year and is also a residence hall. Cuvilly Hall is a residence hall primarily for first-year students. Kerby Hall is a residence hall. In the 1980s, it was a residence hall for graduate students of other colleges in Washington, D.C., including Robert Casey, who studied law at Catholic University of America and later became a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. Notre Dame Chapel hosts many of Trinity's traditions, including Academic Convocation, Freshman Medal Ceremony, Cap and Gown Mass, and Baccalaureate Mass. Dedicated in 1924, it was designed by the architectural firm Maginnis and Walsh and won a national architecture award for ecclesiastical architecture from the American Institute of Architects. It was restored in 1997 and features Guastavino tiles, stained glass windows by Charles Jay Connick and a mosaic by Bancel LaFarge. The chapel hosted the pope during his 1979 visit to the United States. Honor societies Phi Beta Kappa, chapter established in 1971 Sigma Iota Rho Alpha Sigma Lambda Beta Kappa Chi Lambda Pi Eta Psi Chi Pi Sigma Alpha Phi Alpha Theta Notable alumnae Joy Ford Austin, former executive director of Humanities DC Cathie Black, former chairman of Hearst Magazines Rosemary M. Collyer, Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; currently Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Kellyanne Conway, former Counselor to former President Donald Trump, and campaign strategist during his 2016 presidential campaign Claire Eagan, Chief Judge on United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma Cynthia Eagle Russett, American intellectual historian at Yale University Sister Joan Frances Gormley, consecrated virgin who was a noted biblical scholar and translator Barbara B. Kennelly, former member of the U.S. House Representatives from Connecticut Maria Leavey, political strategist Jane Dammen McAuliffe, former President of Bryn Mawr College Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University Caryle Murphy, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, The Washington Post Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Noris Salazar Allen, Panamanian bryologist Kathleen Sebelius, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Governor of Kansas M. Patricia Smith, Commissioner of Labor for the State of New York Maggie Williams, former campaign manager to Hillary Clinton Alanna Fields, Multimedia artist and archivist References External links Official website Official athletics website Edgewood (Washington, D.C.) Educational institutions established in 1897 Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur