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OPUS, Trinity’s annual festival of student scholarship, is taking place on Wednesday, April 20. The word “opus” is Latin for work. Whether it’s the arts & humanities, natural & applied sciences, or social sciences, students from all disciplines can present their work or attend this annual celebratory conference.
We invite you to attend OPUS 2022 and imagine the possibilities of your own OPUS!
OPUS SCHEDULE
12:30-12:45 OPUS Parade
12:45-1:15 Opening Ceremony
1:30-4:15 Student Presentations
4:30-5:15 Presentation Showdown
All students are given the opportunity to enter into a competition for all solo and group presentations. Top scorers advance to the Presentation Showdown where they give a 5-minute summary of their presentation in front of their peers and additional judges.
4:30-6:30 Trinity Trolldown Dinner in the Dining Hall
5:00-6:00 Dunk Tank Fundraiser for Ukraine
6:00-7:30 Raffle & Closing Ceremony
7:30-8:30 Senior Student/OPUS Art Reception
6:30-8:30 GRUMPUS Graduate OPUS
9:00-10:00 Outcry
Special Thank you!
The Trinity Christian College community is grateful to alumni Yvette Madany (’85) and Peter Madany (’82), who generously provided financial support to underwrite expenses for OPUS 2022.
The OPUS 2022 committee is also grateful for the support of Trinity administration, faculty, and staff, including the departments of admissions, student life, physical plant, audio-visual services, information technology services, marketing and communications, and Creative Dining.
OPUS Committee Members
Brian Cerney
Inglebert Christiansen (Student Graphic Designer)
Sarah Hoeksema (co-chair)
Jeff Nyhoff
Mary LoGalbo
Deb Majewski (co-chair)
Katie Oomkes
Julianna Padilla (Student Government Representative)
Aron Reppmann
Omar Sweiss
Kevin Schenke
Maura Sukamto (Student Graphic Designer)
OPUS, Trinity’s annual festival of student scholarship, is taking place on Wednesday, April 20. The word “opus” is Latin for work. Whether it’s the arts & humanities, natural & applied sciences, or social sciences, students from all disciplines can present their work or attend this annual celebratory conference.
We invite you to attend OPUS 2022 and imagine the possibilities of your own OPUS!
OPUS SCHEDULE
12:30-12:45 OPUS Parade
12:45-1:15 Opening Ceremony
1:30-4:15 Student Presentations
4:30-5:15 Presentation Showdown
All students are given the opportunity to enter into a competition for all solo and group presentations. Top scorers advance to the Presentation Showdown where they give a 5-minute summary of their presentation in front of their peers and additional judges.
4:30-6:30 Trinity Trolldown Dinner in the Dining Hall
5:00-6:00 Dunk Tank Fundraiser for Ukraine
6:00-7:30 Raffle & Closing Ceremony
7:30-8:30 Senior Student/OPUS Art Reception
6:30-8:30 GRUMPUS Graduate OPUS
9:00-10:00 Outcry
Special Thank you!
The Trinity Christian College community is grateful to alumni Yvette Madany (’85) and Peter Madany (’82), who generously provided financial support to underwrite expenses for OPUS 2022.
The OPUS 2022 committee is also grateful for the support of Trinity administration, faculty, and staff, including the departments of admissions, student life, physical plant, audio-visual services, information technology services, marketing and communications, and Creative Dining.
OPUS Committee Members
Brian Cerney
Inglebert Christiansen (Student Graphic Designer)
Sarah Hoeksema (co-chair)
Jeff Nyhoff
Mary LoGalbo
Deb Majewski (co-chair)
Katie Oomkes
Julianna Padilla (Student Government Representative)
Aron Reppmann
Omar Sweiss
Kevin Schenke
Maura Sukamto (Student Graphic Designer)
OPUS, Trinity’s annual festival of student scholarship, is taking place on Wednesday, April 20. The word “opus” is Latin for work. Whether it’s the arts & humanities, natural & applied sciences, or social sciences, students from all disciplines can present their work or attend this annual celebratory conference.
We invite you to attend OPUS 2022 and imagine the possibilities of your own OPUS!
OPUS SCHEDULE
12:30-12:45 OPUS Parade
12:45-1:15 Opening Ceremony
1:30-4:15 Student Presentations
4:30-5:15 Presentation Showdown
All students are given the opportunity to enter into a competition for all solo and group presentations. Top scorers advance to the Presentation Showdown where they give a 5-minute summary of their presentation in front of their peers and additional judges.
