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MISSION STATEMENT /40/

The pace of change in the world today is faster than ever before. Daily advances in technology and the global economy are

circumscribing the planet. What happened in Changchun, China, yesterday impacts people in China Grove, Texas, tomorrow. The

world community is challenged to keep pace, challenged to adapt, challenged to comprehend, challenged to react and, in many cases,

challenged simply to survive.

Institutions of higher learning generally, and Trinity University specifically, are not immune to these winds of change and the challenges

they bring. In fact, a good argument can be made that educators sit in the very eye of this storm. How does a college or university

prepare a student for a career in a world where technology mastered by a first-year student can be considered antiquated before he

or she graduates? How does a college or university provide a solid foundation that will enable its graduates to cope successfully with

career and global volatility? And, given the uncertain economic climate, how does a college or university meet this challenge while

keeping higher education accessible and affordable?

Part of the answer, of course, is for the institution to adapt, grow, and change. Trinity is doing so with an eye to maintaining relevance

grounded in core liberal arts values. Across the Trinity campus, collaborative innovation is evident in academic programs, co-curricular

activities, and other initiatives such as sustainability, information literacy, and global citizenship. Although alumni from previous

decades may not recognize the re-vamped and technologically sophisticated Coates Library with its Java City coffee bar, the electronic

classrooms, or the stunning new structures such as the Dicke Art /Smith Music building, they will sense the same spirit, optimism,

and commitment to excellence that has defined Trinity from its modest beginning.

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As the name implies, universities are multifaceted. Because their missions are complex and varied, they are affected by issues

and events from the geopolitical to the micro-local. They also generate their own range of peculiar challenges and opportunities.

While special in many ways, Trinity is not exempt from these realities. In the following annual report we focus on two of them:

the interrelated issues of access and accountability, among the more perdurable imperatives in Trinity’s struggle to fulfill its

responsibilities to society and itself. Access is the ability of potential students to matriculate and succeed. Accountability is

being answerable—to itself and to appropriate others—for how effectively it does what it claims it will do.

It is not an exaggeration to say that commitments to access and accountability are ever more deeply imbedded in Trinity’s

culture. Whether it is controlling costs, focusing the use of financial aid, or developing the resource base that will enable Trinity

to offer the highest quality education, we seek to ensure students from all walks of life have a realistic chance to attend and reap

the benefits of the Trinity experience. And whether it is measuring learning outcomes, benchmarking performance against other

outstanding universities, or regularly revisiting the connection between educational means and ends, Trinity holds itself to the

most rigorous performance standards.

A danger inherent in both of these commitments is excessive devotion to measurements that are by their nature only part—and

I would argue not the most important part—of the equation. Controlling costs, for example, is not a debatable value. Striving

only to do things cheaply, however, or being seduced by false economies, is in the long run the road to mediocrity or worse.

An education the like of a Trinity education is inherently expensive because it is predicated on providing the best, which is not

necessarily the most costly, but is almost never the least, either. Nor is systematic scrutiny of how well we perform less than

vital to our mission. It is, on the other hand, equally vital we remember that assessments based solely on the easily quantifiable

or on the narrow measures often invoked by advocates of “applied” or “utilitarian” educational training do not address the

larger—again, to my mind, most important—ends of liberal education: intellectual breadth and depth, critical thinking skills, the

ability to write and speak cogently, an understanding of society and oneself, civic engagement, and so on.

As we report this year on our efforts in these and other critical areas, we also must thank those who are helping us on our

journey. Without the counsel of Trinity’s legion of committed supporters, and without a generosity of spirit underlying the

financial support that has been—and continues to be—a determining factor in Trinity’s success, we would be accessible to

far fewer high potential, high achieving students, and we would have to hold ourselves to account against far less demanding

standards and much more modest aspirations.

President’s Message

— John R Brazil, President

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“Careful Planning, integration, Collaboration, and diversifiCation are key ConCePts for aCadeMiCs at trinity.” Dr. Michael Fischer, Vice President

for Academic Affairs

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maintaining relevance

Kalechi Ogba from Nigeria, Abishek Ghimire from Nepal, and Barbara Davalos from

Ecuador are Trinity students.

These students from diverse backgrounds are indicative of the changes taking place in

Trinity’s student population, and their presence on the Trinity campus is no accident.

Eric Maloof, director of international admissions, is charged with increasing the number

of foreign students on campus, and he has been very effective at his job. Five years ago

Trinity received 86 international applications. Last year there were 460. In 2007, ten

percent of the entering class was international compared to less than two percent four

years earlier.

“Our students will not graduate into a homogenous world,” explains Vice President

for Academic Affairs Michael Fischer, who also oversees admissions. “They will live

their lives in an increasingly diverse, increasingly interconnected, ever-shrinking world

where borders and lines of division mean less and less, and collaboration, tolerance, and

diversity mean more and more. That’s their future. Thus, naturally, we want our student

body to reflect the real world.”

While Maloof’s job is to bring the world to Trinity’s classrooms, Fischer and the

Academic Affairs staff and faculty are also focused on taking Trinity’s classrooms to the

world. Two of the five academic initiatives supported by Dream. Inspire. Achieve. focus on

exposing students to the languages, cultures, and business practices of other countries.

