Trinity because it was his only option to continue to play in college the sport that he loves. “[Pitching coach] Dave [Smith] called me and told me I would have an opportunity to play if I wanted to give Trinity a shot. If it wasn’t for that, I would have never considered coming to Trinity and wouldn’t have even played college baseball,” Tindall said. “I wouldn’t trade my experience for anything.” Tindall recently signed with the Los Angeles Angels organization to begin his professional career. “It means so much to me,” Tindall said, “knowing that all the hard work I’ve put in over the years has paid off.” Baseball is not the only sport at Trinity that has produced a professional athlete in recent years. Tiger goalkeeper Matt Cardone ’15 will graduate from Trinity this December, and he has already seen action in the professional soccer arena. Cardone started his journey to becoming a professional soccer player last fall. After finishing his senior season with the Tiger soccer team, he tried out with Major League Soccer’s Orlando City FC. “Going on trial with Orlando City was a great opportunity for me to experience what it takes to play at the highest levels of professional soccer,” Cardone said. He did not make the roster with the team, but a few short months later he tried out with the San Antonio Scorpions in the North American Soccer League. He made the roster with the squad, and started his first professional game on June 13 in the club’s spring season finale against the Ottawa Fury FC. “It’s special to be playing professionally in San Antonio, and there’s a deeper sense of connection to the fans and the club because I was born and raised here,” Cardone said. In addition to these four Tiger players, several others have recently played professionally, including Christian Muscarello ’14 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization, Chris Bianchi ’14 with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, Zach Garcia ’12 with the San Antonio Scorpions, and Kyle Altman ’09 with the Minnesota Stars of the NASL.
left to right Kyle Bogese, Ben Klimesh, Matt Tindall, and Matt Cardone
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Art and Art History Douglas Brine was awarded the 2015 Arthur
Kingsley Porter Prize at the College Art Association’s annual conference in New York for his article “Jan van Eyck, Canon Joris van der Paele, and the Art of Commemoration,” published in the September 2014 issue of The Art Bulletin.
Chandler, Urbach Named Cottrell Scholars Chemistry professors cited for their abilities as teacherscholars at a primarily undergraduate institution
Michael Schreyach spoke about “Barnett Newman’s ‘Formalism’: A Transatlantic Dialogue” in September 2014 at the Terra Foundation for American Art in Paris. He also spoke about “Goals and Limits of Formalist Criticism in the Interpretation of American Art” in Nov. 2014 at Freie University in Berlin.
Trinity University chemistry professors Bert Chandler and Adam
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Urbach have been named Cottrell Scholars by the Research Corpora-
tion for Science Advancement in recognition of their abilities as outstanding teacher-scholars. They are among 50 scientists in the fields of chemistry, physics, and astronomy to be named to the inaugural group of Cottrell Scholars from primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) like Trinity. Both Chandler and Urbach have received substantial research grants and have involved undergraduate students who are eager to explore chemistry at a deep level. Chandler, whose fields are inorganic chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis, works with tiny gold particles to understand how they can be used to catalyze chemical
“The program would not be complete without this talented group of PUI faculty.” reactions. His research with collaborators from Trinity and the University of Houston was published in the journal Science. Urbach, an organic chemist who works in the areas of bio-organic chemistry and biochemical engineering, analyzes synthetic receptors that interact with peptides and proteins such as insulin. Silvia Ronco, program director for the Research Corporation, said it is an honor to have professors such as Chandler and Urbach join the Cottrell Scholar (CS) community. “The CS program would not be complete without the participation of this exceptionally talented group of established PUI faculty who, after receiving CCSA support, were nationally recognized with other prestigious teacher-scholar awards from several foundations and professional organizations.”
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Bob King was named an NCAA Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year. King was one of only four athletic directors in Division III to achieve the honor.
Chemistry Joseph B. Lambert and Allison Levy ’15 pub-
lished research on NMR-based techniques in “Searching For Shipwrecked Resin’s Home,” in the March 30 issue of Chemical and Engineering News.
Conferences and Special Programs Justin Michaelson was awarded the presti-
gious “New Professional of the Year” by the Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors International (ACCED-I). The award, recognizing outstanding work by a newcomer to the collegiate conference and events field, was presented at the ACCED-I annual conference in Chicago.
Economics Roger W. Spencer and David Macpherson
edited the sixth edition of Lives of the Laureates, published by the Press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
English Victoria Aarons, O.R. & Eva Mitchell Distin-
guished Professor of Literature, published “The Making of Jewish-American Identities in Post-War American Fiction” in the Edinburgh Companion to Modern Jewish Fiction.
Jenny Browne published new poems in American Poetry Review, At Length, and Boston Review, and in the PEN America poetry series. Her poem, “The People Who Feel No Pain,” was also awarded the Poetry Society of America’s 2015 Cecil Hemley Memorial Award for a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological concern.
Kelly Carlisle published an essay, “Permutations of X,” in the New England Review. Her personal essay, “Apartment 5,” appeared in the February issue of The Sun.
Facilities Services Ino Covarrubias was chosen as employee of
the year for Facilities Services.
History David Rando published “Storytelling and
Alienated Labor: Joyce, Benjamin, and the Narrative Wording Class” in a special issue on Irish modernism in the Journal of Modern Literature.
Nicole Marafioti published “Hagiography and History in the Icelandic Saga of Edward the Confessor” in the Spring 2015 issue of Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Modern Languages and Literatures Betsy Tontiplaphol published “Where
Pastime Only Had Been Sought: Wordsworth at the Ballet” in the April 2015 issue of the European Romantic Review and “Energy Like Life: Byron and Ballet” in the Byron Journal.
Jinli He published a book review of “Rejecting the Qin, Revitalizing the Han and Responding to Buddhism: Confucianism from Dong Zhongshu to Lu Xiangshan,” by Zhang Xianglong in Dao: A Journal of Comparative
Amer Kaissi receives Z.T. Scott Fellowship
Faculty Receive University Awards
Amer Kaissi, professor of health care administration at Trinity University, has been named the 2015 recipient of the Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding abilities as a teacher and mentor. Kaissi, who has taught both undergraduates and graduates at Trinity since 2003, is known for thorough class preparation and expecting the same of his students. To break the routine of courses that are taught in three-hour blocks, he implements mock press conferences, debates, jigsaw exercises, and instructive games. He also introduces various theories and models as a set of tools for students to use in different situations. The Z.T. Scott Fellowship includes a cash award to be used for professional development and research. Trinity University Trustee Richard M. Kleberg III established the Fellowship in 1984 in honor of his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott. The award, announced May 16 during Trinity’s undergraduate commencement, is the most prestigious faculty award the University bestows.
Five outstanding members of the Trinity University faculty have been honored for distinguished achievement in service, teaching, advising, or research. C. Mackenzie Brown, professor of religion, was recognized for outstanding scholarship, research, and creative work. Kate Ritson, professor of art and art history, was lauded for her commitment and dedication to student advising. In addition, Christine Drennon, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, received an award for distinguished professional, community, and University service. Two junior faculty members—Michele Johnson, biology, and Nicole Marafioti, history—were cited for distinguished teaching and research. The awards were announced in early May by Michael Fischer, vice president for faculty and student affairs, and the University’s Office of Faculty and Student Affairs.
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Trinity Biologists Publish Warbler Research Professors and undergraduate researcher collaborate with findings on geographical migration patterns Three Trinity evolutionary biologists turned their attention to female warblers to learn why females are as colorful as males in tropical locations but tend to lose their brilliant colors, even becoming drab, if they migrate to temperate locations. The researchers—Rick Simpson ’12 and professors Troy Murphy and Michele Johnson—published a study in late May in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, titled “Migration and the evolution of sexual dichromatism: evolutionary loss of female coloration with migration among wood-warblers.” While a Trinity student, Simpson analyzed geographical patterns in birds of sexual dimorphism, or differences in appearance between males and females, and said it was exciting to be published in a highly respected journal. “Not only did I learn a ton about scientific writing through this whole process, especially from Dr. Murphy, but I also learned a bunch of phylogenetic analyses that I am now using for my dissertation at Arizona State University,” he said. By looking at female migration patterns, Murphy said the team discovered that the longer the distance a species migrates, the more likely that females will appear dissimilar to males. Previous studies about the evolution of sexual differences focused mainly on males of a species, with an emphasis on how greater competition among males led to greater male ornamentation.
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Philosophy. She also published the articles: “Continuity and Evolution: The Idea of ‘Co-creativity’ in Chinese Art,” in ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts; “The Great Body Has No Shape, the Great Art Is Embodied: Conception of Body in Zhang Huan’s Performance Art” in a special issue of the Polish Journal of Aesthetics; and “Spirit-of-This-World Encounters Spirit-of-Tragedy: Wang Guowei and Schopenhauer—Through Hermeneutical Lenses of Kierkegaard and Heidegger,” in the Journal of the Comparative and Continental Philosophy Circle. Serving as one of three Asian philosopher representatives of the two-year UNESCO project, Philosophy Manual: A South-South Perspective, He published three philosophical comments on Classical Chinese texts: “Confucian ren ethics: the relational person and family feeling;” “Daoist governance, humility and soft power;” and “Mind tranquility and aesthetics experience.”
Music Gary Seighman published “Exploring the
Science of Ensemble: Gestures, Emotion, and Collaboration in Choral Music Making” in the April issue of The Choral Journal.
Religion Angela Tarango published the book
Choosing the Jesus Way: American Indian Pentecostals and the Fight for the Indigenous Principle with the University of North Carolina Press in April 2014. Choosing the Jesus Way received the 2015 Pneuma Book Award, given by the editors of the Pneuma Journal and the Society of Pentecostal Studies. Tarango also published the article “The Land is Always Stalking Us: Pentecostalism, Race and Native Understandings of Sacred Land” in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.
A Stellar Scholar Space physicist Niescja Turner takes research beyond Earth by Susie P. Gonzalez Niescja Turner’s laboratory is the solar system. The Zilker Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Trinity University recalls many nights, beginning in her early childhood, of looking up at the sky with wonder. “I was always fascinated by astronomy and space,” she says. “I would spend my evenings in a lawn chair outside, staring into the cosmos.”
“I really want my students to engage with the world they inhabit.” As an undergraduate at Rice University, Turner still was looking at the sky. To fulfill her dream of learning about astronomy and planetary science, she knew that her first stop, and her college degree, would be in the field of physics. After earning a master’s degree and a doctorate in astrophysical, planetary, and atmospheric sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder, working as a staff scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki, and teaching at the University of Texas at El Paso and the Florida Institute of Technology, Turner is encouraging Trinity undergraduates to go outside and look up. “I really want them to engage with the universe they inhabit.”
Her specific field is space physics, which refers to the study of charged particles and how they interact with magnetic fields in the solar system. Taking it a step further, Turner delves into the coupling of particles exiting the sun and ways that they interact with the earth’s magnetic field. Ultimately, her work leads to a deeper understanding of the processes behind magnetic storms. In 2012 Turner applied her knowledge about magnetic storms to an emergency preparedness exercise for the Florida Division of Emergency Management and FEMA – a first-of-its-kind drill. She led the scientific team to answer the questions of what happens after a severe geomagnetic storm. She learned that people have preconceived ideas about storms from movies, and many of those views are flat wrong. “Movies have convinced some people that their cell phone electronics or cars would be damaged by a magnetic storm. This isn’t true. It’s possible people would lose cell phone service during an extended power outage, and then their cars eventually wouldn’t work because without electricity we can’t pump gasoline.” Turner says. “The dilemma is if we lose electricity for an extended time. Contemporary society is not set up to function without electricity.” At Trinity, Turner is developing a research partnership with the Southwest Research Institute, which is gathering data from the Van Allen probes that are orbiting the earth to explore its radiation belts. Turner and her students are currently analyzing data from the HOPE (Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron) instrument on board. “It will help us understand the environment around the earth,” Turner says. “As human beings, we are naturally curious and we want to learn about the environment we inhabit. We are learning more about magnetic storms and space weather, including practical consequences such as damage to satellites. We need to know the basic science, and then applications will naturally follow.” Dennis Ugolini, associate professor and chair of physics and astronomy, said Turner complements the faculty’s depth in extragalactic astronomy and cosmology and adds strength in solar astronomy. “Her research on sun-Earth magnetic interactions are of critical importance in a world increasingly dependent on electronics that can be disabled during solar storms. We also look forward to her building bridges with the Southwest Research Institute, providing more real-world research exposure and internship opportunities for our students,” he said.
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FACULTY & STAFF FOCUS
William O. Walker Jr., Professor Emeritus, published the book Paul and His Legacy: Collected Essays with Polebridge Press.
Philosophy Andrew Kania published a Portuguese trans-
lation of “Definition” in Filosofia da Música, a collection of essays on the philosophy of music.
Sociology and Anthropology Amy Stone received a grant from the National Geographic Society to fund research expenses for her project on LGBT visibility in Fiesta and Mardi Gras. She also received a grant from The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues for her ongoing research on gay and lesbian festival life.
Student Life School of Business ACCOUNTING Julie Persellin and Mike Wilkins published
“Arachnophobia: A Case on Impairment and Accounting Ethics” in the November 2014 edition of Issues in Accounting Education.
The Office of Student Life received gold
and bronze excellence awards from NASPA, a premier national organization in student affairs. The Divisional Assessment Team received the gold award for its contribution to ensuring learning among Trinity students.
Campus Publications won the bronze award for its annual First Amendment Celebration.
University Communications Vee Dubose received three print design
awards from Graphic Design USA for a lecture poster, a postcard, and a T-shirt design for the CAT Alliance.
The marketing communications team earned five awards for Trinity’s website redesign: a CASE Region IV gold and honorable mention; and two AVA Digital golds and an honorable mention.
Rubén Dupertuis Named CUR Councilor
Thomas E. Jenkins Named ACE Fellow
Rubén Dupertuis, r eligion professor and director of Trinity
Thomas E. Jenkins, chair and professor of classical studies at
University’s Mellon Initiative, has been named a Councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR.) He is the first humanities faculty member from Trinity to receive this prestigious three-year appointment. Dupertuis was elected as a CUR Councilor for the humanities division, which indicates the strength of the undergraduate research program at Trinity and the support the University gives to various undergraduate research programs. “The fact that Rubén was elected as a CUR Councilor at this relatively early developmental stage for the arts and humanities indicates that Trinity’s undergraduate program has earned some national recognition, and Rubén’s undergraduate research efforts in both his own scholarship as well as his leadership on the Mellon Humanities Initiative are thriving,” said Mark Brodl, associate vice president for academic affairs and the George W. Brackenridge Distinguished Professor of Biology, who was named a 2014 CUR Fellow.
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Trinity University, has been named one of 47 emerging college and university leaders for the 2015-16 class of the American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program. Jenkins, who has a keen interest in integrating the humanities and arts at Trinity into a wider program, said it is an honor to have been selected. “This fellowship will allow me an opportunity to see how other campus interdisciplinary centers operate and to bring those lessons back to Trinity,” he said. Nominated by Michael Fischer, vice president for faculty and student affairs, Jenkins will be Trinity’s third ACE Fellow in five years. “Tom’s leadership abilities and innovative spirit make him an excellent candidate for the ACE Fellowship,” Fischer said. Jenkins, who came to Trinity in 2001, is chair of the Department of Classical Studies. He teaches Latin, Greek, literary classics of the Greek and Roman world, and Greek and Roman drama. He has served in several leadership roles at Trinity and on a number of University committees.
