Telling Trinity’s story each month through photography. This regular feature offers a glimpse into the many presentations, performances, competitions, and other events held during the academic year at this prestigious liberal arts institution. Photos by Nick Caito, staff photographer.
August 2024
August 2024
Summer maintenance projects around campus receive a final touch before the semester start. Here a worker from Giliberto & Sons of Hartford restores the waterproof caulking around an entry to Williams Hall.
Students begin to return to campus for pre-orientation sessions.
Students in the "Summit 2 Success" pre-orientation program focus on generating creative ideas to solve problems.
Student and staff volunteers joined new families to assist with student move in.
Goodbye hugs on move-in day.
Burgers on the grill at the annual student cookout.
The annual first-year student candle lighting ceremony at the Trinity Chapel.
First-year student orientation features a collection of wellness programs, including a petting zoo in the Washington Room of Mather Hall. Rabbits, teacup pigs, turtles, ferrets, ducklings, and bantam chickens (pictured) were on hand.
Trinity College president Joanne Berger-Sweeney returns a salute from Joseph DiChristina, vice president for student success and enrollment management, at the start of the Convocation Ceremony.
Varvara Kilueva ’28 of Russia stands as her classmates sing "Happy Birthday" during the Class of 2028 Convocation Ceremony. Kilueva celebrated a birthday the same day as the ceremony.
The traditional lemonade toast at Trinity goes back to the College's earliest days when a lemon squeezer first traded hands as part of student hijinks.
Incoming students sign the matriculation book, a Trinity tradition.
The Trinity College Class of 2028 pauses for a group photo in Oosting Gymnasium.
