Bryn Mawr College

101 N Merion Avenue, Bryn mawr, PA 19010-2859 -  View Map

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• When Bryn Mawr College opened its doors in 1885, it offered women a more ambitious academic program than any previously available to them in the United States. Other women's colleges existed, but Bryn Mawr was the first to offer graduate education through the Ph.D. - a signal that its founders refused to accept the limitations imposed on women's intellectual achievement at other institutions.
• Bryn Mawr prides itself on diversity: students of color and international students make up over a third of the enrollment. Bryn Mawr's student body is composed of women from 49 states and 40 foreign countries. Diversity is evident in every classroom and residence hall on campus. Living and growing in a community made up of women from different cultures, races and ideological viewpoints is a central aspect of a Bryn Mawr education.
• The Bryn Mawr faculty has 146 full-time faculty members, of whom 50% are female and 18% are professors of color. The College's student-to-faculty ratio is 8:1
• At Bryn Mawr, community doesn’t mean uniformity. A rich variety of cultural backgrounds, talents and viewpoints among Bryn Mawr’s students challenges the assumptions of each individual and extends the learning environment far beyond the classroom. Cultural events, student organizations and publications, athletics, parties and campus traditions all keep students busy outside the classroom, but everyday events like meals in the dining hall or late-night conversations are often among the most memorable parts of life at Bryn Mawr simply because they are shared with extraordinary friends.
• Bryn Mawr College is located on a 135-acre suburban campus, 11 miles west of Philadelphia. It has an enrollment of more than 1,300 undergraduates.
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In the News:

• Garii Completes HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute (Oswego County Today)
  posted on July 27, 2011 at 01:13:24 pm
  The institute, a 36-year partnership between Bryn Mawr College and Higher Education Resource Services, is the premier residential professional development program dedicated to advancing women leaders in higher education administration.
• Ahead Of ‘Harry Potter’ Premiere, Bryn Mawr College Hosts Magic Camp (CBS Philadelphia)
  posted on July 13, 2011 at 10:23:52 am
  It's not Harry Potter's Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but an area college with a castle-like setting is hosting a prestigious youth magic camp this week.
• Harvard brainiac to Berkeley radical: Pop culture’s college IDs (Washington Post)
  posted on May 17, 2011 at 10:28:00 pm
  Tina Fey studied drama at the University of Virginia. But that genteel Southern collegiate pedigree would hardly suit Liz Lemon, her “30 Rock” alter ego. Instead, we are told that Lemon — Northern and cerebral, but also middle-class and hopelessly dorky — attended Bryn Mawr College and the University of Maryland, “on a partial competitive jazz dance scholarship.” Real colleges pop up all over ...
• New West Philadelphia Mural Pays Tribute To Women Of Education (CBS Philadelphia)
  posted on May 4, 2011 at 05:19:56 am
  As a part of the 125th anniversary of Bryn Mawr College, A spectacular mural has been dedicated in West Philadelphia as a tribute to advances in the education of women.

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