Medical Anthropologist Alfred Montoya Researches Snakes in Vietnam Trinity professor leads four students to Southeast Asia this summer to study HIV prevention by Susie P. Gonzalez When a scholar spends more than a decade in a country
like Vietnam, he is bound to find more than one topic to explore. If that researcher is Trinity University medical anthropologist Alfred Montoya ’03, the fields of study have ranged from street children to the emergence of an HIV epidemic to the healing powers of snake venom. The queasy subject of snakes resulted from fieldwork in Vietnam with international collaborators who were funded by National Geographic. Montoya’s part of the project was based in the southern part of the country tracing the networks involved with catching cobra, sea snakes, and pythons in the wild and transporting them to a dinner table. Or to become a prized handbag. Or to provide blood for male virility rituals. “We were trying to be good anthropologists,” Montoya recalls of work that was published in the December 2014 issue of Conservation Biology. “We practiced typical anthropological maneuvers: staying local, going person-to-person, taking it one step at a time. I can’t stress patience enough. We must have talked to dozens of people.” These techniques will be shared with two Trinity students and two Trinity graduates who will accompany Montoya to Vietnam this July. Funded by a $25,000 Freeman Foundation grant, the group will analyze the role of
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam. Each student will examine a different aspect of the dilemma and collectively compile a preliminary report that will be due to the Freeman Foundation in September. They also will present their findings in a poster session at an international conference in the spring of 2016. Dana McLaughlin, a rising junior communication and anthropology major from New Bern, N.C., said she wants to look at the risks of reduced funding for public relations campaigns that are now seen as key components in disease awareness and prevention. May graduates Faith Ozer of San Antonio and Nikita Viswasam of Katy, Texas, are also making the trip. Ozer, an anthropology major, will look at changes in patient care and
left Montoya speaks with students in his office at Trinity. right Sea snakes destined for market are sorted by weight and can fetch up to $20 per pound.
“We were trying to be good anthropologists... staying local, going person-to-person, taking it one step at a time.” how the standard of care has changed for HIV patients. Viswasam, a double major in neuroscience and global health, plans to focus on the role of community health workers. Like Montoya, these students all have varied interests but are bound together by their burgeoning love of Vietnam and its complex issues that drive their research.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
As a teenager in chilly Saginaw, Michigan,
Dick Bartels Professor Emeritus, Physics by R. Douglas Brackenridge
Richard “Dick” Bartels made a major vocational decision. He wanted to be a physics teacher at a small liberal arts college situated in a warm climate. Bartels earned three degrees in physics from the Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland. His interest in classical music also flourished in college where the Cleveland Symphony Hall was adjacent to the campus. (Little known fact: He once earned a dollar serving as one of the spear carriers in a Met production of Aida.) After finishing his Ph.D. in 1964, Bartels attended Princeton University on a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in an engineering program studying high-pressure effects on various materials. In 1966, he accepted an offer to teach in the department of physics at Trinity, a position he retained until retirement in 1999. During his Trinity career, he served on numerous campus committees including chair of the curriculum council, chair of the Trinity AAUP Chapter, and chair of the committee charged with oversight of experiments on human subjects. Beyond campus, Bartels served the American Association of Physics Teachers as the liaison between the National and Texas groups of this organization and read papers dealing usually with physics teaching methodology at regional and national meetings. In 1987 he received the Award for Distinguished Service from the National group and in 1989 the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Physics in Higher Education in Texas. His publication record includes theoretical articles in scholarly journals dealing with a variety of physics-related topics. Closest to his heart, however, was interacting with students as a mentor and teacher. In addition to standard courses on general physics, optics, and thermodynamics, Bartels offered a course for non-science majors titled Sound Waves and Light Waves. The course was in three parts: waves in general, sound waves and music, and light waves and color. During his Trinity career, Bartels taught the course 45 times. In retirement, Dick and his wife, Shirley, are involved in a variety of volunteer activities. Childhood friends, they recently celebrated 56 years of marriage. As members of the San Antonio Audubon Society, they undertook care of the Judson Nature Trail in Alamo Heights and counted birds as part of the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Bartels continues to teach as a docent at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center in southern San Antonio where he escorts children on four-hour field trips to learn about animals, plants, rocks, and woodlands. Family relationships have always been primary for the Bartels. They have three children and six grandchildren. Sons Steven and Keith are Trinity graduates, class of 1986, and daughter Janet holds degrees from Cornell and Yale Universities. Each of their grandchildren enjoy trips with their grandparents to places like Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons, Grand Canyon, and Mount Rushmore. Shirley and their oldest granddaughter took a trip to Greece. Dick and Shirley recently made an extended visit to New Zealand. The Bartels continue to nurture their love of classical music and have season tickets to the San Antonio Symphony and attend live productions of the Metropolitan Opera at special showings in local movie theaters. Dick invites readers to contact him by e-mail at rbartels38@satx.rr.com.
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Florence Weinberg arrived in San Antonio
Florence Weinberg Professor Emerita, Spanish & French by R. Douglas Brackenridge
for an interview at Trinity just as a massive ice storm was sweeping across the city. In contrast to the harsh weather conditions, she received a warm welcome on the campus and accepted the position of professor and chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Beginning in 1989, she served in that capacity for two terms and taught Spanish language and French literature until her retirement in 1999. Born in Alamogordo, N.M., Weinberg spent her early years on a nearby ranch and acquired a work ethic and a passion for language and learning from her parents and dedicated teachers. She was forced to move several times in order to survive the Great Depression of the 1930s. Tall in stature and accustomed to doing physical chores around the home, Weinberg made friends in high school by playing basketball, a sport in which she excelled. After graduating from Park College (now Park University) in Parkville, Mo., with a major in Spanish and French Literature, Weinberg studied philosophy at the University of Iowa where she met and married Kurt Weinberg, a professor of French, German, and comparative literature at the university. The couple moved to Vancouver, B.C., and then to Rochester, N.Y., where Kurt was a professor at the University of Rochester and Florence worked as a librarian, did graduate work in French, and taught classes in Spanish literature for four years. In 1968, she received a Ph.D. in French literature from the University of Rochester, then taught at St. John Fisher College in Rochester for 22 years as professor and chair of the modern languages department. Prompted by her husband’s failing health, Weinberg sought a teaching position in a warmer climate: the Southwest. San Antonio and Trinity were perfect medical and academic fits. At Trinity she enjoyed classroom teaching and interaction with peers in the faculty club and in formal lecture and discussion sessions. As a retirement project, Weinberg began an ambitious writing career that has produced 10 meticulously researched historical novels, many of which are set in 18th century New Spain (including Texas and New Mexico). As she describes the creative imagination involved in writing novels, Weinberg’s body language expresses the enjoyment and intellectual stimulation that she derives from her work. At her own expense, Weinberg has traveled to the areas in which her books are set to do archival research and absorb the physical and cultural setting of her novels. Presently Weinberg is working on a novel about the Alamo; rather than contributing to the Travis-Bowie-Houston-Crockett mythology, Weinberg is writing from the perspective of a nineteenth-century Tejana woman. She expects mixed reviews but welcomes discussions of issues raised in the novel. Beyond writing projects, Weinberg finds time for pleasure reading. Her favorite subjects are history, political science, astronomy; not surprisingly, she also enjoys novels. Weinberg is deeply involved as a Eucharistic Minister and lector at Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church, a small congregation on the west side of San Antonio. She is also a member of the Daedalus Writing Group, Toastmasters Club, and the Trinity Retired Faculty Group. Florence welcomes comments by mail at 331 Royal Oaks Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78209; by phone at 210-822-8309; by e-mail at florenceweinberg@juno.com; and at www.florenceweinberg.com.
(Some information for this article is derived from an article by Susan Yerkes in Local Community News, September 2014, pages 20-21.)
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IN MEMORIAM
THE REV. JOHN DONAHUE John Donahue, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology, died on Sept. 25, 2014. A native of Elmira, N.Y., Donahue earned a bachelor’s in philosophy from Glen Ellyn College, a master’s in education and a master of theology from Maryknoll, and a doctorate in applied anthropology from Columbia University. He joined the Trinity faculty in 1974. During his tenure, Donahue served as department chair three different times and on virtually every University committee. He also chaired the Latin American Studies program (1978-79) and directed the bilingual education program (1975-79). An active scholar, Donahue’s research focus included economic networks of Peruvian Indians, population movements in Colombia, and rural health delivery systems in Bolivia and Nicaragua. In 2004, Trinity honored him for distinctive service to both the University and the greater San Antonio community. His expertise on a number of Latin and South American issues made him a sought-after consultant to numerous government, academic, and NGO organizations. The U.S. State Department named him a Scholar-Diplomat in 1979 and, under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development, he consulted with officials in Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and Nicaragua on health issues. He was also a consultant on bilingual education for the Edgewood ISD in San Antonio, and a preceptor in anthropology and education for Teachers College, Columbia University, among other consultancies. In later years, Donahue extensively studied the San Antonio water system and its associated conflicts. He also worked to improve the delivery of health care services to people living in the inner city of San Antonio and along the Texas-Mexico border. He was co-founder and charter member of the board of directors of La Clinica Amistad in San Antonio and worked with teenage mothers in the Rio Grande Valley. After his retirement from Trinity in 2010, he became an ordained Presbyterian minister and served as a part-time pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Karnes City. As part of that ministry, he often visited prisoners and, during those visits, encountered some of the women and children refugees from Central America. Donahue is survived by his wife, the Rev. Consuelo Donahue; son Edward and his wife, Cristi; daughter Bernadette; son Roberto; and one granddaughter.
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The John Donahue Student Award In honor of the Rev. John Michael Donahue, the John Donahue Student Award has been created by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. The award commemorates Donahue’s lifelong commitment to social justice and will be given to students seeking internships, community-based research activities, or a community service project, any of which must relate to social justice. Award preference is given to sociology and anthropology majors, although all Trinity students can apply, even seniors graduating in May. The award is granted in both the summer and the fall semesters, with $4,000 given in the summer for 400 hours of work and $1,500 awarded in the fall for 150 hours. Jennifer Epperson ’15 was the first recipient of the John Donahue Student Award and is currently working at the Martinez Street Women’s Center addressing women’s health issues in underserved communities. David Spener, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, said that Donahue dedicated his entire adult life to matters of social justice and worked tirelessly for the less fortunate by advocating for their rights. Spener added that Donahue’s work was inspired by his religious faith, both during his time at Trinity and prior as a Maryknoll priest. Gifts to the award can be made online at www.trinity.edu/give or through a gift commitment form.
THOMAS L. KOPPENHEFFER
MICHAEL C. KEARL
Thomas L. Koppenheffer, Professor Emeritus of biology, died Feb. 6, 2015 at the age of 73. Koppenheffer came to Trinity in 1979 and served as chair of the biology department from 1987 until 2001. From 1979 until his retirement from Trinity in 2012, he served as a reviewer for academic journals, reviewed textbooks for publishers, and reviewed grant proposals for the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was a member of the Biosciences Review Panel of the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Awards from 1998 to 2001, serving as chair of the panel in 2000 and 2001. He also served as associate editor of the immunology, health, and disease section of Poultry Science from 2006 to 2009. Before arriving at Trinity, Koppenheffer taught at Boston University, at Harvard Medical School in the departments of surgery and microbiology, and at Williams College. He received a Bachelor of Science in biology and education from Bloomsburg State College in Pennsylvania, a master’s degree from Williams College, and a doctorate in biology and biochemistry from Boston University. Koppenheffer is survived by his wife, Julie; sons Michael and Alex; and five grandchildren.
Sociology professor Michael Kearl died on March 4, 2015 after suffering a heart attack on campus. He was a gifted teacher, dedicated colleague, and a nationally recognized expert on the topics of death and dying and the concepts of time, family, and social gerontology. Kearl came to Trinity in 1977 and was chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology from 2001 to 2006. A prolific writer, he published numerous articles in scholarly journals and authored a book titled Endings, which has been called “a comprehensive and fascinating introduction into the sociology of death and dying.” Because of his expertise, he was the first layperson on the Texas State Board of Morticians and helped influence legislation that reformed the funeral industry. Kearl earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Dartmouth College and his Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University. Awarded the Dr. and Mrs. Z. T. Scott Faculty Fellowship in 2009 for excellence in teaching and advising, his passion for teaching and his dedication to students were renowned. He was an early adopter of Internet publishing and the use of computers and interactive media in his classroom as a way to kindle “the process of inquiry.” A dedicated colleague and mentor known for his rapier wit, Kearl was an involved member of the Trinity community. He served on numerous University committees, as the Marshal of the Procession during commencements, and was the faculty sponsor for Trinity’s Rotaract Club. Kearl is survived by his wife, Joan; sons, Frank and Zachary; brother, Dan; and mother Cordelia.
The Dr. Michael C. Kearl Endowed Scholarship Fund for Aspiring Sociologists The passing of sociology professor Michael C. Kearl left an indelible mark on the Trinity University community, where Kearl will long be remembered for his love of teaching and dedication to his students. The Dr. Michael C. Kearl Endowed Scholarship Fund has been created by Joan Woolf Kearl, his wife of 41 years, and their sons, Frank and Zachary. The fund has been established as a permanent endowment awarded exclusively to sociology majors who are in “good academic standing” and demonstrate considerable “academic merit.” Recipients will be selected by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology with the assistance of the Office of Financial Aid. Scholarship recipients will possess the characteristics that Kearl most valued in his students, such as strong writing skills, an embrace of technological innovation, a vigorous sociological imagination, a desire to be engaged with other classmates and with faculty, and other attributes. Gifts to the fund can be made online at www.trinity.edu/give or through a gift commitment form.
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A University of the Highest Order Does Trinity’s storied history in the liberal arts face extinction, or is its background the key to a brighter future? by Ashley Festa
“The liberal arts are dead.” At least, so say many of the onlookers of America’s work climate, claiming that liberal arts degrees have little value and provide poor training for today’s job market. As the liberal arts come under fire from all camps—political, social, cultural, economical—students might begin to question the return on investment of these degrees. Are they worth the cost? Will someone hire me after graduation? Will I be able to make a living? These questions and others prompt liberal arts schools, like Trinity, to ask: Is the liberal arts education model in danger in 21st century America?
Absolutely not, answers the University’s new president,
Danny J. Anderson, Ph.D., who took the reins at Trinity in May. He not only defends the value of a liberal arts education, but advocates that its foundational elements are essential for every graduate—in any discipline—to contribute to their field and to society in the best possible ways. “The sad reality is that we have students across the U.S. who are not achieving all that they could because liberal arts and sciences components are not a part of their general education,” Anderson said. “If the only thing that business students and engineers are taught is techniques, they are underserved in imagining all they could do.” Despite strong academic support for a liberal arts education, some students and parents may still wonder how such preparation contributes to a graduate’s success at Trinity and in the real world. Need proof? If harkening back to your own Trinity experience isn’t enough, take it from a handful of Tiger
alumni and faculty: a broad education in the liberal arts and sciences prepares students for learning beyond classroom walls, translating to success in any field a graduate may choose. English majors become technology whizzes, leading to executive management positions. Political science students become business managers who change the world one child at a time. Business students revolutionize the way research is shared internationally, adding untold value to every student’s academic experience. Classical studies majors use the techniques of analyzing ancient texts to inform strategies of calculating complex mathematical problems. These graduates and professors exemplify Trinity’s goals—to instill the ability to learn at the highest level and equip every student in every discipline to follow his or her calling after university, no matter the direction in which those opportunities may lead.
