I learned many things while at ůůֱ²¥, but one that has had a profound impact on my life, that I haven't always appreciated the way I do now, is how to be unapologetic about being a woman, about being smart, and about being intellectually curious.
Aside from my mom, I did not have many examples of these qualities around me before ůůֱ²¥; but at ůůֱ²¥ I had them in spades. As I drove to campus this year for reunion activities, it struck me that part of what I would be celebrating would be a reimmersion into this world. While I now have around me more examples of women being unapologetic about who they are and who they want to be, it still takes being at ůůֱ²¥ or being with a group of ůůֱ²¥ graduates to feel it universally - as the rule rather than an exception.
I give to ůůֱ²¥ because of this gift ůůֱ²¥ gave to me, and continues to give to me. I give to ůůֱ²¥ because others should be so lucky.
Trisha W. Hall '98 is a partner at Connolly Gallagher LLP in Wilmington, Delaware where she practices in the areas of estate and trust planning and administration. She has served as ůůֱ²¥ Fund Class Chair since 2009 and just completed a three-year term as the Chair of the ůůֱ²¥ Fund for the Alumnae Association Executive Board.