https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/ 2026-07-11T08:29:34+00:00 https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/ https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/lib/exe/fetch.php/logo.png text/html 2026-07-06T17:28:41+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/secret_societies?rev=1783358921&do=diff organizations students Secret Societies Tablet The precursor to modern-day fraternities and sororities, secret societies were exclusive student organizations that offered extracurricular social entertainment and camaraderie, often through an air of secrecy. At Trinity College, known as Washington College until 1845, social organizations began to form as early as the 1820s. Initially, text/html 2026-07-06T16:44:46+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/c?rev=1783356286&do=diff C Cabinet (Museum) - A room that housed Trinity's collection of natural history specimens. President's Cabinet - An advisory group to the College President consisting of deans and division leaders. Josiah Cleaveland Cady - Trinity alumnus regarded as one of the most prolific and eminent architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. text/html 2026-07-06T16:02:10+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/h?rev=1783353730&do=diff H Computing Center in the Hallden Engineering Laboratory - The location of the first computing center at Trinity College. Hallden Hall - Originally built in 1946, a building which housed an engineering laboratory and later a computer center, but since 1991 has housed the Fine Arts Department. Halloween on Vernon - Annual Halloween celebration held on Vernon Street. text/html 2026-07-06T15:23:08+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/p?rev=1783351388&do=diff P Borden W. Painter, Jr. - 20th President of Trinity College, from 2003 to 2004 and Acting President from 1994 to 1995. Pamphlet War - A public debate over the founding of Washington College. Park Place Hall - Student dormitory located on Allen Place. Parthenon Society - One of Trinity College's first societies, formed as a rivalry to the Athenaeum Society. text/html 2026-06-10T15:46:37+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/company_of_swiss_bell_ringers?rev=1781106397&do=diff students traditions Company of Swiss Bell Ringers In the nineteenth century, this group of clandestine students made it their mission to sneak into the College’s chapel, located in Seabury Hall, to steal the bell from the belfry, bring it down into the quad, and ring it in the open air. text/html 2026-06-10T15:25:53+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/exempt_staff_council?rev=1781105153&do=diff organizations Exempt Staff Council The Exempt Staff Council (ESC) is a group of elected staff members who represent the voice of the salaried staff across all divisions of the College. This group is distinct from the Non-Exempt Staff Council (NESC), which consists of members of Trinity’s staff who are on the biweekly payroll. Exempt Staff are employees who are legally exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) because they are being paid a salary, rather than an hourly wage. text/html 2026-06-10T15:23:18+00:00 bant06 (bant06@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/sophisters?rev=1781104998&do=diff students Sophisters The term “Sophisters” is an archaic name for a college student in their third or fourth year. This custom was adopted by American schools from British universities like Oxford and Cambridge in the colonial era, but it was later dropped for the shortened “junior” and “senior” labels in use today. text/html 2026-06-04T15:37:33+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/s?rev=1780587453&do=diff S Samba Fest - Annual music festival held on Trinity's campus to celebrate Hartford's diverse cultures. Scovill Professor of Chemistry and Natural Sciences - A professorship established in 1854. Samuel Seabury, Jr. - The first Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut. Seabury Hall (Original Campus) - College building built in 1825 which housed the chapel on Trinity's old campus. text/html 2026-06-04T15:23:57+00:00 bant05 (bant05@undisclosed.example.com) https://encyclopedia.domains.trincoll.edu/doku.php/e?rev=1780586637&do=diff E Eating Clubs - Largely replaced by today's Greek Life system, eating clubs are social organizations which meet regularly for meals and other events. Eigenbrodt Cup - Award given to a notable Trinity alumnus/alumna during commencement. Eisenhower Plaque - Plaque near the chapel to commemorate President Dwight Eisenhower's visit to campus. 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.”