Registration for the Saturday Morning Experience -- The Saturday Morning Experience (SME) program at Trinity is an enrichment program for 1st-8th grade Gifted and Talented students. If you are interested in learning more about the program, please call 210-999-7580 (leave a message and a student coordinator will return your call) or send an email to sme@trinity.edu.
2008 Trinity Prize Finalists Announced -- In recognition of their outstanding performance in public education, 20 exceptional teachers from Bexar County have been chosen as finalists for the 2008 Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Among the finalists, Dr. Julia Blair Battle (Judson Independent School District) and Ms. Teresa Dean Smith were selected to receive the 2008 Trinity Prize.
Grant Announcement -- On January 7, 2008, Congressman Lamar Smith, visted the Trinity campus to announce a $146,000 grant to establish a state of the art teaching laboratory in the Storch Memorial Building. “ Funding is provided by an appropriations bill approved by President Bush and sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio.
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The 2008 Lee and Zachary Carter Lecture will feature Dr. Ronald Takaki, an internationally recognized scholar, author of 11 books, and a professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, for over 30 years. The event will be held on the evening of September 24, 2008. More details forthcoming!
Registration for Spring Classes -- The department expects that Trinity undergraduates who plan to apply for the M.A.T. program will follow one of the plans for certification described in the Course of Study Bulletin (or see pages 157-183 in the bound copy). Required courses within each academic major have been carefully selected to best prepare furture teachers for a successful career in Early Childhood-Grade 12 education. In addition to fulfilling the requirements of your academic major, applicants to Teacher Education are also expected to complete several courses within the Education Department. Click here for more info.