4:30-6:30 Trinity Trolldown Dinner in the Dining Hall
5:00-6:00 Dunk Tank Fundraiser for Ukraine
6:00-7:30 Raffle & Closing Ceremony
7:30-8:30 Senior Student/OPUS Art Reception
6:30-8:30 GRUMPUS Graduate OPUS
9:00-10:00 Outcry
Special Thank you!
The Trinity Christian College community is grateful to alumni Yvette Madany (’85) and Peter Madany (’82), who generously provided financial support to underwrite expenses for OPUS 2022.
The OPUS 2022 committee is also grateful for the support of Trinity administration, faculty, and staff, including the departments of admissions, student life, physical plant, audio-visual services, information technology services, marketing and communications, and Creative Dining.
OPUS Committee Members
Brian Cerney
Inglebert Christiansen (Student Graphic Designer)
Sarah Hoeksema (co-chair)
Jeff Nyhoff
Mary LoGalbo
Deb Majewski (co-chair)
Katie Oomkes
Julianna Padilla (Student Government Representative)
Aron Reppmann
Omar Sweiss
Kevin Schenke
Maura Sukamto (Student Graphic Designer)
Award-winning author, illustrator, and cartoonist Ben Hatke will be featured at the Young Author’s Reception on April 25 at 6:30 pm, part of the Education Department’s Annual Young Author’s Festival. The reception is open to the public.
Hatke is best known for the picture books Little Robot and the Julia’s House series, for the middle grades graphic novels in the Zita the Spacegirl series and the Mighty Jack series. Hatke has won the Cybills Award, an Eisner Award, and will likely win many more awards in the years to come.
He has visited Trinity once before, and the students who came to the Young Author’s Festival found him to be energetic, engaging, friendly, talented, and encouraging. In his spare time, Hatke is a bouncing, superhero-ish dad who loves his family, good stories, and strange but cute little creatures including trolls. We are all excited to welcome him back to Trinity.
Hatke’s books will be available for purchase and to be signed at the reception.
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION OPERATIONS
Welcome to our April issue of Trinity’s Education Department Newsletter.
I had to think long and hard about what to write for an opener for this newsletter. For those of you that don’t know me, I’m a big fan of data and numbers. For me, the use of numbers helps to tell our story- and our story in the Education Unit is a great one! So, bear with me as I share a few numbers with you:
- 100%. We have students in ALL three programs on campus (traditional, adult, and graduate)
- 34%. The percentage of Trinity students that are Education students.
- 15%. Out of all courses offered at Trinity in the fall, 15% are scheduled and staffed by Education Unit instructors.
We are so happy that the Education Unit is growing in our offerings too! We have new graduate programs that just started in January!
Sara Baillie Gorman, EdD, BCBA
Director of Education Operations | Associate Professor
Young Authors Festival
The Education department is thrilled to welcome author, Ben Hatke, 10 partner schools, and over 230 aspiring young authors to campus for the Young Authors Festival – April 25 & 26. We invite our Trinity Community to the Young Authors Reception on Monday, April 25 at 6:30pm!
Meet Tommy Horton, a current Student Teacher at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School. Tommy started Inclusive Brewing (coffee cart) as a work practice opportunity for adult transition students. The shop is open on Monday and Friday mornings for students, staff, and administration to purchase coffee and snacks. Inclusive Brewing is self sustaining and emphasizes practicing social, vocational, and math skills in a mock workplace setting.
Judy Stellato, College Supervisor, had a chance to visit Tommy when his Inclusive Brewing Wagon was open for business. “Tommy’s energy and passion for helping his students combined with his experience working for Starbucks has resulted in a wonderful, unique opportunity for his students. His students are given the responsibility to take the orders, make and serve as well as managing the payments. Tommy allows the students to gradually take on more responsibility. He also uses every chance to include the rest of the students in the school when possible, such as having them decorate the individual cup holders.”
We love to see the amazing impact that Trinity students are having in their student teaching experiences! Please share your experience with education@trnty.edu.
Grumpus
Anyone who has been around campus a while knows about OPUS. We are so excited to have OPUS on campus and in person again on April 20th! Did you know about GRUMPUS though?
The Graduate Research Unveiling Masters Presentations Understandings and Scholarship (GRUMPUS) is the Graduate student extension to OPUS.
