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5 Dedicated Lab Space Under Construction

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7 Improving Financial Aid Resources for Students

9 $1.2M Bequest Strengthens Environmental Science

10 Recent Gifts

12-14 Cornerstone and Legacy Campaign Reports

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Enhancing Trinity for All Who Enjoy MusicS U P P O R T G R O W S F O R R E H E A R S A L A N D P E R F O R M A N C E C E N T E R

Below, Chamber Ensemble member Lucy Bauer ’14 rehearses Sonata in C Minor by Johann Joachim Quantz, and looks forward to a rehearsal and performance space acoustically designed with the quality and clarity of musical performance in mind.

Trinity has made significant progress toward

reaching a $5 million campaign goal to develop a dedicated music rehearsal and performance center. A leadership gift commitment of $2.5 million has been made by a donor, who for the present wishes to remain anonymous. Another donor has committed $250,000 toward the project.

More than 500 Trinity students pass through the Music Department every year, and music resounds across the Trinity campus. Scores of musical

opportunities are offered at Trinity, not just for music majors and minors, but for music lovers throughout the student body. Yet the College has never

had a rehearsal or performance space with acoustic qualities designed for music. A dedicated, acoustically appro- priate performance and rehearsal space

is the linchpin in any music depart-ment’s program. It is parallel in importance to laboratories in science departments and playing fields in athletic programs. In the same vein, talented musicians also need a dedicated space suited to their unique needs.

Trinity music faculty have proposed an intimate space that will seat up to 80 people and be used primarily for small-scale performances, rehearsals, and teaching. The center will serve as home to a wide array of Trinity performance groups, including the Concert Choir and the Jazz, Samba, and Chamber ensembles.

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“Having an acoustically designed space in which to rehearse makes all the difference. Students will love playing there, be encouraged to practice, and reach their full musical potential.”

— Leah Haxhi ’13

Haxhi, from Middlebury, Connecticut, intends to double major in economics and music.

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• A new entrance plaza opposite Austin Arts Center

• A stand-alone structure for maximum sound isolation and 24/7 availability

• A 1,785-square-foot, 80-seat music hall with lighting grid and floor and wall finishes that allow for theatrical components

• Acoustical treatments to accommo-date all genres of music teaching, rehearsal, and performance

• Six individual, 90-square-foot practice rooms, outfitted with upright pianos

• Open space with modular seating units for maximum flexibility

• A 130-square-foot instrument storage space that includes climate-controlled storage units for large but delicate instruments like a grand piano or harpsichord

• Student space, totaling 300 square feet

• A 400-square-foot keyboard lab• A 400-square-foot electronic music

lab• Turn-key audio and lighting

packages for an enhanced rehearsal environment and seamless transition from rehearsal to performance

FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED MUSIC REHEARSAL

AND PERFORMANCE CENTER INCLUDE:

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1 New entrance plaza opposite Austin Arts Center

2 Entrance lobby with boot benches and coat hooks

3 Handicapped-accessible male and female restrooms

4 Student space of 300 square feet

5 Electronic music classroom of 400 square feet

6 Keyboard lab classroom of 400 square feet

7 Rehearsal hall of 1,785 square feet with movable seating, overhead lighting grid, and floor and wall finishes to allow for attachment of theatrical components

8 Individual practice rooms of 90 square feet

9 Instrument storage room of 130 square feet

Total project area of 4,580 square feet

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Trinity’s volunteers are dedicated, inspiring, and effective. Meet one of our hard-working volunteers.

“I enjoy giving back to Trinity because it provides me with meaningful ways to stay connected and opportunities to champion my alma mater, which continues to make me proud. Today’s students are remarkable young men and women; they deserve our full support to maintain the exceptional education Trinity provides.” —Ann Grasing ’01

V O L U N T E E R F O R T R I N I T YContact us today—for details, visit www.trincoll.edu/givingtotrinity and click on the “volunteer” link or call (860) 297-4126.

Ann understands the difference passionate alumni, parents, and friends can make to a school. Through her work at

Riverdale Country School (Bronx, New York), where she is the newly named director of alumni giving, as well as in previous positions at Barnard College and Bennington College, Ann has seen firsthand the essential role played by dedicated volunteers and donors. An English major at Trinity, Ann earned her MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and also has studied at Columbia University’s School of Journalism. She has volunteered for Trinity since 2005, for the Trinity Fund, the Long Walk Societies, and the Admissions Office. Whether posting a note to classmates on Facebook, making calls for the Trinity Fund, or planning for Reunion, Ann is one of those tireless volunteers whose special efforts and persuasive successes further strengthen the College.