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‘The Best Possible Me’ Loretta Kerner ’07 triple-majored at Trinity and then created a career out of a personal passion—she wanted to make a big difference in her community. She focused her academic career on political science, international studies, and Spanish, planning to use the poli-sci major to make positive changes in the world around her. But things didn’t quite work out that way. After graduation, she took an internship with a congressman and then worked in politics for a few years. She soon realized she wouldn’t be able to make the impact she had hoped for.
“If you aren’t learning every day, you aren’t living.” Loretta Kerner “In my political science classes, I read about the impact former leaders had in their communities around the world, and that’s what I wanted to do,” Kerner said. “I thought the only way I could do that was to be in politics. But I realize now that there are many ways to positively influence the community.” As Kerner switched gears, a friend put her in touch with a fellow Trinity grad who worked for the San Antonio Spurs, and Kerner eventually accepted the position of Community Responsibility Manager at the team’s nonprofit organization Silver & Black Give Back, which she describes as somewhat of an entrepreneurial endeavor. Kerner uses different aspects of her three degrees to advance the nonprofit’s mission: creatively engaging and empowering young people to enrich their community. She says her broad education supplied her with the ability to “wear many hats” as is common in the nonprofit world. Not for an instant does she regret pursuing any of these majors because they provided “a little bit of everything,” which is how she works on a daily basis. “Political science is something everybody should take,” Kerner said. “You have to be able to influence people about your perspective. That’s what politicians do, and it’s helpful in a business environment.” And international studies? Kerner concentrated on Latin America, which made her aware of the impact Mexico has as a close San Antonio neighbor. She regularly discusses the ways immigration affects education funding, and, for example, how that impacts the children of parents who came into the U.S. illegally. “Sports connect us all internationally, and they’re important no matter where you come from,” Kerner said. “Some kids need to be involved in something so they don’t get in trouble, and sports is a safe place to go. If that’s the platform the Spurs use to make a tangible difference in these kids’ lives, if that’s how we get a foot in the door, of course we’ll use it.” In her position, Kerner also has the opportunity to interview job candidates. When she receives résumés from fellow Trinity alumni, she always wants to bring the applicants in for a meeting because she knows what these graduates are capable of. “If I had gone to school and purely thought about my major as occupational training, I don’t know that I’d ever have found the
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Erika Nelson ’14 (left) and Mariah Wahl ’16 (right) explore comic book Bibles with religion professor and Mellon Initiative director Rubén Dupertuis. Read more about their research online at gotu.us/comicbookbibles
inspiration to excel in something else,” Kerner said. “In all my courses, I learned that what’s important to me is making an impact. I’m ambitious, and I want to be the best possible me.”
Dynamic Education As Kerner’s triple-major experience confirms, one of the biggest problems students at Trinity are likely to have is deciding which of their many curiosities to pursue. Even Anderson wrestled with that problem during his undergraduate years as a liberal arts major at Austin College. “My undergraduate liberal arts degree does not emphasize a major,” Anderson said. “For most of my years as a student, alongside Spanish I also studied chemistry and economics. I struggled with which path to take because I enjoyed all of them.” A study abroad experience in Spain during his junior year solidified the choice. Anderson became fascinated with the beginnings of democracy in Spain after the end of the Franco dictatorship in 1975. Through his study of Spanish culture, his interest in Latin America grew and became his focus when he returned to the United States. It’s this type of experiential learning environment that Trinity faculty strive to achieve, particularly through hands-on research opportunities for undergraduates. “At big universities, first-year students are dishwashers, literally washing dishes in the labs,” said chemistry
professor Corina Maeder ’99. In contrast, “Our students are actively conducting research and asking questions relevant to the field.” That’s what drew Maeder to Trinity as an undergraduate herself. After she discovered the concept of DNA during her early high school years, she was hooked on science. She wanted to attend a university that would allow her to get her hands dirty as soon as she stepped foot on campus. For years, Trinity University has committed to providing such opportunities to undergraduates. As a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), Trinity promotes student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship at the undergraduate level. Students don’t simply tag along with their professors; instead, they make original and creative contributions to their chosen discipline. This kind of intensive research at the undergraduate level is uncommon at larger research universities. Trinity takes it a step further by encouraging more arts- and humanities-related research. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which strives to strengthen arts and humanities contributions to society, awarded Trinity a five-year grant in 2012 that has funded more than three dozen student-faculty research collaborations. The grant also allows the University to build faculty members’ mentoring expertise. When the grant expires, Trinity will begin funding the projects from its own budget.
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Watch Shockey talk about his Trinity experience at gotu.us/nickschokey
Through the University’s Mellon Initiative, the arts and humanities curriculum incorporates research experiences in order to provide the essential preparation students will need when working on original research in a job setting. The same way a student would contribute to a faculty member’s research in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) field, arts and humanities students work alongside their professors to explore theories, examine data, and seek meaningful answers to pertinent questions. “Sometimes when we think about research, we just imagine beakers and science labs,” said Rubén Dupertuis, religion professor and the first humanities professor from Trinity to participate as a CUR Councilor. “But the humanities have research opportunities as well.” Take, for example, Nupur Agrawal’s research with religion professor C. Mackenzie Brown. After experiencing first-hand the outrage in India over a 23-year-old woman’s gang rape and murder, Brown invited Agrawal ’14 to join him in examining the country’s rape-tolerance. During the 2013 Mellon-funded project, the two traveled to Agrawal’s native India to investigate contemporary views on rape and equality from historical, political, religious, cultural, and legal perspectives. The student
Undergraduate research gives students a head start on developing the analytical skills needed to collect data and draw conclusions. These students, now proficient in evaluating information and finding results, have the competencies they need to embark on a challenging career path or be accepted into the best graduate schools in the country. “I’m a true believer that broad training in learning how to write and think and read at a deep level is what matters for the long haul,” Dupertuis said. “This helps students prepare not just for their first job, but for four or five down the road.”
Sharing the Wealth Alumnus Nick Shockey embodied the idea of experiential learning as an undergraduate. He found an opportunity that developed into a passion and then into a mission— one that resulted not only in a new policy at Trinity but also morphed into his full-time job changing the entire research landscape at universities across the nation. Just finished with his first year at Trinity, Shockey ’09 found himself watching a CNN International program about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) OpenCourseWare. MIT publishes virtually all
“The bedrock of liberal arts is every bit as applicable to the real world. I honed those skills in classical studies. Now, the way I approach problems on a day-to-day basis as a professional is one of the best assets I have.” Nick Shockey researcher is fluent in four Indian languages, making interviews with subjects in New Delhi possible and adding unequivocal depth to the project. As a senior, she presented the research, titled “The Rape That Woke Up India,” at the American Academy of Religions in Dallas. Or consider anthropology major Elizabeth Gilbert’s research collaboration with sociology and anthropology professor Amy Stone. Gilbert ’14 and Stone set out to investigate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) visibility in Mardi Gras celebrations in the Gulf South regions of the U.S. beyond New Orleans. Their theory? This group’s participation in festivities helps those communities become more accepting of LGBT culture even after the party dies down. The researchers’ quest took them to Baton Rouge, La., and Mobile, Ala., southern cities where the LGBT community has historically had limited political and social rights. Gilbert, a Louisiana native, helped conduct dozens of interviews with workers in the Mardi Gras industry to gather data on the integration of the gay and lesbian community year-round in those cities. Their research is titled “LGBT Mardi Gras Celebrations in the Gulf South” and will be included in Stone’s book.
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its course content—reading lists, lecture recordings and notes, homework questions, and more—and makes it available online for free to anyone in the world. By sharing its resources, MIT aims to help educators at other schools improve their own courses and also to provide exceptional students with new materials to advance their academic studies. The concept, Shockey says, was brilliant, and he decided to bring it to Trinity. During his mission, Shockey worked closely with University Librarian Diane Graves, a member of the steering committee at the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). The organization unites academic and research libraries around the world to promote open access, the free online availability of articles, data and educational resources in an attempt to increase the potential impact of new research. With open access, universities would no longer be forced to spend millions of dollars on subscriptions to academic journals to provide scholarly research to educators and students. “Open access at Trinity increases the visibility of our professors’ incredible research,” Shockey said. “When
anyone can get a copy of the text, more researchers will be able to read the articles and then cite Trinity professors in future research, elevating the university’s reputation.” Only months after Shockey graduated with a triple major in business, economics, and philosophy in 2009, Trinity endorsed an open access policy, making the University the first small liberal arts school to do so. At the time, the only other schools to adopt such a policy were Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University, and the University of Kansas. Now, when professors publish articles in academic journals, Trinity reserves the right to make the text freely accessible on its website. As for Shockey, his undergraduate experience led to full-time employment at SPARC as director of programs and engagement. “Today’s students are more successful at learning by doing,” Anderson said. “Experiential learning helps students move beyond seeing themselves as consumers who absorb knowledge; they become participants who apply knowledge, observe ideas in action, and come to see themselves as the creators of future theories, makers of new solutions, and actors who can change the world around them.”
‘Life Sampler’ Though Shockey created a direct path to a full-time job thanks to his experience at Trinity, many liberal arts students don’t make a beeline to a single destination. Critics say that’s the underlying flaw of a liberal arts education.
But supporters say it’s the benefit—the ability and flexibility to go in many directions. That includes supporters like Debbie Roos ’90, who found herself jobless at the end of her senior year with no idea about what to do next. Roos, who calls herself a “life-sampler,” changed her major six times as an undergrad—not because she didn’t like each major she chose, but because she liked them all. She wanted to do, and be, everything. As she took different classes and discovered the challenges she enjoyed and those she didn’t, she finally determined which discipline most suited her. “That’s when I realized, ‘I have to be an English major,’” she said. “I felt relieved that I’d found where I belonged and depressed that I couldn’t tell anyone what I was going to be when I was done. But I liked English, so I said to myself, ‘Screw it. I’m here to get an education, not training.’” Indeed, an education at Trinity was never designed to train its students for a particular job, but rather prepare them with transferable skills to excel in any career. “If the only purpose of education is job training, then at the end you’ll just be a scientist, accountant, teacher, engineer,” said Heather Sullivan, professor of German in the modern languages and literatures department. “We’re not doing our work if we only prepare each student for one specific career.” Roos knew she didn’t want to teach, so she decided to go to law school. Then, just two months before
Watch Roos talk about her Trinity experience at gotu.us/debbieroos
Professor Heather Sullivan, who teaches courses in German and environmental literature, talks with a small group of students during her office hours.
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graduation, she decided she didn’t want to be a lawyer after all. After crossing the stage, she felt desperate to get a job. She took the first one offered to her, a position at a management and technology services company. “I only took one computer programming course at Trinity,” Roos said. “And here I was, programming computers right out of college.” Stranger still was the technology company that would hire an English graduate to do the job. Looking back, Roos now knows why: “They were looking for people who had great problem-solving skills and knew how to learn. They figured if I could successfully make it through at Trinity, they could teach me how to program a computer.” Roos worked in systems development, and it was there that she fell in love with strategic planning. Later, she took a job at USAA as a project manager and, in her late 20s, became the youngest vice president at the multimillion-dollar insurance company. She eventually wrote the company’s strategic plan, using her background in rhetoric to articulate the president’s goals. “I don’t really know about accounting or business management, but I know enough to learn it and communicate about it,” Roos
“A liberal education is different for each one of us.” President Danny J. Anderson said. “Trinity’s liberal arts education is eclectic and broad and future-thinking, and it makes your brain operate on so many platforms. That’s the reality of today’s world—we must operate in different roles all the time.” Now as chief operating officer at ATKG, a certified public accounting firm, Roos multitasks all day long, switching gears between conversations about marketing, finances, staff issues, facilities management, new software, and client services. “I’m passionate about the mosaic setting at Trinity,” she said. “My liberal arts degree set me up for being a COO anywhere. At Trinity, I got to use my brain on the micro level and the macro level every day. That’s the real world.” The “real world” where she now resides is a far cry from her desperate situation as a recent graduate without a job. “The problem with the way education is viewed right now is that its only value is to provide a job,” Dupertuis said. “We’re not just preparing students for jobs, although we certainly do that. We’re preparing leaders who contribute to society in significant ways.”
Classics and Calculus Contributions come in all forms, including at the intersection of mythology and mathematics. Dayton King ’15, who double-majored in classical studies and math, certainly sees it that way. King calls classical studies the “jack-of-all-trades” degree and mathematics “a language in its own right.” “Analyzing a calculus problem is no different than analyzing the first 30 lines of Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey,” King said. “In any kind of academic study, you’re trying to extract as much information as possible from the information you’re given.”
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As a peer tutor at Trinity as well as at James Madison High School, King helped students in all levels of math, history, and English. Equally capable of correcting grammar and calculations, King urged students not to pigeonhole themselves into one discipline at the exclusion of all others. He found that many students decided they were smart in one subject and refused to try to be competent in another. “I often hear people say they ‘just aren’t math people’ and see others nod in agreement as if it’s acceptable to lack that skill,” King said. “I have had students tell me they just weren’t mathematically inclined and that I should accept that. Yet they look aghast at the suggestion of turning in a one-sentence essay to their English teacher with the explanation ‘I’m just not an essay person.’ The perception that the ability to think logically and objectively is somehow opposed to the ability to communicate one’s thoughts articulately is prevalent.” Erwin Cook, T.F. Murchison Professor of the Humanities, says it’s important for young scholars to have at least some knowledge in many different disciplines. Though Cook deems that a competent classicist should have reading fluency in at least six languages—Greek, Latin, English, German, French and Italian—he says more than just language aptitude is necessary. A scholar also must understand the methodologies of linguistics, history, philosophy, religion, sociology, anthropology, and critical theory. “Many of us have to master archaeology as well, which increasingly includes chemistry and advanced technology in the classroom as well as the field,” Cook said. “Classics is the original interdisciplinary discipline.” At Trinity, professors welcome ideas from all disciplines into their classrooms. King remembers studying the construction of the Parthenon in Athens and the Colosseum in Rome in classical studies professor Nicolle Hirschfeld’s “Introduction to Classical Archaeology” course. The professor noted that the builders insisted on maintaining an 8:5 ratio for the sides of both structures, and she asked the math major about the significance of the measurements. King took the opportunity to lead the class on a tangent about the Golden Rule, a ratio that can create illusions, making slight curves—such as the Parthenon’s base and columns—appear to be straight. Though the ruins’ dimensions are difficult to measure with certainty, the aesthetics of the Parthenon suggest the builders may have used the Golden Rule to guide its construction. Hirschfeld enjoyed sharing a short cross-disciplinary lesson with her classical studies students. Like King, Anderson also sees connections across disciplines, and he points out that each one benefits the other if students seek the broader picture. In his own education, Anderson enjoyed science courses as much as languages. Although he eventually earned a doctorate in Spanish, he still uses elements of each discipline in his
daily work as the head of Trinity. “My career is quite a distance from the world of natural sciences, but administrators use a kind of scientific method: they develop hypotheses about how to solve a problem, develop an experiment in the form of a pilot project, and gather data to assess the outcome of the experiment,” Anderson said. “Effective administrators do this all the time.”