Please come walk through our poster session that evening to learn about our graduate research! Details will be available on the OPUS schedule.
Visit: https://www.trnty.edu/opus/
Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell, Professor of Education, spent the three days of Spring Break at a Lilly-Grant funded workshop at Hope College that is looking at ways that colleges and universities can partner with community organizations more effectively to encourage reading and book groups. “I am hoping to gain insights that can be helpful for Young Authors and other future department initiatives.”
Project Echo
The Education Department team at Trinity Christian College launched Project ECHO this academic year. The team meets virtually on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 3:30pm through the month of April. Our topic for this school year is Promoting Appropriate Behavior in the Classroom. Each session begins with a short didactic and then we review a deidentified case brought to us by one of our participants. This series is designed for all school personnel interested in learning more about how to support appropriate behavior in the classroom. If interested in participating (as a student or school personnel), please contact our Echo team at echo@trnty.edu.
Next Session: April 20 │ 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Professional Development Series
As our Professional Development Series continues, we were excited to welcome alumni, who attended our second workshop of the Spring 2022 Series. Dr. Karen O’Connor, Associate Professor of Special Education, presented Developing High Quality Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) (1 hour session) on March 14.
“I enjoyed having the opportunity to speak with our alumni and share resources that they can use in their classrooms.” – Dr. O’Connor
Next session: April 27 │3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Workshop III: Improving Class Discussion presented by Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell, Professor of Education.
Professor of the Year Nominations, 2021-22
You are invited to nominate a Trinity faculty member as Professor of the Year. This award seeks to recognize the accomplishments of a distinguished professor. In the link below, please find a description of the award process and criteria.
Please submit nominations to the online form linked here by Tuesday, April 12th.
Note: Collaborative nominations are especially encouraged (for instance, bringing together multiple students and/or staff members and/or faculty members to submit one nomination).
Attention All Trinity Education Majors!
Have you been fingerprinted yet?
All Trinity Christian College Education majors are required to complete a fingerprint Criminal Background Check (CBC) before doing required field experience hours starting in your sophomore year. We are providing the opportunity for you to take care of this ahead of time on Trinity’s campus.
Who: Accurate Biometrics Services
What: CBC Fingerprinting
When: Wed., April 20, 2022; 10am-12pm
Where: Molenhouse Lounge
How:
- Sign up for a 5-minute time slot (Brightspace > Education Unit Home Site > Criminal Background Checks)
- Bring your filled out UCIA Accurate Biometrics Form along (Brightspace, or Pick up in the Education Office)
- Driver’s License or valid government issued photo ID needed
Cost: $30.00 – Accepts all major credit cards (Sorry, no cash or personal checks accepted.)
Are you looking for a Full-time, Part-time, Internship, Volunteer, or Summer Job? Take a look at our systems linked below for access to job opportunities!
Full-time Teaching and Education related positions can be found on the Handshake system.
Part-time, full-time, internship and volunteer education related opportunities can be found on your Brightspace – Education Unit Home Site – Job Board.
Part-time Opportunity
A Palos Heights mom is looking for a few students to come help her 16-year-old daughter with down syndrome during the week. There are a few times per week help is needed, but hours are part-time and mostly flexible. Pay rate is flexible, depending on experience. Students with a special ed or psychology concentration are a plus, but not required. Students must have a car.
Please contact Maura at (708) 870-5077, or at mauraconnect@gmail.com, and let her know that you are interested.
If you have a story to tell or an opportunity to share, please email education@trnty.edu.
We’d love to hear from you.
April 20: ECHO: Promoting Appropriate Behavior in the Classroom
April 20: Criminal Background Checks with Accurate Biometrics (Molenhouse Lounge)
Apr 25 & 26: Young Authors Festival
May 2: Student Teacher Commissioning Reception
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION OPERATIONS
Welcome to our April issue of Trinity’s Education Department Newsletter.
I had to think long and hard about what to write for an opener for this newsletter. For those of you that don’t know me, I’m a big fan of data and numbers. For me, the use of numbers helps to tell our story- and our story in the Education Unit is a great one! So, bear with me as I share a few numbers with you:
- 100%. We have students in ALL three programs on campus (traditional, adult, and graduate)
- 34%. The percentage of Trinity students that are Education students.
- 15%. Out of all courses offered at Trinity in the fall, 15% are scheduled and staffed by Education Unit instructors.
