Archives: Initiatives
Alumna Becky Dean and her husband, Professor Kaleb Dean, take their love of art and photography and make something special.
“My husband and I run a photography and design business called Pen and Lens: “Pen,” for the sketchbook process and artistry that takes place when Kaleb takes his ideas for branding, design, and entrepreneurial ventures and puts them on paper, and “Lens,” for the way my artistic and relational heartbeat come alive when I work with clients and capture their personalities and relationships through my camera. ”
Learn more: http://voyagechicago.com/interview/meet-becky-dean-pen-lens-south-loop/
Congratulations to Professor Kaleb Dean ’14 on his Masters of Design year end show! His show Ludis et Veritas examines the graphic representations of university academic and athletic programs, investigating who these dual identities serve and how students and athletes are represented, while questioning the use and abuse of student athletes as resources.
Trinity’s Social Work Department recently welcomed the newest inductees to the College’s Phi Xi Chapter of Phi Alpha, the national honor society for social work.
As Dr. Allison Tan, Ph.D., assistant professor of social work, said during the ceremony, member of Phi Alpha agree to recognize and encourage scholastic schievement among the students who are majoring in social work; improve and further the goals and objectives of social work by encouraging objectivity and awareness of current developments and practices in the various fields of social work; and further these goals by stimulating research in preparation for a career in social work.
Honorees:
- Karlyn Boens
- Mallory Boes
- Mallory Boyce
- Mikayla Cairo
- Michael Carthage
- Emily Groelsema
- Tiffany Henderson
- Haley Hoffman
- Faith Moore
- Vanessa Murillo
- Francesca Strolia
- Daisy Vazquez
- Nicole Wiegers
- Kylie Wilson
“These candidates have been elected by this society on the basis of their scholarly achievement and interest in social work,” said Tan. “I congratulate them and welcome them into the Phi Xi Chapter of the Phi Alpha Honor Society.”
Trinity also inducts an honorary member into the chapter. This year’s honorary member is LaVon Engbers ’99, a Trinity graduate who has served on the Social Work Department’s advisory group and as a guest lecturer at the College.
Combining academic knowledge with experiential learning, students from PE 360 Exercise for Special Populations visited Providence Life Services in Palos Heights, Ill., and spent about an hour leading residents in exercises and games
Studying nursing is not just about books and clinicals, but it also is about being an advocate! The Trinity nursing program visited Capitol Hill as part of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing political action day.
Thanks to her recent participation in the prestigious Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program, accounting major Indira Escalante ’19 has secured an internship at Deloitte, made valuable connections, and gained a better understanding of the accounting industry.
Escalante, who is a native of Honduras and a graduate of Hoffman Estates [Ill.] High School, was one of only 25 students accepted into three-day program, which took place in January. The annual event, which is organized by the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) and sponsored by the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois’ Mary T. Washington Wylie Opportunity Fund and other private firms and public accounting firms, is designed to launch minority college students into the accounting profession.
“I’m grateful for the team that worked really hard to support us through our application process, through the program, and after the program,” said Escalante, who first heard about the program from Dr. Lynn Spellman White, professor of accounting. “I learned valuable information about job opportunities in accounting, was given the opportunity to start networking and build relationships with people in the field, and I learned a lot about what I need to start working on to prepare for the CPA exam and my career.”
According to White, Escalante is the first Trinity student to be accepted into the program. “Indira is a fantastic student, and this is an incredible opportunity,” White said. “She has the heart to serve in God’s kingdom, and every industry needs accountants and those with financial literacy.”
Throughout the program, Escalante and other participants stayed in downtown Chicago and attended workshops and sessions at the ICPAS headquarters. “Each day, we heard from a panel of professionals in public accounting and accountants in private organizations. We also had presentations by guest speakers from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sikich, Deloitte, Ernst and Young, Crowe Horwath, Abbott, and DePaul University on topics about resume building, interview skills, business etiquette, CPA exam preparation, working styles and skills, mentorship, and internship expectations and preparation. At the end of the program, the participants got to interview with three to four recruiters from various public accounting firms for accounting internships.”
