Tsega Mekonnen Meshesha ’13
“Since Bryn Mawr is a small college, students get to know more about one another than just our names. We have dinner together and talk about politics, fashion, our different cultures and customs —...
View ArticleMary Florence Sullivan ’11
“I am a Classical languages major with a concentration in Peace and Conflict Studies. This combination is always met with surprise and confusion, as Classics and Peace and Conflict Studies initially...
View ArticleApocalipsis Rosario ’11
“I attended a high school made up of students who, for the most part, identified themselves as Black or Latino. Throughout those four years, I was surrounded by people whom I resembled, and because we...
View ArticleLakshmi Somasundaram ’13
“I love that Bryn Mawr is very student-forward; students are actively engaged in planning the college’s events and activities and in organizing residential life. Bryn Mawr provides many opportunities...
View ArticleJulia Ferraioli ’07
“I started Bryn Mawr with the intention of majoring in a humanities discipline. Even though I took computer science in high school, it never even occurred to me that I might like to major in it. During...
View ArticleEllie Rhymer ’12
“Bryn Mawr makes civic engagement not an obligation, but a fact of life. I’ve engaged with community partnerships as a volunteer, as a student, as a professional, and with campus clubs. Working with...
View ArticleMichelle Francl
“If you’re passionate about something, you will do what it takes to learn the skills you need to pursue it. The Bryn Mawr science faculty believes that passion is contagious, so we are very open about...
View ArticleRachel Kutten ’13
“I have learned much from my peers, not only by taking part in student activities on campus, but through conversations in the dining hall and dorms. As a tutor at Bryn Mawr’s Writing Center, I have...
View ArticleHosanna Odhner ’13
“I am continually impressed at how much my professors care about me as a student and as a person. My first year at Bryn Mawr I wanted to apply for a summer internship, but I had no idea how to go about...
View ArticleKate Severance ’12
“My academic experience has informed almost every aspect of my life, from the way I understand the spaces I occupy to the modes of presentation, self-expression, and identity production that I...
View ArticleJomaira Salas ’13
“Because Bryn Mawr is a catalyst for civic-minded students who wish to contribute to the world, it is producing the leaders of tomorrow. As a student, learning about the education crisis that is...
View ArticlePriya Gupta ’13
“Upon arriving to campus, I participated in the Tri-Co program that introduces students from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds to many challenging issues and conflicts that they may face...
View ArticleMadison Schaeffer ’11
“Bryn Mawr encourages you to find out more about where other people come from, both culturally and intellectually, and as a result, I’ve formed lasting relationships with people who come from totally...
View ArticleClarence Jasper MSS ’13
When Clarence Jasper, MSS ’13, received Pennsylvania’s Child Welfare Education for Leadership (CWEL) grant, he knew a graduate degree at Bryn Mawr was within his grasp. Jasper worked for Philadelphia’s...
View ArticleRaheemah Shamsid-Deen Hampton, MSS ’02
As the Southeast regional director for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare’s Office of Children, Youth and Families, Raheemah Shamsid-Deen Hampton, MSS ’02, leads the oversight of public and...
View ArticleKyra Turner-Zogbekor, PhD ’13
If every child received an education, 171 million people would be lifted out of poverty.As the girl’s education program advisor for Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that focuses on child literacy...
View ArticleSabina Neem, M.S.S, M.L.S.P ’07
As the associate director in Seattle University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, Neem builds bridges across the campus community to support students of color and LGBTQ students at the private Jesuit...
View ArticleNicholas Scull, MSS ’02
“In Kuwait, one of the most important things is to get married and have a good job,” said Nicholas Scull, MSS ’02. “There’s such a stigma surrounding mental health services, so if word got out that you...
View ArticleJoAnne Fischer, MSS ’73
As the oldest of four girls and a lifelong participant in Girls Scouts, JoAnne Fischer, MSS ’73, always considered herself a leader, a feminist, and someone interested in the development of girls and...
View ArticleMaria Hervada-Page, MSS ’84
Maria Hervada-Page, MSS ’84, has always been drawn to the medical environment. As an undergraduate student at St. Joseph’s University, she worked in a hospital and was able to see a variety of...
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