Bryn Mawr College

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Summer Service Opportunities

Bryn Mawr College Summer of Service

Hosted by the Civic Engagement Office, the BMC Summer of Service is a funded opportunity for students to live, serve and learn together in the Bryn Mawr community. Six students live together in a house on campus, spend 32 hours each week volunteering for a service or activism organization in the Bryn Mawr/Philadelphia region and spend an additional three to five hours each week in service learning activities including ongoing training, visits to local organizations and reflection activities. Students receive room and board, transportation costs to their service sites, and a stipend for the ten week program.

The ongoing commitment of Summer of Service participants is to promote Civic Engagement and activism at Bryn Mawr. Students are expected not only to serve as leaders on campus, but as active participants in the Bryn Mawr service and activism community.

Application Information

Applications are typically due in the spring semester, just before spring break.  Check back later for more information on application deadlines.

Applicants must be undergraduate Bryn Mawr students completing their freshman, sophomore, or junior year. Students who plan to be at Bryn Mawr in the fall 2009 will be given special consideration. Students must focus on a specific type of service or activism and must have identified an area of focus at the time of application. The Bryn Mawr College Summer of Service program typically runs from early June to mid-August.

Bryn Mawr College Summer of Service Past Participants

Click the participants' names in red to view their profile.

2009:
Samar Aryani, Women's Law Project
Mia Chin, ACLAMO
Liana Donahue, Women In Transition
Danielle Marinucci, Thomas Jefferson University, Dept. of Psychiatry
Brittney Sampson, University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia
Adrienne Webb, Women’s Opportunities Resource Center                      

2008:
Rosa Friedman, Women's Therapy Center
Laura Gousha, ACLAMO
Maggie Larson, Research for Action
Shannon Ryan, Drueding Center, Project RAINBOW
Lucy Sung, Philadelphia FIGHT

2007:
Deborah Ahenkorah, Haitian Community Help Center
Tina Hu, Office of the Attorney General, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Shayna Israel, Chester Education Foundation
Erica Lo, Belmont Charter School
Alida Uwera, Nationality Service Center

2006:
Britt Fremstad, Catholic Worker House
Lauren Jasie, Women's Medical Fund
Liz Plunkett, Belmont Charter School
Sheena Reed, Philadelphia Education Fund, Philadelphia Scholars Program
Fatima Siad, Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger

2005:
Jenny Brindisi, CADCOMM
Crista Fuentes, Mum Puppettheatre
Elizabeth Pounds, Catholic Worker House
Winnie Tang, Nationalities Service Center
Tenagne Tessema, Ardmore Community Tutoring

2004:
Phoebe Arde-Aquah, Project RAINBOW
Anabel Armenta, Taller Puertoriqueno
Shafiqah Berry, Talent Search
Maria Fernandes, Build-A-Bridge International
Mridula Shankar, Youth Health Empowerment Project
Anka Wilk, Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network

2003:
Lindsey Giblin, Project RAINBOW
Ingrid Hanson, Planned Parenthood
Katie Klenn, Laurel House
Bea Lucaciu, Hedwig House
Grace Safoa Darkwa, Food Stamp Enrollment Campaign

2002:
Ali Briggs, National Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL-PA)
Akudo Ejelonu, Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger
Tegan Georges, The Village of Arts & Humanities
Leah Rayner, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Norristown
Tiffany Vaughan, Congresso de los Latinos Unidos

2001:
Megan Burke, Juvenile Law Project
Stevie Johnson, Habitat for Humanity, Germantown
Emily Kahoe, New Kensington Community Development Corporation
Ngoc Tran, To Our Children’s Future with Health
Julie Zaebst, Pennsylvania National Organization for Women