Escalante and the other participants also learned more about Wylie, the first female African-American CPA in the United States. In 1939, Wylie founded her own firm, known today as Washington, Pittman & McKeever. “We learned about her dream of seeing African American and other minority students succeed as accountants. Due to systematic racism and sexism, it was very challenging for her to succeed in a field with a predominant white, male population. Her story is very inspiring to me,” Escalante said.
Participating in the program has already led to an internship, she said. “One of my interviewers at the program works at Deloitte. A few days after the program, I was contacted by the recruiter from Deloitte, who had given a presentation at the program. I was given the opportunity to be interviewed by the firm again,” she said. Escalante recently found out she has been accepted into Deloitte’s summer internship program, known as the Discovery Internship. “I know that this will definitely prepare me well for a career in accounting,” she said.
In a fun but intense competition with other local college students, Anne James and Alec Visser, also known as the Trollgamers, ranked among the Top 5 teams for the Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area (ACCA) Computer Programming Competition.
Not only did Anna and James come in the top 5, but their 2 person team went up against teams consisting of 4 members each. Congratulations to our novice team!
The Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area (ACCA) is a consortium of 15 private liberal arts colleges that was formed in 1966. ACCA’s primary objective is to promote collegiate education in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, psychology, sociology/anthropology, and business/economics by stimulating and regularizing cooperative arrangements between the member colleges and universities and other educational and research institutions in the use of staff and facilities.
As part of ACCA, Trinity and the member colleges and universities come together each spring to sponsor a computer programming competition.
Along with Trinity, other ACCA members include:
— Aurora University
— Benedictine University
— Concordia University Chicago
— Dominican University
— Elmhurst College
— Judson University
— Lewis University
— North Central College
— North Park University
— Olivet Nazarene University
— Saint Xavier University
— Trinity International University
— University of St. Francis
— Wheaton College
Viewing incomparable artwork from masters across the centuries, including the designs of Trinity’s own faculty—that’s what Trinity Art & Design students recently did on an all-day field trip to some of Chicago’s world-famous museums.
Led by Prof. John Bakker, students visited the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art. They also toured Co-Prosperity Sphere for the opening of Type Force, an annual showcase of emerging typographic artists, where Instructor Kaleb Dean’s work is currently being showcased.
Check out more images from the field trip here.
When Trinity became a university partner with Chicago-based incubator 1871, the benefits extended far beyond business students.
Faculty members from our Special Education and Psychology Departments, working with students from Trinity’s graduate program in counseling psychology, recently created a podcast series in 1871’s studio.
Dr. Sara Baillie, associate professor of special education, and Dr. Kara Wolff, associate professor of psychology, worked with students Garsca Brooks and Jeanine Bakker to develop the podcasts.
The first episode centers on how the brain processes novel ideas. The second episode interviews Trinity Assistant Professor of Special Education Christine Scholma about what it is like to live with health challenges that others might not be able to see. The third and final episode centers on thinking through the ways in which intersecting identities are explored and addressed in daily life.
Click here to learn more and listen to the episodes.
When Trinity became a university partner with Chicago-based incubator 1871, the benefits extended far beyond business students.
Faculty members from our Special Education and Psychology Departments, working with students from Trinity’s graduate program in counseling psychology, recently created a podcast series in 1871’s studio.
Dr. Sara Baillie, associate professor of special education, and Dr. Kara Wolff, associate professor of psychology, worked with students Garsca Brooks and Jeanine Bakker to develop the podcasts.
The first episode centers on how the brain processes novel ideas. The second episode interviews Trinity Assistant Professor of Special Education Christine Scholma about what it is like to live with health challenges that others might not be able to see. The third and final episode centers on thinking through the ways in which intersecting identities are explored and addressed in daily life.
Click here to learn more and listen to the episodes.