Highlights from the
Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin
November 2005 issue

From the editor

Archways

• A new Center at Bryn Mawr College will honor the life work of Katharine Houghton Hepburn ’28 and her mother, Katharine Houghton Hepburn, Class of 1899.
• Freshmen Facts
• CEO Awarded $50,000 grant
• BMC applicants donate $22,000 to nonprofits
• The campus community rallies around relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina victims.
• Alumnae are challenged to fund summer internships.
• BMC has been ranked third among 30 liberal arts colleges for serving the public good.
• Islam, politics and urbanism
• Dance masterwork revived
• Supercomputer forged

Features

Educating for life By Susan Messina ’86, MSS ’90, MLSP ’91
Although only one year old, the Civic Engagement Office offers greatly expanded opportunities for community involvement.

Serendip By Ann Dixon ’83
The College’s first website, Serendip, is an intellectual community and playground open to the world.

Leaders in social change
Bryn Mawr’s Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research celebrates 90 years of working for social change in America.

Books

GSSWSR News

Letters