The Trinity Reporter WINTER 2018 GAME CHANGERS Alumnae ofer insight into why they coach CONTENTS FEATURES 10 Bridging Divides Seeking to defne higher ed’s role in promoting a just society 14 Game changers Alumnae ofer insight into why they coach 18 Turning grief into action With Sandy Hook Promise, Nicole Hockley ’92 seeks to save lives 22 Reaching for new heights Trinity charts a course for the fture 28 Meet Michael Casey New vice president for college advancement aims to help Trinity realize its ambitions 32 Leaving a legacy John Rose retires afer 40 years of Chapel music, memories 36 Fortifying our foundation How the endowment supports students and sustains the college's mission ON THE COVER Caitlin Hitchcock ’00, M’04, Trinity head sofball coach and associate professor of physical education PHOTO: MONICA JORGE DEPARTMENTS 03 ALONG THE WALK 07 AROUND HARTFORD 08 TRINITY TREASURE 41 CLASS NOTES 71 IN MEMORY 78 ALUMNI EVENTS 80 ENDNOTE To see more photos from the Party on Pratt, please visit commons.trincoll. edu/Reporter. THE TRINITY REPORTER Vol. 48, No. 2, Winter 2018 Published by the Ofce of Communications, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106. Postage paid at Hartford, Connecticut, and additional mailing ofces. The Trinity Reporter is mailed to alumni, parents, faculty, staf, and fiends of Trinity College without charge. All publication rights reserved, and contents may be reproduced or reprinted only by written permission of the editor. Opinions expressed are those of the editor or contributors and do not refect the ofcial position of Trinity College. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Trinity Reporter, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106 The editor welcomes your questions and comments: Sonya Adams, Ofce of Communications, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106, [email protected], or 860-297-2143. www.trincoll.edu ON THIS PAGE Frederick Walton Carpenter Scholar Daniel Bauloye ’20, of Thessaloniki, Greece, right, seems to have lost his Bantam head to Trinity Dean of Campus Life and Vice President for Student Afairs Joe DiChristina, known around campus as “Dean Joe.” The two were among those taking part in the Hartford Consortium for Higher Education (HCHE) Party on Pratt—College Night, a September 2017 festival that sought to “re-introduce” college- aged students to the various attractions in downtown Hartford. The event featured giveaways, food tastings, fashion and dance shows, psychic readings, and more. HCHE comprises 11 Hartford area colleges, universities, and seminaries. PHOTO: JOHN MARINELLI / Fall 2014 / 1 LETTERS WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! The Trinity Reporter welcomes letters related to items published in recent issues. Please send remarks to the editor at [email protected] or Sonya Adams, Ofce of Communications, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, CT 06106. personal the topics of sex and gender still seemed in the early 1990s. She nei- ther asked the few of us to be spokes- men for half the world’s population nor coddled us for any “bravery” we might have harbored for enrolling in the course. On the contrary, Joan Hedrick chal- lenged and encouraged the men in her class the same way she did the women in the room. In other words, she FROM THE EDITOR practiced exactly the equality that she You may have noticed a few changes in preached. this magazine, starting with a new look In so doing, she certainly shaped this for the cover. Trinity recently engaged former student’s view of the world. So in a design “refresh” with Baltimore- much so that I can honestly say, two based frm Fastspot that is refected in and a half decades later, that no other new typefaces, colors, and more. Also, teacher infuenced my latest profes- as you make your way through this sional pursuits as much as Professor issue, you’ll fnd that we’re relying on Hedrick did. I’m not persuaded the our Bantam Sports website and social HEDRICK PRACTICED ideals of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s media accounts to give you the most WHAT SHE PREACHED Herland are wholly desirable, let alone up-to-date information about our ath- Your recognition as the spring 2017 achievable, but I do appreciate the letics teams rather than reporting old issue’s Trinity Treasure is, I hope, one ambition of a society free of violence news in the magazine. We will continue of many accolades to be lavished on and physical domination. And I’m to cover important happenings and Joan Hedrick as she heads into retire- utterly convinced that the fnancial achievements from the realm of Trinity ment in 2018. In your piece, Professor freedom espoused by Virginia Woolf Athletics in Along the Walk (the section Robert Corber noted that Hedrick “tire- in A Room of One’s Own is an essential that starts on the next page) and in lessly