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Bryn
Mawr College has a number of student organizations.
Click on the links below to discover the opportunities available
to you.
Consitution Guide (pdf) (doc)
Organizations denoted
with an * are Bryn Mawr/ Haverford organizations
Don't see your organization listed?
Please fill out the
Student Organization Update and submit it to the
Office of Student Activities or email studentactivities@brynmawr.edu.
| Academic/Professional
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Club
PreMed
Club
PreMed (formerly known as the PreMed/Pre-Health Club)
is a means for Bryn Mawr College students to become
familiar with health related careers and all possible
life journeys involved with health. As of Fall 2004,
Club PreMed has been revamped so that it better suits
the needs of its members with a new emphasis on the
importance of creating and maintaining social networks
between PreMed and PreHealth students and medical students,
schools, employers, etc. Furthermore, this new
and improved club seeks to inform interested students
that not all PreMeds finish their requirements during
their undergraduate career, and we are here to help
discuss alternative plans.
Club
PreMed offers a way for students with the same goals
to meet one another, learn and give advice to one another.
The students are given opportunities to attend meetings
and lectures from people experienced in a health related
field. The club organizes community service activities,
visits to local medical schools, hosts speakers, and
participates in fundraising activities. The club
is designed to assist pre-med students in gaining a
deeper understanding of the required pre-med courses
and labs.
Contact:
Ainsley
Backman |
Debate
Society
The Bryn Mawr Debate Team travels to other prestigious
campuses up and down the East Coast to think, argue, and
make friends. We are members of APDA, the American Parliamentary
Debate Association (www.apdaweb.org). Over the past two
years, the team has nearly quadrupled in size and has
enjoyed great success.
Contact: Shelley
Nash and
Neha Sinha
Website
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MAPS,
Minority Association of Pre-Health Students
The
Bryn Mawr College Minority Association of Pre-Health
Students is dedicated to contributing to diversity in
the health professions. We are associated with
the Student National Medical Association (SNMA).
Founded in the fall of 2004, our primary goal is to
provideminority students with support and insight into
the medical school admissions process through both on
coampus and off campus activities. As a
newly developed organization, we are currently expanding
our scope of activity to meet the demands of the campus
community.
Contacts:
Betsy Gauthier and
Beverly
Burgess |
Owl
Investment Group
A student-run organization whose purpose
is to learn about and explore investing through the
stock market, weekly informational and decision-making
meetings, and workshops and career panels. The committee
works to inform the campus community and works toward
the betterment of the community through annually donated
gifts to the College.
Contacts: June Lee and Marie Guldin
Website |
Pre
Law Club
The
Pre-Law Club seeks to inform students about the law
school application process. In addition, the club
focuses on establishing connections with alumnae who
have gone on to law school. This year the Pre-Law
Club plans to visit various law schools in the Philadelphia
area as well as hold sessions for LSAT review.
Contact:
Kate
Driscoll |
PMS:
Peer Mentoring Services
Bryn
Mawr students who have successfully negotiated the transition
to studying in college are available to coach their
peers in a wide range of study skills: managing time
more effectively, understanding and using one's strongest
learning style, developing great note-taking and active
reading skills, preparing for college exams, etc.
Drop in at the Mentoring Center between 7pm and 10pm,
Sunday through Thursday. Check our
website
to find a mentor assigned to your dorm, or perhaps one
in your major, sport or activity
Contact:
Rona Pietrzak |
Society
of Future Planners & Architects
Our
goals & purpose: To provide students majoring
in and interested in the fields of Urban Planning/Design
and Architecture with the opportunity to attain volunteering
opportunities, network, attain jobs and summer internships,
and attend conferences and events which will allow them
to become more familiar with the aforementioned professional
fields. To form an alliance with the Growth &
Structure of Cities Department, the American Planning
Association (APA) and the American Institute of Architects
(AIA) in order to prepare students for a field in Urban
Planning/Design and Architecture.
Contact:
Martha
Vidauri |
| Awareness
and Advocacy |
Amnesty
International
Bryn Mawr's Amnesty International group is a chapter of
a worldwide, grassroots organization working to promote
and defend human rights. Amnesty International works to
free all prisoners of conscience and ensure fair and prompt
trials for all political prisoners, and to end political
killings and "disappearances." Additionally,
Amnesty International aims to promote, through education
and action, greater understanding and respect for human
rights.