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The EAST (East Asian Studies at Trinity) program has been developed to help students

who want to focus on that area of the world. In a similar vein, economics professor

Jorge Gonzalez and his colleagues have developed a program called MAS (Mexico,

the Americas, and Spain) in which students work as interns in businesses ranging from

broadcasting to banking in Spanish speaking countries. In addition to the opportunities

offered through these programs, students have a wide variety of choices for study

abroad. At any given moment, more than 90 Trinity students are studying or interning in

40 different countries around the world, and more than half of the 2007 graduating class

studied abroad during their college career.

Of course, Trinity students don’t have to travel around the world to gain relevant, real-

world experiences because they have a world-class laboratory in the city of San Antonio,

right at their doorstep. A revitalized, re-envisioned urban studies program, another of the

Campaign initiatives, connects students with the San Antonio community where they

use the city as a learning laboratory. Professor Char Miller says no field of study is more

relevant than urban studies. “It’s about the future of life on this planet,” he says.

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Other initiatives designed to provide real world, hands-on experience within

the liberal arts framework include the Center for Entrepreneurship and the new

Interdisciplinary Science Education through Research Program. A new science facility

is currently being planned to accommodate enhanced collaboration among the

science disciplines as well as expand opportunities for undergraduate research.

Foreign students and foreign study are not the sole focus of the University’s efforts to

diversify the student population while providing a relevant education. There are also

efforts underway to expand opportunities for minority students and to mentor first-

generation students.

Because less than 30 percent of the U.S. population has a college degree, the

majority of high school graduates, especially those from low-income families, do

not have a parent mentor to help them over the inevitable rough spots they will

encounter as a college student, especially at an academically rigorous school like

Trinity. To help ease this transition, Trinity has established the Allies program.

Headed by Sheryl Tynes, associate vice president for curriculum and student issues,

and English Associate Professor Michael Soto, the program provides faculty mentors

for first-generation students as they negotiate the demands of college life. Soto also

heads up the McNair Scholars Program, which targets low-income, first-generation

college students and prepares them to enter research fields and explore the

possibilities of academic careers.

a new sCienCe faCility is Currently being Planned to aCCoMModate enhanCed Collaboration and exPand oPPortunities for undergraduate researCh.

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preparing global citizens

At Trinity University learning does not begin and end at the classroom door.

Rather, Trinity’s approach to the campus life of its students embodies the University’s

philosophy of providing students with a holistic learning environment. At Trinity the

classroom experience and the life outside the classroom are seamless, integrated, and

totally interdependent, says Vice President for Student Affairs Felicia J. Lee. “We teach

students in their living environment, just as much as professors teach them in the

classroom. We’re teaching them about living, about life, about social interaction, about

their responsibilities as world citizens, and much more.”

Well established programs have been in place to assist first-year students make the

transition to college life and to prepare seniors for their move into the real world.

The Junior Jump-Off Fair gives students the opportunity to learn about study abroad,

internships, and research opportunities. Most recently, Trinity has initiated several

new programs, including Sophomore College, community floors, and theProject. The

University has also placed an increased emphasis on participation in off-campus

community service programs, both locally and nationally.

Sophomore College, or SoCol, as it is referred to on campus, began last fall as a pilot

program resulting from an upper-class task force report. The pilot was so well received

that SoCol was expanded this fall so that all rising sophomores live together on campus.

SoCol is intended to address needs specific to sophomores, focusing on health issues,

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“there’s never a tiMe when trinity students are not learning.”

Felicia J. Lee, Vice President for Student Affairs

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service, and identity exploration. Additionally, SoCol will help to ensure that sophomore

students continue to engage in the Trinity community and are provided services that are

specific to their developmental needs.

Community floors, another student life initiative, are a collaborative effort between

professional staff and academic departments to establish, develop, and improve

partnerships with faculty in residence halls. Last year there were Spanish and Chinese

language floors and the Fall 2008 semester includes the addition of a floor connected to

environmental sustainability and another linked to entrepreneurship. “Grouping like-

minded students and linking them with appropriate faculty creates a powerful synergy,”

Lee says.

theProject is a first-year student program created by Trinity staff to teach leadership

skills. The program is grounded in the philosophy that leaders are not born but instead

develop individually, and that leadership skills can be used as a venue to create change

on behalf of others and society as a whole. The curriculum of theProject challenges

students to engage in study, dialogue, guided reflection, and community outreach.

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Trinity strives to inculcate in students an ethos of giving and instill in them a habit

of reaching out to those less privileged. “We want to design experiences that

allow students to embrace and understand what it means to be a global citizen of

the future,” says Lee. “We want our students to have a healthy disregard for the

impossible.” To provide inspiration, Trinity asked all new and returning students as

well as faculty and staff to read Three Cups of Tea, the story of one man’s efforts to

establish schools in some of the remotest areas of Pakistan. Author Greg Mortenson

visited the campus and delivered a lecture on his work at the beginning of the

fall semester.

Two additional initiatives exemplify Trinity’s emphasis on leadership training and

service learning. Last year Trinity collaborated with St. Mary’s University to host the

nationally recognized LeaderShape Institute, one of just 40 colleges and universities

to do so. The five-day program develops leadership skills while encouraging

commitment to core ethical values. In a similar vein, the Sophomore Service Initiative

allows students to select an organization to support through community service.

Throughout the year students have the opportunity to attend educational workshops

as well as social mixers that reinforce the value of community service.

we want to design exPerienCes that allow students to eMbraCe and understand what it Means to be a global Citizen of the future.

