Bryn Mawr College

Pensby Center (formerly the Office of Intercultural Affairs)

The Pensby Center's overall goals are to affirm identity, build community and cultivate leadership through active and meaningful engagement and partnerships with students, staff, faculty and alumnae/i. We are located on Cambrian Row at 229 N. Roberts Rd.

Our new name indicates an expansion of our programming. We are excited about the ways in which our work will grow, while continuing our commitment to the mission of the former OIA/MCC.

Stop by the Pensby Center to learn more about great fellowships, conferences and graduate programs. Find out about the programs we present and support. Or just say hi!

Welcome, Stephanie Nixon!
Pensby's new Director of Diversity, Social Justice and Inclusion

Stephanie will be starting at Bryn Mawr in early July and will work closely with Dean Vanessa Christman, the Dean's Office, staff, faculty and, most importantly, students on issues that are at the core of the Pensby Center's mission and that reflect the major interests and concerns of students around creating an inclusive, well-informed, and engaged community of diverse learners and citizens.

Stephanie comes to us from Columbia University, where she currently serves as the director of residential programs. Before Columbia, Stephanie worked in student affairs at Williamette University in Oregon and the University of Virginia, where she also earned her BA  in interdisciplinary studies and biology and her MEd in student affairs practice in higher education. Among her many qualifications and accomplishments, Stephanie is an alumna of the nationally recognized Social Justice Training Institute and recently served as an SJTI core group facilitator.

 

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Elena Swartz's reflections on attending a Whites Confronting Racism Workshop
can be found here.

Archived News and Photos

• Author Lorene Cary's visit to campus, February 2012
• Dimensions of Diversity, Fall Break 2011
• Black History Month speaker Marc Lamont Hill addressed Bryn Mawr on Wednesday, 2/23/11, at 7:30 PM in Thomas Great Hall.
• University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Assistant Professor Shaun Harper spoke and conducted a workshop on 3/17/10 to examine the results of the CCA .
• 2010's Black History Month keynote speaker Melissa Harris-Lacewell captivated the audience in Thomas Great Hall. Read more.
• Mohja Kahf read and spoke about Muslim stereotypes on Thursday, 10/29/11.
• Peggy McIntosh visited Bryn Mawr in November 2009, presenting a major evening program and several workshops.
• Angela Davis delivered 2009's Black History Month keynote, "Democracy,

  Social Change and Civil Engagement"