Current volunteer roles: Past volunteer roles:• Long Walk Societies Committee Member • Class Agent• Reunion Committee Member • Phonathon Volunteer• Admissions Volunteer

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The groups will perform for small audiences and hold their regularly scheduled rehearsals in the facility.

“Any study of music—vocal, instrumental, urban, classical, experi-mental, historical—will be greatly enhanced by the addition of this

dedicated rehearsal and performance space,” says Gail Woldu, music depart- ment chair and professor of music. “It will add so much to the study of music…and attract even more talented students who love music to our campus. At the same time,” she adds,

“it will draw bigger audiences to our diverse and exciting performances and truly enhance the Trinity experience for everyone who enjoys music.”

For more information or to request a copy of the new brochure, “Music at Trinity: Giving Voice to

Music,” please contact Vice President for College Advancement Ron

Joyce at ronald.joyce@trincoll.edu or (860) 297-2134.

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An artist’s rendering of the proposed neurosciences wing.

Trinity has exceptional neurosciences faculty and an interdisciplinary teaching

model that energizes our students. The College has bright, ambitious students in the neurosciences. We now need modern, dedicated space to dramatically expand the learning experience and environment for our budding scientists who will positively influence the next generation of neurosciences.

As part of the Cornerstone Campaign, Trinity has proposed the construction of a $3.5 million, 4,425-square-foot wing adjacent to

Neuroscience: A New Space for Fast-Growing Sciencethe Jacobs Life Sciences Center that will provide up-to-date facilities for faculty members and students in the neurosciences, including a computer laboratory, faculty research facilities, a seminar room, faculty offices, and student meeting areas. Trustee Michael Loberg ’69, P’00 is chair-ing this new fundraising initiative.

The stand-alone laboratory wing is a response to unprecedented growth in Trinity’s Neuroscience Program, a relatively new program that has already achieved national recognition for its teaching and research. The addition will have the capacity to

ANTICIPATED COMPLETION: MAY 2011

Work is under way to develop Trinity’s first dedicated neurosciences teaching laboratory in the basement of the Jacobs Life Sciences Center. Funded by a generous gift from Trustee Michael Loberg ’69, P’00 and his wife, Melinda Loberg P’00, this new lab is Phase I of providing modern science facilities for the Neuroscience Program. Phase II will be the planned neuroscience wing, to be built as an addition to Jacobs once the $3.5 million fundraising goal is met.

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A blackboard crossword puzzle developed over time by neuroscience students reflects ongoing research projects. L-R: Tracey Suter ’11; Susan Masino, the Charles A. Dana Research Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Trinity; Josh Altschuler ’13; and Julia Svedova ’11.

accommodate new faculty, additional students, and new curricular and re-search programs as the program grows. The wing will be sustained even if a new science building is constructed to replace Jacobs in the long-term future.

For more information or to request a copy of “Neuroscience at Trinity: Lives of the Mind,” please contact Vice President for College Advancement Ron Joyce at ronald.joyce@trincoll.edu or (860) 297-2134.

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NEW WING INCLUDE:

• An 825-square-foot computer “dry” lab that will allow renovated basement space to be used exclusively as a wet lab. Courses that will be taught in the new lab include: Perception; Brain and Behavior; Cognitive Psychology; Learning and Memory; and Applications of Human Cognition Research. The new lab will also be used for student research.

• State-of-the-art computer work stations for cognitive analysis of f MRI scans

• Storage spaces for computers and scientific equipment

• Appropriate testing spaces for human subjects

• Areas for students and faculty interaction

• A neurosciences seminar room • Two faculty research spaces

of approximately 550 square feet each

• Shared office space for four adjunct and visiting faculty, at approximately 400 square feet each

• An office for the biology and neuroscience lab coordinator of approximately 150 square feet

Existing Life Sciences

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1 Seminar room, 450 square feet

2 Student informal study space

3 Laboratory storage

4 Psychology professor’s lab

5 Office

6 Dry laboratory, 825 square feet

7 Corridor

8 Professor’s lab

9 Custodial space and handicapped- accessible restrooms

10 Elevator and stair lobby

11 Existing neuroscience laboratory

12 24 covered parking spaces beneath the lab

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“What better way to celebrate a milestone reunion than by creating more scholarship support for deserving students,” says Merrill Yavinsky ’65, who, along with classmates John Ellwood and Peter Sturrock, is leading 50th Reunion planning for the Class of 1965’s celebration in 2015. Several Trinity classes gearing up for 50th Reunion celebrations have identified scholarship support as the priority around which their class gifts will be centered. Yavinsky, honored last year with Trinity’s Gary McQuaid Award, established his own endowed scholarship fund at the College in 2007, with income providing aid for students from Hartford like Rae Haynes ’13, pictured at left with Yavinsky.

