Trinity University President's Report, 2017-2018

President’s Report 2017-2018

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Hurricane Harvey ushered in the 2017-18 school year with unceasing winds and rain along the Texas Gulf Coast. The response from the Trinity community was immediate. Despite having only recently returned to campus, students, faculty, and staff organized numerous initiatives to donate much-needed food, money, services, supplies, and blood to those affected, as did alumni.

In these varied acts of service, we saw the truest representation of the Trinity spirit. We saw Tigers activate their problem-solving and leadership skills to advance a shared mission of compassion. Amid the devastation, it was an extraordinary demonstration of what Trinity does best: prepare world-ready leaders.

As a national liberal arts university, we achieve this mission through a unique approach that blends intellectual development and professional preparation. Our students think creatively about complex problems. From addressing crises like Hurricane Harvey to forging entrepreneurial pursuits that advance the human condition, Trinity Tigers deliver solutions that are practical and meaningful. I am pleased to share some of these stories with you as part of the 2017-18 President’s Report.

Inside we have highlighted some of the most compelling people and achievements of the year, including young alumni Alvin Mbabazi ’18 and Brent Mandelkorn ’18, whose company Dbuntu won funding in this spring’s Stumberg Venture Competition. The pair developed an online platform that helps Ugandan dairy farmers make data-driven decisions about their livestock and optimize yields. Trinity’s faculty were also recognized for their excellence, receiving an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to increase opportunities for all Trinity students to participate in undergraduate research in the arts and humanities. This initiative builds on Trinity’s STEM undergraduate research program, Entrepreneurship’s Students + Startups initiative, and the Arts, Letters, and Enterprise program, which funds nonprofit internships for humanities and other students. To cap off the academic year, our O’Neil Ford-designed campus earned its own recognition as a mid-century modern masterpiece when it was named to the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2019, we will celebrate 150 years of accomplishments like these. As I consider the people and places that made the past year significant in that history, I am reminded that we are heirs of the past and stewards of the future. With your support, we will continue to nurture the sense that anything is possible through learning and preparation, graduating the world-ready leaders who will shape our next 150 years.

Best regards,

Danny J. Anderson President, Trinity University

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

Campus Master Plan

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Community

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Strategic Plan Update

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Alumni Engagement

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Academics and Campus Life

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Giving

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Rankings and Accolades

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Financials

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Faculty

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University Boards

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Student Profile

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CAMPUS MASTER PLAN

HISTORY IN THE MAKING Trinity University is designated a modernist historic district in recognition of architect O’Neil Ford’s vision Trinity University is now listed on the National Register

of Historic Places, becoming the only Texas campus to be designated a modernist historic district. The National Parks Service designated the Trinity campus as a National Historic District in late May, four months after the Texas Historical Commission approved Trinity’s nomination as a historic district. The designation honors the architectural work of O’Neil Ford, who designed most of the University’s mid-century buildings, and will enable Trinity to shape a modern campus that honors the past.

“I am pleased that the National Parks Service has listed the Trinity University campus on the National Register of Historic Places,” says Trinity President Danny Anderson.

“This distinction honors the legacy of renowned San Antonio architect O’Neil Ford and the vision he shared with Trinity President James Laurie. Our historic district calls attention to the forward-thinking, modern vision that guides Trinity University and the spirit of entrepreneurial innovation, expressed in bricks and mortar and construction techniques, that has differentiated our campus for generations of students.”

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This designation is a key component of the Campus Master Plan, which pairs the University’s academic mission and the strategic plan objectives with Trinity’s architectural history. The district will contribute to the creation of a vision for the campus that is inspiring, functional, and enduring.

As a historic district, the University will seek to preserve the exteriors of buildings. With the exception of notable interior features, Trinity will be allowed significant latitude to renovate the interiors of the buildings within the district.

The district was proposed by a master plan committee that worked in partnership with the architectural group Page.

Larry Speck, senior principal at Page, says Ford’s contributions to Trinity deserve national recognition. “The stature of its architect, the consistently high quality of design work over decades, and the intact nature of much of the work now are all extraordinary distinguishing features,” Speck says. “These combine to make Trinity University a premier architectural ensemble that will now be preserved in the foreseeable future.”

Ford was the founding partner of Ford, Powell & Carson Architects & Planners, Inc. in San Antonio. Ford designed

FROM 1869 TO 2019

A CELEBRATION IN THE MAKING Year-long commemoration of University’s founding will span 2019 most of Trinity’s campus buildings from the 1950s to the late 1970s using the site’s unique topography to fashion modernist red brick buildings connected by walkways and lush native landscaping. Trinity has the largest concentration of Ford-designed buildings anywhere in the world, and 26 buildings on the campus contribute to the historic district.

The Texas Historical Commission voted unanimously in January to approve the proposal by Trinity to preserve Ford’s mid-century modern buildings. The Commission then forwarded the district to the National Parks Service for final approval.

Photos, from left to right: The George M. Storch Library, constructed using the lift-slab method, was dedicated in June 1952. O’Neil Ford (left) and James Woodin Laurie look out over the Skyline Campus.

Architectural details from the Chapman Graduate Center.

Trinity is already making plans to celebrate the University’s 150th anniversary. Originally founded in 1869 in Tehuacana, Texas, Trinity’s storied journey has survived three moves and overcome numerous challenges. A year-long celebration will span the 2019 year and include new and traditional University events.

“We can all take great pride in the educational excellence that is associated with the Trinity of today,” President Anderson says. “There is tremendous value in connecting with the University’s history and heritage that have made it possible for us to reach this significant point in Trinity’s journey.”

A steering committee co-chaired by Angela Breidenstein ’91, ’92, education professor, and Jacob Tingle ’95, director for experiential learning, has begun planning for the event. The sesquicentennial celebration will include many opportunities to take pride in Trinity’s history and traditions, celebrate the present, and build excitement around the journey into the University’s future.

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STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE

FIVE TO GO Trinity University is five years into implementing Trinity Tomorrow, the 10-year strategic plan that provides a road map for the University’s future.

Trinity Tomorrow builds upon Trinity’s many strengths by improving student recruitment, strengthening educational connections, emphasizing faculty teaching and research, enhancing international engagement, and sustaining a nationally recognized NCAA Division III athletic program.