We are so happy that the Education Unit is growing in our offerings too! We have new graduate programs that just started in January!
Sara Baillie Gorman, EdD, BCBA
Director of Education Operations | Associate Professor
Young Authors Festival
The Education department is thrilled to welcome author, Ben Hatke, 10 partner schools, and over 230 aspiring young authors to campus for the Young Authors Festival – April 25 & 26. We invite our Trinity Community to the Young Authors Reception on Monday, April 25 at 6:30pm!
Meet Tommy Horton, a current Student Teacher at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School. Tommy started Inclusive Brewing (coffee cart) as a work practice opportunity for adult transition students. The shop is open on Monday and Friday mornings for students, staff, and administration to purchase coffee and snacks. Inclusive Brewing is self sustaining and emphasizes practicing social, vocational, and math skills in a mock workplace setting.
Judy Stellato, College Supervisor, had a chance to visit Tommy when his Inclusive Brewing Wagon was open for business. “Tommy’s energy and passion for helping his students combined with his experience working for Starbucks has resulted in a wonderful, unique opportunity for his students. His students are given the responsibility to take the orders, make and serve as well as managing the payments. Tommy allows the students to gradually take on more responsibility. He also uses every chance to include the rest of the students in the school when possible, such as having them decorate the individual cup holders.”
We love to see the amazing impact that Trinity students are having in their student teaching experiences! Please share your experience with education@trnty.edu.
Grumpus
Anyone who has been around campus a while knows about OPUS. We are so excited to have OPUS on campus and in person again on April 20th! Did you know about GRUMPUS though?
The Graduate Research Unveiling Masters Presentations Understandings and Scholarship (GRUMPUS) is the Graduate student extension to OPUS.
Please come walk through our poster session that evening to learn about our graduate research! Details will be available on the OPUS schedule.
Visit: https://www.trnty.edu/opus/
Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell, Professor of Education, spent the three days of Spring Break at a Lilly-Grant funded workshop at Hope College that is looking at ways that colleges and universities can partner with community organizations more effectively to encourage reading and book groups. “I am hoping to gain insights that can be helpful for Young Authors and other future department initiatives.”
Project Echo
The Education Department team at Trinity Christian College launched Project ECHO this academic year. The team meets virtually on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 3:30pm through the month of April. Our topic for this school year is Promoting Appropriate Behavior in the Classroom. Each session begins with a short didactic and then we review a deidentified case brought to us by one of our participants. This series is designed for all school personnel interested in learning more about how to support appropriate behavior in the classroom. If interested in participating (as a student or school personnel), please contact our Echo team at echo@trnty.edu.
Next Session: April 20 │ 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Professional Development Series
As our Professional Development Series continues, we were excited to welcome alumni, who attended our second workshop of the Spring 2022 Series. Dr. Karen O’Connor, Associate Professor of Special Education, presented Developing High Quality Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) (1 hour session) on March 14.
“I enjoyed having the opportunity to speak with our alumni and share resources that they can use in their classrooms.” – Dr. O’Connor
Next session: April 27 │3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Workshop III: Improving Class Discussion presented by Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell, Professor of Education.
Professor of the Year Nominations, 2021-22
You are invited to nominate a Trinity faculty member as Professor of the Year. This award seeks to recognize the accomplishments of a distinguished professor. In the link below, please find a description of the award process and criteria.
Please submit nominations to the online form linked here by Tuesday, April 12th.
Note: Collaborative nominations are especially encouraged (for instance, bringing together multiple students and/or staff members and/or faculty members to submit one nomination).
Attention All Trinity Education Majors!
Have you been fingerprinted yet?
All Trinity Christian College Education majors are required to complete a fingerprint Criminal Background Check (CBC) before doing required field experience hours starting in your sophomore year. We are providing the opportunity for you to take care of this ahead of time on Trinity’s campus.
Who: Accurate Biometrics Services
What: CBC Fingerprinting
When: Wed., April 20, 2022; 10am-12pm
Where: Molenhouse Lounge
How:
- Sign up for a 5-minute time slot (Brightspace > Education Unit Home Site > Criminal Background Checks)
- Bring your filled out UCIA Accurate Biometrics Form along (Brightspace, or Pick up in the Education Office)
- Driver’s License or valid government issued photo ID needed
Cost: $30.00 – Accepts all major credit cards (Sorry, no cash or personal checks accepted.)
