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-{{tag>organizations traditions}} ====== Nests ======
+{{tag>organizations students traditions}}
+====== Nests ======
-Part of the [[bantam_network|Bantam Network]], Nests (so-called based on the college's mascot) are "networks of care" and support systems for students, encouraging community, and providing mentorship and resources. They are named after historically significant people, objects, and places related to Trinity.
+Established in 2015 as part of the [[bantam_network|Bantam Network]], Nests are "networks of care" and support systems for students that encourage community and provide mentorship and resources. The term "Nests" derives from the College's mascot, the [[bantam|Bantam]]. Each Nest is named after an historically significant person, object, or place related to Trinity.
-Students are placed into a Nest upon entering the College and discover which during their [[convocation|Convocation]] ceremony; each Nest is comprised of about 40-70 students and has its own Dean as well as faculty advisor (which is the student's first-year seminar professor).
+Students are placed into a Nest upon entering the College and discover which during their [[convocation|Convocation]] ceremony. Each Nest is comprised of about 40-70 students and has its own Dean as well as faculty advisor (which is the student's First-Year Seminar professor).
-**Minty** - named for President [[berger-sweeney_joanne|Joanne Berger-Sweeney's]] yellow laborador dog
+The Nests and their descriptions are as follows:
+**Minty** - named for President [[berger-sweeney_joanne|Joanne Berger-Sweeney's]] yellow labrador dog.
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 **Roosevelt** - named for [[theodore_roosevelt_speech|President Theodore Roosevelt]], who visited the College in 1918, and for whom a [[roosevelt_plaque|plaque]] was installed on the [[long_walk|Long Walk]].
-**Book** - named for Bishop Brownell's [[brownell_book|book]], which is traditionally touched during Commencement.
+**Book** - named for Bishop Brownell's [[brownell_book|book]], which is traditionally touched during [[commencement|Commencement]].
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-**Brownell** - named for [[brownell_thomas_church|Bishop Thomas Church Brownell]], Trinity's first President.
+**Brownell** - named for [[brownell_thomas_church|Bishop Thomas Church Brownell]], Trinity's first [[presidents|President]].
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 **Cannon** - named for the [[cannons|cannons]] from the U.S.S. Hartford, located on the Long Walk.
-**Lockwood** - named for [[lockwood_theodore_d|President Theodore Lockwood]], who led the College during times of unprecedented change
+**Lockwood** - named for President [[lockwood_theodore_d|Theodore Lockwood]], who led the College during times of unprecedented change.
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-{{:nests5.jpg?direct&200 |}}**Lemon** - named for the Trinity tradition of making punch with a [[lemon_squeezer|lemon squeezer]]
+{{:nests5.jpg?direct&200 |}}**Lemon** - named for the Trinity tradition of making punch with a [[lemon_squeezer|lemon squeezer]].
-**Washington** - named for Trinity's [[washington_college|original name]]
+**Washington** - named for Trinity's [[washington_college|original name]].
-**Elms** - named for the [[elms|trees]] that once lined the Long Walk
+**Elms** - named for the [[elms|trees]] that once lined the Long Walk.
-**Olmsted** - named for the [[olmsted_frederick_law|architect]] who designed parts of Trinity's campus
+**Olmsted** - named for the [[olmsted_frederick_law|architect]] who designed parts of Trinity's campus.
-In Fall 2022, the Watkinson library housed an exhibit detailing the objects and images relating to the Trinity Nests' names.
+In Fall 2022, the [[watkinson_library|Watkinson Library]] housed an exhibit detailing the objects and images relating to the Trinity Nests' names.
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