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For centuries the library has been considered the heart of a university. The challenge

today is to keep that “heart” beating vigorously, while adapting to the transformative

technology of the twenty-first century, according to Charles White, vice president for

information resources and administrative affairs.

At Trinity, Coates Library, which has been updated with the some of the most

sophisticated technology resources available, is the centerpiece of Trinity’s holistic,

integrated, collaborative learning environment. Students can still check out a book from

among the more than one million bound volumes, but they can now do so much more.

The first floor of the library houses the AT&T Center for Learning and Technology (CLT),

which serves as the hub of campus-wide educational information and communications

technology. Re-dedicated last fall in honor of a $5 million technology gift from AT&T, the

CLT provides faculty, students, and staff access to technology, media, and training that

enhances teaching, learning, and research. Teaching spaces for individuals and small

groups include 21 computer stations with specialized media software, and a new AT&T

Information Commons area has extended and enhanced the existing commons area.

A fully integrated information literacy program engages library users at all levels,

beginning with the first-year seminar “Focus on Faculty” workshop series, while the

library’s Web site incorporates cutting edge tools like chat reference, a downloadable

library toolbar, federated searching (the simultaneous search of multiple online

databases), and a comprehensive set of digital resources.

nurturing information literacy

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Charles White, Vice President for Information Resources and Administrative Affairs

“Maintaining, ProteCting, and uPgrading the digital infrastruCture to iMProve and faCilitate the learning environMent is an iMPortant asPeCt of the overall eduCational environMent.”

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A geographic information services (GIS) librarian leads the campus development of GIS

research and teaching, maintaining an institutional repository of GIS information called

Digital Commons and a broader-based consortium called the Liberal Arts Scholarly

Repository (LASR). Graduating students consistently rank the library as one of the

best elements of their Trinity experience. In recognition of these exemplary services

and resources that further the educational mission of the University, the Association

of College and Research Libraries bestowed its 2007 Excellence in Academic Libraries

Award on the Coates Library.

Although today’s students have grown up with technology, it is vitally important that

they are also savvy consumers of information. Thus, Trinity’s Quality Enhancement

Plan (QEP), Information Literacy, will be implemented this fall. The five-year initiative,

approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools last spring as part

of Trinity’s re-accreditation process, will focus on teaching students to be good and

discerning assessors of information sources and their value.

although today’s students have grown uP with teChnology, it is vitally iMPortant that they are also savvy ConsuMers of inforMation.

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Another area where Trinity recently received national recognition for cutting edge

innovation is wireless Internet connectivity. Intel Corporation listed Trinity as one of the

Top 10 “Most Unwired Campuses” in the nation.

Trinity students can write term papers while sitting outside on a sunny day or book a

flight home from the balcony of their residence hall – all without plugging in their laptop

computers. Using tablet PCs, professors can interact with students while transmitting

data to projectors. Even campus safety officers - traveling in patrol cars or on bikes – can

access information on their laptops. “People are using the wireless Internet all over the

place,” says White. “I’m not sure we could be any less wired.”

Technology is also being used to make the Trinity campus safer. The telecommunications

group within the Information Technology Services Department recently deployed three

new emergency communication systems, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),

which allows the University to send out emergency messages via telephone; a system

that uses the screens on phones for text message alerts; and a system that allows text

messages to be sent to self-registered cell phones.

Keeping pace with technology advances and ensuring that students have access to the

newest and best information and teaching resources remains a special challenge for

small schools. Fortunately, Trinity has been able to offer its students information

resources comparable to those of the most prestigious universities in the country.

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“sustainability will not only be Central to the PhysiCal asPeCts of the CaMPus, but fundaMental to researCh and teaChing as well.” Craig McCoy, Vice President

for Fiscal Affairs

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Turbulent financial times magnify the importance of solid financial principles. Thus, Trinity

University is fortunate to be firmly grounded in long-standing, forward-thinking fiscal

policies. The keys are maintaining balance, setting clear priorities, and keeping a long-term

perspective, according to Vice President for Fiscal Affairs Craig McCoy. “If an institution

can adhere to those principles, it is possible to react to current events without being

inadvertently diverted down a non-productive path.”

Like all educational institutions, Trinity is experiencing significant inflationary pressures.

Overall, the University’s operating budget for fiscal year 2008-09 is increasing 7.35

percent. Balancing revenue, derived from tuition, annual giving programs, and endowment

income, against numerous competing priorities, only one of which is keeping tuition as

low as possible, remains a challenge. Issues such as sustainability initiatives, required

renovations, updating academic resources, maintaining campus grounds, and increasing

financial aid, must be weighed against cutbacks in state and federal spending for loans and

scholarships and an uncertain economy.

Trinity has steadily and systematically upgraded its facilities, creating one of the most

attractive and functional college campuses in the country. In May 2008 a new structure,

the Mabry Tennis Pavilion, was dedicated. Made possible by the generous support of

alumni, parents, and friends, the pavilion honors legendary Trinity tennis coach Clarence

Mabry. The renovations and improvements to Thomas and Lighter residence halls were

completed. The intramural field was resurfaced with FieldTurf, a mixture of rubber and sand

that is used by 22 NFL teams. The artificial turf creates a safe, resilient, predictable playing

field with grass-like performance of the highest quality.