Generous gifts and pledges toward financial aid endowment through the

Cornerstone Campaign are almost $59 million and are already support-ing the College’s goal of increasing the percentage of Trinity students to whom we can offer need-based aid. [See chart, page 8.] When the financial aid campaign goal of $100 million is met, Trinity hopes to reach a level of being able to offer at least 45 percent of the student body Trinity aid. Adding another $41 million or more to Trinity’s

endowment will provide new aid for 80 more deserving students.

Virtually every strategic goal that Trinity has set for itself—including student quality, academic rigor, advanced programs, diversity, global and local impact, and enhanced reputation—are all dependent on the College’s ability to offer financial support to talented students.

According to Larry Dow ’73, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, financial grants are a key determinant in Trinity’s ability to compete for many of the most

Improving Financial Aid Resources for Studentsdesirable students. “We are losing top prospects to colleges with whom we should be much more competitive,” he explained. “Trinity attracts an amazing applicant pool, many of whom need substantial funding to attend if admitted. We need to be able to reach a greater number of those talented, needy students with competitive offers of financial aid.

“We simply can’t compete on an even playing field with colleges whose greater endowments allow them to make more offers of financial assistance to the strongest students.

Even colleges that already assist significantly higher percentages of their applicants continue to escalate their efforts to raise even more endowment for scholarships.”

As reported in our fall issue, Trinity’s focused effort to raise financial aid endowments is led by Trustees Emily Bogle ’79, Jeff Kelter ’76, and Tim Walsh ’85. For more information, and/or to pledge your support, please contact Vice President for College Advancement Ron Joyce at ronald.joyce@trincoll.edu or (860) 297-2134.

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EXAMPLES OF ENDOWED FUNDS

THAT SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS AT TRINITY

KATHLEEN O’CONNOR BOELHOUWER ’85 MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP | established in 2009 by family, friends, classmates, and colleagues in loving memory of Kathleen O’Connor Boelhouwer ’85 of Farmington, CT, until her death Trinity’s Vice President for Alumni Relations and Communications, to be used to provide need-based scholarship assistance to Trinity students, with preference for those who attended Miss Porter’s School in Farmington. Principal value: $65,805

ALEXANDER A. GOLDFARB SCHOLARSHIP | established in 1987 as a gift from the Alexander A. Goldfarb Memorial Trust in memory of Mr. Goldfarb, a member of the Class of 1946, to be used for an annual award to a student whose activities have done the most during the year to benefit the City of Hartford, and for a need-based scholarship to a resident of Hartford. Principal value: $200,250

“THANK YOU, DEAN LACY” SCHOLARSHIP | established in 2010 by William P. Scully ’61, of Vero Beach, FL, in honor of O.W. Lacy, former dean of students, to be used for scholarship purposes with preference given to students who have returned to the College after an interruption of one or more semesters in their educational career. Principal value: $1,000,000

SUH FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP | established in 1990 by Mr. and Mrs. Dong S. Suh of New York City and their children Eugene W. Suh ’89 and Sharon A. Suh ’91, to be used to provide financial aid to needy students, with preference given to Asian students. Principal value: $45,000

WHITTERS FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP | established in 1996 by James P. Whitters, III, ’62, a former trustee of the College, to be used for aid to a student who has elected to major in American history or American studies. Principal value: $194,125

Of the nearly 1,000 individual endowed funds that make up Trinity’s endowment, more than 340 are dedicated to supporting scholarships for students. For more information on contributing to one of the many endowed funds that support scholarships, or to establish a new fund, please contact the Office of College Advancement at (860) 297-2134.

