Contact: Funda Alp, 203-396-8241, alpf@sacredheart.edu

For Immediate Release
October 1, 2007

SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY APPOINTS MICHAEL TRIMBLE VICE PRESIDENT FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Michael Trimble has been promoted to Vice President for Information Technology and Security at Sacred Heart University, effective July 1, 2007. It is a new position at the University, where he has been Assistant Vice President for Technology since 1999. Heading the University’s IT and public safety functions, Trimble will report to SHU Senior VP for Finance & Administration Michael J. Kinney.

Mr. Trimble came to SHU from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. A career officer of the U.S. Army, where he earned the rank of lieutenant colonel, he most recently served as West Point’s deputy chief information officer. A graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, where he received a bachelor’s degree in government, Trimble earned his master’s in management information systems at George Washington University. In addition to numerous stateside appointments, he was stationed in Germany and Turkey.

During his tenure, Sacred Heart has become widely known for its cutting edge computer technology. SHU issues a laptop to every incoming full-time freshman, replacing it after two years. The entire campus is fully equipped for wireless transmission, meaning that students may connect with their professors, classmates and families without “plugging in,” from anywhere on campus. The University has been ranked by Intel as the # 11 “unwired” college in the country.

Mr. Trimble resides in Derby, Connecticut.

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About Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University, the second-largest Catholic university in New England, offers more than 40 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, and satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland. Approximately 5,800 students attend the University’s four colleges: Arts & Sciences; Education & Health Professions; University College; and the AACSB-accredited John F. (Jack) Welch College of Business. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its “Best 366 Colleges: 2008,” U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2008” ranks SHU among the best master’s universities in the North, and Intel rates it #11 among the nation’s most “unwired” campuses. SHU fields 32 division I athletic teams, and has an award-winning program of community service. www.sacredheart.edu

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