Contact: |
Animal
Liberation Collective
The mission of the Animal Liberation Coalition is to raise
awareness about the plight of animals as victims of institutionalized
exploitation and to find common ground between the animal
rights ideology/movement and other social justice movements.
Contact: |
BMC
Women's Center
The
Bryn Mawr College Women's Center, which is located in
the Pagoda building, is an open resource center that
serves the greater BMC campus. We address women's
issues (political and personal) through programming
and community education. Additionally, we support
and maintain a coalition of self-identified feminist
organizations.
Contact:
Shayna
Israel and Mzimeli
Morris |
Body
Image Council
The mission of the Bryn Mawr College Body Image Council
is to advocate and support the growth and development
of healthy body images and attitudes among all members
of the college community. The council plans educational
activities that offer information, personal experience
and counsel about the range of care, support and referral
services available in our college community and promotes
dialogue aimed at enhancing wellness for all. The council
also sponsors a weekly body-image support group that is
open to the bi-college community.
Contact: Laura Severance
Website |
BrynPAC
(Bryn Mawr-Israel Public Affairs Committee)
BrynPAC is a student initiative to promote awareness
and education about the State of Israel on campus. The
group seeks to provide both political and clutural aspects
pertaining to the country by offering an array of opportunities
throughout the area of Greater Philadelphia. BrynPAC
also provides information on trips for students to go
to Israel. The ultimate goal of the group is to
strive for understanding of and acceptance for the Jewish
State.
Contact: Tara
Malone and Jody
Krieger
Website |
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Q-Time
Q-Time
is a group that discusses issues of sexuality, sexual
orientation and identity, and gender. It seeks
to challenge, support, and stimulate its meembers.
People who identify as queer, questioning, straight,
and anything in between or nothing at all are welcome.
Contact:
Lucy
Edwards and Kate
Duguid |
Rainbow
Alliance
Through meetings, discussions, campus-wide events and
participation in the greater Philadelphia community and
beyond, Rainbow Alliance tries to foster a community that
is supportive of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered,
Transsexual, and Questioning students and their Allies.
Contact: Klaudia
Gorska
and
Rebecca DiBrienza |
Rape
Awareness Project
Rape Awareness Project is dedicated to raising awareness
about rape and sexual assault in the Bryn Mawr community
through weekly meetings and campus-wide events.
Contact: |
Students
for Justice in Palestine
We
believe that it is important to have a balance of views
and opinions on campus and the Palestinian side of the
story seems to be constantly silenced and ignored on
theis campus. Free Palestine is a club that seeks
to actually talk about the severity of the oppression
against the Palestinian people, raised awareness about
the issue on campus, and take action to end the injustices
occurring daily against the Palestinians.
Contact:
Laura
Kramer and
Hind
Eideh |
Whiteness
Awareness Allies Group
(WAAG)
We are forming this group to serve
as an open, honest and safe space to examine issues
of race and racism in society. Currently, no such forum
exists within the Tri-College Community, although the
subject of whiteness, the importance of white allies,
and the role of white people in combating racism has
been a growing topic of conversation in the past year.
We know that there is significant interest in the formation
of this group across the three campuses.
Through meetings, activities and events such as movie
nights and workshops, members of WAAG will explore,
and help the Bryn Mawr community to explore such issues
as history of racism, white privilege and white culture
at Bryn Mawr, in the United States, and throughout the
world. We believe the time is ripe to encourage and
facilitate dialogue about whiteness issues. We must
work to understand how whiteness affects our lives and
the community we are building, influencing and living
in currently and the communities we will build, influence
and live in when we leave Bryn Mawr.
Contact:
Jessica
Brody |
YALDA
Youth
Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA)
was founded by a group of Harvard students, many of
them international students born and raised in Africa,
in order to create a resourceful networking database
for those with a strong interest in Africa. Concerned
with the many issues stifling development on the African
continent, but feeling disillusioned by outside "solutions"
that have accomplished very little, the group decided
to reconnect with their peers on the continent, with
the aim of empowering each other and facilitating intellectual
and cultural exchange on an unprecedented level.
Bryn Mawr's branch currently focuses on teaching Mawrters
and community members about the challenges in Africa
development and practical skills to cope with them.
Contact:
Lauren Faber
Website |
*ZAMI
As
a bi-college organization, ZAMI has a dual purpose of
support and visibility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered,
queer, and questioning people of color. Through meetings
and discussions, we create a safe space for open dialogue
on gender and sexuality within the context of the cultures
that we represent. Through campus events we promote
awareness and foster support for the community.