Creating Pathways Because the faculty and administration believe so deeply in the inextricable value of cross-disciplinary study, they have crafted a new curriculum for the first time in nearly three decades. The curriculum, called Pathways, challenges students in all majors to develop an appreciation of other fields of study and to discover how they connect. “Liberal education prepares students for life in a changing world, and for this reason, it must incorporate change,” Anderson said. “Trinity honors its commitment to excellence by ensuring all aspects of the curriculum are relevant to the 21st century.” Over the span of two years, Erwin Cook led two committees of dedicated colleagues tasked with drafting and refining the new curriculum. “We started with a blank page and asked: ‘What does a liberal arts education need to do in the 21st century?’” Cook said. “There is general agreement that critical thinking is the single most important skill we can give our students to ensure their future success, in both their personal and professional lives.” Faculty interviews, research on best practices, and information from employers about what they want in employees guided the Pathways framework. This data revealed that, beyond critical thinking, graduates must leave Trinity with exceptional oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, global and cultural awareness of human diversity, and a lifelong love of learning. “No one’s path is linear, and Pathways will show our students that, whichever pathway they follow after Trinity, they will thrive,” Anderson said. “The new curriculum honors intellectual diversity. One way to explain diversity is to think of a metal. When a metal is made of a single element, it has a certain strength. But when you blend two different metals to create an alloy, the resulting material is stronger. The Pathways curriculum blends diverse intellectual perspectives; it creates knowledge combinations that strengthen students’ approaches to tackling complex societal problems.”
Read more about Pathways on page 39, and explore the requirements for the new curriculum on page 40. Plus, learn more online at gotu.us/pathways
Mix and Mingle This diversity (or “mosaic,” as Roos calls it) at Trinity extends into nearly every aspect of what constitutes a university. The faculty, the students, the culture, the courses. These blended differences continue to shape the University, rather than conforming it to a mold.
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“Trinity students frequently reach out to faculty, staff, and alumni; they make use of the networks at the University to make Trinity their own,” Anderson said. “They don’t become like Trinity—instead, they change Trinity to become like them. We are all stronger because of this interaction.” Cook agrees. “We encourage everyone to take advantage of the various backgrounds students bring to Trinity,” he said. “When they do, students learn how to interact with people who have different cultural assumptions and how to discuss sensitive issues respectfully, which are necessary interpersonal skills.” Students uncover numerous ways to transform the University using their unique backgrounds as springboards. For example, anyone may construct an interdisciplinary major to suit his or her interests and goals. Some students even build new, specialized courses to satisfy their curiosities. Maeder, as a student, did just that. Despite being focused on chemistry, she also found a passion for biblical Hebrew—a topic not listed in the catalogue. “I thought it would be interesting to help me understand my grandmother who spoke Yiddish,” Maeder said. “The professors really care about student interests, and five students wanted to take biblical Hebrew. So our professors created the class, and we took it. At the end, we were still interested, so we just kept on taking it.”
students, and legislators to question the viability of a liberal arts education in working America. Graduates want to know they’ll find a job. The problem with this way of thinking, as Trinity has appreciated for decades, is that focusing on a certain career can limit students to that singular path, preventing them from adapting easily to a fluctuating economic world. Technology changes rapidly, and specific techniques could already be outdated by the time a student enters the job market. Instead, liberal arts and sciences professors aim to prepare the “whole student” for life beyond the university. The goals—to read and write at the highest levels, work collaboratively with people of all cultures and backgrounds, and think critically about complex societal issues—are transferable skills that span numerous careers and fields. “The world is broader than just a narrow group of three or four careers a student might want to pursue,” Anderson said. “There’s openness at Trinity to help students be part of a changing world. They could find a field calling to them that they might not realize from the beginning.” But will a liberal arts student find a good job after graduation? The answer is yes, according to a study by the Association of American Colleges and Universities
“If your education is a box you have to check off so you can get a piece paper, you aren’t getting the most out of Trinity. If you start to get excited, you can be transformed.” Heather Sullivan She ended up studying the subject, in addition to modern Yiddish, for two years. Anderson believes studying a foreign language particularly helps connect Trinity students coming from different backgrounds and cultures. “We must understand the history, tradition, and context before interpreting meaning in a different language,” he said. “As humans we are always involved in expressing and interpreting and making meaning. The liberal arts help us understand the ‘meaning-making’ aspect of our existence; the humanities provide powerful tools for thinking critically about these questions.”
But What About Jobs? Starting in late 2007, the United States experienced an 18-month recession, the longest since World War II. During this time, the question of return on investment plagued higher education: is college still worth the expense? For liberal arts degrees, the skepticism was even greater—the lack of a defined career path caused parents,
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(AAC&U)1 in 2014. The report used data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to reveal employment outcomes of college graduates throughout their working lives. And not only do arts and humanities majors find jobs after graduation, they also have a higher likelihood of thriving at work and in their personal lives. As many as 40 percent1 of baccalaureate degree holders work in a profession unrelated to their major field of study. In fact, most employers believe an undergraduate major isn’t the determining factor of success in the work place. Instead, more than 90 percent1 of employers agreed that critical thinking, effective communication, and the ability to solve complex problems were more important than an employee’s major. The AAC&U report notes that liberal arts graduates tend to be more focused on these types of transferable skills and are better prepared to succeed in an unpredictable job market where flexibility is crucial. Of the students that Trinity sent to medical or dental school from 2010-2015, more than 13 percent were
humanities majors, illustrating that a liberal arts degree doesn’t deny a student passage into any career field. Additionally, 8 percent of Trinity students go on to earn a doctoral degree, the second highest percentage in Texas behind Rice University. Graduates who felt supported in college also tended to have higher measures of overall well-being. The report notes that these students2: • Had a mentor—like Kerner’s academic adviser, Spanish professor Arturo Madrid, who provided direction and advice not only for her years at Trinity, but also for any career situation. • Had a professor who made them excited about learning—like writing workshop English professor Victoria Aarons, who presented a challenge that Roos took great pride in accepting and accomplishing. • Believed that professors cared about them as a person—like Cook, who invited King for dinner at his home. • Felt prepared for life beyond college through participation in experiential learning—like Shockey, who helped pass the University’s Open Access policy and now works to promote Open Access on a national scale.
The Spirit of Trinity While the curriculum will continue to evolve as the world progresses and as new students arrive and make Trinity their own, the essence of the University will never change. Faculty will continue to engage students with the most current research and technological advances. Programs will still empower students to do things they’ve never imagined. The University will uphold its commitment to the shared values of discovery, excellence and community. And Trinity will always encourage everyone within its red brick walls to consider the impact that their knowledge can have on the world around them. “Trinity honors and embodies the very best of the liberal arts and sciences tradition and blends it with what we need in the 21st century,” Anderson said. “Students are imagining the future they want to live in and preparing to be innovative about the ways they will contribute. They have the foundation and confidence to be creative. Those are key features that characterize the Trinity experience.”
1: “Liberal Arts Degrees and Their Value in the Employment Market.” Association of American Colleges & Universities. Accessed online at bit.ly/1O0Ghax. 2: “Great Jobs, Great Lives: The 2014 Gallup-Purdue Index Report.” Gallup, in partnership with Purdue University and Lumina Foundation. Accessed online at bit.ly/1KJ9nKV.
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The Word’s Out One of Danny’s favorite pastimes? Listening to podcasts. He shares his five favorites with the Trinity community:
1 On Being 2 This is Your Life 3 The Lede Krista Tippett
Michael Hyatt
Jerod Morris and Demian Farnworth
4 Smart Talk 5 The Writer Files Lisa B. Marshall
Kelton Reid
Meet Trinity University’s 19th President
Danny J. Anderson Danny J. Anderson, Ph.D., became the 19th president of Trinity University in May 2015. His vision for Trinity includes ensuring that the University is recognized as the model of 21st century liberal arts and sciences education envisioned by the Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan. Anderson plans to be an engaged community leader and has already been appointed to the board of trustees of the United Way of Bexar County and San Antonio. “As I begin my first semester, I have high expectations,” Anderson says. “Faculty will return and students will arrive. I expect a new level of energy. I will learn Trinity traditions alongside the class of 2019 and become a part of the larger community of faculty and staff who help our students discover new perspectives, grow intellectually, and become remarkable Trinity alumni.” Previously, Anderson was dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas, where he oversaw a college that consisted of approximately 600 faculty and 55 departments and programs. An award-winning teacher and scholar of Mexican literature with a reputation as a highly effective leader, Anderson
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is the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships, including the ING Award for Teaching Excellence; a W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence; and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for University Teachers. He joined the Kansas faculty in 1988 as an assistant professor of Spanish and was named full professor in 2003. He has also served as chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, associate dean of the College for Interdisciplinary Programs, vice provost for academic affairs, and interim provost and executive vice chancellor. A native Texan, Anderson was born in Houston and lived most of his formative years in Rusk, Texas. He received a bachelor’s in Spanish from Austin College (Sherman, Texas), and a master’s and doctorate in Spanish from the University of Kansas. Anderson’s wife, Kimberly, a teacher, librarian, and community volunteer, says that she is happy to be at a university that is “situated in such a beautiful neighborhood. We enjoy morning and evening walks on the campus and along the streets and sidewalks of the historic Monte Vista neighborhood.”
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Trinity adopts new curriculum for a modern liberal arts education
learn more online at gotu.us/pathways
by Carlos Anchondo
Trinity University has adopted a new curriculum, known as Pathways, marking the first wholesale curricular revision in more than 25 years. Developed and honed over a nearly four-year period, Pathways seeks to provide a more conscious and intentional focus on the skillsets today’s students need and to offer a more interdisciplinary learning experience. Pathways is comprised of six curricular requirements: the first-year experience, approaches to creation and analysis, the core capacities, the interdisciplinary cluster, the major, and fitness education. Three optional elements – experiential learning, a minor, and a second major – can complement the six core components. Implementation of Pathways will begin in Fall 2015 with the class of 2019. First-years coming to Trinity in August will participate in the new first-year experience, a six-hour course that focuses on a topic of extensive and lasting significance. Students can choose from the 12 offered topics ranging from “Food Matters” to “A Successful Life” to “A Warming World.” Each first-year experience topic was crafted by at least six Trinity faculty, and all incoming students will take their firstyear experience in the fall semester. Geosciences professor Glenn Kroeger, chairman of the University Curriculum Council (UCC), believes that the first-year experience will greatly reduce the number of students being pigeonholed into seminars they do not like or are not interested in. “Now the topics are big and broad, and they are all very interesting,” Kroeger says. Duane Coltharp, associate vice president for academic affairs and English professor, says that the first-year experience will improve a first-year’s transition to college. “When you show up in August for your
“You can look at Pathways as an indication that Trinity is determined to stay relevant.” first semester, you are still figuring out what college is like,” Coltharp says. “With six hours already filled up, you are going to have to choose some courses, but some of that choice is taken off of your shoulders.” Kroeger also believes that the first-year experience will create a common shared experience among new Tigers, who will all be taking their chosen topic in the same semester. “Everybody is doing it at the same time, so it becomes more of a community experience rather than an individual experience,” Kroeger says. “It generates a buzz that’s bonding in many ways.” Under the core capacities, students will embed skills such as digital
literacy and written, oral, and visual communication into their coursework. An engaged citizenship component will prepare students for the global world that they will enter upon graduation. Lisa Jasinski, special projects coordinator for the Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan, says the core capacities will bring together skills instruction and content, giving students a “richer” experience. “If you are just trying to learn [these skills] in a sterile environment, they are not going to feel as relevant as if you embed that in actual, authentic research,” Jasinski says. With the approaches to creation and analysis, students will explore different methods of artistic and creative expression, refine their quantitative reasoning skills, explore the social, behavioral, and natural sciences, and delve into the humanities. Kroeger says that Pathways aligns more closely with the University’s goals because the curriculum is written “in terms that students can understand why they would be required to do something.” “The new curriculum is focused around skills you should be able to do,” Kroeger says. Moving forward, Kroeger hopes Pathways will change the language used on campus in regard to courses that do not directly pertain to a student’s major. While he says the major is a crucial part of a student’s experience, he encourages students to treat their general education curriculum as a vital learning opportunity. The interdisciplinary cluster calls students to explore “a complex subject of enduring or contemporary significance” by completing three courses from three distinct disciplines. The cluster gives students the option to select a pre-made cluster developed by faculty or to self-create their own where they see an affinity and a connection among a group of courses. Coltharp says that Pathways has created a conversation for which faculty members from across disciplines have hungered. He notes the curriculum will enhance not only the academic lives of students but of professors as well. “I think that you can look at the Pathways curriculum as an indication that Trinity is determined to stay relevant,” Coltharp says. “That’s a good thing for everybody, regardless of when you went to Trinity.” Jasinski calls the adoption of Pathways “a very natural and healthy act of institutional renewal.” She believes Pathways will foster more experiential learning opportunities, more productive collisions across disciplines, and will expand a student’s international awareness. Come fall, as students experience Pathways for the first time, the same values that have made Trinity one of the leading liberal arts and sciences institutions will endure, and they will carry Trinity to new levels of discovery in the years ahead.
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THE TRINITY CURRICULUM
experiential learning
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Apply knowledge in a real-world environment through: • study abroad • undergraduate research • original creative work • field experiences • civic engagement • internships
First-Year Experience
The First-Year Experience engages a topic of widespread and enduring significance through: • critical reading & writing • research & analysis • discussion • presentations
Core Capacities enable students to succeed both academically and professionally through: • written, oral, & visual communication • digital literacy • engaged citizenship: understanding diversity, global awareness, & foreign language
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Approaches to Creation and Analysis
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minors Gain academic and hands-on experiences across the disciplines.
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4 The Interdisciplinary Cluster explores a complex subject across multiple disciplines.
Through Fitness Education, engage in a healthy lifestyle of exercise and physical activity.
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Polly Jackson ’65-’66 Artist’s Eyes by Carlos Anchondo Polly Jackson wishes that people would take time to see the world
around them. To look at a tree and only see one shade of green is simplistic. A basic appraisal. Jackson says that each time a person looks at a tree, he or she sees a minimum of 40 shades of green—but most people have become too accustomed to seeing just one color. Slow down, Jackson encourages. Appreciate your surroundings. Jackson is an artist and educator from Albuquerque, N.M. For more than 35 years she has been a professional artist, focusing primarily on the landscapes of the American Southwest. Jackson, who loves living in the mountains and high desert, draws daily inspiration from the local scenery. “I paint what I love to look at,” Jackson says. “There are artists who have messages, but I’m not one of them.”
