https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/ 2026-04-17T06:47:42+00:00 https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/ https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/lib/exe/fetch.php/logo.png text/html 2026-03-24T15:18:43+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/berger-sweeney_joanne?rev=1774365523&do=diff people presidents Joanne E. Berger-Sweeney Joanne Berger-Sweeney was the 22nd president of Trinity College. She is the first woman as well as person of color to serve as College President, and was inaugurated on October 26, 2014. Berger-Sweeney received her undergraduate degree in psychobiology from Wellesley College and her M.P.H. in environmental health sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. While working on her Ph.D. in neurotoxicology from the Johns Hopkins School of Public… text/html 2026-03-19T13:16:20+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/rowing_crew?rev=1773926180&do=diff athletics Rowing (Crew) Rowing's origins at Trinity date back to 1856 with the “Minnehaha Club,” also the first-ever sports club at Trinity, following the popular trend of boating clubs in Hartford. The club first competed with groups in Hartford, but by 1858 was set to compete with other college teams in a regatta held in Springfield, Massachusetts. Days before the regatta, a member of the Yale crew team drowned while practicing, causing the race to be postponed and eventually abandoned. Alth… text/html 2026-01-26T17:55:36+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/freshman_bum?rev=1769450136&do=diff tradition events Freshman Bum The Freshman Bum was an annual event organized by the freshman class for the entertainment of the upper classes. Held between the 1870s and 1880s, it was described at the time as “a tangible expression of goodwill and humility of the Freshman class toward the rest of the college.” text/html 2025-12-01T22:08:57+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/hersh_richard_h?rev=1764626937&do=diff people presidents Richard H. Hersh Trinity Reporter Richard H. Hersh is an educator who served as the 19th president of Trinity College from 2002 to 2003. Hersh received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Political Science from Syracuse University and his Doctorate in Education from Boston University. Prior to Trinity, he worked as the Director of the Center for Moral Development at Harvard University from 1974 to 1976, the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the … text/html 2025-11-07T16:57:10+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/calithumpian_band?rev=1762534630&do=diff organizations students Calithumpian Band The Calithumpian band was an informal student musical group that was popular during 1869-1870, utilizing an unusual assortment of noisy instruments. Other “calithumpian bands” existed during the 19th century; the term “callithump text/html 2025-11-07T16:21:34+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/kazoo_band?rev=1762532494&do=diff organizations students Kazoo Band Trinity College Archives The Kazoo Band, formally known as the Bishop Brownell Memorial Marching Kazoo Band and Chowder Society, was a humorous, student-organized musical ensemble that became a distinctive feature of Trinity College’s Homecoming celebrations during the 1970s and 1980s. Known for its festive spirit, the group brought together students, alumni, faculty, parents, and local supporters in performances that celebrated community and school pride. text/html 2025-11-07T16:02:30+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/club_of_the_incogniti?rev=1762531350&do=diff organizations students Club of the Incogniti The Hermethenean The Club of the Incogniti was one of Trinity’s first secret societies, formed in the early 1830s. Although the exact date of its founding is unknown, the society emerged during a time when Trinity, then known as Washington College, was actively fostering literary excellence among its students. As such, the Club is believed to have been a literary society.