Starting Strong Objective 4A: Improve undergraduate academic advising and student support This past year, the University launched its Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), called

Starting Strong, as part of the reaffirmation of accreditation process with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The QEP aims to enhance the first-year student experience.

The QEP focuses on three parts of first-year academic success: advising, teaching, and academic support. The program refines and expands the training offered to new and experienced first-year advisers, and a new advising coordinator will spearhead adviser training and implement best practices throughout the first-year advising process. Introductory-level teaching incorporates early-alert strategies to identify first-year students who will benefit from timely intervention. Trinity will also bolster academic support services, particularly in STEM fields, where first-year students often encounter difficulties. Another professional staff position, the quantitative reasoning and skills director, will oversee STEM academic support systems, including supplementary instruction and in-person tutoring.

Trinity’s QEP emerged as a faculty initiative, led by political science professor John Hermann. Other faculty and staff have been critical in its success, including Diane Saphire, former associate vice president for Institutional Research and Effectiveness. In the spring, the QEP was found by the SACSCOC reviewers to be in compliance with all relevant standards, with final action to be taken in the commission’s winter meeting.

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2017-18 Strategic Plan Highlights

STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE

ADMISSIONS GAINS

Objective 2C: The University has begun incorporat-

Foundation A: Strengthen Market Position and Improve Student Recruitment

Trinity is undertaking a series of coordinated action steps designed to increase the total number of applicants, increase selectivity, and achieve a sustainable enrollment model. The University is engaging families and students in new and meaningful ways, dedicating significant resources, energy, and creativity toward admissions recruitment.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CLASS OF 2022

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34 FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS 718 ENROLLED 3.60 % ADMIT RATE

ing new policies around hiring faculty through an interdisciplinary lens, encouraging both breadth and depth in research and teaching and showing commitment to Trinity’s Pathways curriculum.

Objective 4B: Our student-athletes are not only at

the top of their game, but also at the top of their class. Trinity Tigers collectively boast an average GPA above 3.0, with coaches encouraging players to place priority in academics.

Foundation B4: Pedagogical innovations from the

Collaborative for Learning and Teaching offer faculty support for teaching and guiding experiential learning, creating exciting and engaging ways for our faculty to be lifelong learners.

Foundation D6: Speaking of lifelong learning,

the Trinity Staff Engagement Committee (TSEC) hosted the University’s first-ever staff development day, encouraging leadership and creativity among Trinity’s staff members.

Explore more updates at strategicplan.trinity.edu.

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EMPHASIS ON DIVERSITY ENROLLING STUDENTS FROM STATES

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Some TLC Objective 4D: Improve student success, career exploration, and holistic wellness

In late August 2017, the Tiger Learning Commons (TLC) opened on the main floor of Coates Library, bringing Academic Success, the Writing Center, and Student Accessibility Services together under one roof. The TLC offers spaces for one-on-one tutoring and coaching, group study, and a testing center. Over the 2018-18 academic year, the TLC welcomed nearly half of the undergraduate student body.

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ACADEMICS AND CAMPUS LIFE

IN THE EXPERIENCE The research is clear: Students who are actively involved in both academic and out-of-class activities gain more from the college experience than those who are less involved. Trinity University promotes experiential learning and community engagement, providing an education that is larger than the sum of its parts.

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Janett Muñoz ’18 is interviewed by Univision after Trinity’s 2018 De Colores ceremony, a celebration of graduating Latina/o seniors that takes its name from the Spanish “in colors.”

When A Bond Does Not Mean The Connection Between Two Atoms Tigers form Financial Literacy Collective In the fall of 2017, Janett Muñoz ’18 approached Eugenio

Dante Suarez, finance professor, and Sheryl Tynes, vice president for Student Life, about developing a class to help students struggling with personal money management.

“College is all fun and games until you become a senior and realize that you have no idea how to do your taxes, how to invest for retirement, or how to manage your money effectively,” says Muñoz, a biochemistry and molecular biology major. “Something unsettled me about how I could explain the role of carbonic anhydrase in the body, and yet I could not tell you the first thing about taxes.”

Suarez and Tynes coordinated a group of Trinity faculty and staff to create the Financial Literacy Collective, a class about personal finance, offered in Spring 2018. They enlisted Michael Taylor, a business columnist for the San Antonio Express-News and Harvard graduate, to teach the course. The student body gave a resounding response. The class filled to capacity after just a few days of open registration, and the waitlist exceeded 20 people.

Students in the course learned about compounding and discounting interest, saving for retirement, and investing and managing their own money. Muñoz recalled asking about basic investment methods. “By basic, I mean that I asked what a ‘bond’ is,” Muñoz says. “I knew they were not the bonds we talked about in organic chemistry.”

But one of the most important aspects of the class, Muñoz notes, was its interdisciplinary nature: “It is great to see how students of all disciplines have joined together to learn about the importance of personal finance.”

Suarez echoed Muñoz, saying that the Collective is applicable to all majors. “Our goal is to reach as many students as possible to teach them good practices, and to force us all to think about our spending and saving patterns, as well as about our paths after graduation,” Suarez says. “The goal of learning about personal finance should not be to ‘get rich,’ but rather to develop a healthy lifelong relationship with money, savings, investments, debts, taxes, insurance, and even estate planning.”

Arts and Humanities Research Gets Major Boost This spring, Trinity was awarded an $800,000 grant by

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support initiatives aimed at improving access to and expanding opportunities for undergraduate research in the arts and humanities.

The grant will assist Trinity’s plan to integrate undergraduate research in the arts and humanities more fully into its curriculum and at earlier stages in students’ academic careers. The program funding will also allow the University to expand the number and diversity of students participating in these high-impact experiences in the classroom and the community.

Previous Mellon Foundation funding allowed the University to take initial steps to develop undergraduate research in the arts and humanities and create the Trinity Mellon Initiative. With this new grant, an expansion of the Mellon Initiative at Trinity will help the University increase access for underrepresented students who may not be aware of the opportunities and benefits of such research. Chad Spigel, religion professor and director for the Mellon Initiative, says, “Our goal is to create and sustain an inclusive and diverse culture of research in the arts and humanities at Trinity.”

Mellon-funded research opportunities have given students a chance to develop new skills by conducting archival research, reexamining ancient and modern texts, writing contributions to appear in academic populations, and conducting interviews in the field. This summer, the Mellon Initiative supported more than a dozen undergraduate research opportunities, including topics such as fake news and media literacy, the stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS, and racism in professional football recruitment.