Are you looking for a Full-time, Part-time, Internship, Volunteer, or Summer Job? Take a look at our systems linked below for access to job opportunities!
Full-time Teaching and Education related positions can be found on the Handshake system.
Part-time, full-time, internship and volunteer education related opportunities can be found on your Brightspace – Education Unit Home Site – Job Board.
Part-time Opportunity
A Palos Heights mom is looking for a few students to come help her 16-year-old daughter with down syndrome during the week. There are a few times per week help is needed, but hours are part-time and mostly flexible. Pay rate is flexible, depending on experience. Students with a special ed or psychology concentration are a plus, but not required. Students must have a car.
Please contact Maura at (708) 870-5077, or at mauraconnect@gmail.com, and let her know that you are interested.
If you have a story to tell or an opportunity to share, please email education@trnty.edu.
We’d love to hear from you.
April 20: ECHO: Promoting Appropriate Behavior in the Classroom
April 20: Criminal Background Checks with Accurate Biometrics (Molenhouse Lounge)
Apr 25 & 26: Young Authors Festival
May 2: Student Teacher Commissioning Reception
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION OPERATIONS
Welcome to our April issue of Trinity’s Education Department Newsletter.
I had to think long and hard about what to write for an opener for this newsletter. For those of you that don’t know me, I’m a big fan of data and numbers. For me, the use of numbers helps to tell our story- and our story in the Education Unit is a great one! So, bear with me as I share a few numbers with you:
- 100%. We have students in ALL three programs on campus (traditional, adult, and graduate)
- 34%. The percentage of Trinity students that are Education students.
- 15%. Out of all courses offered at Trinity in the fall, 15% are scheduled and staffed by Education Unit instructors.
We are so happy that the Education Unit is growing in our offerings too! We have new graduate programs that just started in January!
Sara Baillie Gorman, EdD, BCBA
Director of Education Operations | Associate Professor
Young Authors Festival
The Education department is thrilled to welcome author, Ben Hatke, 10 partner schools, and over 230 aspiring young authors to campus for the Young Authors Festival – April 25 & 26. We invite our Trinity Community to the Young Authors Reception on Monday, April 25 at 6:30pm!
Meet Tommy Horton, a current Student Teacher at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School. Tommy started Inclusive Brewing (coffee cart) as a work practice opportunity for adult transition students. The shop is open on Monday and Friday mornings for students, staff, and administration to purchase coffee and snacks. Inclusive Brewing is self sustaining and emphasizes practicing social, vocational, and math skills in a mock workplace setting.
Judy Stellato, College Supervisor, had a chance to visit Tommy when his Inclusive Brewing Wagon was open for business. “Tommy’s energy and passion for helping his students combined with his experience working for Starbucks has resulted in a wonderful, unique opportunity for his students. His students are given the responsibility to take the orders, make and serve as well as managing the payments. Tommy allows the students to gradually take on more responsibility. He also uses every chance to include the rest of the students in the school when possible, such as having them decorate the individual cup holders.”
We love to see the amazing impact that Trinity students are having in their student teaching experiences! Please share your experience with education@trnty.edu.
Grumpus
Anyone who has been around campus a while knows about OPUS. We are so excited to have OPUS on campus and in person again on April 20th! Did you know about GRUMPUS though?
The Graduate Research Unveiling Masters Presentations Understandings and Scholarship (GRUMPUS) is the Graduate student extension to OPUS.
Please come walk through our poster session that evening to learn about our graduate research! Details will be available on the OPUS schedule.
Visit: https://www.trnty.edu/opus/
Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell, Professor of Education, spent the three days of Spring Break at a Lilly-Grant funded workshop at Hope College that is looking at ways that colleges and universities can partner with community organizations more effectively to encourage reading and book groups. “I am hoping to gain insights that can be helpful for Young Authors and other future department initiatives.”
Project Echo
The Education Department team at Trinity Christian College launched Project ECHO this academic year. The team meets virtually on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 3:30pm through the month of April. Our topic for this school year is Promoting Appropriate Behavior in the Classroom. Each session begins with a short didactic and then we review a deidentified case brought to us by one of our participants. This series is designed for all school personnel interested in learning more about how to support appropriate behavior in the classroom. If interested in participating (as a student or school personnel), please contact our Echo team at echo@trnty.edu.
