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| ====== Doonesbury Hall ====== | ====== Doonesbury Hall ====== |
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| A student dormitory located in the North Campus area at 90-92 Vernon Street. In addition to student residences, Doonesbury once was the home of the French and Spanish programs, which had relocated from [[jackson_hall|Jackson Hall]] in 1983. | Doonesbury is a student dormitory located in the "Vernon Street Neighborhood," at 90-92 [[vernon_street|Vernon Street]]. |
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| [{{ :doonesburyhall_1000px.jpg?400 |Doonesbury Hall. Photo Credit: Cheryl Cape}}] | Doonesbury was selected as the name for the dormitory in 1982 by Trinity Vice-President Thomas Smith. In addition to student residences, Doonesbury once was the home of the French and Spanish programs, which had relocated from [[jackson_hall|Jackson Hall]] in 1983. |
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| In 1992, Doonesbury began housing members in the Praxis program, designed for students interested in engaging in community activity work. Students in Praxis wanted to live adjacent to the neighborhood to help facilitate their work. Praxis also supported the Studies in Progressive American Movements minor. The housing of residential groups according to areas of interest and focuses was an initiative of the Office of Residential Life. | [{{:doonesburyhall_1000px.jpg?350 |Doonesbury Hall. Photo Credit: Cheryl Cape}}] |
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| Beginning in 2019, Doonesbury was re-designated as the Cross Cultural Living Community (CCLC), with a goal house up to 24 students from a diverse range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. While all students are welcome, the focus for the college was on students in the sophomore class. The new community was the formed under the recommendation of Political Science faculty member Reo Matsuzaki, based on a similarly modeled dorm at Georgetown University where Matsuzaki attended. | In 1992, Doonesbury began housing members of the Praxis program, which was designed for students interested in engaging in community activity work. Students in Praxis wanted to live adjacent to the neighborhood to help facilitate their work. Praxis also supported the Studies in Progressive American Movements minor. The housing of residential groups according to areas of interest and focuses was an initiative of the Office of Residential Life. |
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| Students in CCLC, which fosters shared struggles and identities, provides programming of service and outreach to the Hartford community. | Beginning in 2019, Doonesbury was re-designated as the Cross Cultural Living Community (CCLC), with a goal to house up to 24 students from a diverse range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. While all students were (and are) welcome, the focus for the College was on students in the sophomore class. The new community first formed under the recommendation of Political Science faculty member Reo Matsuzaki, based on a similarly modeled dorm experience at Georgetown University called the Global Living Center, of which Matsuzaki had been a member. CCLC fosters shared struggles and identities and provides programming of service and outreach to the [[hartford|Hartford]] community. |
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| Doonesbury also served as a quarantine/isolation location for on-campus students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due a large increase in cases in October 2020, Doonesbury reached capacity for infected students and the College annexed [[stowe_hall|Stowe]] and [[clemens_hall|Clemens]] halls and a single unit the Vernon dormitory to house the overflow of students needing quarantine and isolation. | Doonesbury also served as a quarantine/isolation location for on-campus students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to a large increase in cases in October 2020, Doonesbury reached capacity for infected students and the College annexed [[stowe_hall|Stowe]] and [[clemens_hall|Clemens]] halls as well as a single unit in the [[vernon_place|Vernon]] dormitory to house the overflow of students needing quarantine and isolation. |
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| ===== Sources ===== | ===== Sources ===== |
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| [[https://www.trincoll.edu/bantam-network/residential-learning-community/living-at-trinity/neighborhoods/cclc/|Doonesbury Residential Community]]. | [[https://www.trincoll.edu/bantam-network/residential-learning-community/living-at-trinity/neighborhoods/cclc/|Doonesbury Residential Community]] |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4361&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 10/13/2020. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30515465|Trinity Tripod]], 10/13/2020. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4359&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 09/22/2020. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30515463|Trinity Tripod]], 09/22/2020. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4334&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 02/12/2019. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30385761|Trinity Tripod]], 02/12/2019. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/320/|Trinity Reporter]] (Winter 1992), p. 8. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/reporter/320/|Trinity Reporter]] (Winter 1992), p. 8. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2244&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod]], 03/15/1983. | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29938088|Trinity Tripod]], 03/15/1983. |
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| [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/handbook/18/|Trinity College Handbook, 1983-84]] (1983), p. 12. | [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/handbook/18/|Trinity College Handbook, 1983-84]] (1983), p. 12. |
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| | [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29938065|Trinity Tripod]], 05/11/1982. |
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