By bringing vocal activists, writers, lecturers, and
clutural workers to campus we hope to inform the larger
community about political and social issues affecting
the LGBTQ-PoC community.
Centered
in an understanding of pluralism, and the fluidity of
identity, we seek to create an environment of inclusiveness
and unity. We believe that true unity starts from
open dialogue and a belief in fair-mindedness, acceptance,
and curiosity. The tolerance that is at the core
of ZAMI is not a lax, "anything goes" attitude.
Rather, it understands that this principle can be upheld
only by combating ignorance and division, and by supporting
and nurturing free thought and expression.
Contact:
Aquila
Alexander and Silvena
Chan |
| Affinity |
Asian
Student Association (ASA)
Our mission is to educate the women of Bryn Mawr College,
as well as the surrounding communities about issues
and concerns affecting Asians and Asian Americans in
today's society; to empower our students to become future
leaders by organizing cultural, political, and social
acitvities and by acting as a support group for Asians
and Asian Americans on and off campus; to build alliances
with other cultural organizations on campus and at the
local, state, and national level and to come together
and share experiences and form a supportive community.
Contact: June
Lee and Cindy
Cheung
Website
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Association
of International Students
AIS is an organization open to all students of the Bryn
Mawr community interested in sharing a variety of cultures
from around the world. The organization aims to provide
a support network both within the Bryn Mawr community
and beyond for international students who are faced with
college life in a new country. Members take an active
role in educating the community about their home countries
and learning about others.
Contact: Samrina
Sattar and Lin
Qian |
BACaSO
The purpose of the organization is to create an awareness
of the diverse cultures and issues of Africa and the Caribbean
in order to educate the Bryn Mawr community. It
is to articulate and promote the needs of students who
can identify with or wish to learn more about any of the
cultures in Africa and the Caribbean
Contact: Wisambi
Loundu and Fatu
Badiane |
*Barkada
Barkada is an organization that represents and supports
Filipinos and Filipino-Americans. Our purpose is to share
our culture and traditions with the entire Bi-college
community through social interactions as well as provide
our services to areas outside of the college community.
We welcome anyone who is interested in Filipino and Filipino-American
cultural, social and political issues.
Contacts: Resa
Mueller |
*Bi-Co
Japan Culture Club
Interested
in the multi-faceted culture of Japan? Then this
is the place for you! At the Bi-Co Japan Culture
Club, we aim to understand this unique culture by means
of ikebana demonstrations, calligraphy practice, literature
discussions, and, of course, sampling various Japanese
delicacies. No Japanese language experience is
necessary nor is being Japanese or of Japanese descent.
Come join us to create a better understanding of both
the East and the West.
Contact:
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Eastern
European Students Association
The Eastern European Club promotes Eastern European
culture on campus through movies and by having open meetings
and dinners on campus. They serve as a resource for students
from Eastern Europe to meet each other and share culture
and experience.
Contact: Simona
Radu and
Laura Popa |
*Hellenic Club
The purpose of the Hellenic Club is to introduce the bi-co community to Greek history and culture through a number of social and educational activities and to promote the ideals of the hellenic world that have played an important role throughout history.
Contact:
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Mixed Company
Mixed Company provides a supportive atmosphere in which
to explore issues concerning biracial, bicultural, multiracial,
multicultural, and transracially adopted women. These
issues are explored through discussions focused on self-exploration
and activities aimed at raising campus awareness.
Contact: Sarah
Alibabaie and Grace
Stubel |
Mujeres
Mujeres is a cultural group that acts as a support network
for Latina Bryn Mawr women. The group brings
to light significant issues that effect us as Latina women,
on campus and abroad. In order to best support Latina
students, Mujeres runs a monthly meeting that is closed
to Latina/o students. All Tri-Co community members
are welcome to participate in other events. Mujeres
is involved in challenging assumptions and sharing Hispanic
and Latin American cultures with the Bryn Mawr community
through discussion and by bringing outside performers,
speakers, and activists to the campus. The members
of Mujeres host a number of events for National Latino
Heritage Month and an annual culture show.
Contact: Nydia
Palacios |
Sisterhood
Sisterhood is a support network for African-American Bryn
Mawr women. The group addresses issues that affect and
are important to us as African-American women, on campus
and in the world. Sisterhood seeks to educate people about
our culture through dialogue, cultural performances and
music, as well as Perry House (our cultural center). Our
cultural center is open to all who are devoted to understanding
and learning about African-American identity. The diversity
that lies within our community brings creativity, individuality,
strength, compassion and dedication to the group, to ourselves
and to society.