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Currently, the focus is on upgrading the University’s science facilities, where a

collaborative effort is underway to develop plans for improvements to the departments

of engineering science, chemistry, and biology to facilitate the academic initiative called

Interdisciplinary Science Education through Research (ISER). This campaign-supported

initiative is viewed as an excellent example of prudent strategic investment with returns

that will improve the quality of what Trinity delivers, advance academic goals, and meet

basic faculty needs.

Another example of Trinity’s purposeful approach to spending is the President’s Task

Force on Sustainability. The Task Force is assessing the University’s operations with a

goal of systematically improving Trinity’s “sustainability footprint” by reducing energy

consumption through improved building designs, installing low-flow bathroom fixtures,

using recyclable materials wherever possible, and using re-cycled water for outdoor

irrigation. As Trinity moves into the next generation of its building program, sustainability

will figure prominently across the campus. “Not only is it the right thing to do, it is, from a

purely financial perspective, the smart thing to do,” says McCoy.

trinity is aPProaChing its sustainability goals holistiCally and with a university-wide PersPeCtive that taPs into the inCreasing interest that students have in environMental issues.

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To be finalized this fall, the Task Force Report is expected to recommend beefing up the

University’s environmental program with new course offerings and establishing a new

residential floor for first-year students that emphasizes sustainable design. Typically,

Trinity is approaching its sustainability goals holistically and with a University-wide

perspective that taps into the increasing interest that students have in environmental

issues. Trinity students, on the leading edge of this green wave, formed S.O.S. (Students

Organized for Sustainability) last year to help reduce waste and promote recycling.

Rising costs do necessitate increased tuition and Trinity’s costs for tuition, fees, room and

board for the 2008-09 academic year increased by 6.3 percent. To keep Trinity affordable

and ensure access from as diverse a student population as possible, each rise in tuition is

met with a corresponding percentage rise in the financial aid budget.

Although Trinity is blessed with a substantial endowment and the Dream. Inspire. Achieve.

campaign will bolster it significantly, Trinity maintains the endowment fund spending rate

at 4.5 percent. Despite the increasing expenses and competition for available resources,

the University wisely refuses to tap the endowment to meet short-term spending needs,

believing it would be unwise to reward students of today at the expense of students of

tomorrow. Today, more than ever, the University believes it is important to adhere to the

principles of balance, perspective, and priority.

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A Trinity education features distinguished faculty, small classes, cutting-edge technologies,

and best-rated facilities that can only be provided with substantial resources.

If tuition was the only available resource, a Trinity education would be unaffordable to

all but the wealthiest students. That’s why Vice President for Advancement Marc Raney

says generations of Trinity leaders have been “justifiably preoccupied with resource

development.” In fact, tuition contributes roughly 64 percent of the University’s annual

expenses. The remaining 36 percent comes from annual donations from alumni and others

and investment earnings from Trinity’s endowment.

Boiled to its essence, the University’s challenge from an advancement perspective is to

narrow the gap between the relatively low tuition compared to other highly ranked liberal

arts colleges and universities and the higher cost of providing the quality education that

Trinity students, parents, and alumni have come to expect.

Currently, upwards of 80 percent of Trinity students receive some form of merit or need-

based financial aid. This percentage reflects the University’s determination to diversify its

student body and ensure access to bright, highly motivated students regardless of their

ability to pay. Doing so remains an on-going challenge.

To meet that challenge the University relies on an array of development tools, a legion of

loyal supporters and benefactors, and an ever-growing pool of successful alumni.

ensuring the future

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“trinity wants to Continue to attraCt the Most talented students based on their ability to do the work, not on their ability to Pay.” Marc Raney, Vice President

for Advancement

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Annual fundraising initiatives continue to be critically important sources of revenue,

helping the University balance its budgets each year. The Trinity Associates Program, which

recognizes individuals making gifts of $1,000 to $10,000, now stands at 707 members,

its highest total ever. The Parents Fund, which recognizes gifts from the parents of current

and former students, raised over $260,000 in each of the last two years, and the annual

Phonathon garnered $550,178 in pledges from alumni and parents.

Also, the Trinity University Business Affiliates (TUBA) raised $163,000 for scholarships

and financial aid from 60 business members. These annual gifts are crucial in establishing

and balancing budgets and keeping tuition as low as possible.

Every year the Advancement team hosts a Scholarship Reception at which Business

Affiliates, endowed scholarship donors, and Senior Associates have the opportunity to

meet the student or students their gift supports. The event gives students an opportunity

to thank their sponsors in person, and donors never fail to be impressed with the caliber of

these students and their respective accomplishments and dreams.

Along with annual giving, Trinity’s endowment plays a significant role in maintaining its

margin of excellence. Investment earnings from Trinity’s endowment, currently valued at

$ 1,034,659,488, provide an important revenue stream for the annual operating budget.

While a portion of the endowment is unrestricted and proceeds can fund any aspect of the

University’s operation, the endowment also includes a substantial number of restricted

gifts, such as endowed faculty chairs and named scholarships. But the bottom line impact is

the same: investment revenue from endowed gifts permits lower tuition costs for students.

The capital campaign Dream. Inspire. Achieve. supports all aspects of the University,

including the endowment, which is the largest component of the campaign. The campaign

launched publicly in 2005 with an historic and ambitious goal of raising $200 million to

dramatically increase the funds that are available for scholarships and financial aid as well

as support five major academic initiatives.

