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Alternative Spring Break - Dominican Republic
Over Spring Break, students flew to the
Dominican Republic to participate in a program run by Orphanage
Outreach. Trinity’s group of seven students and two Student
Affairs staff members spent
the week waking up early, teaching English lessons in a local school,
and working on manual labor projects. In the course of a week, Trinity
students, along with 130 other volunteers from other schools, helped to
complete a new dining facility for the orphanage.
Trinity Goes to
Washington
Over the break, students went on a
Student Affairs sponsored program to
Washington D.C. to volunteer at various homeless advocacy organizations
including soup kitchens, shelters, and day-care facilities. The students
spent time doing a wide range of tasks from repainting shelter walls to
preparing food for the homeless. At the end of the week the group had
opportunities to meet with representatives from the Texas Senator’s office
and take an inside tour of our nation’s Capitol.
Coming your way: Room reservation stress
The room reservation process for returning students has begun (note
important dates at right). Current first year students (rising
sophomores) and current sophomores and juniors (rising juniors and
seniors) will sign up for rooms through April 3. Some tips for
parents:
- Typical stumbling blocks for students are that they have either
not paid a deposit or they do not have a roommate. While deposits
are now due, students can pay at the time they sign up, but it will
delay the process for them. deposits are required. Students with
roommates are given priority in room reservation. Those without
roommates can be more easily assigned as cancellations occur.
- Students have been sent room reservation guides (for
rising
sophomores and for
upper-class students). Reading these before the
process assures an easier process for students.
- Trinity typically has more students than spaces. People at the end
of the process will not be immediately assigned to rooms. This is
normal. If this happens to your student, assure him or her that this
is normal, that spaces always become available, and that the housing
situation will work out.
- If necessary, the Residential Life Office will release some rising
juniors from the residency requirement to create more spaces. The
students who are offered this opportunity are from the list of those
who have already applied to live off-campus, but were denied.
Spring Family Weekend is Here!
The Trinity staff hopes to see many
of you on campus this weekend and will miss those who are unable to
participate!
Spring Family Weekend is
March 27-29, 2009. This issue
of the E-Parent is being sent early because family members may be on
the road to campus during the usual Friday distribution.
Announcements
Calendar for 2009-2010 set
In conjunction with the ad hoc calendar committee, the
Registrars Office and Academic Affairs has set the
2009-2010 academic calendar. This calendar is
largely set by formula, which allows the University to set
up tentative
long-term calendars. These are always available
through the Registrars Office Web page.
Workshop - Looking Ahead: Your
Junior Year as a Springboard to Your Career
Juniors Find out how to make
the most of this time in order to support your upcoming
career decisions. Tuesday, March 24 at 6 p.m. in
Lightner Tea Room
International Career Symposium:
WorldWork Wednesdays
Students can prepare to launch their global careers with
this exciting series!
Open-forum roundtable discussion
facilitated by Dr. Jorge Gonzalez, for students to
communicate their needs on becoming global professionals. Wednesday,
April 1 at 5 p.m. in Waxahachie Room.
Students can learn more and RSVP for these
events through TigerJobs.
Career Services Corner with Brian Hirsch
Keys to The Career Kingdom –
Part 2
Be Flexible
It may seem a bit counterintuitive to advise individuals to
be targeted (the first key to the kingdom) and then say but
be flexible. But practically speaking for many new college
graduates, even in the best of times, they may have to look
at opportunities that will lead them to their eventual
target. In the current economy this could mean several
things: Asking questions such as “what are the skills I
will eventually need to have to reach my long-term goal?”
and then considering what jobs might contribute to learning
those skill sets. Understanding that no job right out of
college is going to provide all of the skills that one needs
to reach their long-term goals is also important.
Considering what industries or organizations are allied to
those that are the long-term target is also helpful. For
example, if one’s long-term goal is to work in the airline
industry, finding a job in another part of the
transportation or hospitality industry such as railroad or
the cruise lines could provide excellent experience and
also opportunities to network with individuals in the
industry that someone is actually targeting. Bottom line:
Think creatively and be open to taking opportunities that
will provide the experiences and build a portfolio that can
be used to market oneself over time.