Throughout her life, Jackson has worked a variety of jobs in an array of different fields—but always in support of her art. She has worked in the restaurant business, as a tour guide, and in a poster shop in Santa Fe. Through it all, Jackson made art her utmost priority. “That’s the problem with being an artist,” Jackson says. “You have to take whatever jobs that you can get. I did anything I had to do to make time for my art because that’s what it takes.” If Jackson is passionate about creating art herself, she’s equally zealous about passing along that love of art to others. After graduating from UNM in 2000 – “I’m a late bloomer, ” she notes – Jackson made the move to Austin, Texas, where she taught informal classes with the University of Texas and at Gardner Betts Juvenile facility. Teenagers, ages 13 to 17, were in the locked-down facility for
“I paint what I love to look at. There are artists who have messages, but I’m not one of them.” Although she first painted with oils, Jackson taught herself acrylic and successfully brought her oil technique to the acrylic medium. In her classes, she teaches an underpainting technique in which she utilizes dark colors first and ends with the lights. At present, Jackson teaches with the University of New Mexico (UNM) Continuing Education program and at Artisan, an art store in Albuquerque. With a career spanning New Mexico and Texas, Jackson says she can never remember a time when she was not passionate about art. A self-described “wild child” of the 1960s, Jackson came to Trinity during the escalation of the Vietnam War. Originally from Midland, Texas, Jackson found a supportive home at Trinity. Although she left in 1966, Jackson loved the art and English classes she took and says that Trinity gave her a “sense of self-esteem” and a real gist of life’s possibilities. “Trinity just made me ready for life,” Jackson says. “It was such a nurturing environment. I’ve always been so glad I went to Trinity.” On a return trip to Trinity in 1970, Jackson looked up Coleen Grissom, who had been dean of students while Jackson was enrolled. Jackson calls Grissom the “woman who gave me wings” because Grissom accepted Jackson for the person she was, something missing from Jackson’s life up until that point. A young mother and newlywed at the time, Jackson recalls laughing with Grissom about the places life can take you. The two have been pen pals ever since.
anything from drugs and murder to petty theft. Yet Jackson says the kids were receptive to art and calls this period one of her favorite times in teaching. “They were very appreciative to see me and take an hour out of their day where they could think about anything,” Jackson says. “To show them that they could actually accomplish something – that was a miracle to them.” Today, at home in Albuquerque, Jackson’s UNM continuing education classes have no juvenile delinquents. Still all sorts, from lawyers and engineers to movie stars and police detectives, partake in Jackson’s classes. Jackson says she absolutely admires her students, the majority of whom have never painted or drawn before, for taking the plunge. She says one of the biggest barriers for beginners is an unfamiliarity with materials and a misconception that other students are bound to be better artists. “I like watching people come into my class absolutely terrified,” says Jackson. “And then, at the end of the course, they’re absolutely floored that they’ve produced something so great.” So while Jackson may be a “late bloomer,” she continues to give her students something perhaps more valuable than a college degree: the ability to genuinely see the world.
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Keith Goss ’95 Native Approach by Carlos Anchondo As an undergraduate musing with friends in Herndon residence hall
about a future with the ideal job, Keith Goss dreamt about combining a passion for medicine with his interests as a “closet anthropologist.” To achieve the best of both worlds, Goss decided to become a surgeon serving the developing world. Today, Goss is the division chief of podiatry at the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCRHCC) in Tuba City, Ariz., and the residency director of the First Nations Podiatric Residency Program. Goss is the only rare foot reconstruction surgeon to exclusively address diabetes. He is also the sole podiatrist in the United States to do both above- and below-the-knee amputations.
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“From the Navajo perspective, the foot is the first thing that comes into contact with the Earth. It’s your communication with Mother Earth.” Over the course of his career, Goss has worked tirelessly to save patient’s limbs and avoid amputation. “From the Navajo perspective, the foot is the first thing that comes into contact with the Earth,” Goss says. “It’s your communication with Mother Earth, and for some, it’s unimaginable to lose their feet, as it’s almost like abandoning your mother.” Goss relocated to the American Southwest after attending the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine and the Inova Fairfax Hospital Podiatric Residency Program with Georgetown University Hospital. Immediately upon arrival, Goss immersed himself in Native American culture. “When I came here, I surrounded myself in the culture,” Goss says. “There can be an imperialist Indian Health Service mentality, so I started developing relationships and did everything I could to enrich myself.” Since moving west 10 years ago, Goss has participated in everything from weddings and funerals to pow-wows and local ceremonies. He has a Navajo family and proudly displays pictures of his Navajo children on his hospital ID badge. Goss says that his understanding of Native American culture and his community relationships offer a rich dimension to the medical care he provides. “It adds so much texture and depth to the experience of caring for this community,” Goss says. “Knowing the tribe, their predilections and their interests, their historical trauma, it really helps me best communicate with them.” Working in seven different facilities, only two of which have operating rooms, Goss travels constantly. In addition to vascular surgery, he also covers lower extremity traumas, deformity correction, orthopedics, and limb lengthening, salvage, and reconstruction. He primarily works with the Hopi and Navajo, both tribes that are genetically predisposed to diabetic limb disease. The main contributors to diabetes in the Native population are the poor quality of available food, a high cost of fresh produce partnered with rampant unemployment, a shortage of electricity and running water, and a lack of cultural healthy eating habits. From the beginning, Goss’ goal has been to create local, effec-
tive, and timely care for Native Americans. At TCRHCC, Goss and his team have developed a medical home where they use advanced wound healing modalities and work with nutritionists and primary care doctors to save lives in a sustainable manner. To accomplish this, Goss established the First Nations Podiatric Residency Program, an advanced surgical reconstruction program. Goss’ residents, all Native American, are trained on the reservation and are helped to secure job placement within the reservation system. Goss also works with the admissions department at Midwestern University in Phoenix, where he teaches as an associate professor, to recruit Native American students. Residency at TCHRCC is quickly becoming the most popular residency in the region. Goss says that there is a lot of historical trauma surrounding the Indian Health Service and actively works to make TCHRCC a hospital where care is friendly and laughter flows freely. “With the ability to laugh and joke, that’s when you become a real person to them,” Goss says. “When a physician gets involved in their life, they are almost like family, which is the only unit that many Natives truly understand.” Currently, Goss is working on a joint venture to open a major surgical center exclusively for Native American care in Flagstaff, Ariz. He is also heavily involved in franchising the TCRHCC Podiatric Medical model to other Indian Health Service and tribal facilities in the United States. Additionally, Goss has brought his passion for serving the developing world to Eritrea, a small country on the Horn of Africa, where he worked with Physicians for Peace from 2004 to 2010 doing limb reconstruction and aiding the victims of landmines and ballistic injuries. After Americans were ousted from Eritrea in 2010, Goss says he is thankful that the United States will always guarantee health facilities to Native Americans as a human right established under treaty law. With national support, Goss’ work in northern Arizona and New Mexico has fulfilled his dream of building a sustainable health care program in the developing world. “I’ve seen great changes happen in the last ten years,” Goss says. “Working towards my goal has been so much fun and the most rewarding aspect of my professional career.”
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Kirk E. Pillow ’89 An Honest Thinker by Carlos Anchondo Kirk E. Pillow knows that a college education is a significant investment—in time, effort, and money. As a student, professor, interim president, and now as the newly chosen provost of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., Pillow respects that investment. Pillow transitioned to the Pratt Institute this July after serving as interim president at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia since January 2015 and as UArts provost since 2011. Pillow looks forward to meeting Pratt’s students, faculty, and staff, and to working diligently to ensure that behind every Pratt diploma is a quality university experience. A product of Houston, Pillow spent his freshman and sophomore years of high school on the Croatian island of Krk and in a Swiss school before returning stateside. In Houston, Pillow was introduced to philosophy by a high school physics teacher who would share short philosophical readings with his class. Pillow was hooked. He entered Trinity in the fall of 1985 and immediately felt at home in the classes of philosophy professors Lawrence Kimmel and Curtis Brown. Pillow calls Kimmel and Brown great “influences” on his career. He credits Brown’s seminar on Immanuel Kant and Kimmel’s course on aesthetics as “absolutely key to his intellectual development.” Immediately after graduation, Pillow began work on his doctorate at Northwestern University and attributes Trinity with his relatively easy transition into graduate studies. “Within a semester or two of being at Northwestern, it became clear to me that I had gotten an excellent preparation for graduate school from Trinity,” Pillow says. “I was able to write and argue very well thanks to my Trinity education, and I’m grateful for that.” Pillow earned his doctorate in philosophy in 1995 and transformed his Northwestern dissertation into the book Sublime Understanding, published by MIT Press in 2000. The book provides a theory for how people respond to works of art and finding meaning through them. Pillow gives reinterpretations of philosophers Kant and Hegel’s aesthetics before crafting his own model of an aestheticized understanding. In 1996, Pillow joined Hamilton College as a faculty member and was awarded tenure there in 2003. He then joined the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C., where he served as provost, interim president, and was among the senior management of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. During his time at Corcoran, Pillow oversaw a 28 percent rise in enrollment and a revision of the undergraduate curriculum. As provost at Pratt, Pillow is most excited to join the “really creative people” on-campus and to be located in the innovation hub that is Brooklyn. He will be responsible for Pratt’s overall academic
programs, supervising the deans and other academic leadership and managing hiring, reappointments, and promotions. He is also eager to join his friend Thomas F. Schutte, who has served as president of the Pratt Institute since 1993. Pillow arrives at Pratt in the midst of the Institute’s implementation of a new strategic plan, which was first endorsed by trustees in 2012. “I’m very interested to learn more about the Institute, as I know they are making a number of changes to their programs and rethinking their foundation year as we did at the University of the Arts,” Pillow says. “Hopefully I will be able to contribute to that process.” Founded in 1887, the Pratt Institute educates both undergraduates and graduates for careers in design, art, information and library science, architecture, and liberal arts and sciences. Pillow was attracted to Pratt because of its diverse programs and the “remarkable and fertile” Brooklyn location.
“I was able to write and argue very well thanks to my Trinity education, and I’m grateful for that.” Described as a patient listener by faculty and friends, Pillow says that a key element to collegiate administrative work is speaking with alumni about their university experiences and hearing what they wish they had learned as undergraduates. In rethinking any university curriculum, Pillow says it is important to consider the best way to prepare students for future careers. Pillow recognizes the public’s fear about the value and expense of an undergraduate education and says that private institutions in particular have to make a good case for the quality of degrees they provide. As for his own Trinity education, Pillow says the value of a liberal arts education remains in communication, critical thinking, and analysis skills. “At Trinity, I found what I wanted to focus my intellectual interests on,” Pillow says. “I just loved the environment of the school.” A world traveler, who’s been everywhere from Japan to Scotland, Pillow is also an avid reader, a “big fan” of classical chamber music and opera, and a firm believer in the role college wields in creating responsible and engaged lifelong learners.
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Kyle Hill ’09 Life Traveler by Carlos Anchondo Kyle Hill is a survivor.
When Hill was 23 years old she went driving with a friend. She was sitting in the passenger seat when a stranger ran a red light. Hill’s car was violently hit in a side collision and doctors told her family that she may never walk again. Her spirit unbroken, Hill would not be defined by her injuries. Suffering from a broken neck, collar bone, and hip, Hill also had internal bleeding, lacerations to her face, and was confined to a halo for four months. Determined to recover, Hill moved from a hospital bed to a wheelchair, from a wheelchair to learning how to stand in physical therapy, to walking, and eventually to running 5k road races.
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“Travel makes you appreciate your culture, but also teaches respect and understanding for others as well.” “I’m proud of my ability to overcome,” Hill says. “A lot of people see me as a happy and bubbly person, but everybody struggles with something. I work harder than most people think I have to.” Hill is now a medical student at St. Martinus University School of Medicine, a private university located in Willemstad, Curaçao. Nestled in the Caribbean above Venezuela, Hill calls Curaçao the ideal place to attend medical school. With dramatic views of the sea and tropical breezes as her backdrop, Hill has just completed her second semester of studies, with courses ranging from neuroanatomy and physiology to behavioral sciences and biochemistry. Since childhood, Hill has aspired to become a doctor. Hill chose Trinity because it had such a high percentage of pre-med students getting accepted into their top choice medical schools. As a speech communication major on the pre-med track, Hill says Trinity taught her to write well, think nonlinearly, and to question the world around her. “Trinity trained me to look at things differently and to challenge everything,” Hill says. After graduation from Trinity, Hill worked as a ranger at the Houston Zoo, for a doctor’s office, as a lab technician, and in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. It was at UT Medical School that Hill had an epiphany of sorts. Although she had a comfortable job with comfortable pay, she grew tired of doing the same mundane tasks day-in and day-out. So Hill decided she would see the world, starting with South Korea. Hill applied to teach in South Korea through the Gyeonggi English Program in Korea (GEPIK), where she was hired by the South Korean government to teach English and science. Hill taught in the Gyeonggi province in the city of Suwon. During the two years Hill spent in South Korea, she taught kindergarten, third through sixth grade, and a science class for advanced students.
Living in an apartment within walking distance from her public school, Hill quickly fell in love with the culture, the people, and her students. Hill would chat with students in between classes and during her lunch hour, where students would help her practice Korean. One of the aspects Hill most admired about South Korean culture was the element of respect for elders and teachers. “The profession of a teacher receives high respect,” Hill says. “Parents have so much gratitude for helping their student learn.” When she was not teaching, Hill traveled to Cambodia, Thailand, China, Japan, and all across South Korea. She says travel is one of the most positive experiences a person can have. “It’s just a humbling experience to see how other people live,” Hill says. “Travel makes you appreciate your culture, but also teaches respect and understanding for others as well. I am pretty sure traveling makes you a better person.” At school in Curaçao, Hill is studying to become an oncologist, which she says has a personal connection to her family. One of her grandmothers died of breast cancer when Hill was in middle school, and her mother recently underwent a double mastectomy and a hysterectomy after discovering she had the BRCA gene. Hill’s ultimate goal is to travel and practice, helping cancer patients worldwide. When not studying for St. Martinus, Hill is completing a master’s degree in clinical research administration from Walden University. With her M.D., she wants to join a research group where she will be able to lead her own research project. As she tackles her current nemesis – neuroscience – Hill continues with the same perseverance, grit, and grace that carried her through her accident. Hill’s passion for life is evident, a gusto that has earned her the praise of being a “good soul” from her friends. “To be told your soul is pure,” Hill says, humbly, “that’s the best compliment that anyone could receive.”
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CLASS NOTES 1943
1965
Lt. Col. Jayne Pace was honored at the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in December with the Civil Air Patrol for her service during World War II. The ceremony was held in the Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol. Lt. Col. Pace met Congressman Michael McCaul ’84 (R-Texas) earlier that year to receive a U.S. flag that had been flown on the Capitol building in her honor.
1951 Ben White was recognized at Trinity’s 2015 Football Awards Ceremony on Feb. 7 for being supportive of Trinity football and a longtime contributor to Trinity’s Football Scholarship Fund. Head Coach Jerheme Urban ’03 “kicked off” the ceremony by announcing this special presentation for White.
for his commitment and service to the city of Mesquite, Texas, by Mayor John Monaco. Wilbanks received the Pillar of the Community award.
Joe Armstrong is volunteering at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, Israel, as a tour guide.
1972
1975
chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Montgomery, Ala. Their mission is to express faith through community service.
John Hope Franklin Award, given to those who have significantly contributed to diversity in higher education over the course of their careers.
1973
Erich Menger visited Vietnam
through Battlefields Vietnam Tours. He saw the area where Camp Evans was located, where he served with the 18th Surgical Hospital.
Paul G. Martin was inducted
Steven R. Servaas retired on
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Brett Hall helped reactivate a
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1967
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Richard Kowalski served as
Belle Wheelan received the 2015
1959
into the San Antonio Independent School District Athletic Hall of Fame.
1974
Trinity’s delegate at the presidential inauguration of Clarence R. Wyatt, the 14th president of Monmouth College in Monmouth, Ill. this April.