Contact: Mzimeli
Morris and Rahel
Ayalew |
South
Asian Women (SAW)
South Asian Wormen is an organization dedicated to promoting
South Asian culture and that of it's diaspora by organizing
a variety of events ranging from community service (Gandhi
Day) to religious-cultural festivals (Holi, Diwali, Eid,
Gurupurab). SAW is committed to bringing speakers
to campus whose work pertains not only to cultural but
also social and political issues. Each year in November,
SAW hosts a culture show, which is a showcase of song,
dance, readings, slideshows, movies, and art presented
by SAW members. Like all cultural organizations
at Bryn Mawr, SAW welcomes all women regardless of ethnicity,
nationality, race or religion.
Contact: Fareesa
Islam and Swathi
Malepati |
| Governing |
Self-Government
Association (SGA)
Under the Bryn Mawr College Honor Code and Self-government
Association Constitution, Bryn Mawr College undergraduates
take responsibility for governing themselves in academic
and social matters, as well as playing an active and fundamental
role in the life of the College. The oldest self-governing
association in the nation, the SGA is composed of any
candidate for a Bryn Mawr College A.B. degree. As members
of the association, undergraduates are entitled to attend
weekly assembly meetings and voice their opinions, participate
in a variety of SGA sponsored events, groups, film series,
magazines, newspapers and traditions, as well as vote
in elections that send student representatives to various
committees, the Board of Trustees and the SGA Assembly.
It is the hope and expectation of self-governance at Bryn
Mawr College that all students will be able to find a
place, group, activity and concerns in the most effective,
responsible and satisfying way possible. SGA represents
the concerns and needs of the undergraduate body to the
administration. The
SGA's organization includes: Executive Board, Finance
Committee, Traditions, Honor Board, Residence Council
and Appointments Committee. Leadership for the 2006-2007
year will be provided by:
| SGA 2007-2008 |
| President: |
Tania Melo |
| Vice President: |
Emily Norman |
| Secretary: |
Holly Stewart |
| Treasurer: |
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| Honor Board Head: |
Kelly Harrell |
| Faculty Representative: |
Shelley Gupta |
| Traditions Mistresses: |
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| Resident Council Heads: |
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| Elections Heads: |
Amanda Dougherty and Patricia LeBron |
| Curriculum Committee Heads: |
Lauren Jasie and Judy Barr |
| Social Committee Head: |
Sara Koff |
Representative to the Board of
Trustees: |
Neha Agarwal |
| Athletic Association Representative: |
Stephanie Olen |
Representative to the
Office of Civic Engagement: |
Elizabeth Plunkett |
| OIA Representative: |
Kernika Gupta |
| Committee on Public Safety Representative: |
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| McBride Representative: |
Amanda Root and Susannah Smith |
| Haverford Representative: |
Georgia Lawrence and Cara Sogliuzzo |
| Off-Campus Representative: |
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| Class of '08 Presidents: |
Aley Thompson and Katherine Corbin |
| Class of '09 Presidents: |
Aheli Purkayastha and Elise Nelson |
| Class of '10 Presidents: |
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| Class of '11 Presidents: |
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| Class of '08 Songmistress: |
Abby Sayre |
| Class of '09 Songmistress: |
Sarah Stefanski |
| Class of '10 Songmistress: |
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| Class of '11 Songmistress: |
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Health
Center Advisory Committee
The Health Center Advisory Committee is a student-run
committee that promotes communication between the students
and the Health Center. The members of the committee serve
as liaisons who direct the Health Center's attention to
students' concerns and interests. The committee meets
once a month to plan student forums to promote dialogue.
Members of this committee work with Dr. Kerr and Nurse
Ramsey and are appointed through the SGA.
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Honor
Board
The Honor Board is responsible for the administration
and facilitation of the Honor
Code. This includes an orientation for freshwomen
each fall within the customs groups conducted by a HA
in conjunction with an Honor Board member. The Honor Board
exists in two forms, the Academic Honor Board and the
Social Honor Board.
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| Media |
Akoue
Box C-1727
610-526-5028
Akoué is the Bryn Mawr College yearbook. The
staff of editors, designers and photographers tell the
yearly story of Bryn Mawr College in a photojournalistic
style. All students interested in photography, writing
and design are invited to join.