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Over half of the money to be raised in the campaign will go into endowments for

scholarships, professorships, or other important activities.

Nearing its final stages, the campaign to date has raised $165 million and is expected to

reach its successful conclusion in 2009. Underpinning all of these development efforts are

the University’s proud and faithful alumni who serve as ambassadors for Trinity across the

country and throughout the world. As Raney rightfully notes, “Trinity would not be where

it is without them.”

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campus highlights

For the 17th consecutive year, Trinity was ranked number one in U.S. News and World

Report’s list of “America’s Best Colleges” in the category of institutions that offer a full

range of undergraduate programs, as well as select master’s programs in the Western

part of the United States. Trinity also received a number one ranking in the publication’s

best value category, “Great Schools, Great Prices.”

The Princeton Review listed Trinity in the 2009 edition of The Best 366 Colleges.

About 15 percent of the four-year colleges in America and two Canadian colleges are

selected for the annual ranking. The review includes student comments, one of which

cited Trinity professors as “always available, largely brilliant, and willing to discuss…

anything with a student one-on-one.” It also features rankings lists on various aspects of

campus life. Trinity was included in the ranking titled “Dorms Like Palaces.”

For nearly a year the “Trinity Miracle Play” has received widespread coverage in

both sports and regular news programs across the country. The play was one of four

nominated for an ESPY by ESPN in the Best Play category in July, and it won the Pontiac

Game Changing Performance of the Year for 2007. Along with the win, Trinity received a

$100,000 scholarship. Time magazine named the Miracle Play the “No. 1 Sports Moment

of 2007,” and the Trinity football team received recognition from the San Antonio City

Council and the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association.

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Faculty appointments and honors

Mark Garrison, professor and chair of art and art history, was appointed the Alice

Pratt Brown Professor of Art History. The endowed professorship is named in honor of

Alice Pratt Brown, who, with George R. Brown and Herman and Margarett Root Brown,

established the Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston. Professor Garrison came to Trinity in

1989 and his primary research interests are the glyptic arts of ancient Iran and Iraq in the

early first millennium B.C.

Stephen Field, professor of Chinese and chair of the modern languages and literatures

department, was appointed as the first J.K. and Ingrid Lee Professor in Chinese language

and literature. The Modern Language Association of America recognized Trinity’s

Chinese program as a national model for successful program building. Professor Field

specializes in pre-Qin Chinese literature (before 221 B.C.) and is an authority on early

Chinese cosmology as it pertains to the ancient art of feng shui.

David O. Ribble, professor and chair of biology, was the 2008 recipient of the Dr. and

Mrs. Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship. The Z.T. Scott Fellowship, given annually for excellence

in teaching and advising, includes a $5,000 cash award as well as $3,000 to be used for

professional development and research. Trinity University Trustee Richard M. Kleberg III

established the Fellowship in 1984 in honor of his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott.

Ribble was also part of a team who discovered a rare, new species of elephant shrew in

Tanzania, Africa.

Arturo Madrid, Murchison Distinguished Professor of Humanities, received a Lifetime

Achievement Award from the Ford Salute to Education for his dedication to opening

doors to education to students from all backgrounds.

Study abroad counselor Nancy Ericksen received a Lifetime Achievement Award from

the Institute for International Education of Students (IES).

Adam Urbach, assistant professor of chemistry, received a five-year $564,500 early

career grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue his research

involving the design of molecules that recognize and label specific peptides in

aqueous solutions.

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In early May the University honored five outstanding faculty members for distinction

in service, teaching, advising, or research. David Lesch, professor of history, was

recognized for outstanding research. Richard Butler, professor of economics, was

lauded for his commitment and dedication to distinguished student advising. In

addition Sarah Burke, professor of modern languages and literatures, received

an award for distinguished University and community service. Two junior faculty

members – assistant professors Dennis Ugolini and Yu Zhang – in the departments

of physics and astronomy and computer science, respectively, were cited for

distinguished teaching and research.

Campus News

The National Science Foundation awarded Trinity $600,000 to establish Financial

Aid for Science and Technology (FAST) grants for an estimated 44 students who

plan to major in a range of science and technology subjects. Each recipient of the

FAST Student Grant Program will receive up to $4,600 per academic year to offset

need-based loans at Trinity. The program is designed to benefit, but is not limited to,

first-generation college students from diverse backgrounds.

Thanks to a bill sponsored by Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) Trinity received a

$146,000 federal grant to establish an Educator’s Technology Teaching Laboratory.

To be housed in the Storch Memorial building, the laboratory will include advanced

networking, laptop computers, and a central teaching station with appropriate

technology and videoconferencing to support distance education operations. The

facility will enhance ongoing professional development for area educators and

prepare teachers to work with technology in the classroom.

A team of sophomore engineering science students placed third in the National

Scholar Award for Workplace Innovation & Design competition. Created as part

of a required engineering course, the group adapted a device to make it easier for

Goodwill Industries’ workers to operate riding lawn mowers. The award included a

$3,000 prize for Trinity’s department of engineering science.

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Under the leadership of debate coach Jarrod Atchison, the Trinity debate team won five

debates in a row, all by unanimous decision, to win the United States Naval Academy

Debate Tournament in Annapolis, Maryland.