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF FULL-TIME

TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATES WHO WERE

AWARDED ANY NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIP

OR GRANT AID OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS

Macalester College 67

Mount Holyoke College 62

Smith College 59

Carleton College 56

Amherst College 54

Vassar College 54

Oberlin College 51

Sewanee (Univ. of the South) 49

Williams College 49

Middlebury College 46

Union College* 46

College of the Holy Cross 44

Haverford College 44

*Two-year average included for Union as 2007–2008 figures are unavailable. Source: Common Data Set figures from college Web sites

Bowdoin College 43

Hamilton College 43

Wesleyan University 43

Franklin & Marshall College 41

Kenyon College 41

Bates College 39

Connecticut College 39

Trinity College 37

Colby College 37

Colorado College 37

Colgate University 34

Abbreviated descriptions have been included due to limited space. Principal value figures are as of 12/31/2010. For more information on the endowed funds listed above, and for a full listing of endowed funds at Trinity, please visit www.trincoll.edu/givingtotrinity and click on the Endowment Report link.

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Trinity has received a $1.2 million bequest from the estate of Thomas

McKenna Meredith ’48, who died in 2007. This generous gift will establish a permanent endowment providing faculty support for the Environmental Science Program.

The gift is designed to be invested and grow, eventually establishing the Thomas McKenna Meredith ’48 Professorship of Environmental Science. Initially, the endowed fund will support a post-doctoral fellow who will both teach and conduct research in the Environmental Science Program.

A longtime resident of Hartford and also Green Hill, Rhode Island, Meredith was the retired chairman of the investment firm Coburn & Meredith. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and completed 30 years of service in the U.S. Naval Reserve, from which he retired as a commander. Meredith traveled extensively, most notably in the Arctic and Antarctica.

“It was a pleasure to contact Trinity to let them know about our dad’s gift,” said Melissa Meredith. “My brother Bill and I are delighted to see this endowed fund established in his honor. Our father had two passions in life—small growth stocks and Arctic travel. His smart invest-ments over the years will now benefit his alma mater; perhaps Trinity students will even learn about the Arctic in an environmental science course. He would be pleased.”

Dean of Faculty Rena Fraden said, “We are grateful for Mr. Meredith’s generous gift and what it will make possible for a vibrant, yet relatively young, academic program. Environmental science draws together diverse branches of learning, from geophysics and engineering to biology and chemistry, with an interdisciplinary approach that transcends departmental boundaries. This gift will enable us to strengthen an important academic program.”

This summer, faculty members Christoph Geiss, director of the

$1.2M Bequest Strengthens Environmental Science

Thomas McKenna Meredith ’48: His $1.2 million bequest will have a lasting impact on Trinity’s Environmental Science Program

Environmental Science Program, and Jonathan Gourley, lecturer and laboratory coordinator in the program, plan a field trip to Iceland with students and alumni, during which they will scout out the location for a potential course on arctic ecology in the northwest fjords of Iceland. Geiss observed, “Since Mr. Meredith was in the Navy and Iceland, until recently, had a refueling depot in one of its fjords, he might have been close to our proposed field site on one of his missions.”

In 2000, Trinity established its Environmental Science Program in response to dramatic growth in the field and a surge in student interest. An overwhelming response from students led to the establishment of the environmental science major in 2002; and in 2008, again to meet growing interest, program faculty established a minor. Currently, 30 Trinity students are majoring in environmental science.

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We are pleased to announce that Trinity’s 2009–2010 Endowment Report of the Treasurer has been published on Trinity’s Web site. We hope you will take an opportunity to view the report at www.trincoll.edu/givingtotrinity. Questions regarding the report or endowments at Trinity College can be directed to Director of Donor Relations Christine Nilson Foote, at christine.foote@trincoll.edu or (860) 297-4246.

Endowment Report2009-2010

?Did You KnowThe Long Walk Societies (LWS) were formed in 1992 as a way to show the College’s appreciation for leadership gifts to Trinity College. LWS members are a group of Trinity’s most generous and most celebrated donors. Gifts to

Trinity at the LWS levels accounted for 81 percent of the 2010 Trinity College Fund and approximately 77 percent of overall giving to Trinity for fiscal

year 2010, which ended June 30, 2010. Read more on page 11 about the Long Walk Societies and the current Chairman’s Circle Challenges inspiring

more individuals to step up to LWS membership.

R E C E N T M A J O R G I F T S T O T R I N I T Y

As of March 1, 2011, Trinity had received over $22.3 million in new gifts and pledges since the beginning of the fiscal year. Below is a representative sampling of the gifts Trinity’s generous donors have made through the Cornerstone Campaign from November 1, 2010 through March 1, 2011.