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ACADEMICS AND CAMPUS LIFE

CHARTING A PATH Through its Pathways curriculum, Trinity University encourages pathways to discovery. Inspiring critical thinking, curiosity, and interdisciplinary insight, the University is committed to a liberal arts and sciences education.

2017-2018 PATHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION Simone Washington ’20 (left) and Emily Bourgeois ’20 take part in an international “Transcribe-a-thon” in honor of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Labor of Love Trinity community transcribes Freedmen’s Bureau documents on Valentine’s Day

Arts and Ideas Being Young in Asia Climate Changed Creative Genius Food Matters

11 FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE COURSES HUMA: Great Books of the Ancient World Inventing Mexico Science Fiction Social Justice A Successful Life What We Know That Just Ain’t So

More than 45 volunteers, including outside

community members, faculty, and students, spent Valentine’s Day 2018 transcribing centuries-old documents from the Freedmen’s Bureau, a federal agency that helped millions of African-Americans transition out of slavery and into citizenhood in the 19th century. The project was part of an international ongoing initiative to digitize these letters, which are currently preserved through digital images.

Letters from this organization, written by hand in sometimes difficult-to-read format, constitute more than a million records of formerly-enslaved blacks who were freed but left destitute after the Civil War. In addition to the research value these letters hold, transcription of these records will give the general public a unique insight into the lives and tribulations of American citizens living through a turbulent period of history.

The workday, organized by the Colored Conventions Project on behalf of both the National Museum of African-American History and Culture and the Smithsonian, involved more than 60 other educational centers around the globe.

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Increasing the number of digital literacy, natural sciences, and experiential courses; increasing the number of courses that satisfy the oral and visual communication capacity; and increasing the number and frequency of course offerings in each cluster.

RECOGNITION

RANKINGS AND ACCOLADES

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Trinity’s academic and co-curricular environment is consistently ranked among the best in the nation by respected guidebooks and rankings each year.

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IN THE NATION

Trinity has reached the No. 90 spot in the nation and the No. 2 spot in Texas in Forbes’ annual America’s Top Colleges rankings. The rankings factor in variables such as alumni salary, graduation rate, and student satisfaction.

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# Department of Finance and Decision Sciences Earns Industry Recognition The Trinity University School of Business’ Department of Finance and Decision Sciences is now a university affiliate program under the Chartered Financial Advisors Institute—an industry recognition that will give Trinity students an edge in their career fields.

2018 Wall Street Journal/ Times Higher Education College Rankings Trinity improved three slots to No. 79 in a national list of 1,000 schools examined by the 2018 Wall Street Journal/ Times Higher Education College Rankings, which noted that the University “is small enough to offer close connections between students and teachers and intimate class sizes, but large enough to provide a broad spectrum of research and learning opportunities.”

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2018 Kiplinger’s 300 Best College Values for 2018 Trinity has been ranked No. 27 in the nation for the best values in private colleges and No. 81 overall in Kiplinger’s 300 Best College Values for 2018, which weighs academic quality and affordability in its rankings.

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2018 U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges For the 26th consecutive year, the U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2018” guide has awarded Trinity University a No.1 ranking in the West. Trinity also received a No. 1 ranking in the best value category “Great Schools, Great Prices,” and its engineering science program was recognized as one of the top 30 in the country.

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FACULTY

DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AND RESEARCH It’s no secret that Tigers are lifelong learners—they get it from their faculty. Trinity faculty are passionate teachers, active researchers, and caring mentors, and their commitment and diligence are true strengths for the University. From experiential learning opportunities in the classroom to faculty-led study away programs, Trinity faculty help students develop the skills required to enter the market and succeed in jobs, internships, and graduate programs.

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Psychology professor Kimberley Phillips was recognized for outstanding scholarship, research, or creative work.

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Jennifer Henderson, professor and

chair of communication, was lauded for her commitment and dedication to student advising.

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Two early career faculty members— assistant professors Erin Sumner, human communication and theatre, and Nirav Mehta, physics and astronomy—were cited for distinguished teaching and research.

Diane Saphire, former associate vice

president for Institutional Research and Effectiveness, received an award for distinguished professional, community, and University service.

New this year, one faculty member and one staffer received the inaugural President’s Award for Excellence in Student Advocacy. This award, given by President Anderson, recognizes faculty and staff who “quietly and selflessly share their heart, time, talent, and treasure” with students. The recipients 6 were Jeremy Boyce ’03, coordinator of athletic recruitment and student success in the Office of Admissions, 7 and Michele Johnson, associate professor of biology.

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Claudia Stokes English Professor and Chair Recognized for her outstanding teaching and mentorship, Claudia Stokes has been named the 2018 recipient of the Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship, the most prestigious faculty award the University bestows.

Dicke Professor in Public Humanities

Board honors Trustees with Distinguished Service Awards

Michael Fischer English Professor Trinity University has appointed Michael Fischer, English professor and former vice president for Academic Affairs, as the inaugural Janet S. Dicke Professor in Public Humanities. The professorship focuses on raising the visibility of humanities at Trinity and in the community.

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A Leading Edge 1 Tess Coody-Anders ’93 was appointed vice president for Strategic Communications

and Marketing. The founder and former CEO of Wellvana, she has more than 20 years of experience developing successful, integrated marketing communications strategies and campaigns.

2 Jim Bradley was named chief information officer for Information Technology

Services. He has more than 30 years of experience as a strategic technology leader in higher education and in the corporate world. Most recently, Bradley served as a solutions delivery leader with H-E-B. 3 David Ribble ’82 was named assistant vice president for Academic Affairs for

budget and research. A biology professor for two decades at Trinity, Ribble served for 11 years as the department chair and spearheads faculty-led study abroad trips in Costa Rica focused on environmental studies.

4 Robert F. “Bob” Scherer has been named dean of the School of Business at Trinity.

Scherer shepherded the School of Business through a successful AACSB reaccreditation process. 5 Deli Yang, the Burr-Clark Professor of International Business and head of the international business program at Trinity since 2009, has been named the associate dean. She will focus on integrating the liberal arts and sciences with business curricula.

Trinity University Trustees Sharon J. Bell, George C. “Tim” Hixon ’64, and Richard M. Kleberg III ’65 each received the Distinguished

Service Award, the University’s highest honor.