Senior Sarah Elaine Robinson of Lake Jackson, Texas, was one of 22 undergraduates in

the nation selected as a Beinecke Scholar. She will receive more than $30,000 in support

of her doctorate in musicology.

Jonathon Simpkins, an engineering science major from Ripon, Wisconsin, won a

prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year based upon his

research proposal that uses an alternative mathematical approach to videogrammetry.

About two dozen engineering science professors and students were inducted into the

Order of the Engineer, an organization that fosters a spirit of pride and responsibility in

the engineering profession and has been called the “Hippocratic oath for engineers.”

Much of Trinity’s engineering science curriculum includes case studies involving

ethics questions.

Trinity radio station KRTU was in the first wave of radio stations in the country to begin

broadcasting in high definition digital audio. The conversion to the new format was made

possible through a technology grant provided by the AT&T Foundation. The conversion

to hi-def digital audio enhances KRTU’s ability to deliver quality programming and teach

the next generation of broadcasters. It also opens the possibility of adding other distinct

channels, which could be used for separate programming.

Hundreds of middle school students from the San Antonio Independent School District

are coming to the Trinity campus to learn what it is like to be a scientist, as part of a $1.5

million grant the University received from Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Programs

funded by the Institute seek to encourage young people’s interest in science, prepare

them for science-related careers, and increase science literacy among all students,

including non-science majors. Trinity was one of 48 grant recipients selected by the

Hughes Institute in 2008.

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Alumni Honorees

Mark W. Kline ’79, M.D., received the 2007-2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Dr. Kline has been treating children with HIV/AIDS since the epidemic first surfaced

among these youngest of patients in the late 1980s. He has established clinics for

pediatric AIDS patients in Romania and Africa and other international locations and

been instrumental in investigations of clinical therapies that have radically changed

the outlook for children with HIV/AIDS. Dr. Kline is a professor of pediatrics and chief

of retrovirology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Texas Children’s Hospital

in Houston. He received a B.A. degree (summa cum laude) in biology from Trinity

University in 1979.

Ana Unruh Cohen ’96, Ph.D., a senior policy adviser for global warming for the Select

Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming, was named the Outstanding

Young Alumna for 2007-2008. Unruh Cohen joined the Select Committee staff from the

Center for American Progress, where she was the director of environmental policy. Prior

to her time at American Progress, she was an aide to Congressman Edward J. Markey

(D-MA) and handled a variety of energy and environmental issues pending before the

Energy and Commerce Committee and the Natural Resources Committee. Unruh Cohen,

a former chemistry major, received her Ph.D. in earth sciences from Oxford University,

where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

San Antonio caterer Erich Menger ’66, a founding director of Chi Delta Tau Foundation

and unofficial mentor to Chi Delta Tau Fraternity for many years, received the Spirit

of Trinity award. When Hurricane Katrina refugees arrived in San Antonio, Menger

coordinated men from the Tiger soccer team to help set up cots throughout the night

at designated shelters. He often visits veterans at BAMC and organizes programs that

take these men to special recreational sites. He also delivers food to the Fisher Houses.

A former member of the National Alumni Board, Menger represented alumni on the

University’s Quality Education Plan (QEP) Committee.

Dream. Inspire. Achieve. The Campaign for Trinity University builds on Trinity’s strengths by

investing in the University’s students, faculty, and curriculum — making a University that

is already very special truly extraordinary. The academic year 2007-08 has been one

of great progress for the Campaign, which has raised $165 million in gifts and pledges,

reaching more than 82 percent of its $200 million goal.

This increased level of philanthropic support will help make a Trinity education affordable

for generations to come by dramatically increasing the funds that are available for

scholarships and financial aid, ensuring that talented students are not forced to choose

between an education that is best for them and an education they can afford. Over half

of the funds raised will go into endowments for scholarships, professorships, or other

important activities. Some Campaign resources will also be targeted to help recruit

students of extraordinarily high academic ability who can energize the classroom and

inspire their peers. A Top Scholars Program will include four-year awards that will help

Trinity attract those students.

The Campaign is also focused on supporting Trinity’s distinguished faculty with the

time and tools they need to build close relationships with their students. Tough, fair, and

supportive, the Trinity faculty set a high bar for students and then lend a hand to help

those students reach that bar. That kind of commitment is why the Kaplan/Newsweek

College Catalog places Trinity among the top three colleges in the nation for individual

attention from faculty. Three campaign initiatives, Trinity’s Center for Entrepreneurship,

East Asian Studies at Trinity (EAST), and Interdisciplinary Science and Education through

Research (ISER) received major support from alumni and other donors.

dreaming, inspiring, achieving

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Trustee Barbara Pritzlaff Pierce ’78 and husband V. Douglas Pritzlaff Jr. ’78 made a

substantial endowment gift that will provide in perpetuity seed money for eight of the

entrepreneurship program’s 16- E-teams. E-teams are groups of four students, who will

embark on a four-year journey of seminars and courses designed to awaken creativity and

inspire entrepreneurial spirit with the goal of transforming their ideas into marketplace

realities. Each team will receive $4,000 in start up funds towards its new venture.

A gift from Mrs. John C. Pritzlaff Jr. will endow a scholarship for students participating in

the program.

