Terry Lee is shown with Masai people from her study abroad as an undergraduate.
Senior Terry Lee wins Fulbright Grant Teresa Lee '95 was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach English in Korea for the 1995-96 academic year. According to the]. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the United States Information Agency (USIA), Lee is one of nearly 2,000 U.S. grantees traveling abroad this year under the Fulbright Program. Established in 1946 under Congressional legislation introduced by former Senator Fulbright of Arkansas, the program is designed "to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries." Born in Korea, Lee has lived in the U.S. since infancy. Much of her interest in education stems from her mother's experi-
ences teaching in Korea in the late '60s and early '70s . During her year abroad, she expects to teach English as a second language to middle- or high school students ten hours each week. She also plans to spend time researching the impact of American culture on Korean culture, particularly since the time of the Seoul Olympics. Lee is particularly
Young alumni eligible for Luce Program
If your 30th birthday falls after September 1, 1996, you might be eligible to apply to be a Luce Scholar in Asia in 1996-97 (expenses are paid by the Henry Luce Foundation). Trinity is one of three-score American colleges which have been invited to submit nominations in the fall of 1995. The deadline to submit a draft nomination to the Office of International Programs at Trinity is Monday, October 16, 1995. Anyone interested in this possibility should contact Robbins Winslow, director of international programs at Trinity (phone- 860297-2437; fax- 860-297-2257; or electronic mail robbins.winslow@mail. trincoll. edu), well in advance of this deadline to discuss his or her nomination. The following excerpts from Foundation material provide a sketch of the program; more information is available from Winslow. The program is "experiential rather than academic in nature. At the heart of the enterprise are the internships ... These work assignments run ... from mid-September until July... " The program is meant " ... to broaden their [young alumni] professional perspectives and to sharpen their perceptions of Asia, of America, and of themselves." "Candidates should have a record of the highest academic achievement, combined with the evidence of outstanding leadership ability. More important than any other single criterion, candidates must have a mature and clearly defined career interest in a specific field and must have given evidence of potential for professional accomplishment within that field. Applications cannot be considered from whose who already have had significant exposure to Asian culture or who have a specific career interest in Asian affairs." •
Maya Angelou
New class is biggest in several years Events in First-Year Program greet Class cf'99
The College launched its dynamic, new First-Year Program with incoming new students, starting with three exciting evening programs in late August: An Evening with Maya Angelou, a talk with Ralph Nader, and a mock press conference with Thomas Jefferson scholar/impersonator Clay J enkinson. The Class of'99, 509 strong, is the first to participate in this yearlong program linking their intellectual and residential experiences. "The academic and social transition to college life is particularly challenging to firstyear students," says David Reuman, associate professor of psychology and director of the First-Year Program. "Rather than limit our energies to a one-week orientation, First-Year enables us to provide an organized, ongoing learning environment that encourages collaboration among students , faculty and administration." "Angelou, Nader and the Jeffersonian scholar were chosen to kick off Trinity's First-Year program for reasons beyond name recognition and entertainment value," says Senior Associate Dean of Students Mary
interested in its effect on education there, including whether the curriculum refl ects women's and environmental issues. Lee majored in philosophy at Trinity and participated in crew, student government, orchestra and the residential life program. She lives with her family in Rochester, New York. •
Thomas. "Each professional speaks to issues that will touch students' lives while at Trinity and after they h'ave graduated." In addition to the guidance ne~ students receive from the faculty leader of their fi·eshman seminar (renamed First-Year Seminars), they get support from First-Year mentors, selected juniors or seniors who provide academic assistance, counseling and programming for students. Mentors live among First-Year students in one of six designated coed dorms on calppus; each student is assigned to a room with or near others enrolfed in the same seminar. Resident assistants also live in these dorms. The C lass of 1999 is the largest since the Class of 1992. Its members came· to Trinity from more than 350 different high schools nationwide in 35 states and the District of Colu!llbia and 12 foreign countries. "This has been a very successful year in admissions," says Dean of Admissions David Borus '68. "The yield on our offers of admission increased and we consequently have an unusually large and able group of students joining ns this fall. " Applications increased by 1.5 percent this year and the number of students accepted to the College \ decreased . The largest percentage of students come from Massachusetts, fo llowed by Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and California. Minority students make up 16.5 percent of the Class of 1999, with 84 students who are Asian-American, Mrican-American, Hispanic/Latina or Native American. There are also 23 sons and daughters of Trinity al umni and an increase in first-year students who have brothers or sisters who attend or graduated from the College. •
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