dedicated herself to the import- ingredient for both sexes to reach their various related feature stories (please ant task of mentoring young women at potential for fulflling lives. see our cover story on Trinity alumnae Trinity.” I’d like to credit her with men- Trinity has been very fortunate to in coaching on page 14). We hope you toring young men as well. have Joan Hedrick on its faculty for enjoy the changes. Numbering fve in a classroom of the better part of four decades. She about a hundred students in “Women inspired more young women and men ↗ Studies 101,” we males felt the unfamil- than she may realize. And as she did, For more on Trinity iar discomfort of being massively out- she made the college—and the world—a Athletics on the web, please visit commons. numbered. But Professor Hedrick did more hospitable place for all. trincoll.edu/Reporter or nothing to make us self-conscious; no Rick Zednik ’93 www.BantamSports.com. small feat, considering how inherently Brussels, Belgium 2 THE TRINITY REPORTER ALONG THE WALK News from the Trinity community A SUPER COLLECTION Trinity’s Watkinson Library recently received a collection of more than 10,000 comic books, 200 graphic novels, and several comic reference books. The acquisition will be available for public viewing afer it has been organized, cataloged, and archived. Richard Ring, former head curator of the Watkinson, said that the collection was donated to Trinity by Marcus Leab, a collector ↗ from Maple Grove, Minnesota, who lived in Connecticut during For more details his childhood. about the Watkinson and the comic books, This acquisition was the subject of a recent Hartford including Leab’s Courant article, written by Susan Dunne. Ring told Dunne that he account of his was excited to receive the cache and added that he would like collection, please to add to the library’s collection of pop culture items. “This is visit commons. trincoll.edu/Reporter. a nice starter set for us. It’s exciting. We hope it’s the tip of the iceberg,” he said. The comic books, which range in date from the 1950s to the present day, include superhero characters such as Wonder Woman and Doctor Strange, as well as the popu- lar Star Wars and The X-Files franchises. The Watkinson Library, a public research library that houses the rare book and spe- cial collections of the Trinity College Library and the college archives, contains more than 200,000 printed volumes ranging in date from the 15th century to the present. PHOTO: MONICA JORGE MONICA PHOTO: ALONG THE WALK THOMAS CHURCH TheBrownell for TEACHING Prıze EXCELLENCE Calling on Trinity alumni to honor the professors who made an impact on their lives Did you have a teacher who changed the way you think? Infuenced your career choices? Helped you to wake up intel- lectually? Or in any other way altered your life? If so, you have a wonderful chance to pay tribute to that teacher. The Thomas ANDREW PHOTO: CONCATELLI J. Church Brownell Prize for Teaching Excellence, which recognizes consistently outstanding teaching by a senior faculty member, is awarded annually at Commencement. All alumni are invited to submit nominations explaining in 200 to 300 words why they CCAN DEBUTS believe a favorite professor deserves this prestigious award. Nominations should be sent to Nan Horton via email (nancy. Trinity’s Crescent Center for Arts and Neuroscience (CCAN), [email protected]) or postal mail (Ofce of the Dean of the a new 11,000-square-foot building on the south end of Faculty, Williams Memorial 118, Trinity College, 300 Summit campus that opened in fall 2017, embodies the liberal arts Street, Hartford, CT 06106). The nomination deadline by bridging the felds of neuroscience and the arts and If you have questions incorporating gathering spaces to encourage collaboration is Friday, March 9, 2018. about the Brownell and creativity across multiple disciplines. CCAN is the new Prize, please direct Associate professors, full professors, senior lec- them to Sylvia DeMore, home of the interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, which special assistant to the turers, and principal lecturers who have been at the integrates biology, chemistry, philosophy, engineering, and dean of the faculty, at college for at least three years, will not retire prior to sylvia.demore@ psychology. Complementing the research and teaching labs trincoll.edu. June 30, 2018, and have not previously received the of neuroscience, CCAN’s Arts Creativity Corridor features a Brownell Prize are eligible. A complete list of eligible student art gallery with a high, open ceiling; fexible track faculty, as well as a roster of previous winners, appears online at lighting; and uninterrupted white walls. Students played a commons.trincoll.edu/Reporter. key role in designing the building’s Student Common space The Brownell Prize was made possible by a gif from Paul H.