Community Connections Community connection is a source of pride at Trent University. Each year our students, faculty and staff dedicate time and their unique perspectives to the local community through outreach programs and community events. n In March, Peterborough elementary students met with their Trent penpals to celebrate another successful year and the 20th anniversary of the Trent Penpal Program. After 20 years of writing letters to promote elementary school literacy skills, 58,000 letters have been shared between over 8,600 penpals. The milestone was also celebrated in October at the Head of the Trent Homecoming Festival Tent with a ribbon cutting to launch the 20th year. n Trent hosted the Canadian Interuniversity Sport Women’s Ruby Championship in November. Trent facilities, volunteers and cheering crowds left an impression nationally. More than 1,800 fans turned out for the final cup game. n The Trent International Students Association held “Niyonkwarihoten – Our Cultural Ways” 2010’s Cultural Outreach celebration at Showplace theatre in downtown Peterborough. n The Afrobana Cultural Show was held in November 2009. Organized by the Trent African Caribbean Student Union, the evening featured song, dance, music, stories and spoken word performances. n Various events were sponsored by the Indigenous Studies Department, such as the 33rd Annual Elders’s and Traditional Peoples’ Gathering and Celebrating Indigenous Knowledge: Peoples, Lands and Cultures Conference. n Trent University Oshawa Thornton Road Campus hosted an evening of free music for the entire community with Welsh Guitar Virtuoso Gareth Pearson. A Taste of Trent and a number of public cultural, literary and historical presentations have been featured at the new campus. n A free public lecture on the global warming crisis and fallout from the Copenhagen Climate Conference was delivered by Dave Martin, Greenpeace Canada’s climate and energy coordinator. n Through the Trent Centre for Community-Based Education (TCCBE), a number of research projects for various community organizations in Peterborough and Haliburton Counties were completed this year. A number of students received awards for their community-based research projects: Clare Hanlon, Central East Community Care Access Centre Prize, A History of the Women’s Health Care Centre, Ann Baker, Civic Award (City of Peterborough) – Cultural Betterment, Dissecting a Doctor’s Ledgers Two Centuries Later, Patarapa Padungpat, Pammett Historical Prize, Memoir of an Environmental Activist, and Robert Kiley, Symons Essay Prize: Fourth Year, Aging Well: The Personal Experience Project Two.
ASHLEY Fourth-year student, Psychology Trent University Oshawa Thornton Road Campus Extracurricular: Peer mentor, IMPACT leadership program, dance instructor, fundraising for children’s charities What I love about Trent: The best thing about studying at Trent University Oshawa is the sense of community within the school. You get to know the professors and other students really well which infinitely enhances your learning experience Future Goals: International lawyer, United Nations
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