Bryn Mawr Student Clubs
Clubs are listed within the following interest areas:
| Academic/Professional | Political |
| Affinity | Religious |
| Awareness and Advocacy | Service and Activism |
| Governing | Special Interest |
| Media | Sport |
| Music and Performing Arts | |
| Clubs denoted with an * are Bryn Mawr/Haverford clubs. | |
Starting a Club |
| Student Club and Organization Policy Bryn Mawr College is committed to supporting a variety of student clubs and organizations which are consistent with the educational philosophy and mission of the College. Social fraternities or sororities are not permitted at the College. The College has determined that students are better served by the numerous non-exclusive student clubs and organizations which exist on campus. Bryn Mawr College does not recognize the charter of any social fraternity or sorority. No College facilities (including all public and private spaces, bulletin boards, and campus mail) can be used for any social fraternity or sorority activities. Violation of this policy by any student constitutes a violation of the social honor code and may result in disciplinary sanctions. |
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Steps for starting a new club 1. Explore the clubs already in existence at Bryn Mawr College before starting a club. If a student finds that we do not have a club which is of interest to them they can choose to start their own club. However, the club must be different than any club already on campus. 2. Gain interest and members from the student body by hosting an event. A minimum of five members is required for any new club. 3. Once you have five members you can petition the Office of Student Activities to start a new club. Petitions are accepted in September and January and the petition form will be available on the Student Activities website during the first two weeks of each semester. 4. If funding is desired, the new club must submit a written constitution to SGA's Student Finance Committee in the beginning of the semester. Please review the Constitution Guide for a template. Constitution Guide (PDF) (Word) 5. All clubs are required to register each academic year with the Office of Student Activities at the beginning of the fall semester. |
Academic/Professional |
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*Bi-Co Bioanthro Club Bi-Co Bioanthro is a group of students interested in biological anthropology. Whether you're a major, minor, or just took the intro class and thought that it was interesting, we welcome everyone. We meet to discuss news from the field, watch movies and critique their techniques, and host professionals to talk about their experiences. We also hope to provide a foundation for networking, as well as help each other find field schools, internships, and other opportunities. Contact: Rebecca Kelly-Bowditch, Tamsin Myers |
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*Bi-Co Finance Contact: Layne Cole |
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*Bi-Co in STEM and Finance As students in small LAC's with varying interests in STEM and business, we have often found it difficult to find the support and resources we need to be successful in these fields. The purpose of this group is to serve as a resource - we will be hosting resume workshops, interview advice, a mentoring service, and other opportunities like volunteer projects and help finding internships. Contact: Mimi Benkoussa, Allison Yang |
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We wish to promote engineering opportunities on Bryn Mawr's campus in order to enhance student education and make the field more accessible to students of all backgrounds. While the STEM gap is generally closing, this trend is not present in Engineering and Technology, two expansive and well-regarded fields that hone skills essential to solving world problems. As a women's college, especially one known for its service to society, perhaps we owe it to ourselves to be this change and help pave the way for others. Contact: Claire Wang |
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We believe that, in order to maximize the power of a liberal arts education, students must have the opportunity to learn how to harness technology to directly solve global and societal problems. We are working with faculty, staff, and undergraduate students to create accessible on-campus engineering and technology opportunities and resources for Bryn Mawr students. Contact: Linghan Mei, Leslie Goloh |
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In 1976, an anonymous donor gave $100,000 to Bryn Mawr College for the purpose of helping students learn to invest money in the stock market. The Owl Investment Group was formed and has tracked their portfolio, traditionally giving back money to Bryn Mawr College in the form of club and other donations, and outperforming the S&P 500 index annually. |
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Pre-Health Society The purpose of the Pre-Health Society is to encourage students of all backgrounds to come together in a space specifically tailored to enhance the next generation of health care providers. The Pre-Health Society is an interest group where students can gain new information about their respective careers in healthcare while sharing their knowledge with incoming students. The club seeks to reach out to mentors such as researchers, doctors, and public health administrators to inspire and advise our interest group. Contact: Nikitha Shakamuri, Bushra Amin |
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Pre Law Club This is a group of students studying pre-law and intending to go to law school. Join if you have the slightest interest in pretending to be a lawyer, actually wanting to be a lawyer, are a polisci major, or are confused about your post-graduation future! Contact: Sophia Bokhari, Sophia Schein |
