Elections, take two

    We hope everyone had a lovely spring break, but we are back now! At our Executive Meeting last night, we had a second round of elections to vote in a new President and Vice President. All the speeches were great, but the winners were:

President - Daniel Laucirica 

Vice President - Carmel Tajonera

So congratulations to those two, as well as the rest of the incoming board!

Social Activism - Jasdeep Singh

Marketing Director -  Nikita Mukhitov

Internal Affairs and Webmaster - Bonnie Brent  
Treasurer - Mohsin Rahim

     We are still looking for a Program Coordinator as when Daniel stepped up into the Presidency, he had to relinquish his role in this office. If you are interested in this position, please contact kgoldsbe@trinity.edu for more information. 


Upcoming Events: 

The Power to Give- Social Activism

Thursday, March 24, 7 - 9 p.m., Coates couches

Come out and make care packages and write cards to the Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio as well as Parklane West Senior Nursing Home. TDC will have supplies at hand but if you would like to bring your own supplies, here are some of things that are needed: blank letter cards, Markers, glitter, glue, stickers, small toys for kids, coloring books, Crayolas, Kleenex, toothpaste, lotions, and crossword puzzles.

Education and Equal Access: A Dialogue on Diversity

Monday, April 18, 5pm – 7pm, Waxahachie Room

We will be discussing how socio-economic status and curriculum play a role in shaping education in various places in America.Current events will also be brought up as examples of how these two factors play a role in education. This will include topics such as why the Ethnic Studies program in Arizona got cut after the anti-immigration bill was proposed in April 2010 as well as how Kelly Williams, the mother of two, got sent to jail after sending her two children to a better school district by using their father's address.

Congratulations, New TDC 2011-2012 Board

A warm welcome and round of congratulations to our new board officers!

Social Activism: 

Jasdeep Singh

Marketing Director: 

Nikita Mukhitov 

Program Coordinator:  
Daniel Laucirica 

Internal Affairs and Webmaster: 

Bonnie Brent 

Treasurer:
Mohsin Rahim

   Also, TDC is still accepting applicants for the positions of President and Vice President. If you are interested, please contact kgoldsbe@trinity.edu for more information.

       

Call for Nominations

Want to lead a great organization & boost your resume? TDC has open nominations for officer positions, so nominate your friend (or yourself) today. 

Position available on the 2011-2012 TDC Board:

President
Vice President 
Internal Affairs Coordinator
Program Coordinator 
Social Activism Coordinator
Treasurer
Marketing Director
Webmaster 


E-mail tdc@trinity.edu with a nomination (name, position, and why you think they would be good) through March 1st, 2011. 

Elections will be held March 8th @ 7pm in Waxahachie during the Executive Meeting. 

Training! + Mocha Life/ Lunar New Year

    Well, training was this weekend and after all the official business was over, a group of officers went bowling together!

    Some people had to leave (so they could go practice dances for Lunar New Year: February 16th, 7pm in Laurie Auditorium) but most of us stayed and played two games. And it turns out, all of us were pretty decent bowlers. Kate actually broke 100 her second game - a record for her - but many of the other bowlers had several strikes and scores, which lead to much better scores. I can definitely sense another trip to Astro Bowl in the future as there is still higher scores and more fun to be had. Pics will be up soon.

     Till then, anyone want to start a TDC bowling league?

Also, this Saturday is Mocha Life- Black Student Union's 5th annual celebration for Black History Month. To quote a little from their facebook page, "This will be the biggest and BEST Mocha Life Trinity University has ever seen.... We will have a variety of performances ranging from dance, music, dramatic interpretation and poetry."

Everyone should check it out:

Saturday, February 5 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Trinity University - Laurie Auditorium

 

Just Because

In light of the meeting being canceled tonight, TDC still wanted to make sure information was getting out to everyone and people were feeling diversified enough for this week.

What is diversity anyway? One way to describe it is through the definition of the word:

di·ver·si·ty [dih-vur-si-tee] 

–noun, plural -ties.

1. the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness.

2. variety; multiformity.

3. a point of difference.

Origin:
1300–50;  ME diversite  < AF < L dīversitās. See diverse, -ity

—Related forms

o·ver·di·ver·si·ty, noun

(P.S. Is it really possible to have an "overdiversity"? I don't really think there can be too much) 

—Synonyms
2.  change, difference, variation, dissimilarity. 

Training is this Saturday, Jan. 29th from 11:00-12:30pm in Skyline.
All officers on this list serve are expected to be at training for the entire time, unless they have already come in and talked to us prior (during our office hours) about their absence. 
Please bring a computer if you wish to make t-space reservations.
Lunch will be served at 12:30pm- feel free to eat in Skyline room or take your lunch with you as you leave.
After lunch, we will sort out carpooling for those who wish to go bowling, again, not mandatory, but it should be fun!