Pilot Projects
Members of the Bryn Mawr College community are exploring together how innovation can happen in the liberal arts on campus.
Active Collaborations
Faculty, staff members and the senior administration are working together on short term pilot projects to test ideas core to the College’s future as a leader in the liberal arts. Each project aims to enhance on-campus experiences and serve as a test case for potential longer term investments. Join us and apply for a pilot grant here.
Student Spaces Project
A flash student space planning project in which students worked with a women-owned architecture firm to identify, design and renovate four campus spaces. The spaces will open in late summer 2025.
Testing Center
A testing center opened in January 2025 that enables students with academic accommodations -and the faculty teaching them -- to complete exams and other assignments with fewer barriers.
Teaching on Innovation in the Liberal Arts
Seven faculty members, led by Selby Hearth and Jose Vergara, explored how innovation is being taught in the liberal arts and engaged the campus, including alumnae/i and Board of Trustees members, in workshops titled “How can we imagine the range of what’s possible in a Bryn Mawr curriculum?”
Journalism Mentorship Initiative
Dee Matthews partnered with student journalists to enable greater learning and professional development through a political journalism course to be offered in spring 2026, as well as professional memberships to student journalism associations and a student journalist mentoring program.
Seeking Meaning and Purpose in the Liberal Arts
Bethany Schneider and the team of Allison Cook-Sather, Joel Schlosser, and Jen Callaghan received grants from, respectively, NetVue and the Educating Character Initiative at Wake Forest University, that will enable faculty across the curriculum to engage even more deeply with students in questions about meaning, purpose, and how they seek to use their liberal arts education in the world.