Contact: Angeldeep
Kaur and
Shikha
Prashad
Website |
*Bi-College
News
The Bi-College News is a weekly journal of the happenings
at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges and a testimony
to the Bi-College relationship. We endeavor to
provide representative, accurate and fair news and information.
It's a great way to know what is going on at both campuses
and improve writing skills while having fun along the
way!
Contact: Andrea Milne
Website |
BMC
Zine/DIY Media Club
BMC Zine/DIY (do it yourself) Media Club fosters and supports
a growing appreciation for a wide variety of alternative
press and other medias made for/ by/ or about the lives
of women. The Zine/DIY Media Club hopes to combat the
chronic negative impact of mainstream representations
of women by offering a spectrum of other medias, thus
providing genuine, accurate, and life-affirming models
of women. We also hope to affect social change and foster
social activism through DIY culture and activities and
create a safe space for a wide variety of self-expression
in a unique, artistic format that is personal, politcal,
and profound.
The Zine/ DIY Media Club will focus on participating in
DIY/zine culture, including writing and illustrating for
zines and other small media, as well as using DIY concepts
to raise social awareness. Zines that are collected
will be available at club meetings, by request, at events
and are available for check-out.
Contact: |
College
News
x7340, C-1716
The college news is a feminist news journal that serves
as a source of information and self-expression for the
Bryn Mawr College community. Recognizing feminism as
a collective process, we attempt to explore issues of
interest to all women, both as members of this college
and of the larger world community. Through this continuing
dialogue, we seek to promote communication and understanding
while fostering self-confidence and independence in
expression. We are a bi-weekly publication and
are always eager to welcome new staff members.
Join us on Wednesdays at 9:30pm in the Pagoda for our
weekly meeting.
Contact: Laurel Pellegrino, Jessica Schwartz, Elizabeth Walsh
Website
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Nimbus
Literary Review
Nimbus
Literary Review is Bryn Mawr's premiere magazine showcaseing
student writing and artwork. Our hardworking editorial
staff accepts all types of creative submissions in the
fall and the layout staff sees the magazine through
publication in the spring.
Contact:
Sarah
Caldwell |
Tylluan
Writer's Group
Tylluan
Writer's Group has as its mission to support and inspire
those on campus interested in creative writing.
We meet weekly for free-writing activities based on
prompts, which generally last 10 - 20 minutes and are
followed by optional sharing. Each year we also
produce an informal pamphlet of members' work.
Members are encouraged to submite to Nimbus.
Contact:
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Virgin
Mawrtyr
We
are Bryn Mawr's first and only literary arts magazine
devoted entirely to exploring issues of sex, sexuality,
gender, feminism, and the body. We are beginning
a dialogue, verbal and visual, in order to liberate,
interpret, and engage a student body in the most talked
about, yet easily dismissed of issues. To this
end, we also believe it is important to address these
issues with the same intellect, sophistication, and
integrity with which we approach any idea as women of
acedemia. Our magazine is an open forum, serving as
a place of the safest, thoughtful, and provoking of
conversations.
Contact:
JiaJia
Fei
Website |
*WHRC
Radio
WHRC is the independent, student-run Bi-college radio
station based at Haverford, but with DJs and board members
from both schools. Listen worldwide for our live streaming
broadcast of a diverse playlist. Music, concert, and
campus news is also updated on our website. DJ applications
come out every semester, and shows are open to students,
staff and faculty. Request songs and contact DJs with
our studio's AOL IM screen name: WHRCrequests.
Contact:
Website |
| Music
and Performing Arts |
*Chaverim
A Capella
Chaverim
is the only Jewish, tri-co a cappella group. We
embrace peoples of all religions and sing a variation
of genres, varying from traditional Jewish songs to
Israeli pop songs and parodies.
Contact:
Kate Tomaskovic
Website
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Deceptive
Cadence
Believing that a cappella is for everyone and blend is
rehearsed rather than auditioned, Deceptive Cadence provides
a non-audition forum for all dedicated a cappella musicians.
Contact: |
*Extreme
Keys
Extreme Keys is the oldest all-female a cappella group
in the bi-co and are notorious for our electric energy
and killer concerts. We perform a range of music from
70s disco to 90s pop. In the spring of 2006 we
took our first New England tour, performing at colleges
across New England. We have also released our newest
CD entitled Extreme Keys: Unlocked.