1957 Tom Wilbanks was recognized
1971
New Year’s Day after serving 42 years as a Judge in Rockford, Mich. He is the youngest judge ever elected and the longest sitting jurist in Michigan’s history. Rockford has named the courthouse and its municipal complex in his honor.
Brenda Flowers Ray Coffee is Founder and CEO of 1010ParkPlace.com, a New York-based digital media company that connects the dots between engaging content and a curated retail experience for women over 40. At the same time, 1010ParkPlace.com is the gateway for brands and advertisers to reach a coveted demographic. Gene Elder had his journals welcomed into the University of Texas at San Antonio library archives. His journals document gay rights issues and movements in the San Antonio community and in the nation from 1974 through the ’80s. Paul Ellis served as Trinity’s delegate at the inauguration of Lori Varlotta, the 22nd president of Hiram College, in Hiram, Ohio, on April 24. Dan Flannery wrote a six-vol-
ume book, A History of Britain, to inform people of the importance and significance of the British experience upon our contemporary lives.
Hector and Lynn ’77 Luna visit-
ed Israel on a church trip. The trip included a tour of The Garden Tomb by their volunteer tour guide, Joe Armstrong ’65.
Lawrence Waks was hired by
Wilson Elser as an intellectual property attorney. The firm is excited to have such a formidable and well-respected lawyer join them.
IN MEMORIAM Sara Collins
Rose Mary Vorden-
Richard Lee
Annelle Lykins
Charlotte Lewis
Lisa Coody
Emerick ’38
baum Swift ’47
Scott ’55
Waddill ’62
Chandler ’72
Stegall ’79
February 10, 2015
January 26, 2015
December 14, 2014
July 5, 2014
March 19, 2015
January 17, 2015
Billie Gragg
Robert Baer ’48
Beulah Simpson ’56
Mary Otto Lysne ’63
Joy Strohacker
Anna Castillo ’80
Ratliff ’39
December 6, 2014
January 13, 2015
November 6, 2014
Chesnutt ’72
February 13, 2015
April 12, 2014 Andy Wheatley ’40
October 17, 2014 George Clark ’49
Ruby Vander-
Ralph Wheeler ’63
January 16, 2015
poorten Moore ’57
December 1, 2014
January 11, 2015
February 1, 2015 Pauline Knolk
Flood Putsche ’80
January 1, 2015
February 7, 2015
Scott Shaw
Joyce Smith
Carnal ’73
Williams ’80
November 11, 2014
April 1, 2014
Clifton Cardwell ’64
Doris Burrows
Denham ’50
Shirley Edmiston
King ’41
December 2, 2014
Price ’57
February 13, 2015
Hannah Castner Elaine Chin ’72
January 23, 2015 Harold Henry
November 14, 2014 Douglas Bresler ’66 January 21, 2015
Hugh
Henke ’50
Dorothy Meyer
Andrew
Gordon P.
Cunningham ’42
January 29, 2015
Hill ’58
Travis Melott ’66
Hernandez ’75
McDougal ’81
March 30, 2014
November 12, 1986
August 12, 2010
February 2, 2015
February 27, 2015 Marcylee Adams Jean Eidelberg
Wright ’51
Helen Franz Ball ’59
Marjory Cronerwelt
Stephen Bemrich ’76
Kathryn Pabst
Singer ’42
December 16, 2014
December 20, 2014
Rody ’66
September 20, 2014
Rodriguez ’82
Barbara Goode
James Bissett ’59
Miller ’52
April 8, 2015
January 24, 2015 Fred Starks ’43 November 12, 2013
February 10, 2015
October 16, 2014 George Quillian ’59
Bessie Comstock
Marilyn Hill ’53
King ’44
January 21, 2015
Earline Benson ’45
Sides ’76
Eric Shade ’86
Herrmann ’67
December 21, 2014
March 28, 2015
Nancy Wolter ’76
Virginia Barclay ’87
March 7, 2015
April 22, 2010
Paula Dixon
Gary Sanchez ’89
Zepeda ’77
November 27, 2014
December 31, 2014
January 7, 2015 Gloria Alber Webb ’69
Charles Kittell ’53
Wainscott ’60
January 26, 2015
February 17, 2015
November 15, 2014 Sam Bakke ’70
December 27, 2014 Samuel Rusk
Myrtle Rudolph
Eldon Saul ’46
Terry ’53
Johnson ’61
November 9, 2014
October 30, 2014
November 23, 2014
William
Herman Harren ’54
Rivers Singleton ’61
Schwethelm ’46
December 29, 2014
February 23, 2015
February 18, 2015 John Millar ’47
Edward K.
Mary Watson
October 28, 2014
Roy Lee Shields ’54
Michael
September 22, 2014
Cantu‑Withoff ’62
October 11, 2014
December 17, 2014
Russell ’47 January 24, 2015
December 2, 2014
December 9, 2014 Ricardo Gomez ’94
January 1, 2015 Janna McKissick Richard Bodak ’70
Taylor ’78
April 1, 2015
November 30, 2014
April 22, 2011 Myrtle Ruth Stauffer Juelg ’99
Neil Jarrell ’71
Scott Moore ’79
December 2, 2014
December 28, 2012
Michael Toth ’71
Anton Grey
Hertenstein ’08
December 11, 2014
Pierce ’79
April 3, 2015
January 20, 2015 Ariana Jacobus
Charles Williams ’54 Mary Ann Sullivan
October 14, 2004 Janie Johnson
March 19, 2015 Billie Sweat ’62
John Robert
January 21, 2015
Wilton ’71
Walton Rutledge ’79
December 1, 2014
November 30, 2014
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CLASS NOTES 1976
1978 Jonathan Graham was named
city manager by the Temple City Council last November. He had served as the interim city manager since August. The council members cited Graham’s experience, commitment, and visionary leadership skills as the reason for their decision.
Linda Bowerman was named “Teacher of the Year” at Boerne ISD’s Fair Oaks Ranch Elementary School where she teaches fifth-grade social studies. She is an established leader in the district, serving as the Boerne Classroom Teachers Association representative, writing district curricula, and acting as campus director for the Boerne Outdoor Academy. Melinda Herzog has resigned from her post as executive director of the Catawba County Historical Association to accept a post in a neighboring county. Her new job is at the Iredell Museums in Statesville, N.C., where she oversees the Court Street Gallery, Homestead Museum, and Kids@Play children’s museum.
1977 Dabney Dunklin Pelton served
as Trinity’s delegate at the inauguration of William M. Tsutsui, the 11th president of Hendrix College, in Conway, Ark., in April.
Thomas Poirier registered his work, Tutoring Sudoku Guide, with the U.S. Copyright Office. He also has a historical novel, Anders Larsen, registered with the copyright office.
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Rick Gray joined TalentRISE,
a retained executive search, on-demand recruiting, and management consulting firm. He is their new chief executive officer and will lead the company through the implementation of its long-term growth strategy.
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1983
1986 Darryl Bollinger released his
fourth novel, The Care Card, a medical thriller.
Alyson Gill was appointed asso-
ciate provost for instructional innovation at Arkansas State University in January. The post was created as part of the campus’ strategic planning process and from a desire for instructional innovation and technology initiatives with the faculty.
Julie Keim sings with the profes-
sional chamber choir, Conspirare. Their album, “The Sacred Spirit of Russia,” won a Grammy for best choral performance.
1979 Charlie Hukill, professor of
theater and chair of the division of fine arts in the School of Arts and Letters at McMurry University, was the featured speaker at the McMurry Fall Commencement in December.
1982 Theresa Pugh accepted the
position of vice president of environment, health, and construction policy for the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) in January. INGAA is a lobbying association that represents 200,000 miles of natural gas pipeline companies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Lyle Croft is president of Paul
Fredrick of Pennsylvania. Paul Frederick produces men’s wear.
Gregory Weaver was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer to Oryzon Genomics SA, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that develops therapeutics in oncology and CNS diseases based on its epigenetic technology platform. He will report directly to Oryzon’s CEO and work at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Cambridge, Mass.
Richard Parker published Lone Star Nation, a provocative look at America’s most controversial state: Texas.
1987 Susan Suponcic joined the Navigant Life Sciences practice as managing director and leader of the Global Market Access Center of Excellence. She now helps clients substantiate the value of their innovations across global market access environments.
1988 1985 Charles Eskridge joined Quinn
Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP at the firm’s Houston office as a partner. Eskridge has experience with antitrust, intellectual property, securities fraud, aviation disasters, and asbestos bankruptcy litigation.
Todd McCracken was nominated by President Obama for a member post in the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.
1989 Tim Schmidt was appointed as
the new chief administrative officer at the Bay Area Regional Medical Center in November. His experience, expertise, and leadership were cited for his selection to this post.
1990
1991
Valerie Alexander released her
Christopher Weiss was named
MARRIAGES book, How Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having “Female Brains”).
Jamie Brickhouse wrote the memoir, Dangerous When Wet, a testimony to his mother Mama Jean. Jamie held a conversation about the book with English professor Coleen Grissom on May 14 at the Twig Book Shop in San Antonio. Mark Doderer served as Trinity’s
delegate at the inauguration of Robin E. Bowen, the 12th president of Arkansas Tech University, on April 17 in Russellville, Ark.
Brett Houk released a new book,
Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern Lowlands. The book reveals much regarding Maya urbanism and culture in less-studied cities.
Steve Howard joined Edge-
Theory.com, a new technology company that creates conversation sharing with effective media campaigns. Daniel Lubetzky has published Do the KIND Thing, a book that shares the tenets that helped his company, KIND, to grow. It also emphasizes using passion and vision for entrepreneurs and social change. Cathy Marston co-authored
“Stop arresting battered women,” which appeared in the San Antonio Express-News in November. She is the director of Free Battered Texas Women. She also attended the Texas Families for Justice Rally in November to end mass incarceration.
director of the Substance Use and Mental Health Program (SUMH) at the Vera Institute of Justice in New York City. SUMH works with public health and the justice system for community organizations and the government.
1992 Jill Griffin was named the executive director of the Institute for Global Enterprise in Indiana. The Institute provides opportunities to prepare the University of Evansville’s students for leadership in a global world.
Sarah Warren ’10 and Douglas Burns ’10 March 22, 2014 Pete Gallagher ’00
Catherine Dickson
and Andrea Jewell
’10 and
Sept. 18, 2014
Scott Riggle ’12
Eric Hoffman was appointed
chief business officer of Genocea Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that develops vaccines and immunotherapies. Hoffman has experience in infectious disease and deep industry. Kristine Edde Johnson was
elected to Parsons Behle & Latimer’s board of directors. She now serves as vice president and secretary for the firm’s board.
Oct. 11, 2014 Jordann Rawls ’04 Aaron Harison ’03
and Tate Reis
Maggie Redmond ’11
March 18, 2015
and Joel Lipperini
and
May 26, 2014
Evelyn Cubberly ’05
Nick Johnson ’05
Nov. 15, 2014
and Abby Coldren
Ashley Hamner ’12
Sept. 27, 2014
and Tyler Thalken
James Flaherty ’99
July 5, 2014
and Reena Flores
Sarah Hanrahan ’07
Jan. 10, 2015
and Zachary Symm May 12, 2012
Blake Kretz was appointed the
next president of Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital. His previous experience includes more than five years as president at Texas Health Cleburne.
Erik Sartorius was appointed
to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Governor’s Council on Fitness. He is one of six new members and will serve a three-year term.
Trinity alumni gathered in Dallas for the marriage of their classmates Richard Johnson ’09 and Sarah Carroll ’09. Left to Right: (back) Creighton Welch ’06, Michelle Hahn Welch ’09, Jessica Russell ’09, Nick Shockey ’09, Chelsi McLain ’09, Grant Quimby ’09, David Houghton ’09, Nate Longfellow ’09; (front) Lauren Cathey ’09, Mallory Hawkins ’09, Meredith McPhail ’09, and Cesar Giralt ’09
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1995
1999
2002
Dr. Jennifer Hoffmann Alberts
Kimberly Drake Loy has been named associate general counsel and chief compliance officer at MSC Valuations, LLC. She will be responsible for quality control and assurance.
Kendall Hollrah was promoted
Lauren Harrison Boles shared
named in the 2015 Philadelphia Business Journal 40 under 40. He is the vice president of Essent Guaranty and helped expand the company by developing their original investment thesis.
Rich Coffey was selected as one of five finalists for the Austin Under 40 Awards for the financial services and insurance category. This award is presented by the Young Men’s Business League and the Austin Women’s Alliance.
opened a new Grand Island Dermatology Clinic with her sister. The clinic in Grand Island, Neb., treats children, adolescents, and adults for a wide variety of concerns including acne flare-up, chronic skin disorders, skin cancer, and other cosmetic concerns. Jeffrey Haggard was hired to
Sentrian Remote Patient Intelligence as the vice president of customer success. The company uses remote patient monitoring analytics to lower costs and improve care quality.
Rodney Kirkpatrick worked with churches in east London in April. Tiffani Lupenski was named
KGTV San Diego’s next news director. She has worked in Portland, Seattle, Atlanta, and Denver as a director and producer.
life lessons regarding confidence and self assurance with the High Performance Women’s Corporate Challenge. Boles is currently the senior director of sales marketing at CNN.
2000
Lisa Kreutziger Mead was awarded the Big D Reads Librarian of the Year award. She is a librarian at Anne Frank Elementary School in Dallas. Lisa’s colleagues praise her passion, creativity, and resourcefulness in turning their library into a welcoming place for students.
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Erik Twist was named the new
the Republican Party of Texas, visited Parker County Republican Women at the Doss Heritage Center.
CEO of Great Hearts Arizona by the Great Hearts board of directors. Twist will lead the growth and expansion of the Great Hearts organization.
Justin Merritt composed “Na-
2001
Amy Clark, the vice chair of
Emilio Nicolas was named to the “Super Lawyers - Rising Stars” list. Parker Templeton is president
and CEO of Iberia Medical Center. He was named a “Rising Star” in hospital administration by Becker’s Hospital Review. He as also earned the Rising Young Business Leader award from the Junior Achievement of Acadiana Business Hall of Fame 2015.
2003 tivity after John Donne” which premiered in Minneapolis with the Minnesota Sinfonia.
1998 ity’s delegate at the presidential inauguration of Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick at Howard University on March 6 in Washington, D.C.
Matthew McCampbell was
1997
1994 Julia Massimino served as Trin-
to partner at Haynes & Boone, LLP in Houston. Hollrah is a member of the firm’s capital markets and securities group.
Simon Mayer was named to
the 2015 list of Texas Rising Stars for his work in business bankruptcy at Hughes Watters Askanase LLP.
Leif Olson presented an update
on same-sex marriage litigation at the Downtown Houston Pachyderm Club. He regularly speaks on appellate law, appellate and trial procedure, legal writing, and legal ethics.
Zach Wells is working at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center as the studio manager of Seacrest Studios. He brings children patients in as helpers, guest DJs, or game show contestants. He enjoys having a show focused on patients.
Logan Ramirez released his
first acoustic-based pop album in the fall, “Come With Me,” under the name Logan Seth. Many of the songs about the journey of life were written while he was on campus.
Rebecca Loubriel Avitia re-
ceived the Outstanding Young Alumna Award from Trinity in November. She is the executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Matthew Cavenaugh was
named to the “Super Lawyers Rising Stars” list.
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Charles Laird has been appoint-
ed the new chief executive officer of Menorah Medical Center. He joined the Kansas City-area hospital in May.