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Redefine Her Street ("RHS") is an organization focused on creating a women's business network at liberal arts institutions and dedicated to empowering women interested in careers in finance, consulting, and corporations by supporting them during the undergraduate recruiting process and familiarizing them with concepts related to these fields. Contact: Keana Bloomfield, Stephanie Catalan |
Awareness and Advocacy |
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Autism Speaks Autism is a pervasive developmental and the rate for Autism Spectrum Disorder in America is now 1 in 68 children. This organization is aimed at helping raise not only awareness, but also support for Autism Spectrum Disorders around the Bryn Mawr campus. This club also strives to provide funding and aid to individuals with ASD. ASD is gaining support and this club is Bryn Mawr's contribution to the Autism Community. Contact: Bisma Naqvi |
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The Body Image Council (BIC) holds a series of dissonance-based body-acceptance programs designed to help high school girls and college-age women resist cultural pressures to conform to the thin-ideal standard of female beauty and reduce their pursuit of unhealthy thinness. Through generous funding of the Mimi Murray Fund, The BMC Body Image Council (BIC) is proud to bring The Body Project back to BMC in 2017. Contact: Annabelle Kong, Samara Jones |
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EnAble is a student club that focuses on support, community-building, awareness, and advocacy for Bi-Co students with disabilities, chronic illnesses, mental illnesses, other medical conditions, and their allies. Contact: Julia Nessman, Lisa Li |
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*Fem-Co (Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance) Fem-Co. (Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance) is an organization open to all BMC students to establish a broad constituency to work in pursuit of feminist ideals -- social, political, and economic equality for women and men, to study and take action on national, campus, and local feminist issues and concerns, to provide leadership and career building opportunities for feminist students, and to ... educate the community about feminist issues. Campaigns include: Birth Control Access (on campus and globally), Global Reproductive Health/Rights, Eco-Feminism: Women & Climate Change, Gender Equity in Education, & Sweat Shop Elimination. Contact: Leah Baker, Miciah Foster |
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GenderQuest GenderQuest aims to support and advocate for students who identify as transsexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, or non-cisgender, or who are questioning their gender. We hope to create a safe, accepting, and affirming environment for these students and want to serve as a resource for both them and cisgender students who would like to learn more about trans* identities or show support for these people. Our ultimate goal is to foster community within the group and among Bryn Mawr students as a whole. Contact: Toby Makowski, Sean Keenan |
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Little Known Help Zone is a student started organization devoted to the human rights issues of Central America. Through fundraisers and awareness campaigns, Little Known Help Zone works to fix human rights violations to underrepresented groups in Central America. This includes Mayan children in Guatemala, workers in El Salvador, and children in gang terrorized areas of Honduras. Contact: Makenna Lenover |
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*Zami The name Zami comes from the a book by Audre Lorde; one of the first openly gay female activists of color. As a way of honoring her legacy, we call ourselves Zami and we are an LGBTQ group for students of color on Bryn Mawr's campus. Our weekly meetings revolve on what it means to be queer, and also what it means to be a student of color on campus. All are welcome to join! Contact: Toni Aguilar Cole |
Affinity |
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The Bryn Mawr College Asian Students Association (ASA) is a space for Asian and Asian American students and the general Bryn Mawr College community: Contact: Malini Sharma, Hannah Chinn |
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Association of International Students The purpose of the Association of International Students (AIS) is to foster a sense of community and encourage cultural exchange among international as well as domestic students. Contact: Jacy Li, Sarah Ye |
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BACaSO (Bryn Mawr African and Caribbean Student Organization) The purpose of this organization is to create an awareness of the diverse cultures of Africa and the Caribbean in order to educate the Bryn Mawr community. It is to articulate and promote the needs of students of African and Caribbean descent on campus to the administration. It fosters a community for the latter mentioned students on campus and welcomes sharing these cultures with those who are interested. Contact: Jenisha Stapleton, Massendie Diaby |
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In the Bi-Co Barkada, it doesn’t matter whether or not one has Filipino blood. As member Tomas Matias (HC ’19) says, “We’re all Filipino inside!” We are a community of Haverford College and Bryn Mawr students who explore the Filipino culture through food, movie nights, and discussions of current events. Contact: Maren Davidson Skarstad, Alex Bernas |
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*Chinese Culture Study Association Do you really know about China? Do you want to get deep in touch with Chinese culture and people? Come join us! Chinese Culture Study Association (CCSA) is an association that aims to provide a platform for people to truly understand Chinese culture. In order to deepen your understanding of Chinese culture and grasp the essence, we present you an opportunity to learn about the culture outside of a classroom environment. There are various fun activities throughout the year involving bubble tea, dumplings, and much more! Contact: Jialu Guo |