THOMAS MCKENNA MEREDITH ’48 | A bequest of $1,167,395 to establish the Thomas M. Meredith ’48 Professorship in Environmental Science (initially a post-doctoral position).

JILL SEAMAN PLANCHER P’15, KEVIN D. PLANCHER ’80, P’15, AND THE JULIUS SEAMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION | A commitment of $250,000 to support the renovation of the Austin Arts Center.

MARGARET B. AND ANDREW M. PAUL P’12 | A commitment of $250,000 to establish the Paul Family Scholarship, provide annual resources to the men’s lacrosse team, and support the Trinity College Fund.

VIRGINIA AND THOMAS J. SCOTT ’43 | A bequest of $200,000 to establish an unrestricted endowment fund to support the highest and most pressing needs and opportunities at the College in a given year.

DAVIS UNITED WORLD COLLEGE SCHOLARS PROGRAM | A grant of $180,000 to provide financial aid to Davis United World College Scholars enrolled at Trinity in the 2010–2011 academic year.

HENRY M. ZACHS ’56 | Gifts totaling $146,500 to establish the Kassow Hillel Kosher Kitchen in the Mather Dining Hall in honor of Professor Sam Kassow ’66 and Hillel Director Lisa Kassow, and provide support for Hillel annual programming, the Watkinson Library, and the Trinity College Fund.

WILLIAM C. HOWLAND ’63 | A charitable remainder trust in the amount of $100,655, the residuum of which will augment the Class of 1963 Scholarship Fund.

MARIE AND JOHN ZIMMERMANN FUND, INC. | A grant of $80,000 to support the Jones-Zimmermann Academic Mentoring Program, enabling Trinity students to serve as positive role models and provide tutoring and homework help to children at the Hartford Magnet Middle School.

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Goal is 1,000 Members for This Year’s Long Walk SocietiesTrinity has set a goal to achieve a record 1,000 Long Walk Societies (LWS) members this year. The current Chairman’s Circle Challenges for LWS members provide a terrific incentive to fortify and expand this community of more than 870 alumni, parents, and friends whose support makes a profound difference for Trinity. Please help us increase the impact of the LWS by joining, re-newing membership, or moving up a membership level and by encourag-ing others to join by June 30, 2011.

An impressive LWS record for senior class members continues to climb: so far, 38 students from the Class of 2011 have been inspired to become new LWS members, thanks to the 1:1 Chairman’s Circle Challenge match for new members.

THE IMAGE OF THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM FOUNDA-TION, NEW YORK. PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID HEAD©2010 SRGF, NY. USED WITH PERMISSION.

Don’t Forget to Meet Us at the Guggenheim…

April 28-30, the much-anticipated LWS annual gala weekend takes place in New York City with our signature Thursday evening reception at the Solomon R. Guggen-heim Museum. The weekend includes faculty lectures, a luncheon at the University Club with speaker Danny Meyer ’80 (owner of some of New York City’s finest eating establishments), a walking tour of the Brooklyn Bridge, and a nosh tour with stops in Little Italy and Chinatown. We hope that you will join LWS members and celebrate Trinity!

The Long Walk Societies Chairman’s Circle Challenges• New Member Challenge

(Alumni and Parents) $1:$1 match for all new members

at any level of the LWS

• Young Alumni Member Challenge

$1:$1 match for all those who renew their support in the LWS

• Increased Membership Level Challenge (Alumni and Parents)

$1:$1 match for those LWS members who move up to the next level in the LWS (e.g., from Downes to Jarvis)

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Winter 2011 Report on the Cornerstone and Legacy Campaigns

Neither of these quotes is apparently attributable to known authors, but

they each connect in their own way to the essence of our efforts to inspire philanthropy to benefit Trinity’s mission.

This small but powerful College on Gallows Hill in Hartford is now

comprised of 80 buildings, each preparing students for their place in the world tomorrow.

The Cornerstone and Legacy Campaigns have just one purpose: to educate our talented and aspiring young.

This report is public confirmation that Trinity investors and Trinity volunteers are doing extraordinary

things for our students and their futures. I won’t mention their names. I will, however, spotlight their impact.