Next Session: April 20 │ 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Professional Development Series
As our Professional Development Series continues, we were excited to welcome alumni, who attended our second workshop of the Spring 2022 Series. Dr. Karen O’Connor, Associate Professor of Special Education, presented Developing High Quality Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) (1 hour session) on March 14.
“I enjoyed having the opportunity to speak with our alumni and share resources that they can use in their classrooms.” – Dr. O’Connor
Next session: April 27 │3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Workshop III: Improving Class Discussion presented by Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell, Professor of Education.
Professor of the Year Nominations, 2021-22
You are invited to nominate a Trinity faculty member as Professor of the Year. This award seeks to recognize the accomplishments of a distinguished professor. In the link below, please find a description of the award process and criteria.
Please submit nominations to the online form linked here by Tuesday, April 12th.
Note: Collaborative nominations are especially encouraged (for instance, bringing together multiple students and/or staff members and/or faculty members to submit one nomination).
Attention All Trinity Education Majors!
Have you been fingerprinted yet?
All Trinity Christian College Education majors are required to complete a fingerprint Criminal Background Check (CBC) before doing required field experience hours starting in your sophomore year. We are providing the opportunity for you to take care of this ahead of time on Trinity’s campus.
Who: Accurate Biometrics Services
What: CBC Fingerprinting
When: Wed., April 20, 2022; 10am-12pm
Where: Molenhouse Lounge
How:
- Sign up for a 5-minute time slot (Brightspace > Education Unit Home Site > Criminal Background Checks)
- Bring your filled out UCIA Accurate Biometrics Form along (Brightspace, or Pick up in the Education Office)
- Driver’s License or valid government issued photo ID needed
Cost: $30.00 – Accepts all major credit cards (Sorry, no cash or personal checks accepted.)
Are you looking for a Full-time, Part-time, Internship, Volunteer, or Summer Job? Take a look at our systems linked below for access to job opportunities!
Full-time Teaching and Education related positions can be found on the Handshake system.
Part-time, full-time, internship and volunteer education related opportunities can be found on your Brightspace – Education Unit Home Site – Job Board.
Part-time Opportunity
A Palos Heights mom is looking for a few students to come help her 16-year-old daughter with down syndrome during the week. There are a few times per week help is needed, but hours are part-time and mostly flexible. Pay rate is flexible, depending on experience. Students with a special ed or psychology concentration are a plus, but not required. Students must have a car.
Please contact Maura at (708) 870-5077, or at mauraconnect@gmail.com, and let her know that you are interested.
If you have a story to tell or an opportunity to share, please email education@trnty.edu.
We’d love to hear from you.
April 20: ECHO: Promoting Appropriate Behavior in the Classroom
April 20: Criminal Background Checks with Accurate Biometrics (Molenhouse Lounge)
Apr 25 & 26: Young Authors Festival
May 2: Student Teacher Commissioning Reception
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION OPERATIONS
Welcome to our April issue of Trinity’s Education Department Newsletter.
I had to think long and hard about what to write for an opener for this newsletter. For those of you that don’t know me, I’m a big fan of data and numbers. For me, the use of numbers helps to tell our story- and our story in the Education Unit is a great one! So, bear with me as I share a few numbers with you:
- 100%. We have students in ALL three programs on campus (traditional, adult, and graduate)
- 34%. The percentage of Trinity students that are Education students.
- 15%. Out of all courses offered at Trinity in the fall, 15% are scheduled and staffed by Education Unit instructors.
We are so happy that the Education Unit is growing in our offerings too! We have new graduate programs that just started in January!
Sara Baillie Gorman, EdD, BCBA
Director of Education Operations | Associate Professor
Young Authors Festival
The Education department is thrilled to welcome author, Ben Hatke, 10 partner schools, and over 230 aspiring young authors to campus for the Young Authors Festival – April 25 & 26. We invite our Trinity Community to the Young Authors Reception on Monday, April 25 at 6:30pm!
Meet Tommy Horton, a current Student Teacher at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School. Tommy started Inclusive Brewing (coffee cart) as a work practice opportunity for adult transition students. The shop is open on Monday and Friday mornings for students, staff, and administration to purchase coffee and snacks. Inclusive Brewing is self sustaining and emphasizes practicing social, vocational, and math skills in a mock workplace setting.
Judy Stellato, College Supervisor, had a chance to visit Tommy when his Inclusive Brewing Wagon was open for business. “Tommy’s energy and passion for helping his students combined with his experience working for Starbucks has resulted in a wonderful, unique opportunity for his students. His students are given the responsibility to take the orders, make and serve as well as managing the payments. Tommy allows the students to gradually take on more responsibility. He also uses every chance to include the rest of the students in the school when possible, such as having them decorate the individual cup holders.”