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*Japanese Student Association Japanese affinity group to share Japanese culture with the bi-co community. Contact: Maiko Sho, Madeline Cherniack |
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Mujeres increases awareness of and affects change pertaining to significant issues that affect us as Latinx women on campus. Mujeres* encourages its members to participate in meetings and events hosted by other Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore, and University of Pennsylvania culture groups. Mujeres shares Latina/o and Latin American cultures with the Bryn Mawr community through discussion and by brining outside performers, speakers, and activists to campus. Mujeres strives to increase the number of academic options for studying the languages and cultures of Latin American diasporas. Mujeres* hosts a number of events for National Latino Heritage Month. Mujeres* works towards being a prominent, powerful, and respected presence on campus. Contact: Alexandra Acaba, Amal Yassin |
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Sisterhood* is a collective for Black and African American people at Bryn Mawr College. We hold bi-weekly meetings to discuss issues that affect the Black community at large, and to build family amongst people of colour on campus. Sisterhood* seeks to honour and embrace Blackness on campus, as well as promote self-love in amongst racial challenges we face as a society. We host regular events celebrating the talent and intellectualism of our members, and offer a safe space for dialogue. Sisterhood* is open to all genders and gender expressions. Contact: Kamara Simms, Anisha Thornabar |
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BMC South Asian Students is an organization dedicated to promoting South Asia, South Asian and culture and its diaspora. Contact: Vidhi Maheshwari, Anika Varty |
Governing |
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Self-Government Association (SGA) Under the Bryn Mawr College Honor Code and Self-Government Association Constitution, Bryn Mawr College undergraduates take responsibility for governing themselves in academic and social matters, as well as playing an active and fundamental role in the life of the College. The oldest self-governing association in the nation, SGA is composed of any candidate for a Bryn Mawr College A.B. degree. As members of the association, undergraduates are entitled to attend weekly assembly meeting and voice their opinions, participate in a variety of SGA sponsored events, groups, film series, magazines, newspapers, and traditions, as well as vote in elections that send student representatives to various committees, the Board of Trustees and the SGA Assembly. It is the hope and expectation of self-governance at Bryn Mawr College that all students will be able to find a place, group, activity and concerns in the most effective, responsible and satisfying way possible. SGA represents the concerns and needs of the undergraduate body to the administration. SGA's organization includes: Executive Board, Finance Committee, Traditions, Honor Board, Residence Council, and Appointments Committee. Contact: SGA |
Media |
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We are the official newspaper of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges. We cover events in the Bi-Co and beyond while highlighting students' voices. We publish two print editions per semester, as well as weekly online. Contact: Theresa Diffendal, Emilia Otte |
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*the college news* *the college news* is a feminist news journal which serves as a source of information and self-expression for the Bryn Mawr community. Recognizing feminism as a collective process, we work collaboratively to center narratives of community members of color, trans community members, folks with disabilities, and community members from low-income backgrounds. Through this continuing dialogue, we seek to promote communication and understanding while fostering independence and growth through expression. Contact: Sasha Rogelberg |
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Her Campus is the #1 new-media brand for the empowered college woman. Written entirely by the world's top college journalists – with 10,000+ contributors and counting – HerCampus.com features national Style, Beauty, Health, Love, Life, Career, Entertainment, News, DIY, LGBTQ+, High School, and After College content supplemented by local content from 350 campus chapters nationwide and in ten countries. Contact: Audrey Lin, Mimi Benkoussa |
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Leverage Leverage is a group for creatives of color that centers and celebrates marginalized bodies and experiences. As a collective, we aim to help our fellow POC gain "leverage" – to use their talents to influence systems of power on a larger scale -- as well as to to "leave rage" – to channel their anger in ways that are productive, fulfilling, and emotionally revitalizing. Contact: Hannah Chinn, Dalia Mahgoub |
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Nimbus Literary Arts Magazine Nimbus Literary Arts publishes the yearly Nimbus magazine, filled with BMC student art work, photography, fiction, and poetry. We hold weekly meetings to generate content, explore new types of writing, and make art. We also discuss as a club which pieces to feature in the magazine. We host open mics and other literary events. Contact: Eda Tse, Maeve White |
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The Side Eye is Bryn Mawr College’s alternative media blog, publishing satire, humor, memes, opinion, poetry, and short fiction in monthly installations. Material can focus on local, college-wide events as well as worldwide issues, happenings, and oddities. The mission of The Side-Eye is to provide an offbeat, less structured campus publication to student writers and humorists who wish to share their creative voices. With each publishing cycle, we strive to serve you quality creative writing and socially conscious comedy. Contact: Isobel Blanchard, Veronica Walton |