One donor understands that great teaching, not just good teaching, is a core component of the Trinity experience. He has fully endowed the Center for Teaching and Learn-ing, where senior faculty mentor

“Money is never so honored as when it is being used to educate the young.”“A school is a building that has four walls and a tomorrow inside.”

T R I N I T Y W O M E N ’ S I C E H O C K E Y E X E M P L I F I E S

T H E T R I N I T Y E T H I C

The Trinity women’s hockey team scored a 5-1 victory over the Wesleyan University Cardinals February 15, competing outdoors during the 2011 Whalers Festival at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. The women, and all members of Trinity’s 29 intercollegiate teams, learn lessons of competition and teamwork that will serve them well for the rest of their lives. Investments in athletics will protect and sustain Trinity’s athletic competitiveness in NESCAC, and ensure a quality experience for all of Trinity’s student-athletes. As part of the Cornerstone Campaign, the College aims to raise a minimum of $10 million in endowed funds to support athletics. To date, almost $3.8 million has been raised. According to Director of Athletics Mike

Renwick, “Athletic endowment funds are a critical component of the overall funding strategy for any successful athletic department because they directly ensure the long-term sustainability of programs and directly affect the overall student-athlete experience.” For more information, please contact Director of Principal Gifts Peter Burns ’97 at peter.burns@trincoll.edu or (860) 297-4209.

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new faculty on how to be effective teachers and counselors for our students. Few colleges have such centers. Trinity’s is fully endowed in perpetuity.

Another donor cherishes the place of music of all varieties on our campus, but Trinity has no true dedicated place to practice and

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perform music in a prime acoustic setting. That donor has provided the lead gift to build such a place at Trinity. Someone he does not yet know, and who uses music to reach children of all ages, is a new

philanthropic partner, too. Others will join them. Music at Trinity will be celebrated as never before.

Two other donors and their families have a special affection for art history, on one hand an apprecia-

tion for learning and mentors that helped shape their lives; on the other hand, aspirations about expanding teaching opportunities and art interests for new generations. Two new endowed chairs will invigorate this discipline.

Yet another donor has been so concerned for the plight of students whose parents have faced cataclysmic financial hardships that he is paying the tuitions of several of these undergraduates. And he has commit-ted a multi-million-dollar financial aid endowment to ensure their sustainability.

Others are investing passionately in a more robust career services operation at Trinity, so that our students will be better prepared and better networked to gain meaningful entry into the workforce or graduate studies after their graduation.

Finally, one donor has observed the imperfections of the landscaping on Mather Quad since being a first-year resident in Jones. Given the overall beauty of the Trinity campus, and the incongruity of the barren Quad, the donor is investing in a plan to truly enhance the attractiveness and functionality of this most trafficked part of the College’s campus. It will be breathtaking.

C O R N E R S T O N E C A M P A I G N P R O G R E S SAs of March 1, 2011

Trinity Fund (unrestricted and restricted) $49.7 M raised $65 M goal

Financial Aid Endowment $58.9 M raised $100 M goal

Faculty/Academic/General Endowment $63.9 M raised $115 M goal

Campus Improvements $19.3 M raised $20 M goal

Other Purposes/General Endowment $30.0 M raised

Overall Progress $221.8 M raised $300 M goal

The Cornerstone and Legacy Campaigns are not impersonal collection baskets, driven by tallies. They are simply the financiers of Trinity’s mission to educate and Trinity’s aspiration to excel.

The donor stories cited are not fiction or hyperbole. They are real and they have all occurred in the past three months.

While each of the donors has his or her personal motivation for giving, I suspect that their philanthropy resonates in this John Wesley exhortation:

Do all the good you can,By all the means you can,In all the ways you can,In all the places you can,At all the times you can,To all the people you can,As long as you ever can.

We are grateful to each and every Trinity donor for doing all the good you can. Sincerely,

Ronald A. JoyceVice President for College Advancement

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Last year, Trinity was among a very small, distinguished group of schools recording

a truly outstanding level of alumni giving. Among more than 3,000 two- and four-year public and private colleges, the only others that, like Trinity, reached 55 percent or better alumni participation were: Amherst, Centre, Davidson, Middlebury, Princeton, and Williams.

There are many ways Trinity alumni engage in and connect with the College, but this expression of support

has an especially far-reaching impact. Consider the impact here:

• Ouralumnigivingpercentageisatangible index of both pride and satisfaction. Equally important, it tells interested outside observers that members of the Trinity family care deeply about the College and its values. And, whether or not we like the college rankings by U.S. News and World Report, the participation rate is in its calculus in rating colleges and is a category where Trinity’s rank is highest.