Together, they have devoted nearly 100 years of service to the Board of Trustees.

Bell was presented the award during the May 2018 commencement ceremonies. A Trustee since 1988, Bell served as honorary vice chair of the Board and chair of the Church Relations and Religious Life Committee, among other key Board committees.

She was Trustee of the Chapman Funds and, like her father before her, partnered with the administration in directing the funds toward the University’s strategic goals.

Hixon, who passed away on July 18, 2018, served as a Trustee from 1987-2017, acting as chairman of the Board from 2006-08. He was an active leader in philanthropic, professional, and civic organizations and was known for his contributions to conservation.

Kleberg has been a Trustee of Trinity University since 1982. During that time, he has provided an enduring legacy to the University by endowing the Z.T. Scott Award for Teaching and Excellence, which recognizes some of the University’s finest faculty members.

In addition, Clifford “Cliff” Buchholz ’65, a Trustee since 2015, retired from the Board of Trustees and was recognized for his service and commitment to his alma mater.

The Distinguished Service Award was established by Trinity’s Board of Trustees in 1973 to recognize and honor outstanding citizens who have contributed with meaning and distinction to the wellbeing of the San Antonio community and the University.

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STUDENT PROFILE

CONFIDENT, CURIOUS, CATALYSTS Trinity students are confident, curious catalysts who confront global challenges and challenge the status quo.

At more than 2,600 strong, Trinity students discover, grow, and become visionaries to make the world a better place.

Goldwater Scholars Two students selected for prestigious national program Trinity University juniors majoring in chemistry and biology

have been named 2018 Goldwater Scholars. Zoheb Hirani ’19, a chemistry major from Missouri City, Texas, and Daisy Horr ’19, a biology major with a concentration in ecology and evolution from Austin, were selected for the prestigious program for students who intend to pursue research careers in the sciences. Hirani and Horr become the 21st and 22nd Trinity students to be named Goldwater Scholars since 1994.

Hirani is leaning toward research that will lead to a doctorate in the field of enzyme design by directed evolution, with an ultimate goal of directing research for “some sort of ingenious technology at a startup company.” He was awarded a Beckman Scholarship as a sophomore and has been involved in summer research for two years. He is president of the Trinity chapter of the American Chemical Society and is vice president of the campus social fraternity Phi Sigma Chi. Horr is a McNair Scholar and cites the program as foundational in her desire to attend graduate school. After graduating, she plans to work in a graduate school lab to study vertebrate evolution or ecology. Her career goal is to be a scientific curator in a museum. Last summer, Horr studied the dynamics of body color change in green anole lizards, and this summer she studied biodiversity and systematics of the mountain lake fauna in Virginia.

This year, the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awarded 211 scholarships, chosen from among 1,280 students from more than 2,000 colleges and universities nationwide.

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To Russia, with Linguistics When Alexandria Byrd ’18 decided to major in Russian at Trinity, she knew she should spend time

there but wasn’t sure how to make it happen. Byrd worked with Trinity’s Center for International Engagement to land an opportunity spending the fall of 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russia, at Smolny College/St. Petersburg State University, working with the CIEE Russian language program.

One of Byrd’s favorite parts of the scholarship was the service project required upon return to the states. Students are supposed to promote the scholarship through the project, but Byrd says she personally “saw it as an opportunity to advocate the study abroad experience, its financial feasibility, and the language benefits to other Russian majors at Trinity.”

Inspired by her trip, she hopes to pursue a career in Russian linguistics and is considering a minor in linguistics to go with her minor in geosciences. Specifically, she wants to become a linguist or Russian analyst/specialist in intelligence and is exploring possible career opportunities with the CIA, FBI, and State Department.

Trinity Students by the Numbers Undergraduates......................2,430 Graduate students..................176 Total Student Enrollment (Fall 2017)..............................2,606 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT BODY Female....................................53% Male........................................47% Students from Texas...............73% International students............6% Countries represented............42 Students of color....................44% Average SAT...........................1272 Average ACT...........................29.2 Students who studied abroad (2016-17)....................199 Average financial aid package per undergraduate student...................................$32,767

Data-Driven Dairy Alvin Mbabazi ’18 and Brent Mandelkorn ’18 grew up 8,000 miles apart, but they both came

to Trinity wanting to start a business. Mbabazi, a finance major in Trinity’s entrepreneurship program, grew up in Uganda, while Mandelkorn, an engineering science and accounting double major, has family in Wisconsin. Both regions are cow crazy.

“We got randomly assigned to each other in E-Hall our first year,” said Mbabazi, referring to the Entrepreneurship Hall, Trinity’s unique residential space for students interested in startups.

“We hit it off right away.”

And so, Dbuntu was born. The startup is an online data platform that helps dairy farmers make smarter, data-driven decisions through smartphone and SMS apps that keep track of milk production. The business has already undergone field testing on Ugandan farms—increasing farmers’ profitability by 35 percent—and has plans to scale up its operations there over the coming months, along with a handful of other developing African nations in the near future.

The group points to Trinity’s entrepreneurship program as instrumental to their development.

Dbuntu was a finalist in the annual Stumberg Venture Competition, a two-part pitch event that gives Trinity startups $5,000 each in seed money. Dbuntu also had a strong showing at the TCU Neeley School of Business’ “Values and Ventures” competition in April and the 2018 “Global Agripreneurs Summit” in Istanbul. “Trinity connects you with people, helps you raise capital, and they give you guidance to help you sharpen your ideas into something realistic,” Mbabazi says.

Institutional financial aid awarded

by Trinity.................................$57 mil UNDERGRADUATE CLASS OF 2018 Awarded bachelor’s of arts.................................204 of science...........................244 of music..............................2 Latin honors...........................143 Phi Beta Kappa.......................32 Graduated without debt..........56% GRADUATE CLASS OF 2018 Awarded master’s of arts.................................11 of science...........................25 of music..............................10

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COMMUNITY

ENGAGED WITH THE WORLD

University Lecture Series Trinity extends its engagement into the community by hosting major lectures and events on campus. Noted 2017-18 speakers included: Distinguished Lecture Series

Ted Koppel

Flora Cameron Lecture on Politics and Public Affairs

Ash Carter

Maverick Lecture

Ezra Klein

TU Press and Gemini Ink present

Margaret Atwood

Policy Maker Breakfast Series

James Stavridis Denis McDonough Jason Furman Soledad O’Brien

Distinguished Scientists Lecture Series

Tyrone B. Hayes Scott O. Lilienfeld Richard N. Zare

Madrid Symposium and Lecture and MAS Alvarez Seminar highlighted Latina poetry

and poets across the Americas

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Excellence in Teaching Two educators in the San Antonio region were named winners of the 2018 Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching: Jeff Wheatcraft, the STEM coordinator at Alamo Heights Junior High School, and Andrea Lucas ’02, ’03, a 4th grade bilingual teacher at Lamar Elementary School.