We love to see the amazing impact that Trinity students are having in their student teaching experiences! Please share your experience with education@trnty.edu.
Grumpus
Anyone who has been around campus a while knows about OPUS. We are so excited to have OPUS on campus and in person again on April 20th! Did you know about GRUMPUS though?
The Graduate Research Unveiling Masters Presentations Understandings and Scholarship (GRUMPUS) is the Graduate student extension to OPUS.
Please come walk through our poster session that evening to learn about our graduate research! Details will be available on the OPUS schedule.
Visit: https://www.trnty.edu/opus/
Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell, Professor of Education, spent the three days of Spring Break at a Lilly-Grant funded workshop at Hope College that is looking at ways that colleges and universities can partner with community organizations more effectively to encourage reading and book groups. “I am hoping to gain insights that can be helpful for Young Authors and other future department initiatives.”
Project Echo
The Education Department team at Trinity Christian College launched Project ECHO this academic year. The team meets virtually on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 3:30pm through the month of April. Our topic for this school year is Promoting Appropriate Behavior in the Classroom. Each session begins with a short didactic and then we review a deidentified case brought to us by one of our participants. This series is designed for all school personnel interested in learning more about how to support appropriate behavior in the classroom. If interested in participating (as a student or school personnel), please contact our Echo team at echo@trnty.edu.
Next Session: April 20 │ 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Professional Development Series
As our Professional Development Series continues, we were excited to welcome alumni, who attended our second workshop of the Spring 2022 Series. Dr. Karen O’Connor, Associate Professor of Special Education, presented Developing High Quality Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) (1 hour session) on March 14.
“I enjoyed having the opportunity to speak with our alumni and share resources that they can use in their classrooms.” – Dr. O’Connor
Next session: April 27 │3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Workshop III: Improving Class Discussion presented by Dr. Bill Boerman-Cornell, Professor of Education.
Professor of the Year Nominations, 2021-22
You are invited to nominate a Trinity faculty member as Professor of the Year. This award seeks to recognize the accomplishments of a distinguished professor. In the link below, please find a description of the award process and criteria.
Please submit nominations to the online form linked here by Tuesday, April 12th.
Note: Collaborative nominations are especially encouraged (for instance, bringing together multiple students and/or staff members and/or faculty members to submit one nomination).
Attention All Trinity Education Majors!
Have you been fingerprinted yet?
All Trinity Christian College Education majors are required to complete a fingerprint Criminal Background Check (CBC) before doing required field experience hours starting in your sophomore year. We are providing the opportunity for you to take care of this ahead of time on Trinity’s campus.
Who: Accurate Biometrics Services
What: CBC Fingerprinting
When: Wed., April 20, 2022; 10am-12pm
Where: Molenhouse Lounge
How:
- Sign up for a 5-minute time slot (Brightspace > Education Unit Home Site > Criminal Background Checks)
- Bring your filled out UCIA Accurate Biometrics Form along (Brightspace, or Pick up in the Education Office)
- Driver’s License or valid government issued photo ID needed
Cost: $30.00 – Accepts all major credit cards (Sorry, no cash or personal checks accepted.)
Are you looking for a Full-time, Part-time, Internship, Volunteer, or Summer Job? Take a look at our systems linked below for access to job opportunities!
Full-time Teaching and Education related positions can be found on the Handshake system.
Part-time, full-time, internship and volunteer education related opportunities can be found on your Brightspace – Education Unit Home Site – Job Board.
Part-time Opportunity
A Palos Heights mom is looking for a few students to come help her 16-year-old daughter with down syndrome during the week. There are a few times per week help is needed, but hours are part-time and mostly flexible. Pay rate is flexible, depending on experience. Students with a special ed or psychology concentration are a plus, but not required. Students must have a car.
Please contact Maura at (708) 870-5077, or at mauraconnect@gmail.com, and let her know that you are interested.
If you have a story to tell or an opportunity to share, please email education@trnty.edu.
We’d love to hear from you.