Trinity Trustee Oliver Lee ’93 and his family have endowed a senior faculty position in

Chinese language and literature. Their $2 million gift has established the J. K. and Ingrid Lee

Professorship in honor of his mother and late father. Stephen Field, professor of Chinese

and chair of Trinity’s department of modern languages and literatures, has been named the

inaugural Lee Professor.

the CaMPaign has raised $165 Million in gifts and Pledges, reaChing More than 82 PerCent of its $200 Million goal.

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An anonymous $1.25 million gift from an alumna and her husband has endowed a senior

faculty position in international business with an emphasis on East Asia and China. That

professorship is named in honor of Richard Burr, professor of business administration,

and Don Clark, professor of history and co-director of the EAST program.

A $5 million gift from AT&T provided for the renovation of what is now the AT&T Center

for Learning and Technology and a complete overhaul of campus radio station KRTU,

enabling the station to broadcast its jazz format in high definition. The AT&T gift will also

fund renovations to the campus television station in the summer of 2009. These gifts

place Trinity on the leading edge of the technological curve, ensuring that Trinity students

and faculty have access to the most advanced teaching and learning environment that

technology can provide.

A $1.5 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute enables Trinity to add both

an education specialist and a neurobiophysicist, both of whom will strengthen the ISER

initiative. An estate gift received in November of 2007 will endow the professorship in

neurobiophysics.

Because Trinity places a high priority on attracting and admitting high ability students

regardless of ability to pay, scholarships are a major focus of the Campaign. Since its

inception, 50 new endowed scholarships have been established.

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ways to giveAlumni Giving

Alumni donor participation for 2007-2008 was 19.22 percent. Since 2004, 47 percent of Trinity alumni have made a gift to the University at least once. It takes 203 alumni to raise the percentage by one point.

Parent Giving

In FY 2007-2008, 2,554 parents of Trinity students, past and present, supported the University. These gifts directly support their children’s education since tuition covers approximately half of the cost to educate a Trinity student.

Phonathon

There are hundreds of reasons to support Trinity University and each one of them has a name. Today’s Trinity students will be calling you to ask for your continued support. They are looking forward to talking to you about the campus, news in your lives, and sharing a bit about themselves. Please say “YES” to our student when you get the call! If we miss you, you may call 210-999-7415 or toll free 888-TU-DONOR or e-mail development@trinity.edu.

Online Giving

Access the Trinity online giving page anytime at www.trinity.edu. Click on “Supporting Trinity” then “Ways to Give” and use your credit card to make a gift. MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover are accepted. Giving online is a convenient and secure means to provide your support to the University.

Mail and E-Mail Appeals

Please respond to gift requests through the mail by sending a check or your credit card number. You also have an opportunity to support Trinity University through an e-mail that links to our online giving site.

Electronic Funds Transfer

An electronic funds transfer authorizes the automatic transfer of funds each month from your checking or savings account. Please call the Office of Development 210-999-7415 or toll free 888-TU-DONOR for more information.

Giving Securities

Investing in the University with long-term appreciated stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are another excellent way to provide financial support. These securities can provide you with a current income tax deduction as well as an avoidance of long-term capital gains taxes. Gifts of securities may be made through www.trinity.edu (see “Online Giving”) or by calling Gaylon Greger, director of planned giving, at 210-999-7697 or toll free 888-TU-DONOR.

Planned Giving Program

The Trinity University planned giving program offers many options for making a gift. You can make a gift through a bequest in your will or living trust, or consider a gift that pays you an income for life by creating a charitable gift annuity or trust. Another option is naming Trinity as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, IRA account, or a life insurance policy. For more information about making a planned gift, please contact Gaylon Greger, director of planned giving, at 210-999-7697 or toll-free 888-TU-DONOR.

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alumni Chapter Percent Participation

Phoenix 21.09Atlanta 24.15Austin 17.16Chicago 18.77Dallas 20.06Denver 18.13Ft. Worth 20.67Houston 17.90New England 19.75New York City 20.40Northern California 15.84San Antonio 19.66Southern California 13.55St. Louis 29.93Washington DC 26.08

toP 10 Class givingPercent Participation

2008 52.931930 50.001945 41.671957 41.231951 36.361954 35.711943 33.331953 32.841947 32.141941 30.43

toP 10 social ClubsPercent Participation

Chi Delta Tau 24.76Gamma Chi Delta 24.49Spurs Sorority 24.45Bengal Lancers 24.06Triniteers 24.03Chi Beta Epsilon 23.83Delta Theta Pi 23.26Zeta Chi 23.16Sigma Theta Tau 23.02Alpha Chi Lambda 21.88

1930 50.001936 12.501937 16.671938 16.671939 16.671940 26.671941 30.431942 26.321943 33.331944 11.111945 41.671946 16.671947 32.141948 21.881949 28.261950 21.051951 36.361952 17.951953 32.841954 35.711955 26.671956 20.481957 41.231958 22.351959 28.801960 23.131961 24.001962 23.031963 26.751964 27.981965 30.211966 23.981967 26.341968 22.271969 21.711970 22.951971 22.66

1972 21.831973 19.651974 19.421975 20.671976 18.001977 19.351978 21.941979 17.041980 16.701981 22.221982 19.651983 14.831984 19.921985 18.211986 18.081987 17.821988 18.911989 19.331990 17.981991 16.861992 15.161993 15.801994 17.381995 19.871996 12.051997 20.731998 19.071999 12.532000 14.322001 14.192002 15.792003 11.982004 15.402005 11.522006 13.352007 6.042008 52.93

