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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Susie P. Gonzalez
May 11, 2007
Urban Studies Students at Trinity University Accepted as Fellows
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Ross Rocketto |
SAN ANTONIO – Two urban studies students from Trinity University have been accepted into prestigious fellowships that will start in the fall. Holly Frindell ’06 was selected as a 2007-2008 New York City Urban Fellow, while Ross Rocketto ’07 will enter the 2007-2008 Coro Fellow program at the Coro Leadership Center in St. Louis.
Char Miller, director of Trinity’s urban studies program, said, “That our students went toe-to-toe with the very best and brightest in the country in what are a series of very intense all-day interviews and were tapped for these prestigious honors, is a mark of their great abilities and achievements.”
Frindell is pursuing a master’s degree in urban policy analysis at Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy in New York City. At Trinity, she majored in urban studies and religion with a minor in Spanish. She also was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society and participated in cross country and track, danced with the Trinity University Ropers, and worked at the campus radio station, KRTU-91.7 FM. She said the urban studies program at Trinity “instilled in me an enthusiasm for the vibrant complexity of urban centers, as well as the skills to analyze and evaluate urban policy.” She is the daughter of Wayne and Margaret Frindell of Westerville, Ohio.
The nine-month New York City Urban Fellows
Program combines full-time employment in city government with a
comprehensive seminar series exploring the mechanics of local government.
Fellows tackle some of the most challenging jobs in city government. They
work in virtually every area, from the budget process to agency operations,
low income housing to affordable health care, and education to economic
development. Supported by five mayoral administrations since 1969, the Urban
Fellows Program has benefited hundreds of exceptional college graduates with
the desire and potential to contribute to the public sector.
Rocketto is a double major in urban studies and political science. He has a range of experience in political campaigns, including a position as field organizer for the Bill Richardson for President Campaign and in the Congressional campaigns of Christopher Bell and Kenneth Bentsen Jr. of Houston as well as the John Edwards for President Campaign and the Julian Castro for Mayor of San Antonio Campaign. He was active in Trinity’s political organization, Generation Democrat. Also at Trinity, Rocketto was a research assistant in the political science department and treasurer of Iota Chi Rho in his sophomore year. “Being at Trinity has prepared me for life after college because it has provided me an environment to make mistakes and then learn from them.” He said faculty members such as Miller, Christine Drennon in urban studies, and David Crockett and Tucker Gibson in political science, displayed “some of the sharpest minds I’ve ever come across.” He is the son of Harold and Jo-Ann Rocketto of Houston.
The Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs has been listed for the last decade as one of the top 10 internships in the country by Princeton Review. The program is designed to prepare individuals for effective and ethical leadership in the public affairs arena.
Trinity University, founded in 1869, is one of the nation’s top private undergraduate institutions. Noted for its superior academic quality, outstanding faculty, and exceptional academic and residential resources, Trinity is committed to the intellectual, civic, and professional preparation of its students.
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