Bryn Mawr College

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Students Making News

Laura McHugh Convocation Address
(snippet) I believe that all of us here today, who have the distinct privilege to attend an institution like Bryn Mawr, have an important legacy to live up to, and I find that Bryn Mawr continues to provoke in me, as I hope it does in you, a sense of urgent social responsibility to utilize my own capabilities to seek out new, more innovative solutions to the problems that we face in our country and our world today.  I am definitely looking forward to embarking on that journey in collaboration with all of you present here this afternoon. I urge you to recognize, and embrace, the unique opportunity presented by your time here at Bryn Mawr. (read more)

Linda Houser, doctoral candidate in Social Work and Social Research, has accepted a post-doctoral appointment at the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University.  Linda will be conducting research on workplace conditions and inequalities to inform policy recommendations for the Council on Gender Parity of the New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission.  She will also continue to develop her dissertation research, entitled “Situating Child Care Concerns: Child Care Instability in Neighborhood and State Policy Contexts.” (June 2009)

Wesley Bryant, who will receive his Ph.D. in Social Work and Social Research at commencement, has been awarded a highly prestigious post-doctoral fellowship at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis. Wesley's fellowship is for two years and is part of the school's participation in the Social Work Training in Addictions Research (STAR) Program funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Wesley will spend his time at George Warren Brown continuing research from his dissertation entitled "African American Male Youth Violence and Internalized Racism."

To submit news about yourself for publication on the web, contact Peggy Robinson 610-520-2605 or probinson@brynmawr.edu

2008 McPherson Award Winners

This spring, Joshua Noble ‘08 and Romana Lee-Akiyama received McPherson Awards in recognition of their distinguished records of community service. Josh provided leadership in revitalizing the School’s Student Association, served as a state policy organizer for the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, and, prior to coming to Bryn Mawr, worked as a project administrator for the ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project.

Romana, who will be entering her final year at the School, helped launch the School’s Southeast Asian Pacific Islander student group. She also has served as Director of Development Programming for the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation and recently assumed a position as Interim Deputy Director at the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development.

Articles:

WSJ: "Social Work - A Best Career"

The July 11, 2006 edition of the Career Journal section of the Wall Street Journal named social work as one of the eight best careers. Read the WSJ's interview with a hospital social worker in Chicago, Illinois.

Students Interning in Community Health

A seven-week community health internship links the training of health and social service professionals with the provision of services to underserved communities.

Student Cohort Profile

Profile of 2008 Entering MSS Class

The College’s new president, Jane Dammen McAuliffe welcomed the incoming class, letting them know that they were joining an academic community that offered excellence, opportunity and agency—the responsibility to make things happen. 

The group is evenly divided between those who will complete the program as fulltime students and those who chose part-time study.   Ten percent have opted to complete the Master of Law and Policy degree concurrently with MSS study, and a similar number have chosen to do the Child and Family Wellbeing Specialization.

One of the strengths of the education at Bryn Mawr is the diversity of experience and perspectives found in our student population.  Students range in age from the early twenties to the late fifties, with 44% being 25 years and younger and 20% being 40 and older.  Ten percent are male.  Twenty percent of this class has identified themselves as members of underrepresented racial, ethnic and cultural groups.   Additionally, a number have studied and/or volunteered abroad in such places as Eastern Europe, southern and eastern Africa, Central and Latin America.  The majority of students come from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, with 20 % relocating to attend Bryn Mawr. 

Entering students have work or volunteer experience in the areas of family and children’s services, inpatient and outpatient mental health, court appointed advocacy, TSS services, education, and services to persons affected by HIV/AIDS.  People changing to social work from careers in other fields comprise nearly 20% of the class; they have been working and volunteering in such areas as law, regional planning, marketing, human resources and health care.

Should you wish to contact a current student to learn more about Bryn Mawr's program, please call the Office of Admissions at 610-520-2601 or email us at swadmiss@brynmawr.edu.

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