Music and Performing Arts |
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We are a Bryn Mawr a cappella group who sings all sort of songs from 80s, to pop, to folk. Contact: Callie Folke |
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Afreen is a Bollywood/contemporary dance group that provides a platform for everyone who has a passion for dance to tap their feet to the beats of Bollywood music. Contact: Vidhi Maheshwari |
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The purpose of Ajoyo is to celebrate and appreciate African dance and culture in efforts to expose the Bryn Mawr community to the respective dances of Africa. Ajoyo works to portray authentic dances from African cultures that is often appropriated. It is to represent the African diaspora amongst the dance clubs within the Bryn Mawr College community. Contact: Odinaka Oranekwu |
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*Bi-College Ballroom Dance We invite professional dance instructor to give weekly lessons. We learn many kinds of ballroom dance, including but not limited to: Tango, Salsa, Waltz, Romba, Chacha, Swing, Foxtrot. We are planning to participate in the Fall Student Dance Concert. Contact: Jingyi Tang, Zidu Zeng |
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BMC Flamenco Club BMC Flamenco Club is a positive and welcoming space for new and experienced dancers to explore flamenco dance. Our aim is to make flamenco as enjoyable and accessible as possible, while celebrating the beauty of movement. Contact: Jessica Breet |
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In 1989, the Night Owls were founded as the official a cappella group of Bryn Mawr College. Our group debuts new songs every semester that vary in genre from alternative to pop to folk, and all songs are original arrangements by group members. The Night Owls performed at the inauguration of current president Kim Cassidy in September 2014, just months after the group celebrated its 25th birthday, and we also have been asked to sing parody songs for admissions and traditional college songs at the President's house. Contact: Alexis Lopez, Kathryn Goldberg |
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Bryn Mawr Renaissance Choir The Bryn Mawr Renaissance Choir is a small (25-30 voice) a capella choir that sings polyphonic music from about 1400 to 1630. The choir, which draws members from students, faculty, and staff of Bryn Mawr and Haverford College, and from the surrounding community, rehearses on Sunday evenings from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm, with concerts in the fall and in the spring. Contact: Beckie Bull |
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Choom Boom is Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College’s one and only pan-Asian Dance Performance club. The club meets weekly to learn various pop dances and also performs at events throughout the year. The club is open to all members of the Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College community regardless of dance experience. Contacts: Victoria Tamura |
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The Extreme Keys came together in 1981 to sing and have a good time (not necessarily in that order). Verging on three amazing decades together, the Extreme Keys proudly hold the title of the oldest female a cappella group in the Haverford/Bryn Mawr consortium! Contact: Lia Yoo |
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*Fall Student Dance Concert The Fall Student Dance Concert is a showcase of student dance talents within the bi-co and is a tradition that has allowed Haverford to host a dance show while Bryn Mawr hosts the spring show that is put on by the BMC Dance Department. FSDC is completely student run from the student dance clubs that perform to independent choreographers who perform their work. It's an all inclusive space for all dance and there is always something new each year! Contact: Devica Bhutani |
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*Flute Choir Join the Bi-Co Flute Choir! We meet twice a week for one hour to have fun playing the flute in a group setting. All skill levels are welcome and we have a concert each semester! Contact: Grace Morris, Sunny Qi |
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A group where students carry on the popular traditions of folk dance and song, which have provided fun activities and drawn communities closer throughout history. We welcome and encourage all who want to participate, and our goal is just to come together and enjoy dancing and singing! Contact: Annie Belgam, Christian Clothier |
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House Music Society This club provides a fun and interactive way of exploring house music through DJ'ing. It aims to teach members of the club how to use technology to create unique blends of songs, while encouraging creativity and passion for house music. Contact: Grace Lee, Nam Nguyen |
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Lavender's Blue A Cappella Lavender's Blue is Bryn Mawr's oldies a capella group. We share our love of songs from before 1980 with the Bryn Mawr community with various concerts throughout the year. Auditions are held in both the fall and spring semesters. Contact: Riley McDermott |
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Lighted Fools is a Bi-Co improvisational and sketch comedy performing group. We put on two main shows per semester in addition to various other performances. Contact: Grace Caterine, Claire Sargent |
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*Looney Tunes A Cappella We are Bryn Mawr and Haverford's only Bi-Co, co-ed a cappella group, and we sing a wide variety of genres of music. Contact: Zoe Small, Kevin Connolly |
