It’s a truly busy time in Trumbull and in Yale College given the arrival of mid-terms, family weekend this past weekend and many, many groups performing and athletic competitions occurring including varsity competitions, club competitions, and IMs.
A Happy Rosh Hashana.
Today I wish all Jewish members of our Trumbull Community a very happy Rosh Hashana. To them and, indeed, to each and every one of you in our community I wish you the best for a sweet and joyous coming year.
(There are still tickets available for the High Holy Days services and meals at the Slifka Center available in the Head’s office. Come by if you want one or more.)
This past weekend
We had another weekend of beautiful weather. I was especially grateful for this because it meant we had great weather for both our Saturday kayaking trip and for our TrumBall Saturday evening.
Trum-Notes from Margaret Clark
Now that shopping period is coming to a close, I hope all of you have a schedule with which you are very happy. I also hope all of you have had some time to relax and enjoy the great weather we have had.
The wonderful weather will last for a while longer. As it does join us for sailing or kayaking on Long Island sound, for TrumBall in our courtyard, for a bonfire in our courtyard this Thursday evening and for our fall festival known as Rumble in Trumbull. Oh, yes…. and participate in Trumbull IMs.
Monday, August 29, 2016
Welcome, new (but very experienced in advising!) Dean Chandhoke!!!!!
All our new students have met our new dean; if you are a returning student, please introduce yourself. The Dean’s job starts out intensively as our new students arrive, but soon I’ll host a reception to formally welcome her (and her husband too.) We’ll invite Dean B back to join us as well.
Sophomores, juniors and seniors, welcome back to Trumbull. To our new freshmen, just plain welcome. Trumbull truly isn’t Trumbull without you.
The last week of classes is always a very busy and often stressful one for all of us – myself included. For most of you, this will continue through reading week and finals. Take care of yourselves. Watch out for yourselves and your friends and be considerate of all those around you.
I want to briefly address two issues and say that I more than welcome further discussion with all on these issues.
Our Trum-Freshman have won the Freshman Olympics!!!!!!!!!!!
On a beautiful Saturday our Trumbull Freshman won the Freshman Olympics! Congratulations!! This, according to reports I have been given, is just the second time this has happened since 1932. You freshman were awesome. We’re the smallest college so it’s always a bigger challenge for us to win any competition than other colleges. But, of course, we have the best people and you came through big time.
I’ve not sent out notes since the end of spring break. It’s been just a week, yet it now seems ages ago. I hope the break was a good one for all. Many of you remained on campus and experienced some lovely warm days during which our daffodils bloomed followed by snow that almost completely covered those daffodils.
Yesterday, a professor from New York University who gave an academic talk
at Yale and, later in the day, came over Trumbull to talk about research but also to see Trumbull and residential colleges at Yale. In the short time she was present (just before our Mellon Forum began) she got a better view of life at Yale than I could have imagined.
Of course she got to see the buildings here – the House and college.