The Trinity Prize honors public school teachers who have distinguished their teaching practice through performance, leadership, and community service. Awardees are selected by a panel of San Antonio business and community leaders in partnership with Trinity’s Department of Education.

Taking the Plunge More than 50 Tigers took the annual San Antonio Plunge in August 2017, a five-day service event sponsored by Trinity’s Chapel Fellowships.

The event whisks students off-campus before they start the school year, placing them into small groups that each perform service projects, such as home repair or landscaping, for community members in need. Adam Toler ’20 says the Plunge fosters Trinity’s ties to the community: “You’re stuck together in a room with ten other people you may have never met—and you have to learn to work together, and you end up banding together.”

Trinity University Press is dedicated to publishing original, compelling, and imaginative work that furthers the University’s commitment to educate for the personal, lifelong quest for understanding of oneself and one’s place in the world.

Trinity Press 2017-18

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new titles published

(235 books in print; 540+ editions)

new foundations and publishing partners (84 lifetime)

new regional, national, and international awards (57 lifetime)

books featured on “best of” lists (30 lifetime) bestseller list appearances (19 lifetime)

titles licensed into foreign language editions (6 lifetime)

Engineering Aid Expanding Urban Education With more than 25 years of experience in building communities, formulating governmental policy, and developing leaders, Juan Sepúlveda has been named the Visiting Radford Professor of Practice in Urban Education at Trinity University. Sepúlveda is teaching classes on urban education and community building.

Deneese Jones, vice president for Academic Affairs, noted that Sepúlveda’s role at Trinity will “help bridge the gap between the campus and the San Antonio community, a key element of the Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan.”

Sepúlveda pointed out that Trinity’s early roots were focused on serving the San Antonio community. “Together,” he says, “we will reciprocate community and campus partnerships for the greater public good.”

China Chorale Eight Trinity choral students traveled to China over spring break to perform a mix of spirituals and folk music at the Sichuan Vocational College of Culture and Communication and Nanchong Vocational and Technical College, along with several arts-specialized high schools. The trip, organized by music professors Chia-Wei Lee and Gary Seighman and funded by support from the Dickson-Allen Foundation, brought the worlds of Chinese and American music into close contact.

Emma Lucero ’18 notes that having the opportunity to sing in China was unexpected, but she was able to make a connection with a non-English-speaking audience using the “universal language” of music. “When you sing, you feel connected with the people you sing with and with the audience,” Lucero says. “I came to Trinity because I got to keep music as a huge part of my life without being a music major.”

Engineering science majors Kathryn Schoer ’17 and James Regan ’17, along with a team of students and professors, spent their senior year installing emergency water supply station prototypes in one of Texas’ deadliest border crossing areas.

The team designed the system to hold water, attract attention both night and day, and let aid workers know when the station needs maintenance—all for about $2,000 worth of materials.

“This is humanitarian aid,” Schoer says. “We’re providing water to individuals who are dehydrated, disoriented—it’s meant to save lives.”

Trinity’s project stands on the shoulders of an existing system of water stations installed by Eddie Canales of the South Texas Human Rights Center. For Regan, this is the type of humanitarian impact he came to Trinity to encounter: “On projects like this, you can say, ‘I’m helping,’ and I’m helping with the things I learned at Trinity.”

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SCAC Championships

teams competed in the NCAA playoffs* All-Americans

(137 in the past six years)

student-athletes earned national academic honors

*includes sports such as track and field, swimming and diving, and cross country that sent individual players to the NCAA Championships

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ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT

LEADING TUGETHER Trinity graduates discover a lifetime of connections, guidance, and mentorship among alumni. Tigers are “Connecting TUgether” through new and continued programming, providing opportunities for alumni to continue their passion for lifelong learning.

Trinity’s newest Learning TUgether initiative emphasizes professional development in alumni Hearing their names called one by one, 25 Trinity alumni rose from

their seats and strode to the front of the room. Waiting for them was President Anderson, his left hand clutching certificates, his right hand empty but poised in anticipation. One at a time, alumni received a certificate and a handshake, confirming their completion of the pilot program for the Alumni Leadership Academy.

As part of the Learning TUgether initiative, the leadership academy contributes to Trinity’s revamped dedication to providing alumni with beneficial opportunities for professional development. The program follows the trend set by the Learning TUgether podcast and webinar series, where alumni gain an inside look at how classes and topics are taught and explored at Trinity.

“Being able to network with alumni outside of my class and in different career fields was an invaluable part of the experience,” Ashley Poston ’15 says. “Getting a behind-the-scenes look at where Trinity is headed gave me a bigger appreciation for the university and more marketable material that I can give to potential students.”

The monthly, two-hour-long sessions each featured two presentations that focused on professional skill development and the 18 Trinity University

impact of various departments at Trinity. Each session began with a professional development lecture, such as “Business Etiquette 101”

by Ann Knoebel, the former director for Conferences and Special Programs at Trinity. Topics also ranged from enhancing one’s public speaking ability to exploring the fundamentals of board and volunteer management, providing the participants with a broad selection of business advice.

Following the lecture, Trinity’s vice presidents each presented on how they are implementing specific strategies through their departments at Trinity. For example, Tess Coody-Anders ’93, vice president for Strategic Communications and Marketing, enlightened participants on how Trinity is using certain business and marketing tactics to improve the University brand. Additional leadership presentations educated alumni on the daily life of the average student at Trinity and how the University selects its incoming class.

“I think it’s a great way to reconnect with the University while learning more about our peers and how the university is continuing to evolve,” Siro Gutierrez ’04 says. “It’s great Trinity continues to invest in alumni learning and education.”