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Mayuri is the TriCo's South Asian fusion team founded in 2004 Contact: Dilesha Tanna, Geeta Sharma |
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*Midnight Gaiety The purpose of this organization shall be to celebrate and explore a multiplicity of queer identities and experiences through a series of short performance acts (burlesque, drag, spoken word poetry, music, comedy, etc.). These acts are meant to be sex-positive, body-positive, and queer-positive creative expressions of self. We want this to be an inclusive and supportive space for queers, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, asexuals, trans* folks, gender non-conforming people, people of color, people of different religious affiliations, people of all sizes and shapes, women, survivors of violence, differently abled people, people of all immigration statuses, and people from all class backgrounds, as well as members of any other marginalized identity not listed. Throughout the production & performance of this show we aim to hold each other accountable as performers and audience members, and learn together about identities and systems of oppression in perform ance. Additionally we will collect donations for The Attic, a non-profit LGBTQ+ youth organization. We encourage consensual audience participation. Contact: Toni Ekerdt, Josie Striepen |
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*Production of Color Production of Color is a bico acting troupe dedicated to the visual representation of people of color in the performing arts. Our productions and projects, including films and plays, will reflect our mission of empowerment of people of color as a counter to the mainstream media and forms of acting we are regularly exposed to. We will work with original works by students as well as reclaim published works. Open to all experience levels and interests on and off stage. Contact: Sophia Bokhari |
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Queer Musical Theatre (QMT) The purpose of QMT is to start a musical theatre group that will queer known musicals or find queer musicals. We hope to create a space for queer gender and sexual representation within musical theatre. Contact: Isobel Blanchard |
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*Rhythm 'N Motion RnM was born from the response of several individuals who wanted to express themselves and create a community through the dance styles of the African Diaspora, but found no appropriate outlet through Swarthmore's curriculum. The group has now evolved into a Tri-College performance-based group. Rhythm and Motion is a company rooted in promoting dances of the African diaspora but has now branched out to promote underrepresented dance forms as well. Contact: Moniesha Hayles, Ashley Mbah |
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Rince Na Mawr Rince Na Mawr is a group dedicated to the celebration of Irish culture through dance lessons on campus with a certified instructor. Additionally, we put on several performances throughout the year, which gives club members the opportunity to choreograph their own pieces. All levels welcome, from beginner to champion. Come dance with us! Contact: Rachel Ellerson, Hannah Symonds |
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*Scottish Country Dance The Bi-Co Scottish Country Dance Club offers students from Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges the opportunity to learn Scottish Country Dance if they are new to the dance form, or to perfect their form and technique if they have danced previously. The club also acts as a liaison between the college and the Delaware Valley Branch of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. This offers students the opportunity to participate in formal balls and other social events that would not otherwise be available to them. The club itself is fun, informal, and a loving community for anyone who wants to come! Contact: Rachel Ellerson, Maddie Smith |
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Shakespeare Performance Troupe The Shakespeare Performance Troupe is a student theater group dedicated to performing the works of William Shakespeare. In addition, we often produce works by other playwrights, both historical and contemporary, that we feel represent issues of identity and self unique to Bryn Mawr's community. Our seasons usually consist of two shows a semester, and all productions are entirely student-run. Students are in charge of producing and organizing the entirety of our plays, including the directors, actors, tech crew and costumers. We welcome performers of all experience levels to join us in bringing Shakespeare back to life. Contact: Kristiana Marcopoulos |
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Spoon-Fed Spoon-Fed is a sketch comedy troupe at Bryn Mawr college. We write, act in, direct, and produce shows on campus during the academic year. Contact co-heads Abigail Benz or Elsa Nierenberg for more information or to get involved! Contact: Elsa Nierenberg, Abigail Benz |
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W-KAP W-KAP, Women's Korean American Pop dance group, dances to both K-pop and American pop songs. During the FSDC and the Spring Concert, we combine 4 different songs and perform our powerful movements. Most of the choreographies are derived from 1 Million Studio. Contact: Sophia Kim, Charlotte Lin |
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Bryn Mawr College Democrats The Bryn Mawr College Democrats is a local chapter of the College Democrats of America. The goal of the BMC Democrats is to promote a better America, with equality, freedom, and justice. To achieve this goal, the BMC Democrats volunteer on behalf of local, state, and national campaigns, host voter registration drives, sponsor political speakers, organize community service events, participate in statewide leadership conferences, and provide a variety of other civic education programs for the campus and community. The BMC Democrats meet weekly during election seasons and biweekly during nonelection periods. The organization has a variety of positions on its executive board and there are always opportunities for individual and project-specific involvement. Contact: Katie Billings, Evelyn Ferrall |