Michael Roussos was named the chief executive officer of Mainland Medical Center. He has worked with the HCA for 12 years. Joshua Searcy has been elected
a member of the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Only one-third of one percent of the State Bar members are invited to become fellows each year.
2004
2010
Jabbar Raisani made his directorial debut with the film “Alien Outpost.” It premiered in February at Drafthouse Westlakes. Raisani has worked on visual effects in the past on such projects as “Iron Man,” “Machete,” “Fantastic Four,” and “Game of Thrones,” for which he earned an Emmy.
Eric Binder was promoted to
assistant director of player management with the Cleveland Indians.
BIRTHS 2005 Aden Jack Adam Russell was climbing Mt.
Everest during an April avalanche. He was at base camp and the team reported everyone OK.
Susan Todd was named one of Gambit’s 40 Under 40 of New Orleans. She was honored for her work as the executive director of 504HealthNet and her efforts to get healthcare for low-income areas.
2006
to Heather Ann Haynes ’97 and Bryan Smith ’94 January 2, 2015 Celeste Garcia was in town for the
Battle of the Flowers Parade and caught this great shot of LeeRoy. Kevin Scoggin was named
Summerville Medical Center’s first chief operating officer. He will ensure hospital operations are in accordance with strategic hospital needs.
Jeremy Ari to Tracy Gostyla ’95
Theodore
Annabelle Jane
and Marty Canner
to Brandon
to Adam Cason ’09
November 11, 2014
Burmeister ’04
and Mollie Knapp
and Emily Massey-
Cason ’09
Burmeister
January 1, 2015
January 24, 2015
Lisa Nally began working in her new position as operations manager at Consolidated Digital Publishing. She provides general awareness, compliance training, and other regulatory training for companies.
2007 Vanessa Hernandez was asked
to be a faculty member for the Women in Law Institute at the University of Texas Law School’s Center for Women in Law.
2008 Michelle Bartonico is pursuing
her master’s in business administration with a specialization in marketing management at Syracuse University.
Alumni Weekend is Oct. 9-11 Make plans to return to Trinity University to spend a weekend with your classmates and friends. Highlights include: class reunions, departmental reunions, an all-alumni party at Bombay Bicycle Club, the alumni artisan sale, alumni author and book signing, and a keynote by English professor Coleen Grissom.
Register online today at gotu.us/alumniweekend
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CLASS NOTES 2011
2013
Philip LeDeau contributed
Samantha Grubbs was hired by
CLASS NOTES SUBMISSIONS drawings to “Pitch,” an art exhibit in Seattle. LeDeau’s work helped portray common objects and occurrences, showing them to be extraordinary.
Lone Star Capital Bank as public relations and marketing manager in November. The position was created to strengthen internal and external communication.
Send your class notes to alumni@trinity.edu or fill out the alumni update form at gotu.us/alumniupdates. Photo Submissions Bigger is better! Digital photos should be saved at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi with dimensions at least 1800 x 1200 pixels. Save photos in .jpg format and email as attachments to alumni@trinity.edu.
Sal Perdomo was hired by Con-
sensus Planning as part of the planning and landscape team.
Prints can be mailed to the Office of Alumni Relations, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200.
Lauren Wilks presented her cap-
stone project, “Is Grey’s Anatomy on the Wave? A Feminist Textual Analysis of Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang,” at the De Pauw Honors Conference in 2013. It was one of the top three papers in the Entertainment Studies Interest Group at the national AEJMC conference in Montreal in 2014.
Trinity graduates employed at Frost Bank enjoyed gathering for its first alumni mixer after work on April 30 at The Plaza Club in downtown San Antonio. Rich Butler, then-interim dean of the School of Business, gave an informative update on the University including a glimpse into the future of the School of Business and the importance alumni play in connecting the school with the San Antonio community through class projects, speaking engagements, internships, and employment opportunities. Monica Martinez, director of corporation and foundation giving, and Elizabeth Ford ’93, ’96, alumni volunteer coordinator, also attended.
2014 Michael McCormick and Robert
Edmonds ’12 spent New Year’s
Day on the Breckenridge slopes.
Emma Treadway received a
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She is studying engineering at the University of Michigan.
2012 Andrew Battles received an
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He is studying ecology at the University of Rhode Island.
Chris Bianchi re-signed with the
Kansas City T-Bones for 2015.
Jordan Bush received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She is studying ecology at the University of Tennessee. Megan McDonnell was hired
by Hallaron Advertising Agency in The Woodlands, Texas, as a junior account executive. The agency focuses on branding, advertising, and digital and content marketing strategy.
’78, and Paul Cox ’94 visited the
2015 Mario “Alex” Miranda will be pursuing his Ph.D. at Washington University in St. Louis this fall in the developmental, regenerative, and stem cell biology program.
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Dr. Mark Bing ’72, Chris Warren Silver Iris Private Railcar at Sunset Station in San Antonio. Mark and
Hillary Dohoney and Carina
Hiscock were featured at AP Art
Lab in San Antonio in February. Their work, “Predisposed,” examined human attitudes towards waste and showed how people fail to see the beauty in objects once the objects have served their purpose.
his wife Kelly, who have supported the Trinity Fund for the past 32 years, own the rail car, which served in the mid-term conference of the American Association of Private Railcar Owners.
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
top Students and alumni in the Colorado Chapter gathered for Making Connections at the home of Wendy and Jack Trigg. bottom Arizona Chapter alumni filled emergency food boxes at the St. Mary’s Food Bank as part of its “Trinity Cares” service project. right Atlanta Chapter alumni plant a tree as part of the Chapter’s annual “Trinity Cares” service project.
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The Albuquerque Chapter hosted Arturo Madrid, Norene R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, Modern Languages and Literatures, on Feb. 26 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Madrid read from his family memoir, In the Country of Empty Crosses, describing his life as a Hispano Protestant in Catholic northern New Mexico.
Current students and alumni from the Atlanta Chapter discussed career paths and practical tips during the annual Making Connections held on Jan. 7 at Wahoo! Grill in Decatur. On Feb. 21, the Chapter participated in a “Trees Atlanta” planting project, contributing on a chilly day to the beautification of neighborhoods in Atlanta. On March 31, Chapter alumni got together at local brewpub The Wrecking Bar near Little Five Points. They had a delightful time meeting new alumni and reacquainting themselves with old friends, and attendees agreed to visit again next year. The Chapter held its spring happy hour on May 13 at the Park Tavern.
ARIZONA The Arizona Chapter held its annual Making Connections event on Jan. 7 at the Collier Center. Students and alumni gained practical tips on how to fine-tune strategies to reach their professional and personal goals. On Feb. 28, the Chapter returned to the St. Mary’s Food Bank for their fifth annual visit, where members paired up with other community volunteers and filled emergency food boxes with 13,000 pounds of food for needy families in Phoenix.
AUSTIN Austin Chapter alumni volunteered with the Micah 6 Food Pantry in downtown Austin on Feb. 28 as part of the nationwide alumni service project “Trinity Cares.” Alumni worked in various capacities at the pantry: stocking the pantry shelves;
assisting new recipients with the registration process; assisting recipients with gathering their groceries; bagging groceries for recipients; and cleaning the pantry following the food distribution. The Chapter’s annual Making Connections event was transformed into an alumni networking opportunity, held April 27 at Abel’s on the Lake. The Austin Chapter held a Texas Hill Country Wine Tour on May 23. The sold-out tour took alumni to Spicewood Vineyards, William Chris Vineyards, and the Hye Meadow Winery.
THE BAY AREA The Bay Area Chapter hosted a successful Making Connections event in San Francisco on Jan. 8. Alumni, students, and parents discovered connections, received tips and advice, and rekindled networks. As part of their 2015 West Coast Tour, the Trinity University Chamber Singers, conducted by Gary Seighman, presented concerts in Sacramento on March 10 and in Berkeley on March 11. Trinity
alumni, parents, and prospective students and their families attended the concerts. The Chapter held a Texas-themed potluck in Dolores Park in San Francisco on May 3.
CHICAGO The Chicago Chapter’s annual Making Connections event, held on Jan. 10 at the home of Scott ’70 and Laurie Themm Walker ’71, provided Trinity students and alumni with an opportunity to interact with each other, explore career opportunities in various fields of interest, and share the common bond that they have through Trinity. The Chapter held its annual “Trinity Cares” service project on May 16, at which alumni volunteers worked with the Chicago Park District mulching trees to help beautify Lincoln Park. On June 18, Chapter alumni and their families enjoyed a night under the stars at Planetary Prom at Adler After Dark. They explored the science of “E.T.” and hunts for new worlds.
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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES on Dec. 20. Happy hour ensued after a 30-minute yoga session. The Chapter held its annual Making Connections networking event on Jan. 10 at the Mud Hen Tavern in Hollywood. The Trinity University Chamber Singers, conducted by Gary Seighman, presented a concert on March 13 at the Mt. St. Mary’s College Mary Chapel in Los Angeles.
COLORADO Colorado Chapter alumni gathered at the Denver Botanic Gardens on Dec. 7 for “Blossoms of Lights,” where attendees enjoyed the start of the holiday season by touring the thousands of lights installed in the downtown gardens. The Chapter held its Making Connections event on Jan. 8 in Cherry Hills Village at the home of Wendy and Jack Trigg, parents of Bob Trigg ’86. Trinity alumni gathered at Lime in downtown Denver for happy hour on March 12, where attendees enjoyed networking and reconnecting over margaritas and Mexican food. On March 25, Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of History David Lesch gave a talk in Denver on “Bashar al-Assad and the Disintegration of Syria.” On April 18, Chapter alumni took a guided tour of the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Terris Tiller ’00, Brianna Tammaro ’13, and Leslie Green ’14, all employees of the U.S. Olympic Committee, guided the tour, which was followed by lunch at Rudy’s BBQ.
DALLAS On Dec. 13, the Dallas Chapter joined the Community Partners of Dallas for their annual Toy Drive. Alumni volunteers appreciated the opportunity to give toys to children who may have never before received a holiday gift. The Chapter’s annual Making Connections event was held on Jan. 9 at the home of Lisa and Jeff Smith ’83, bringing area students and alumni together for networking opportunities. Dallas-area alumni participated in a cooking class on Feb. 4 at Central Market where they learned how to cook Cajun Creole secret recipes with expert chefs. They also gained skills to make wine pairings and Mardi Gras punch. The Chapter had
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a blast at the Dallas Mavericks basketball game versus the San Antonio Spurs on March 24 at the American Airlines Center. On April 26, Dallas-area alumni enjoyed a “Trinity Day at the Frisco RoughRiders” at Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco.
FORT WORTH The Fort Worth Chapter held its annual Making Connections networking event on Jan. 8 at the Colonial Country Club. On April 18, alumni gathered for food, friends, and laughs. On May 16, Fort Worth Chapter alumni took a bus tour of Historic Fort Worth, guided by leading Forth Worth historian Quentin McGown, and enjoyed dinner at Joe T. Garcia’s.
HOUSTON The Houston Chapter held its annual Making Connections networking event on Jan. 7 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mach Jr., parents of Trinity Trustee Steve Mach ’92. On Feb. 6, Houston-area alumni saw the touring Broadway show “The Book of Mormon” at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, where attendees enjoyed reserved seating in the center
of mezzanine. Young alumni in the Chapter gathered on March 12 at Lillo & Ella for a happy hour. On March 26, the Chapter held its first annual networking lunch for professionals in the Trinity alumni community, where professional alumni across industries gathered at the Petroleum Club downtown. During lunch, vice president for faculty and student affairs Michael Fischer spoke about the Pathways curriculum and gave an update on the University. On April 11, the Chapter participated in the 28th Annual Houston Art Car Parade. On May 9, alumni and guests watched horse racing at the Sam Houston Race Park. The Chapter held its first “Trinity Day at Sugar Land Skeeters” on May 31. Alumni and guests enjoyed watching the game versus Southern Maryland from a reserved, box seat section of the stadium; the stadium’s playground and spray park for kids were added attractions.
GREATER LOS ANGELES Greater Los Angeles Chapter members found their zen at Brett ’04 and Zach Ewing’s ’99 yoga studio, YOGARAJ, in West Los Angeles for their Holiday party
The National Capital Area Chapter held its annual holiday party on Dec. 7 at the home of Cathy Starnes ’04. During the party, they watched a video of the University’s annual Christmas Concert held on Dec. 5. The Chapter held its annual Making Connections networking event on Jan. 7 at the University Club of Washington, D.C. Area alumni gathered on April 18 at Uncle Julio’s Rio Grande Café in Arlington, Va., to remember their San Antonio days and to celebrate Fiesta. The Chapter held its annual meeting on May 27 at the Hill Country Barbecue in Chinatown in Washington, D.C., during which visiting Trinity Alumni Ambassadors Carol ’83 and Dave Mansen ’76 provided a University update.
NEW ENGLAND Thrill-seeking alumni from the New England Chapter enjoyed snow tubing at Nashoba on March 1. The Chapter held its annual Making Connections networking event on March 8 in Newton.
NEW YORK New York Chapter alumni enjoyed good fellowship in preparing and serving food to the poor and homeless of New York City at the Bowery Mission on March 7.
(clockwise from top left) Dallas Chapter alumni learned how to cook Cajun Creole recipes from expert chefs at Central Market. San Antonio Chapter alumni and guests had a blast at the Fiesta River Parade party. Oklahoma City Chapter alumni cheered on the OKC Energy. Chicago Chapter students and alumni gathered for Making Connections at the home of Scott ’70 and Laurie Themm Walker ’71. San Antonio Chapter alumni enjoyed a tour and tasting at the Alamo Brewery. The Trinity University Chamber Singers presented a concert in Portland as part of their 2015 West Coast Tour. San Diego Chapter students and alumni gathered for Making Connections. Greater Los Angeles Chapter students and alumni gathered for Making Connections. The Houston Chapter held its first networking lunch for alumni professionals at the Petroleum Club. next page top A group of New York Chapter alumni served food to the poor and homeless of New York City at the Bowery Mission. bottom Alumni and family members volunteered at the Food Bank as part of the St. Louis Chapter’s “Trinity Cares” service project. opposite page Thrill-seeking New England Chapter alumni enjoyed snow tubing at Nashoba.
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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, walked through various estate planning documents.
OKLAHOMA CITY The Oklahoma City Chapter held its annual “Trinity Cares” service project on Feb. 21 at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, where alumni worked to prepare boxes of food with bread and baked goods. The group helped prepare 983 cases of bread, equivalent to more than 12,000 meals. On April 25, Chapter alumni cheered for the OKC Energy against the St. Louis Football Club at Taft Stadium.
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PORTLAND Portland Chapter alumni enjoyed a night out on Dec. 15 at the Portland Blazers versus San Antonio Spurs basketball game. Alumni, friends, and families met for a pre-game reception of margaritas and nachos before rooting for their favorite team. On March 8, the Trinity University Chamber Singers, conducted by Gary Seighman, presented a concert in Portland, and a post-concert reception was held for alumni, parents, and prospective students and their families. Alumni and guests gathered on May 16 at Buster’s to enjoy Texas-style barbecue and reminisce about the good times in San Antonio.