Dr. Brian
Hirsch is the Director of
Career Services
About Campus
Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist to Speak at Trinity
University
Tonight!
View
LIVE on-line tonight.
Trinity University’s
Speech and Drama Department Presents a New Translation of Moliere’s
The Misanthrope
Trinity University
Student Wins
Battle of Flowers Oratorical Contest
Source: University Communications
Micro Mail
This section features
e-mails that were sent to all students since the last TrinitE
newsletter. Parents are invited to micro-manage their students into reading
this important information. For past due items, they are offered simply for
information. By policy, students are responsible for information sent to
them through e-mail, which serves as an official Trinity University communication tool
-- because all
students are assigned accounts. (Click on each heading to read the full
e-mail.)
2009-2010 Reading
TUgether Program
Why it matters: This is the second iteration of the highly successful
"Reading TUgether" program that brought speaker Greg Mortenson to campus
last fall.
Proof of Health Insurance
Required Before Registration*
Important Registration Info
for Undergrads - Time Sensitive!
Post-Spring Break
Reality Check: Grades and Communicating with Professors
Why it matters: These messages are sent to engage students in their own
success related to registration. Parents are urged to check with
students to ensure these items have been addressed. Please note
that students who have not updated their insurance information with Health
Services have had holds placed on registration. Returning students (such
as those on leave) who plan to register in the fall and have updated this
information the early this summer will automatically billed for University
insurance.
*Please note that a review of peer institutions reveals that
most schools use this system to mandate compliance on updating health
insurance records. (This is often one of those issues that is merely
over-looked by students and parents in the sea of other administrative
details.)
From the Class Marshal to the Class of 2012
Welcome back from your faculty class
marshal
Informational Announcement
Time Changes on Phones
Room Deposit Reminder for
Academic Year 2009-2010
System Maintenance -
3/17/2009
Mexico More than a
Neighbor - March 26,2009
ASR Election Apps, Call for
Nominations, and Issue Update
Java City Temporary Closure
The RIAA Again
Saturday Lunch in Mabee
Dining Hall
Welcome Back Concert - Your Input
Is Needed
TrinitE Parent and Family Newsletter
This newsletter is sent on alternating weeks
to subscribers. On opposite weeks the electronic student newsletter,
TigerBytes is sent to the list. Please note that any items in
maroon are links to more information.
Family members are invited to subscribe to
LeeRoy, a daily calendar, to learn about campus activities.
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Deadlines/Events
Past due
Students who have not updated insurance information with Health Services
have had holds placed on their records, which means they cannot register for
the fall. See "Micro-Mail" section below to learn more.
March 25
-
Reading with Robert Hass
- $300 Room
deposits for students returning to the residence halls next year are
due today
- Roommate
mixer for students seeking roommates for next year: 6 pm for current
first-year students and 7 pm for upper-class, Witt Center
March 26
Last day for withdrawal - undergraduates
March 27-29
Spring Family Weekend
March 27
Spring Choral Concert
March 30
- Room reservation: Rising seniors sign-up begins
(McLean towers)
- Room reservation lottery numbers posted for first year students
March 31
Room reservation: Rising seniors and juniors sign up
April 1
Room reservation: Rising sophomore women sign up
April 2
Room reservation: Rising sophomore women sign up
April 3
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Men's/Women's Tennis
- Students without roommates reserve rooms
April 4
Men's/Women's Tennis
April 8
Tenebrae Service
April 9
- Registration Begins
- Track and Field
April 10
Good Friday holiday - No classes, University offices are closed
TrinitE Parent updates
Next Tiger Bytes: April 2
Next TrinitE Parent: April 9
Missed an announcement in a previous edition? The archive list of
newsletters is now available on-line.
Click
on bold maroon type as these are links to more specific information.
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