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BASC - BMC Adventist Students for Christ An official group for Seventh-day Adventist students in Bryn Mawr College. We have weekly bible studies and keep each other accountable for our faith in Christianity. Our group will be hosting events occasionally to spread the love and care on campus. We offer bible studies to those who want to learn more about what it means to have a relationship with God and understanding the true meaning of love. Contact hkim17@brynmawr.edu for more information. Contact: Esther Kim |
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Bi-Co Chabad Student Group fosters awareness of Jewish spiritual heritage, values, cultures, and traditions by providing educational opportunities in Torah and by facilitating the observance of Jewish rituals and customs. With the support of Rabbi Eli Gurevitz and Rebbetzin Blumie Gurevitz and the Rohr Center for Jewish Life, the Bi-Co Chabad Student Group offers students a Jewish 'home away from home' with hospitality Shabbat dinners (every Friday night while school is in session at 7:00pm), Talmud study, Ten Commandments Fellowship Classes, Jewish mysticism classes, kosher food, and more. All students are welcome. Contact: Tali Laurence, Julia Fortier |
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BMC Interfaith Council Why? We hope to facilitate collaboration between various faiths/non-faiths on campus as well as provide spaces for interfaith dialogue. Contacts: Hannah Symonds, Sukhandeep Kaur |
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Bryn Mawr College Hillel provides an outlet for students to observe Jewish holidays, explore their Jewish identity, and access Jewish tradition in a pluralistic environment. Contact: Juliana Nechin, Rachel Silverman |
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Bryn Mawr Unitarian Universalists The purpose of this organization shall be to provide a safe space for Unitarian Universalists and anyone interested in it to practice and discuss their religion, to provide transportation to religious services, and to practice campus ministry. Contacts: Hannah Symonds |
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Dharmic Student Association DSA exists to meet the religious and spiritual needs of any students who identify as Dharmic (including but not limited to Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, etc). We host worship services regularly, organize special events around holidays, and coordinate discussions about issues relevant to the community. Contact: Shreekari Tadepalli |
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Harvest Christian Fellowship (HCF) Harvest Christian Fellowship is a non-denominational college ministry affiliated with Grace Covanent Church, integrated with other college campuses on the Mainline. GCC is Word-centered, prayer driven, community based, and missions focused. Our mission is to raise up kingdom workers transformed by Christ to influence the world. HCF partakes in on and off campus activities and events such as weekly Family Group bible studies on campus, church-wide Friday Night Live worship service, and much more to strengthen the campus faith community and give students the opportunity to explore or grow in their faith throughout their Bryn Mawr experience. Contact: Abi Lua, Hannah Kim |
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InterVarsity Christian Fellowship InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is a vibrant, welcoming and diverse community seeking to explore faith in God and God's heart for justice. We have weekly large gatherings as well as small groups and monthly events on campus. Contact: Briana Grenert, Christabel Koomson |
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The Muslim Students Association (MSA) is active in facilitating a safe atmosphere in which dialogue on matters of Islamic faith can be discussed by all members of the college community, Muslims and students of other faiths alike. We aim to create an educational and enriching atmosphere where we can learn from one another through discussions, community service, prayer services, speakers, and interfaith events. Our activities include dinners and social gatherings in Cambrian Row, movie screenings, Our Mission Statement: Contact: Zauraiz Syeda, Manal Hussain |
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RCF is the college ministry of Renewal Presbyterian Church consisting of students from Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Villanova. We provide transportation to Sunday Service and hold weekly Bible Study at Haverford College. We hope you visit us, regardless of where you are in your spiritual journey. Contact: Ami Okazaki, Ino Chough |
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Service, Activism and Outreach |
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In partnership with ACLAMO Family Center, a bi-lingual social service agency in Norristown, Bryn Mawr students work with children in grades K – 8 providing support and coaching in reading and language comprehension and general homework help. Contact: Micala Hotra-Schubert, Emily Barry |
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Adelante We work with middle school students in Norristown to provide them with STEM related activities as well as College Access. Contact: Michelle Fleuriot |
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Ardmore Community Tutoring & Parkway West High Tutoring The ACT program helps elementary school, middle school, and high school students improve their reading and math skills. Rather than simply providing homework help, the program empowers children and actively engages them in their own education. Parkway West High School tutors work in high school classrooms to reinforce the classroom curriculum of their tutees while working to improve the individual skills of the students. Contact: Yuying Guo, Aarionna Goodman |