Trinity on Tour The University’s second annual Trinity on Tour program took place on April

Because Trinity alumni are lifelong learners,

21, 2018, in Washington, D.C. To kick off the day, parents and alumni enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of the Kennedy Center, thanks to Board chair Michael Neidorff ’65. More than 70 alumni, parents, faculty, and staff attended a half-day of faculty “classes without quizzes” and a reception with President Anderson. Pat Condon ’97 and Dirk Elmendorf ’97 shared their story of the founding of cloud storage giant Rackspace.

the Office of Alumni Relations has launched Learning TUgether, a series of podcasts, webinars, and other events that offer the continued expansion of perspectives on a variety of subjects.

“Trinity on Tour was an opportunity to not only re-engage with Trinity but to re-invigorate me as part of the Trinity family.”

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– George Durgin ’04, 2018 Trinity on Tour attendee

Save the Date for Trinity On Tour 2019 Dallas, Texas | Saturday, April 6, 2019 | Hilton Anatole

Honoring Outstanding Alumni Trinity recognized three outstanding alumni at this year’s Alumni Awards Dinner.

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Jackie Claunch ’66 was named the Distinguished Alumna for

2018. Claunch was recognized for her outstanding service as the founding president of Northwest Vista College, one of the Alamo Colleges in San Antonio. During her tenure, Northwest Vista grew from a handful of students to more than 16,000 and earned numerous state and national awards.

Dave ’76 and Carol ’83 Mansen shared this year’s Spirit of Trinity

award. They met during their first week on campus, married after their junior year, and have been deeply engaged with Trinity ever since. In 2014 they became Alumni Ambassadors, crisscrossing the country to meet Tigers and share the excitement of today’s Trinity.

They have both chaired the Alumni Association Board and several alumni chapter boards in various cities around the country.

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Webinars

Trinity faculty and alumni experts spoke for the Learning TUgether webinars on a variety of subjects including personal enrichment, financial success, career development, and social and political issues dominating national and international discussions. All webinars are recorded by the Tiger Network and are available at gotu.us/webinars.

Podcasts

The Learning TUgether podcast series showcases conversations from outstanding Trinity faculty and alumni experts on timely topics.

The series is hosted by Nathan Cone ’95, a familiar voice of San Antonio public radio station KSTX, and recorded and produced by Trinity’s own KRTU 91.7. New episodes are released the first Tuesday of every month. Podcast episodes are available at gotu.us/podcasts.

Reading TUgether Book Club

Launched in August 2017, the book club offers opportunities to share and engage in a thought-provoking dialogue with Trinity alumni around the world through a private Facebook group available exclusively to Club members.

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GIVING FROM THE HEART

NEW POSSIBILITIES

For those who had a transformational Trinity experience, they understand what it means to give from the heart. And for those who feel the impact of that transformation, they know what it means to give to the heart. The alumni, parents, and friends who support Trinity University ensure Trinity remains an elite but accessible institution for students of all backgrounds.

Ready to Launch Through Walton Family Foundation planning grant, Trinity to launch new school incubator and fellowship program Trinity University has been awarded a $429,000 planning

grant from the Walton Family Foundation, Inc. to help spur innovation and collaboration across area public and charter schools.

The planning grant, according to former education chair and Murchison Professor of Practice Shari Albright ’83, ’86 will go towards the design and creation of a new school incubator and principal fellowship program. This program will bring world-class design training and support for innovative school designs and executive training for principals to sup20 Trinity University

port the launch of the new schools. “This is part of Trinity’s DNA,” Albright says. “We’ve always held hands with our area school districts—some for 30 years—and this planning grant will help us continue to be an intellectual resource for area innovation and educational development.”

The Walton Family Foundation, based in Arkansas, is a national nonprofit dedicated to improving K-12 education, along with tackling tough social and environmental problems.

The planning grant will be managed through Trinity’s Center for Educational Leadership by a coalition of select

No Ordinary Path While Dr. Mark L. Bing ’72 studied biology at

Trinity faculty and a design team of local and national educators. This team will be charged with designing and creating a new school incubator and fellowship program by January 2019.

The fellowship program will focus on creating innovative school designs for the 21st century.

“We’ve moved to a really exciting moment in educational development,” Albright notes. “Now, it is becoming commonplace for districts and charter schools to plan for new schools that are opening and to not do that in isolation, but to be part of a community of practice.”

That sense of community, Albright continues, depends on open collaboration between public and charter systems. “This is an opportunity for all folks to come together, and there’s rich opportunity in having our traditional school districts talking to our charters,” Albright says. “There are so many more commonalities between all these groups than there are differences, and we’re all grappling with many of the same challenges: serving a diverse student body, serving them all, and serving them well.”

Albright notes that Trinity has always supported area educators from all three sectors through its nationally accredited Department of Education, which offers graduate programs in the Master of Education in School Leadership, Master of Arts in Teaching, and Master of Arts in School

Psychology. The University has a longstanding practice of forging deep bonds with area educational institutions, including the shared creation of the Advanced Learning Academy with San Antonio ISD and the development of professional development school partnerships.

While Albright left Trinity in July to serve as president for the Raise Your Hand Texas Education Foundation, she will continue on with the University part-time to support the Walton initiative. “These partnerships are part of our belief system about how higher education and school systems should collaborate with one another,” Albright says. “For Trinity, the generous planning grant from the Walton Family Foundation represents a next step on that trajectory.”

Trinity, he also explored art classes, taking the interdisciplinary path many Trinity students are familiar with. Though his career path steered him into the medical world, the art he dabbled in—and, especially, one particular art professor— left an impact on him. Bing has recently given $100,000 in support of an art scholarship in memory of Phil Evett, Trinity Professor Emeritus of art and noted sculptor.

Just as Bing’s studies were two-pronged, his giving also reflects his varying interests. He has substantially supported Trinity’s football stadium, which comes as no surprise. The board-certified internal medicine specialist has been sports team doctor for the roaring Katy Tigers since 1982. He’s earned eight state championship rings and a spot on the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame.

But Bing’s desire to commemorate his art instructor tells a less expected story, one that took him through the arts, language, literature, athletics, and eventually studying medicine abroad, before settling down back home in Katy.

“I did not take the ordinary path,” Bing says, “but it led me to become who I am.”

To read more about who Bing has become, and to learn more about his philanthropy, visit gotu.us/MarkBing.