Alumni Giving: Keep Trinity in the Top Ten

Thanks to the many alumni, parents, and friends who have made their plans known, the College has documented almost $59 million

in future bequest intentions during the past 56 months. This investment in Trinity’s future will strengthen the College’s endowment, enrich academic

offerings, and provide much-needed financial aid to generations of students. We invite you to plan on behalf of future Trinity students and to let your plans

be known to the College. Please contact Director of Gift Planning Eve Forbes at eve.forbes@trincoll.edu or (860) 297-5353.

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• TheTCFprovideseightpercentof each year’s College budget (up from five percent a decade ago). Imagine a Trinity that had eight percent less to spend. That would affect scholarships, academ-ics, athletics, and virtually every important element of Trinity.

• TheTCFgiveseverydonor,regardless of his or her capacity to give, an opportunity to be a stakeholder in Trinity’s excellence. That includes thousands of gifts of $25, $50, or $100 that add up

to several million dollars yearly. Supporting the TCF gives every donor a chance to make a mean- ingful difference right now, today.

To stay in the top ten, we need our alumni to remember their own annual gift to the Trinity College Fund, and remind friends and class-mates about this collective expression of support. Reaffirm the importance of giving to the Trinity College Fund and maintain our top-ten ranking. Thank you!

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At the end of February,

Trinity launched a

completely new

Web site at www.trincoll.edu.

Designed by the firm mStoner

of Chicago and built by Trinity’s

Office of Communications and

Office of Information Technology

Services, the site showcases a new

design that reflects the excitement

and dynamism of Trinity today.

The site includes a strong focus

on volunteerism and philanthropy,

including new volunteer and

reunion giving pages, making it

easier for members of the Trinity

community to engage as volun-

teers and donors.

At right is an image of

the College’s new home page.

Please visit the new site at

www.trincoll.edu. We welcome

your comments via e-mail, to

webmaster@trincoll.edu.

A Fresh Look: Trinity’s new Web site

Changing yellow tabs prompt new images and cap-tions highlighting life at the College and Trinity’s urban and global focus.

The design provides an opportunity for large images, including shots showcasing Trinity’s beautiful campus.

More than a dozen features throughout the site highlight Trinity students, faculty, and programs with content that tells viewers what we’re all about.

The College’s social media links are featured throughout the site.

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Reorganized topic navigation, audience navigation (top left), and task navigation (top right) make visits easier and faster.

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The Cornerstone Chronicle is published three times annually to provide news and updates about the Cornerstone Campaign and giving to Trinity College.

Please address all inquiries to:Advancement CommunicationsTrinity College300 Summit StreetHartford, CT 06106e-mail: kathy.andrews@trincoll.eduPhone: (860) 297-4278Fax: (860) 297-2312

James F. Jones, Jr.President and Trinity College Professor in the Humanities

Ronald A. JoyceVice President for College Advancement

Jenny HollandDirector of Communications

Gretchen OrschiedtDirector of Development

Kathy AndrewsDirector of Advancement Communica-tions

Contributing Writer:Leigh MacDonald

Design:2k Design

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In December, we conducted a survey by e-mail with readers of the Chronicle. Our thanks to the more than 100 people who participated. Your feedback helped us determine content for this issue and will influence what you read in future issues.

• A majority of respondents, 63 percent, identified “Trinity’s future plans” as the topic they are most interested in reading about in the Chronicle. Readers also mentioned strong interest in academic programs and faculty excellence.

• 88 percent of respondents think the coverage on recognition of donors and volunteers is very good or excellent.

• 64 percent of respondents prefer to read the Chronicle in print while 19 percent prefer reading it online. Sixteen percent enjoy having both options.

One respondent wrote, “The Campaign Chronicle is a great summary of campaign-related news; it’s the most useful update I get on fundraising, by far.”

We invite you to continue to send your suggestions for the Chronicle to kathy.andrews@trincoll.edu.

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NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR C H RO N I C L E DES IGN

The design of our campaign newsletter has received honors in the 2010 American Graphic Design Awards competition. Winners, selected from among 9,000-plus entries, are featured at www.gdusa.com. Special thanks go to 2k Design of Clifton Park, New York, designer of our campaign publications.