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Art With Kids Art with Kids aims to provide engaging and creative art lessons for students at Overbrook Elementary School. Student volunteers are assigned a classroom, develop lesson plans with their teacher, and facilitate weekly instruction regarding basic art history and art skills. Art with Kids brings art instruction to students who normally wouldn't get this creative time and also allows volunteers to gain valuable teaching experience and creative time with local youth. |
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Bryn Mawr Buddies Bryn Mawr Buddies is a volunteer program facilitated by LILAC that helps primary school students who are unfamiliar with English and US. Volunteers are paired up with students (called "buddies") at Merion Elementary School one-on-one, and volunteer at the school once a week. The program requires volunteers to be fluent in at least one language besides English. Some languages in demand are: Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. Contact: Stella Hu, Diana Feng |
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We are a 100% student-led, student-staffed, volunteer EMS organization dedicated to providing Bryn Mawr with the highest quality emergency medical care during hours the Health Center is closed. Contact: Nithya Sivakumar, Sam Moran |
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*Migrant Rights Coalition The Migrant Rights Coalition is to hold space for migrants and allies to have conversations surrounding migration in the United States and Latin America and to organize action about issues of migration within the Bi-College Consortium Contact: Rebeca Salas, Kayla Patton |
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Minerva's Alliance for Equality and Outreach Minerva's Alliance for Equality and Outreach (MAEO) is a branch of the international association known as the Harry Potter Alliance (the HPA). However, this is not our prime directive. As evident in our alliance’s name, our focus will be on education and outreach. This overarching purpose will primarily focus on educating our Bryn Mawr (and Haverford) College community on a wide variety of issues in a number of ways – one of which will be periodic documentary screenings – and implementing outreach programs throughout the Greater Philadelphia Area (though they will likely focus on the more immediate area) to help combat a number of issues (although, education will be our main objective, again). Every semester, we will choose one or two programs to focus on and implement. These projects will be brought forward by members of the club and will be reviewed and voted upon by the other members, before the club works as a whole to help the member implement their plan (with the member acting as the lead on their specific idea). Contact: Katherine Hawthorne |
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NAMI on Campus NAMI on Campus clubs work to end the stigma that makes it hard for students to talk about mental health and get the help they need. Clubs hold creative meetings, hold innovative awareness events, and offer signature NAMI programs through partnerships with NAMI State Organizations and Affiliates across the nation. Contact: Sophia Brown |
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NextGen America We are a group of students dedicated to progressive youth organization and mobilization in politics, from signing people up to vote to discussion and action on issues specific to the college. We'll be hosting trainings on the basics of grassroots organizing and the ins and outs of the legalities of politics. People with all perspectives and life experiences are both welcome and encouraged to join. Contact: Sasha Moiseyev-Foster, Georgia White |
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Owl Ambassadors Owl Ambassadors provide prospective students with an in depth Bryn Mawr experience. Contact: Annie Belgam |
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Restorative Justice and Prison Reform Club The purpose of this organization shall be to create an open and inclusive space at a local prison in Philadelphia to support women and youth incarcerated. We provide restorative justice work and other programs deemed fit and useful to those incarcerated and those recently release from prison. RJP seeks to be a bridge between the outside and inside. RJP is dedicated to educate themselves with prison related topics and information that will help improve the living condition of the incarcerated population Philadelphia and will educate the Bi-College about the prison system and what can be done. We seek to continue the education provided in previous years in a codependency program open to Bryn Mawr and Haverford students and women and youth incarnated in Philadelphia. Contact: Farida Ilboudo, Ana Kyrcz |
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SAT Prep This program is about helping students prepare and feel confident using tools without assistance in preparation for the SAT. This program has partnered with parkway west high school to help students do well on the SAT. Contact: Princess Jefferson |
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She's the First Bryn Mawr is your local chapter of a nation wide organization dedicated to supporting girls' education outside the U.S. Join us in bake sales, film screenings, and other on campus activities and help us raise the funds for a bright young girl's academic journey. Contact: Victoria Tamura |
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Sudo Hoots Contact: Calla Carter |
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program recruits volunteers to work with CADCOM, an agency in Norristown, PA and PCDC in Philadelphia's Chinatown. Volunteers offer free tax services at the two community sites as well as on-campus. Contact: Mian Horvath, Christie Chen |