“Millennium 2000,” by Phil Evett

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GIVING FROM THE HEART

DEDICATION, INSPIRATION, SUPPORT Every gift matters. Throughout Trinity’s history, we have relied on gifts from alumni, parents, friends, and foundations

to help students achieve their dream of a quality education. In 2017-18, almost 95 percent of students received some form of financial aid, with more than 46 percent receiving need-based aid. This is why every gift—of any amount— undeniably makes a world of difference for our students. Collectively, this support allows us to achieve greatness, including top faculty and facilities. It’s not the size of the contribution that matters; it’s the outcome giving produces.

Dedicated teacher-alumnus continues to inspire For the past 12 years, nearly 100 graduate students have pursued Trin-

ity’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) thanks, in part, to the Glynn Allen Owens Scholarship.

The award memorializes Glynn, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Trinity in 1995 and went on to complete his Master of Arts in Teaching degree in 1998. He was a talented and dedicated eighth grade history teacher at Kealing Junior High School in Austin, Texas, when he passed away at the age of 30.

Glynn’s family, including his mother, Nevie “Cissy” Smucker, and his sister, Nevie Owens, have provided funds each year to support Owens Scholars. They also travel to campus annually to meet the scholarship recipients and share their memories of Glynn’s passion for teaching. “I have taken Glynn’s inspiration into the classroom with me,” says Owens Scholar Sarah Friedlander ’16, ’17. The awards have created a ripple effect impacting hundreds of lives across the coun-

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try as MAT graduates share their knowledge and skills with the next generation.

Education professor Angela Breidenstein ’91, ’92 knew Glynn as a student and marvels at the influence one person and his family have had on the lives of so many. “I knew what a dedicated, caring, intellectual, authentic, real person Glynn was as a teacher, colleague, advocate for social justice, friend, brother, and son,” Breidenstein says.

“The financial empowerment provided by his family has helped these teachers to become who they are—well prepared teachers and leaders who make a difference daily in the lives of students and schools as mentors, colleagues, and professors.”

Financial aid such as the Glynn Allen Owens Scholarship remains a critical element in Trinity’s ability to achieve its education mission.

Glynn’s family is a prime example of our donors who continue to “pay it forward.”

Giving Where it Counts FIVE-YEAR GIVING TOTALS

$14.1M

$13.5M $10.9M 6,000

Donors

5,981

5,845

$11.4M

6,079

$12.1M

6,493

6,192

Total Dollars Given

Total Number of Donors

4,000 2,000 0

1,563

1,726

2013

2014

14.9

15.7

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1,734

1,917

2015

2016

2017

15.0

13.3

13.4

1,522

%

%

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Number of New Donors

Percentage of Undergrad Donors

2017-18 DONORS BY THE NUMBERS

Number of Donors

Amount Raised

6,493

$14.1M

donors

3,339

Alumni

in gifts and pledges

$2,800,253

Alumni

288

Current Students

$5,796

Current Students

13

Estates & Trusts

$398,278

Estates & Trusts

207 1,227 287

Faculty/Staff Friends Organizations

1,132

Parents

6,493

Total

$96,673 $574,535 $9,767,006 $415,401 $14,057,942

Faculty/Staff Friends Organizations Parents Total

Trinity acknowledges and thanks the members of its Board of Trustees, made up of alumni, parents, and friends of the University, for their generous support.

24-Hour Challenge Shatters Record Fall semester day becomes largest single day of giving in Challenge history On Nov. 8, 2017, Tigers around the world

made a record-breaking 1,743 gifts to Trinity University, totaling $354,684.09.

Both the number of donations and amount raised were the highest in the University’s 24 Hour Challenge history, exceeding the past records of 1,304 donations (set in 2016) and nearly $160,000 raised (set in 2015).

Trinity encouraged Tigers to give where it mattered to them, including any athletics teams, student organizations, or academic programs they were particularly passionate about on campus. Student scholarships received the most gifts, followed by athletics, the Trinity Fund, and academics.

One gift matching challenge involved a lip-sync show promised by Trinity vice presidents Michael Bacon ’89 and Tess Coody-Anders ’93. Alumni successfully met the goal, and Bacon and Coody-Anders performed Madonna and Justin Timberlake’s “4 Minutes.”

“Talk about feeling the love!” Bacon says. “I want to share my gratitude and, honestly, the gratitude of all of our students who receive financial aid and scholarships to those who supported Trinity. The Challenge was a fun and easy way to make your gift and help others in their Trinity journey.”

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McLean Family Generosity 1 Marrs McLean abandoned the study of law for the excitement and challenges of the burgeoning Texas oil industry. 2 Verna McLean, watching a new well come in, mirrored her husband’s adventuresome spirit. 3 Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers addresses guests at the dedication of the Verna Hooks McLean Residence Hall in 1985.

4 The Marrs McLean Science Center, dedicated in 1959, was made possible by a gift from Verna McLean to honor her husband who died in 1953.

5 Third-generation family member Bonnie Bowman Korbell and husband John.

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Adapted from the July 2012 Trinity Magazine article by R. Douglas Brackenridge As Trinity University prepared its move to the Skyline

campus, “the Miracle of Trinity Hill” unfolded due to the timely financial contributions of individuals, families, and local businesses. High on the list of early benefactors were Marrs and Verna H. McLean, whose names are associated with two buildings on the present campus: Marrs McLean Hall (a wing of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation) and the Verna H. McLean Residence Hall.

The generating impulse for family involvement in Trinity’s future was Marrs McLean (1883-1953), a legendary entrepreneur in the history of oil exploration and production in Texas. McLean’s wife, Verna Hooks McLean (1894-1981), mirrored her husband’s adventuresome spirit and was a lifelong advocate for women’s rights. The McLeans moved to San Antonio in 1938, settling into a home on Bushnell Avenue adjacent to what would become Trinity’s campus.

As their wealth increased, so did their philanthropy.

In 1946, when Trinity initiated a campaign for funds to start construction on Trinity Hill, Marrs McLean made a generous contribution. When he died in 1953, McLean’s will set up a 50-year trust with assets from his estate. When the trust closed in 2003, Trinity’s share of $9.4 million was used to establish the Marrs and Verna

McLean General Endowment Fund, which has a current value of almost $24 million. Additionally, included in his will were mineral rights to property in Robertson County, Texas, from which income to Trinity has exceeded $64 million.

