About The Pensby Center
The Pensby Center (formerly The Office of Intercultural Affairs) implements programs and activities that address issues of diversity, power and privilege, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, country of origin, class, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation and disability, with a goal of improving the campus climate and enhancing community life at Bryn Mawr College.
Through this office, the staff develops and coordinates leadership development and training programs, organizes key campus cultural events, guides student affinity groups, coordinates College programs to mentor and support students from underrepresented groups, supervises the Community Diversity Assistants and provides informal advising to all students interested in issues of social justice and multiculturalism.
Assistant Dean and Director of Leadership and Community Development at The Pensby Center, Vanessa Christman
Special Programs sponsored by or in association with The Pensby Center:
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- Alliance of Multicultural Organizations (AMO)
- Community Diversity Assistants(CDAs)
- The Social Justice Partnership Program
- Tri-College Institutes
- The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
- The Leadership Empowerment and Advancement Program (LEAP)
- The Thomas Prize in Diversity