Contact: Elisa
Sepulveda and Abby
Sayre
Website |
*Flute
Choir
The Flute Choir
is a group of flutists of all ability levels who gather
to rehearse weekly. Our ensemble includes members from
both Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges and we typically
prepare for 2-4 concerts per semester. In addition to
performing at college events such as chamber music concerts,
Parents' Weekend, May Day, and culture shows sponsored
by other campus groups, we give community service concerts
at local nursing homes and churches. We generally have
about 10-12 members per semester, and any flutist is welcome
to join!
Contact: |
*Greasepaint
Productions
Greasepaint
Productions is the student-run musical theater company
of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, mounting productions
and organizing events that bring a variety of arts-related
opportunities to the student body.
Contact:
Elizabeth
Rouse and Caitlin
Duffy |
Lavender's
Blue
Lavender's Blue is Bryn Mawr's very own oldies a capella
group. They sing exclusively oldies music, which they
consider to be fun to sing and charming for their audience.
Contact: Andrea
Goldstein and Mariah
Pepper
Website |
*Lighted
Fools
Lighted Fools is a bi-college improv and sketch comedy
group that offers workshops and regularly scheduled shows
on both campuses. Auditions will be helds at the
beginning of second semester. Contact:
Lauren Dubowski |
| *Looney
Tunes
The Looney Tunes are the only Bi-college co-ed a capella
group. They sing songs from as many genres as they can
find: funk, hip-hop, gospel, jazz, alternative. They
take a crazy tour each Spring break; past tours have
gone around the Northeast, to California, and all over
the South. Auditions are typically held at the beginning
of first semester each year
Contact: |
*Mayuri
Dance Team
Bryn
Mawr Mayuri is a South Asian fusion dance team. Founded
in the spring of 2004, it is a new but rapidly growing
team as its wide range of featured dance styles has
mass appeal. Combining classical Indian dance forms
such as Bharatanatyam and Kathak with western styles
such as ballet, hip hop, modern and jazz, the members
of Mayuri work hard to choreograph dances and mix music
so that in the end, they truly have a perfect cross-cultural
blend.
Contact:
Gayatri
Deodhar and Amelia
Jordan
Website |
Night
Owls
The Night Owls (otherwise known as "the Fowls"
among the membership), c.1989, is Bryn Mawr College's
a cappella group dedicated to singing, performing,
and having a good time, every time. The Night Owls sing
in all the Bi-Co jams and perform a number of mini-concerts
by request; in addition, they perform with other groups
at their respective schools (mainly along the East Coast).
The group also hosts at least one on-campus concert
a semester in which groups from other schools are invited
to sing. Fall Break marks the annual tour, and the group
also takes part in competitions. Auditions for entrance
into the group are held at the beginning of each semester.
Contact: Mandie
Preston
Website
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*Rince
Na Mawr
An
Irish Step Dance Club, we offer two levels of classes,
beginner and advanced. We teach the basics of
Irish Dance and then move students into higher level
steps, and even to performing in the Fall Student Dance
Concert. We regularly perform on campus during
the Fall Student Dance Concert and the Spring Dance
Recital. This year, St. Patrick's Day festivities
are being planned. Classes are open to everyone in the
Tri-Co.
Contact: Maureen
England and Jenna
Higgins |
Shakespeare
Performance Troupe
The Shakespeare Performance Troupe is a student theater
group dedicated to performing the works of William Shakespeare
and other dramatic works related to the Shakespeare
canon. We perform at least one play each semester, and
all productions are entirely student-run. Recent
productions include Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for
Measure, As You Like It, A Midsummer's Night Dream,
and Othello. Upcoming productions include Richard
III and Taming of the Shrew in Fall 2006 and A Winter's
Tale in Spring 2007.
Contact:
Lindsay Cunningham and
Caitlin Cotter
Website |
| Political |
Bryn
Mawr College Democrats
The Bryn Mawr College Democrats is a local chapter of
the College Democrats of America. The goal of the BMC
Democrats is to promote a better America, with equality,
freedom and justice. To achieve this goal, the BMC Democrats
volunteer on behalf of local, state and national campaigns,
host voter registration drives, sponsor political speakers,
organize community service events, participate in statewide
leadership conferences, and provide a variety of other
civic education programs for the campus and community.
The
BMC Democrats meet weekly during election seasons and
biweekly during nonelection periods. The organization
has a variety of positions available on its executive
board and there are always opportunities for individual
and project-specific involvement.