In honor of her husband, Verna McLean contributed funds to complete construction of the complex of academic structures originally named the Marrs McLean Science Center. Dedicated in 1959, the science center provided much needed classroom and laboratory facilities, including at the time an entire floor devoted exclusively to cancer tissue culture and muscular dystrophy research. When Verna McLean died in 1981, her will created the Marrs McLean Trust that made possible the Verna Hooks McLean Residence Hall in 1985.

McLean was the first Trinity residence hall to include facilities for physically disabled students in the original building plans.

McLean family members have continued to leave Trinity legacies. Verna’s daughter, Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers, has an endowed fund in her name that supports an annual lecture designed to connect the University and its students, faculty, and friends with philanthropic and civic-minded women in the San Antonio area.

Granddaughter Bonnie Bowman Korbell and husband John Korbell have contributed generously to Trinity’s capital campaigns, establishing the John and Bonnie Korbell Scholarship for graduate students

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CAMPUS IMPACT

FINANCIALS The University has established a strong tradition of conservative and balanced budgeting as part of sound financial planning.

2018-19 Revenue

ighlights from the 2018-19 H approved University budget include: ■

Flat

Net student revenue budget is expected to remain relatively flat.

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pursuing careers in special education.

Additionally, John Korbell serves on the University’s Board of Trustees and served as Board chair.

Granddaughter Ruth Bowman Russell ’70 is a longtime Trinity Associate and contributor to University causes. Her son John William Russell and daughter-in-law Jayme Childress Russell graduated from Trinity in 2007. Son-in-law Walter F. Brown Jr. is a current Trinity Trustee.

Other family members maintain the McLean philanthropic tradition by supporting a variety of humanitarian projects designed to improve the quality of life at home and abroad.

Sources for this article include James A. Clarke’s Marrs McLean: A Biography; entry for “Marrs McLean” in the Handbook of Texas; articles in the Trinitonian; and information provided by Trinity’s Office of Advancement.

Photos for the article were supplied by Trinity University Archives and John and Bonnie Bowman Korbell.

Gift revenue supporting operations is expected to increase by 17% due to an increase in the budget for designated and restricted gifts. The budget for annual fund giving will remain flat at $1.55 million.

▲ 4%

Endowment support to the operating budget is anticipated to increase by 4%.

▼ $5.1 million

$77,659,151

Net Student Revenue

$48,822,117

Investment Income

$4,344,000

Contributions

$5,805,000

Grant Revenue

$4,892,600

Other Income

$141,522,868

Total

2018-19 Expenses

Net income from operating activities is budgeted at $5.1 million, a slight decrease compared to the prior year. lanned expenses include compensation P increases reflecting the University’s continued focus on maintaining competitive faculty and staff compensation. In addition, Trinity funded the University’s Quality Enhancement Plan as part of our reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

$64,280,784

Academic Services

$43,487,290

Student Life

$3,202,213 $25,418,212 $136,388,499

Conferences & Public Service Institutional Support Total

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CAMPUS IMPACT

TRINITY UNIVERSITY BOARDS 2017-2018 Board of Trustees Erin Baker ’99 Sharon J. Bell Ted W. Beneski Walter F. Brown Jr. Clifford M. Buchholz ’65 Miles C. Cortez ’64 Janet St. Clair Dicke ’68 Douglas D. Hawthorne ’69, ’72 Marshall Hess ’88 Gen. James T. Hill (Ret.) ’68 Walter R. Huntley Jr. ’71, ’73 John R. (J.R.) Hurd E. Carey Joullian IV ’82 The Rev. Dr. Richard R. Kannwischer ’95 Richard M. Kleberg III ’65 Katherine Wood Klinger ’72 John C. Korbell Oliver T.W. Lee ’93 Steven P. Mach ’92 Robert S. McClane ’61 Melody Boone Meyer ’79 Marshall B. Miller Jr. Michael F. Neidorff ’65 Thomas R. Semmes L. Herbert Stumberg Jr. ’81 Jessica Thorne ’91 Advisers

James Sanders ’98 Alumni Adviser Rev. James Freeman ’83 Synod of the Sun Representative

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Alumni Association Board Sean Benton ’10, ’11 Amy Chambers ’89 Michelle Collette ’06 Doug Conyers ’97 Jeanne Culver ’82, P’10 Rob Devlin ’90, P’18 Jennifer Dewar ’02 Trey Evans ’06 Carol Folbre ’81 Cesar Giralt ’09 Jill Grace ’85, P’16 Allison Hawk ’88, P’19 Brin Hjalmquist ’13, ’16 Leslie Hollingsworth ’88 Nadia Islam ’12 Ruthie Johnson ’90 Avantika Krishna ’15 Mark Montalbano ’97 Meggan Partain ’97 Julie Persellin Jon Plotnick ’08 Patrick Pringle ’87 Patricia Pringle ’88 Kay Reamey ’72, P’05 Rob Robinson ’92 James Sanders ’98 Martín Schwed ’12 Patrick Shay ’03, ’05 Frank Shiels ’80 Nick Shockey ’09 Larry Street ’59 Terris Tiller ’00 Jasmeen Waliany ’06 Eric Weiss ’68 Adam Simmons ’09 Colin Chapman ’90

Board of Visitors Lyn Belisle ’72 Sardar Biglari ’99 James Blakemore ’77 Jelynne Burley ’88 Vannie Collins ’14 Tomas Evans ’84 Homero Garza ’71 Patricia Godley ’70 Charles Gottsman ’69 Victoria Jennings ’67 Peter Louis Jennings ’64 Lance Johnson ’95 Christopher Kinsey ’79 Carolyn Labatt David Mansen ’76 Todd McCracken ’88 David McGanity ’76 Lawrence Moon ’76 Heather Morlang Pummill ’98 Linda Tarpley Peterson ’66 Donald Philbin ’84 William Rasco Christine Renier Katharine Schlosberg ’82 Cynthia Schluter ’88 Sebastien Solar ’05 Polly Spencer Barbara Anne Stephens ’66 Abigail Ulrich ’03 Scott Walker ’70 Christian Warren ’78 Lora Watts ’79 Philip Wetz ’73 Rebecca Young ’10

THANK YOU

Donors make a Trinity education possible.

Access Trinity’s 2017-2018 Donor Honor Roll online at donors.trinity.edu.

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