Class givingPercent Participation

giving participation & boards

national alumni board 2007–2008

Mike Bacon ’89 Michael Barrett ’00 Charles Brown ’54 Martha Castrejana ’79 Ken Chang ’92 Jackie Claunch ’66 L.K. Croft ’57Craig Fecel ’00 Celeste Diaz Ferraro ’91 Kevin Foyle ’92 Robert Gardner Jr. ’66Marci Auld Glass ’91 Marshall Hess ’88 Eric Hilty ’88 Leslie Hollingsworth ’88 Aliza Holzman-Cantu ’92 Vanessa Kenon ’88Monica Wiseman Latin ’90 Carol Mansen ’83 Dave Mansen, ’76 Brian Mather ’00 Virgil Peterson ’61 Kim Pettit ’77 Nancy Post ’67 David Reynolds ’70 Jenny Richard ’97 David Schlosser ’90 Andrea Speer Shelton ’75Dale Shover ’96 Lucia Dixon Street ’59 Dorothy Tarbox ’79 Jessica Thorne ’91 Jim Timmins ’76, ’78Jake Walker ’05 Paul Walthall ’48 Bret Walton ’76, ’77 Karla Whitsitt Wentworth ’78

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trinity university board of trustees 2007–2008

Sharon J. BellPhyllis BrowningRichard W. CalvertMiles Cortez ’64James F. Dicke II ’68Douglas D. Hawthorne ’69, ’72George C. Hixon ’64Peter M. HoltWalter R. Huntley Jr. ’71, ’73John R. HurdJames W. Jones IV ’67E. Carey Joullian IV ’82Rev. Richard R. Kannwischer ’95Richard M. Kleberg III ’65Katherine W. Klinger ’72John C. KorbellOliver T. Lee ’93Greg Love ’84Steven P. Mach ’92Robert S. McClane ’61Melody Boone Meyer ’79Forest E. MillerMarshall B. Miller Jr.Clarkson P. MoseleyMichael F. Neidorff ’65Barbara W. Pierce ’78Thomas R. SemmesG. P. SinghPaul H. SmithDavid J. Straus ’44L. Herbert Stumberg Jr. ’81Charles T. Sunderland ’78Lissa Walls Vahldiek ’80

board of visitors 2007–2008

Edward H. Austin Jr.George P. Becknell III ’78Jack BieglerAlexander E. Briseno ’71, ’73The Hon. John Cornyn III ’73Bonnie Ellison ’67Homero R. Garza, M.D. ’71C. Hays Glover III ’77Sarah E. Harte ’02William C. Huber ’88Stephen G. Jennings, Ph.D. ’68Erik L. Johnsen ’79Christopher Kinsey ’79Carolyn H. LabattJoe C. McKinneyManuel Pelaez-Prada ’97Helen Hogan PerkinsLinda Tarpley Peterson ’66Col. William D. RascoMichel J. C. RothRobert N. Shaw ’69, ’72The Hon. Polly SpencerBarbara Anne Stephens ’66Maj. Gen.(Ret’d) William K. Suter ’59Tiffany Tankersley ’90John D. Thornton ’87John F. Thrash, M.D. ’76Scott Wheeler Tinker, Ph.D. ’82William S. Von Behren ’78Scott G. Walker ’70Lora K. Watts ’79Kenny Wilson

trinity universityadministration

Dr. John BrazilPresidentTrinity University

Dr. Michael FischerVice PresidentOffice of Academic Affairs & Dean of the Faculty

Mr. Craig McCoyVice PresidentOffice of Fiscal Affairs

Dr. Felicia J. LeeVice PresidentOffice of Student Affairs

Mr. Marc RaneyVice PresidentOffice of Advancement

Dr. Charles WhiteVice PresidentOffice of Information Resources & Administrative Affairs

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financialstrinity university2007-2008 oPerating budget*$107,091,370

sourCe of funds

Tuition 55.8%

Annual Giving 1.5%

Auxiliary Enterprises 14.0%

Endowment Income 23.7%

Other Income 5.0%

*The budget supporting the core programs of the University. Excludes the Plant Fund and Sponsored Research programs.

exPenditures

Instruction 28.1%

Auxiliary Enterprises 10.2%

Mandatory Transfers 1.4%

Scholarships & Fellowships 22.5%

Student Services 8.8%

Operation & Maintenance of Plant 7.7%

Academic Support 6.3%

Institutional Support 12.6%

Conferences & Special Programs 2.4%

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exPenditures

sourCe of funds

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stateMent of institutional identity

and strategiC obJeCtives

(Approved by the Trinity University Board of Trustees on January 20, 2006)

Trinity University is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the

interrelated areas of teaching, research, and service. Trinity seeks to provide broad and intensive

educational opportunities primarily to undergraduates in liberal arts and sciences, and in selected

professional and pre-professional fields. It also offers a small number of selected high quality

graduate programs.

Trinity University is dedicated to creating a superior intellectual environment by: recruiting,

developing, and retaining outstanding faculty members dedicated to teaching, to scholarship and

creative endeavor, and to service to the University and its community; identifying and attracting

talented and highly motivated students to its predominantly full-time, residential student body; and

providing a supportive and challenging experience wherein students, faculty, and staff can realize

the potential of their abilities and engage their responsibilities to others. Trinity respects its historic

ties to the Presbyterian Church, with which it continues to have a covenant relationship.

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