Contact: Caro
Sauers and
Kathryn Sovonick
Website |
Bryn
Mawr College Republicans
The Bryn Mawr College Republicans is
a subchapter of the College Republicans of Pennsylvania,
which is a liaison to the College Republicans National
Committee. Some of our goals as a club include promoting
political diversity and the exchange of conflicting
ideas on campus, bringing Republicans together socially,
while providing a safe venue in which to express conservative
views, and volunteering on the local, state, and national
level to contribute to the advancement of our party.
During the year, we hold biweekly meetings, scheduling
weekly meetings when necessary. The BMC Republicans
strive to achieve our goals by hosting on-campus activities,
volunteering to work on campaigns in the area, keeping
an open dialogue with the Bryn Mawr community, hosting
conservative guest speakers, and participating in community
service projects.
Contact: Betsy
Yen and Laura
Webb
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| Democracy
Matters
Democracy
Matters is a non-partisan non-profit that organizes
college students to emphasize citizen participation
instead of private money in our government.
Contact:
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Smart
Women Vote
Committed
to getting Bryn Mawr College students to vote in elections,
Smart Women Vote is a non-partisan coalition based group
that holds voter registration drives and Get Out the
Vote campaigns. Meeting frequently before elections,
volunteers register sstudents through Dorm Storms, tabling,
and friend-to-friend contact. Our target is complete
registration of all eligible students.
Contact:
Caroline
Troein |
| Student
Union
SU
is a student-run grassroots lobbying organization to
promote participation in a civic culture of human rights,
labor reform, women's rights, fair elections, environmental
sustainability, and public education. Each issue-team
publishes an editorial chapbook to educate and mobilize
for action.
This
semester, Student Union's Center on Labor Reform will
work to Raise the Minimum Wage in PA, while the Center
on Human Rights will work on legislation to Stop the
genocide in Darfur. SU's Election Special will
address Fair Election Laws in PA. Bring your campaign
to Student Union and make it reality.
Contact:
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| Religious |
Achayot
Achayot (the Hebrew word for sisters) is a weekly discussion
group where a group of people sit around the dinner table
and discuss various topics and issues in Judaism that
relate to women. All are welcome - either to participate
in discussion, to listen, or just to eat our chocolate!
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Athena's
Circle
Athena's Circle is a Pagan student's
group. We are a religious/spiritual organization whose
members include Wiccans, Greco-Roman and Egyptian recontructionists,
Goddess-worshippers, Buddhists, Shamanists, and other
magical people. We meet Thursdays at 8:30pm in the Quita
Woodward Room. Sometimes we just hang out; often we
create rituals for our group's purposes (healing, meditative,
energy balancing, etc). We worship during full moons,
solstices, equinoxes, and the other Wiccan and Neo-Paan
holidays, as well. All who are interested in learning
with us are welcome to come; you don't have to be affiliated
with a Pagan faith. We welcome all with open hearts
and open minds. Whenever we gather, we always
make magick.
Contact: Amanda
Pollock
and
Magda
Michalak |
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Baha'i
Campus Association
The Baha'i Campus Association is a religious organization
which works to build a spirit of cooperation and goodwill
among the diverse religions and cultures represented
in the campus community. For this semester we are planning
a prayer devotional open to all religions and beliefs.
Contact:
Elizabeth
Hogenson
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*Bi-Co
Catholic Newman Community
Newman brings trhe resources and services of the
Catholic Church to the Bryn Mawr campus. Our organization
offers celebration of Sunday, Holy Day and mid-week
Eucharist, Theology and Pizza, Bible study, retreats,
the Newman Forum dialogues, individual counseling, Sacramental
Reconciliation, and student sponsored social and service
activities.
Contact: Rachel
Usala and
Rev.
Edward Windhaus
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Bryn
Mawr Seekers
Bryn
Mawr Seekers is a group of students who want to talk
about questions of religion, spirituality, and faith.
There is no affiliated religion or philosophy, rather
the group operates on the premise that in order to understand
and grow spiritually or religiously one has to be able
to ask qustions and openly discuss the often awkward
subjects of religion and belief. Plus, we want
to have fun doing it! Hence, the Bryn Mawr Seekers.
Contact:
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BUNS:
Unitarian Universalists
BUNS (Bryn Mawr Unitarians Need Support) is a spiritual
group that fosters a supportive community for Unitarian
Universalists and other people of faith on campus. We
meet weekly and newcomers are welcome. As a group we follow
the Unitarian Universalist principles of faith, social
action and social justice.
