Tri-Co Institutes
Tri-College Summer Institute @ Swarthmore College
August 20-23, 2009 (with an additional day of programming at Bryn Mawr on August 24)
The Tri-College Summer Institute Program is sponsored by Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore Colleges for first-year students who are interested in exploring issues of multicultural identity and leadership, especially as they relate to race, class, and gender. The program consists of a series of interactive workshops and seminars led by administrators and Student Resource Persons (SRPs) from each of the three colleges. All entering first-year students are invited to apply and limited spaces are available. Summer Tri-Co takes place the week immediately preceding the general first-year orientation for each of the three colleges. In order to have a successful experience, participants need to enter the program with the understanding that they are engaging in a process of development and change as they learn about themselves, their identity groups, and their institutions. The goal of the program is to give first-year students the introductory knowledge and experience to thrive in the curricular and co-curricular spheres of their home institutions.
Towards that goal, Tri-Co is designed to:
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Provide participants with a safe space for them to explore individual identity issues and develop awareness regarding gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class and spirituality.
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Give participants insight into the challenges they will face as change agents on predominantly white college campuses.
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Familiarize first-year students with the administrative support services on each campus.
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Provide participants with opportunities to recognize the diversity and talent within the Tri-College community.
Further, Tri-Co participants should expect to leave the program:
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Feeling positive about their upcoming college experience and their ability to excel at their home college.
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With a deeper understanding of their own identity and how that fuller understanding will be to their advantage during their college years.
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More aware of the diversity of culture, experience, and opinion that exists among the tri-college student of color community.
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With at least a preliminary understanding of leadership, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills they will need to excel at their home college.
Tri-College Winter Institute @ Swarthmore College January 2010
The Tri-College Winter Institute makes an opportunity similar to the Summer Institute available to all students, regardless of year, as well as to faculty and staff from Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore. In particular, the Winter Institute provides participants with a safe space for them to explore individual identity issues and develop awareness regarding gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class and spirituality. It provides participants with opportunities to recognize the diversity and talent within the Tri-College community and to serve as change agents within that community.