SAN ANTONIO San Antonio alumni welcomed the New Year with a bonjour tour of the “Impressionists” exhibit on Jan. 3 at the McNay Art Museum. The group enjoyed a catered breakfast from Central Market and then a docent-led tour of the exhibit, which was on loan to the museum from the National Art Gallery. San Antonio-area alumni from six different decades were treated to one show-stopping song after another at the musical “Chicago” at the Majestic Theatre on Jan. 29. San Antonio young alumni enjoyed a fun evening on
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Jan. 30 cheering the Rampage hockey team to a win. On Feb. 26, the San Antonio Chapter held its spring fling happy hour at the new Alamo Brewery located next to the historic Hays Street Bridge. Attendees enjoyed a tour as well as a tasting in a private room the week before the brewery’s grand opening. The Chapter held its first “Trinity Treasures” tour at Parker Chapel. Rev. Stephen Nickle gave a presentation on the history of the formation of Trinity University, background information on the building of Parker Chapel, and a detailed explanation of various tapestries and works of art in the chapel. Additionally, Nickle provided a pictorial presentation of various precious items located in the sacristy, which the attendees were allowed to personally view. A gathering of former Trinity master’s students was held at the Petroleum Club of San Antonio on March 24, where alumni of all ages greeted old friends, made new friends, and enjoyed
tasty treats and beverages. On March 26, San Antonio alumni visited the San Antonio Library to explore Café Commerce, San Antonio’s entrepreneurial collaborative, with libations and food catered by The Monterey. On March 28, alumni and family members met at a home in Adkins, Texas, to build a ramp for a woman who would otherwise be unable to leave her home without tremendous difficulty. All who participated in the project were delighted to see the woman walk down the ramp using her walker. In the spirit of Fiesta, alumni and their guests had a blast at the annual River Parade party on April 20, enjoying great food and drinks and spotting the Trinity float passing by. The San Antonio Chapter’s annual Texas Hill Country wine tour on May 23 was a sold-out event. On May 27, the Chapter held a workshop on Estate Planning at the Alumni Relations and Development building on campus. Gina Gaedke ’89, J.D., CPA, Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate by
The San Diego Chapter held its annual Making Connections networking event on Jan. 9 at the Harbor House waterfront, where chapter president Fritz Hesse ’87 welcomed the group, and Trinity staff members Paul Cox ’94 and Lauren Ghishan ’06 provided attendees with a University update. Chapter alumni, along with alumni from Texas Christian University and the University of Texas, attended the annual Texas Independence Day Celebration on March 1 at Cozymel’s Restaurant near La Jolla, Calif. On March 14, the Trinity University Chamber Singers, conducted by Gary Seighman, presented a concert at the St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in San Diego. Alumni, parents, prospective students, and their guests attended the concert and the pre-concert reception.
ST. LOUIS The St. Louis Chapter held its annual Making Connections event on Jan. 7 at Cantina Laredo. As part of the nationwide “Trinity Cares” service project, a diverse group of Chapter alumni spanning four decades volunteered at the Food Bank on Feb. 7. Together, volunteers packaged 19,530 pounds of food, providing 15,943 meals for the hungry.
TENNESSEE As part of the nationwide “Trinity Cares” service project, alumni in the Nashville area volunteered at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee on Feb. 28, helping to sort food that had been donated through a grocery rescue program.
Your Trinity Alumni Chapters There’s a chapter near you! If you would like to be involved in chapter activities or to serve on the Board, contact these respective chapter presidents.
Albuquerque
Dallas
New England (includes New
Seattle
Scott Webster ’85
Rob Sender ’09
Hampshire, Vermont, Maine,
Erin Crosby-Perry ’06
scott.webster@pnm.com
robsender@gmail.com
Massachusetts, Rhode Island
erincrosbyperry@gmail.com
albuquerque@alum.trinity.edu
dallas@alum.trinity.edu
and Connecticut):
seattle@alum.trinity.edu
Laura Smeaton ’92 Arizona
Fort Worth
laurasmeaton@mac.com
St. Louis
Tara Zoellner ’01
Lindsay Landgraf Hess ‘11
newengland@alum.trinity.edu
Aisha Sultan ’96
tzoellner@gmail.com
lindsaylhess@gmail.com
arizona@alum.trinity.edu
ftworth@alum.trinity.edu
asultan@post-dispatch.com New York
stlouis@alum.trinity.edu
Helen Harris ’92 Atlanta
Greater Los Angeles
HHarris10@nyc.rr.com
Tennessee
Steve Blankenship ’95
Karen Fisher ’10
newyork@alum.trinity.edu
Andrew Coulton ‘05
steve.blankenship@gmail.com
karenfisher17@gmail.com
atlanta@alum.trinity.edu
losangeles@alum.trinity.edu
andrew.coulton@gmail.com Oklahoma City
tennessee@alum.trinity.edu
Kathryn Kirt ’93 Austin
Houston
katieleigh89@justice.com
*Tulsa
Carolyn Roark ’95
Adam Harden ‘06
oklahomacity@alum.trinity.edu
Alexa Harrison Maloney ‘12
roarkcd@gmail.com
aharden@akllp.com
austin@alum.trinity.edu
houston@alum.trinity.edu
Nicole Roth ’10
West Texas
The Bay Area
*Kansas City
nicole.marie.roth@gmail.com
John Grace ’85
Brittney Elko ’08
Vacant
portland@alum.trinity.edu
johngracelaw@gmail.com
Brittney.Elko@gmail.com
email alumni@trinity.edu
thebayarea@alum.trinity.edu
if interested
alexanharrison@gmail.com Portland
westtexas@alum.trinity.edu San Antonio Trey Evans ’06
Chicago
National Capital Area
devans@alum.trinity.edu
David O’Gara ’83
Stephanie Weiner ’11
sanantonio@alum.trinity.edu
dogara@plexusgroupe.com
stephanie.t.schmitt@gmail.com
chicago@alum.trinity.edu
nationalcapitalarea@alum.
San Diego
trinity.edu
Fritz Hesse ’87
Colorado
fritz@hessenet.net
Tyler Wilson ’07
sandiego@alum.trinity.edu
* denotes a network city
tylerwilson@catholichealth.net colorado@alum.trinity.edu
Interested in connecting with Trinity alumni in areas not currently reached by alumni chapters? Contact Christine Martinez, young alumni and student programs coordinator, at csun@trinity.edu or 210‑999‑8405 to plan an event in your city.
ALUMNI NEWS
Alumnus Establishes Scholarship Fund Trinity's Board Chairman honored by Texas Business Hall of Fame, returns the honor with gift of scholarships to health care graduate students
Fraternity and Sorority Alumni Advisor of the Year Named Jeanne McGee Culver '82 is recognized for her dedication, engagement, and support of Chi Beta Epsilon
Trinity Seniors Honored for Community, Campus Service Alumni association recognizes two graduating students for roles in campus activities, San Antonio volunteer work
Through four decades of health care leadership, Doug Hawthorne ’69, ’72 has been guided by a strong commitment to faith, family, and service. Hawthorne, founding CEO emeritus of Texas Health Resources, was recently inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame. “It was an honor to be elected to the Texas Business Hall of Fame and to be recognized for the community outreach and health services we've provided in North Texas,” Hawthorne said. Hawthorne and his wife, Martha, chose to acknowledge the honor with a $50,000 gift to the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation to establish scholarships for graduate students in Trinity's health care administration program (HCAD). The Martha and Doug Hawthorne Family Fund Scholarship will provide five $10,000 scholarships, one per year, to an exemplary second-year student in the HCAD program. “Martha and I wanted to use the opportunity to assist a future health care leader in hopes they may someday have a deep impact on the health services provided in their community,” said Hawthorne, who earned a bachelor’s in business administration and a master’s in healthcare administration from Trinity. Trinity University honored Hawthorne’s leadership in the health care industry and service to the University with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1995. Currently chair of Trinity's Board of Trustees, he has been a Trustee since 1997.
The Trinity University Alumni Association's National Alumni Board (NAB) has named Jeanne Culver '82 as the Fraternity and Sorority Alumni Advisor of the Year. Culver, who served as an alumni adviser to Chi Beta Epsilon, was nominated for the award for her continued involvement and commitment to the fraternity and sorority community on campus. "Jeanne was instrumental in setting up an infrastructure for all fraternities and sororities to use that helps promote a healthy Greek life for Trinity today and in the future," Terry Cleaver Eaton '82 said in her nomination. The fraternities and sororities committee of the NAB is excited for the opportunity to recognize alumni advisers’ contributions to Trinity University. Jamie Thompson '05, director of student involvement and member of the NAB fraternities and sororities committee, shared, "The award serves to recognize significant alumni involvement in and contributions to the fraternity and sorority community at Trinity. Alumni participation in undergraduate activities, meetings, recruitment, and orientation are critical to the success of these fraternal organizations.” Culver, who graduated from Trinity with a bachelor’s in sociology, was president of Chi Beta Epsilon, a member of the Interfraternity Sorority Council, and a member of the Trinity University Volunteer Action Community (TUVAC).
Trinity University's Alumni Association has recognized two seniors for outstanding service to the University and to San Antonio. May Lea Watson ’15 was honored for her service to the San Antonio community and Ben Whitehead ’15 was honored for his service to the University. Watson, from Wimberley, Texas, is the co-founder and director of Peace Camp, a nonprofit summer camp for children and youth on San Antonio’s West Side through the Divine Redeemer Presbyterian Church. She served as a program head for the Trinity University Volunteer Action Community (TUVAC) and organized Trinity students to serve Peace Camp during the academic year. In addition, Watson was a Student Ambassador and served as the 2014-15 senior gift committee chair. She graduated in May with a major in urban studies. Whitehead, who is from Boerne, Texas, was instrumental in the founding of HOPE Hall (Homelessness Outreach Pursuing Education). He also has worked with TUVAC and served as a Student Ambassador. He was president and treasurer of the Trinity chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Whitehead was a Mellon Fellow in the summer of 2014 at the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation. Whitehead also served as a research assistant with sociology professor David Spener, focusing on bi-national research on the issues of migration and border security. He graduated in May with a major in economics.
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Liberal Education in the Trinity Tradition:
Continuity and Change In 1869, Trinity’s Presbyterian founders had aspirations to be a co-educational “university of the highest order,” undergirded by a liberal arts and sciences curriculum and capped by professional schools in law, medicine, and theology and select graduate degrees. Despite prolonged efforts by faculty and trustees, professional and graduate programs on the Tehuacana campus were short-lived or failed to materialize. What did survive, however, was the foundational undergraduate liberal arts and sciences curriculum that emphasized critical thinking, broad academic inquiry, and preparation for life vocations and citizenship. Trinity’s curriculum was composed of courses in classical and modern languages and literatures, mathematics, physical
A student...may go forth into the world knowing more outside of these departments than he knows in them. sciences, moral philosophy, religious studies, and the fine arts. While catalogue descriptions and department titles changed over time to accommodate new fields of study, basic curricular principles endured. In all these endeav-
ors, Trinity faculty strived to give students personal attention and thoughtful mentoring throughout their educational experiences. Beyond the core liberal arts curriculum, the University offered classes designed to give students special skills and information needed for employment following graduation. Electives were available in such areas as business, civil engineering and surveying, public school certification, Christian education, and home economics. In each instance, students were required to have grounding in the liberal arts, and faculty incorporated elements of liberal arts pedagogy into the specialized courses. The commercial department, later called the business college, was popular among Trinity students. Promoting the business college in 1896, President L. A. Johnson described the linkage between liberal and specialized education: “A student availing himself of a liberal education such as can be acquired in Trinity University, may go forth into the world knowing more outside of these departments than he knows in them. If the student discovers that he has special aptitudes, why should he delay to train these aptitudes? College training should be broad, yet with special fitnesses for life’s special work, but it should be saved from narrowness.” Relocating to Waxahachie 1902, Trinity concentrated solely on undergraduate collegiate-level courses. Trinity received high rankings from state and regional education-
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previous page Chemistry students in the early 1890s pose with their lab instrumentation. below Advertisements for Trinity University showcase a liberal arts experience, from the 1880s to the 1950s.
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al agencies, and, with justification, branded itself as one of the finest small colleges in the Southwest. Trinity graduates from the Waxahachie era were accepted into the best graduate programs in the country and reported that they were well prepared to handle the prescribed work. Trinity entered a new era of growth and expansion when it moved to San Antonio in 1942. Responding to educational needs of its diverse metropolitan environment, following the end of World War II, Trinity opened a downtown evening campus for older part-time students and added master’s degrees in English, history, biology, sociology, and education. Within a year, more than 500 students had commenced graduate studies at Trinity. During the next decade, graduate offerings proliferated and Trinity officials considered the possibility of doctoral degrees. Faculty ambivalence and the imminent arrival of the University of Texas at San Antonio curtailed that quest.
same: a quest for academic excellence; a commitment to undergraduate liberal arts and sciences; and a concern to prepare students for future vocations and responsible citizenship. Overarching these commitments are efforts to preserve and enhance a campus community where personal attention to students is a defining characteristic. While Trinity’s founders would be astounded by our impressive campus facilities and use of modern technology, they would have no difficulty recognizing the close relationships that exist among students, faculty, administrators, and staff. Two strikingly similar student observations about Trinity faculty, emanating from widely separated historical contexts, provide a concluding illustration of our liberal arts continuity. In 1902, the student editor of the Trinitonian described the Trinity faculty with these words: “Our professors are living scholars—teachers who are not sat-
By 1970, Trinity’s educational future was moot. Should the University seek national recognition or remain a quality regional institution? Should graduate and professional programs be expanded or reduced? Unresolved questions regarding admission standards and the large number of part-time and non-residential students generated considerable discussion. The arrival of Ronald K. Calgaard as president in 1979 marked the beginning of an era that clarified Trinity’s educational identity. At his inauguration, in conjunction with a liberal arts symposium, Calgaard articulated his vision to make Trinity a nationally recognized premier undergraduate residential university in the liberal arts tradition, with a few select graduate offerings. As Trinity entered the 21st century, his vision had become a reality. Approaching its 150th anniversary, the University retains a pattern of continuity and change. After extensive study and discussion, the Trinity faculty approved the Pathways curriculum which will be available for the incoming class in fall 2015. But some things remain the
isfied with past achievements, but who read new books and think modern thoughts and expect to expand in soul as long as they live. Trinity professors are still students— and ambitious ones at that.” More than 100 years later, while walking across campus, I struck up a conversation with a student heading in the same direction. We talked about her academic interests and her present classes. I asked if she had a favorite class. Without hesitating, she said, “I’m not a religion major, but Eastern Religions is my favorite class and Dr. [Randall] Nadeau is my favorite professor. He’s enthusiastic about teaching and seems to enjoy every moment in class. He’s like a student learning along with us but on a higher level. He’s interested in learning new things and we are growing intellectually alongside him.”
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Trinity Travels Trinity Tigers are world travelers, and Trinity magazine wants to see your photos! Use #TrinityTravels to share your photos on social media, or submit them to the magazine (photo submission guidelines are on page 56).
photos submitted by Leslie Wan, parent of Christina Wan ’10, on trips to Jamaica and Miami, and biology professor Michele Johnson on a faculty-led trip to the Dominican Republic
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Parting Shot Then and Now, a series of photographs by Anh-Viet Dinh, shows the University as it was in decades past, how it has changed, and what has stayed the same. What has changed since the time you were a student at Trinity? What has stayed the same? Share your photos, old and new, with Trinity magazine! (See page 56 for photo submission guidelines.) See more photos from Then and Now at gotu.us/thenandnow