and Marianne Moore, classics scholar Edith Hamilton, Nobel Peace Prize winner Emily Greene Balch, geneticist Nettie Stevens, federal judge Ilana Rovner, and actress Katharine Hepburn. The list includes Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman president of Harvard University, modernist poets H.D. Ī large number of Bryn Mawr alumnae have gone on to become notable in their respective fields. In 1918, Bryn Mawr College was a mysterious "influenza escape" community, having 110 cases of influenza, but zero deaths. Middle Eastern students who already attend these colleges tell of a transition that can be jarring." ] The Dean of Admissions of Bryn Mawr noted, "We still prepare a disproportionate number of women scientists We’re really about the empowerment of women and enabling women to get a top-notch education." The article also contrasted the difference between women's colleges in the Middle East and "the American colleges for all their white-glove history and academic prominence, are liberal strongholds where students fiercely debate political action, gender identity and issues like “heteronormativity,” the marginalizing of standards that are other than heterosexual. The article noted that in doing so, the schools promote the work of graduates of women's colleges such as Hillary Rodham Clinton, Emily Dickinson, Diane Sawyer, Katharine Hepburn and Madeleine K. In 1931, Bryn Mawr began accepting men as graduate students, while remaining women-only at the undergraduate level.Ī Jarticle in " The New York Times" discussed the move by women's colleges in the United States to promote their schools in the Middle East. This department became the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research in 1970. In 1912, Bryn Mawr became the first college in the United States to offer doctorates in social work, through the Department of Social Economy and Social Research. Bryn Mawr was originally affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), but by 1893 had become non-denominational. The first class included 36 undergraduate women and eight graduate students. It was the first higher education institution to offer graduate degrees, including doctorates, to women. In addition, they must fulfill a two-year foreign language requirement, a quantitative skills requirement and a College Seminar requirement.īryn Mawr College was founded in 1885, and named after the original home of its founder, a house near Dolgellau, Merionnydd (Merioneth) Gwynedd, Wales, and largely founded through the bequest of Joseph W. Students at Bryn Mawr are required to complete divisional requirements in the social sciences, natural sciences (including lab skills) and humanities. The school has an enrollment of about 1300 undergraduate students and 400 graduate students. The name "Bryn Mawr" means "large hill" in Welsh (not "high hill," as is often mistakenly given as the translation "Bryn Uchel" translates to "high hill.")īryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, and is part of the Tri-College Consortium along with two other colleges founded by Quakers - Swarthmore College and Haverford College. Home to more than 250,000 college students, Philadelphia has something for everyone: history, nightlife, shopping, sports and more.Endowment = US $663.6 million īryn Mawr College ( pron-en|ˌbrɪnˈmɑr "brin-mar)" ] is a highly selective women's liberal arts college located in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia. For fun off campus, downtown Philadelphia is 11 miles-or a 20-minute train ride-away. The Bryn Mawr Owls athletic teams are members of the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference. All s tudents are expected to live on campus throughout the academic year but can request approval to move off campus. On campus, there are more than 100 student clubs and organizations, some of which are housed in the renovated Victorian homes on Cambrian Row. For students traveling at night, they can be picked up at any campus location or nearby train station by the school’s Lantern Van, which runs until 1 a.m. A shuttle van transports students among Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore the University of Pennsylvania is a half-hour drive from campus. Bryn Mawr students can also take courses and attend social events at nearby Swarthmore College, and can enroll in classes at the University of Pennsylvania. At Haverford College, which is a mile away, Bryn Mawr women can take courses, join organizations and live in residence halls. Though it is a women’s school, Bryn Mawr students have many options to balance a single-sex education with coed opportunities at neighboring schools. Bryn Mawr College is an institution for female students in the suburban outskirts of Philadelphia.
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