April 20: ECHO: Promoting Appropriate Behavior in the Classroom
April 20: Criminal Background Checks with Accurate Biometrics (Molenhouse Lounge)
Apr 25 & 26: Young Authors Festival
May 2: Student Teacher Commissioning Reception
For every incoming class, our Founders’ Scholars stand apart even amongst their exceptional peers. Normally, Trinity designates two incoming freshmen to receive the prestigious, full-tuition Founders’ Scholarships. Yet thanks to the generosity of our donor community, Trinity has been able to designate five Founders for the Class of 2026.
These five students demonstrated outstanding spiritual, academic, and social leadership:
- Carvel Anderson
- Caitlin Haverdink
- Mia Musick
- Grace Steenwyk
- Anika Wicker
Carvel Anderson, a native of Chicago, is a representative in his high school student government and a member of the Black Student Union. The future elementary education major also served as a Mikva Summer Fellow, where he interned with an elected official. Anderson has also been named a Diversity Scholar with Trinity.
A native of Hudsonville, Mich., Caitlin Haverdink plans to earn a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Trinity. She has been involved with golf, musical theater, and service projects. Haverdink also participates in the Spiritual Leadership Team at her school and with the praise team and nursey at her church.
Mia Musick, from Fisher, Ill., is considering majoring in psychology or social work. She is currently involved in student government and the National Honor Society at her high school and also plays the saxophone. One of five girls, she also competes in sports and serves as an FCA group leader. Musick is also a member of the gospel choir and preschool volunteer at her church.
Grace Steenwyk is from Zeeland, Mich., where she plays volleyball and soccer. She plans to continue her volleyball career as a Trinity Troll, as well as to participate in Trinity’s Honors Program. She is currently involved in the National Honor Society and student leadership. Steenwyk plans to major in psychology.
Anika Wicker grew up traveling the world with her parents, Lloyd ’97 and Heidi (Boeck) ’98, as her father serves as a Navy Chaplain. Wicker has participated in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) for four years and is currently a commanding officer. Wicker, who is planning to major in special education, plays piano and guitar and sings, and advocates against human trafficking through the Dressember Foundation.
Trinity is excited to welcome these newest Founders’ Scholars to campus this fall! Said Professor of Communication Arts and Co-Director of the Honors Program Craig Mattson, Ph.D., “Hearing about our new Founders is electric. I watched these people doing collaborative problem-solving in high-stakes conditions. They are extraordinary.”
For every incoming class, our Founders’ Scholars stand apart even amongst their exceptional peers. Normally, Trinity designates two incoming freshmen to receive the prestigious, full-tuition Founders’ Scholarships. Yet thanks to the generosity of our donor community, Trinity has been able to designate five Founders for the Class of 2026.
These five students demonstrated outstanding spiritual, academic, and social leadership:
- Carvel Anderson
- Caitlin Haverdink
- Mia Musick
- Grace Steenwyk
- Anika Wicker
Carvel Anderson, a native of Chicago, is a representative in his high school student government and a member of the Black Student Union. The future elementary education major also served as a Mikva Summer Fellow, where he interned with an elected official. Anderson has also been named a Diversity Scholar with Trinity.
A native of Hudsonville, Mich., Caitlin Haverdink plans to earn a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Trinity. She has been involved with golf, musical theater, and service projects. Haverdink also participates in the Spiritual Leadership Team at her school and with the praise team and nursey at her church.
Mia Musick, from Fisher, Ill., is considering majoring in psychology or social work. She is currently involved in student government and the National Honor Society at her high school and also plays the saxophone. One of five girls, she also competes in sports and serves as an FCA group leader. Musick is also a member of the gospel choir and preschool volunteer at her church.
Grace Steenwyk is from Zeeland, Mich., where she plays volleyball and soccer. She plans to continue her volleyball career as a Trinity Troll, as well as to participate in Trinity’s Honors Program. She is currently involved in the National Honor Society and student leadership. Steenwyk plans to major in psychology.
Anika Wicker grew up traveling the world with her parents, Lloyd ’97 and Heidi (Boeck) ’98, as her father serves as a Navy Chaplain. Wicker has participated in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) for four years and is currently a commanding officer. Wicker, who is planning to major in special education, plays piano and guitar and sings, and advocates against human trafficking through the Dressember Foundation.
Trinity is excited to welcome these newest Founders’ Scholars to campus this fall! Said Professor of Communication Arts and Co-Director of the Honors Program Craig Mattson, Ph.D., “Hearing about our new Founders is electric. I watched these people doing collaborative problem-solving in high-stakes conditions. They are extraordinary.”