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*Emmanual
College Fellowship (ECF)
ECF is a Christian organization on Bryn Mawr and
Haverford College campuses that is open to believers
and those who are seeking. It welcomes all who are wishing
to learn more about the Christian faith and those who
are looking to grow and mature in their walk with God.
There are weekly small group Bible studies, large groups,
and Sunday services. Transportation to Sunday
services and activities is provided. ECF is affiliated
with Renewal Presbyterian Church (formerly Emmanual
Church) in Philadelphia.
Contact: Alice
Oh and Priscilla
Won
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Episcopal
Campus Ministry
The
Episcopal Campus Ministry is a bi-co group for all people
interested in the Christian faith. It is a space
where you can come to your own conclusions about faith
and life while in a supportive environment with other
students asking the same questions as you. We
meet weekly for discussions and services, are active
in outreach, and go on retreats a few times a year.
Contact:
Sara
D'Angio |
Harvest
Christian Fellowship (HCF)
HCF
is an interdenominational group open to all people interested
in learning about, growing in, and living out the Christian
faith. We meet weekly for small group Bible study,
Friday Night Live, and Sunday service. HCF is
associated with Grace Covenant Church (GCC) in Philadelphia.
Contact:
Anita
Lai and Joanne
Yoon
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| Intervarsity
Christian Fellowship
InterVarsity is an inter-denominational Christian organization
serving the students of Bryn Mawr College. We host speaking
events, bible studies, and retreats for the purpose
of supporting both those of Christian faith and anyone
interested in Christianity.
Contact: Emma
Shaw and Katie
Baldwin
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*Jewish
Student Union (JSU)
The purpose of the bi-co Jewish Student Union (JSU)
is to provide religious, educational, and social opportunities
for Jewish students and the college communities in general.
JSU has weekly student-run Shabbat services,
text studies, celebrates holidays, and holds social
events throughout the year.
Contact:
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*Muslim Students Association
The bi-college Muslim Students Association (MSA) is
active in facilitating a safe atmosphere in which dialogue
on matters of Islamic faith can be discussed by Muslims
and non-Muslims alike. We aim to create an educational
and enriching atmosphere where we can learn from
one another through discussions, community service,
prayer services, inspirational speakers, and interfaith
events. We welcome all, and would like to take
advantage of the wealth of diversity in thought that
exists on both campuses.
Contact: Sarah
Mahmood
and Sarah
Khasawinah
Website
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Quaker
Students
Quaker
Students facilitates gatherings for students interested
in Quakerism, participates in interfaith activities,
and informs campus about Quaker events in the larger
world.
Contact:
Julia
Wise and Steph
Hunt |
*Two
Fish
2 Fish is for Christian performers and musicians, both
male and female, who want to express the good news of
Jesus Christ to the bi-co community. Our music
is an expression of gratitude and need of a God that
is ever-present, ever-loving, and ever-renewing our
lives.
Contact:
Eunice Ahn and Jessica
Chung |
| Service,
Activism and Outreach |
America Counts
and America Reads
The America Reads and America Counts programs help
place work-study, volunteer, and field placement students
as reading and math tutors for low income students in
local school and community sites. Programs run during
the academic year and summer. All students are welcome,
regardless of experience. Training is provided before
tutoring begins each semester and in the summer.
Contact: Community
Service Office |
ACT
(Ardmore Community Tutoring)
Students work one-on-one with children in literacy and
math as America Counts or America Reads tutors. Tutors
are selected at the beginning of each semester and tutor
training occurs shortly after selection. Each tutor
works a minimum of three hours per week. Twice a month,
tutors meet for ongoing training and supervision. Transportation
to and from Ardmore is provided.
Contact:
Community
Service Office |
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Ball
of Physics
Ball of Physics is an outreach group that designs and
performs physics experiments to the community to generate
a larger interest in physics.
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Batten
House Co-Op
The Batten House co-op is an intentional community open
to Bi-college women. Its members endeavor to live with
environmental consciousness and low impact upon the
Earth, to organize social justice activist events, to
support women's issues, to make group decisions by consensus,
and to raise awareness in the community about the interconnectedness
between humans, animals, and the environment.
Contact: Julia
Wise |
Best Buddies
Best Buddies is a non-profit, student-run organization
dedicated to improving the lives of community members
with disabilities by providing them with one-on-one frienships.
The Bryn Mawr chapter of Best Buddies matches students
with disabled community members in Bala Cynwyd and also
gets together as an organization throughout the semester
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