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Adopt-A-Grandparent A student-run volunteer organization that visits the residents of a local Sunrise Assisted Living home on a weekly basis. Through sharing music, art, games, and stories, you will foster a relationship with an adoptive "grandparent," thus providing both you and the resident with a source of emotional fulfillment. Contact: Nozomi Park |
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Anime Club The Anime Club provides a comfortable space for Bryn Mawr community members who enjoy anime (Japanese animation) to relax and meet other people on campus with the same hobbies. The club holds weekly meetings to watch, discuss, and learn about anime, runs events such as movie nights and club outings, and organizes a yearly trip to a nearby anime convention. Contact: Emily Hsu |
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App and Development Club The AppDev club intends to foster a space to encourage the design, development, and creation of mobile and web application development for all students with interest in coding, particularly CS majors and minors. Contact: Elizabeth Chan, Kellie Dinh |
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Art Club’s mission is to provide an inclusive and accessible space for Bryn Mawr students to explore art. We maintain Arnecliffe studio and ensure that there are adequate supplies for students. Arnecliffe is open to all students— they only have to email us to get the passcode for the studio. In addition to maintaining Arnecliffe, the executive board also hosts weekly Community art nights for students, where we teach a certain craft. We also like to have several classes a semester taught by professional artists. Art Club is community based and works to bring together members of the Bryn Mawr community around art and art making. Our intended audience is mostly the Bryn Mawr student body, but during larger events, we welcome the whole Bryn Mawr community. A subgroup of Art Club is the Overbrook Art Program. Bryn Mawr students coordinate and volunteer in the program. The purpose of the Overbrook Art Program is to educate students at Overbrook Elementary School about art since Art Education has been cut from the school’s budget. Our goals for this semester are to garner more interest in our Weekly Community art nights, involve more professional artists with Art Club and expand our executive board to include more representation from the first and second years. We also want to have more open communication between Arnecliffe users and the executive board so that we can cater the supplies available in Arnecliffe to their needs. Contact: Tessa Haas, Carolyn Messer |
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ASL Club ASL Club strives to be an inclusive space for all students of any level who: Contact: Fiona Smith, Caitlin Otter |
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*Bi-Co Anti-Capitalists Students learning about leftist politics and taking actions together! |
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*Bi-Co Debate Team The purpose of this organization shall be to provide a space where undergraduates at in the Bi-Co can develop and strengthen public speaking skills as well as persuasive arguments through weekly practices and various Speech and Debate competitions within the United States of America. Contact: Daniela Lopez, Ashley Ossimetha |
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*Bi-Co Friends of Israel Bi-Co Friends of Israel club is a pro-Israel group that aims to foster a nuanced discussion about Israel at Haverford and Bryn Mawr. Although we welcome discussion of the conflict, we also intend to highlight the diverse and multifaceted nature of Israeli society. Contact: Eiton Geller-Montague |
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*Bi-Co Jewish Progressives The Bi-Co Jewish Progressives are a group of Jewish students dedicated to pluralism, inclusion and open discourse, domestically as well as on Israel/Palestine. Contact: Eva Ackerman |
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Hill Entrepreneurial Fund (BHEF) is Bryn Mawr College's first and only microfinance initiative for students interested in economic and business development. Members learn about the technical aspects of loan-making and entrepreneurship through projects working with local businesses and non-profits. Alongside hands-on activities, students attend multiple conferences each year hosted both at Bryn Mawr and other institutions. No previous experience is required or assumed to participate in BHEF activities. Contact: Hunter Rendleman |
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BMC Philosophical Society This club is a platform for students to engage with philosophical questions and issues on a casual, and more personal level! Meetings will consist of philosophical debate, discussion questions, and personal stories of the ways in which students have encountered some possible answers to these huge, philosophical questions. Contact: Kayla Carnation, Daniela Lopez |
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BRANCH Out is Bryn Mawr College's student-run outdoors club. We have a focus on hiking and camping, but are always open to suggestions. Our main objective is to get students off campus and into the wilderness as often as possible. People of all skill levels and experience are welcome. Check us out! Contact: Helen Whitty |
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The BMC Community Garden was founded in the spring of 2010. The Community Garden Club works together to physically and logistically maintain the community garden on campus located between Haffner and Wyndham. We also work with different groups on campus to promote sustainability and organize trips to other gardens and urban farms in the Philly area. We are dedicated to providing practical gardening experience, cultivating student interest in sustainability, and providing organic produce to the community. Contact: Ankitha Kannad, Shira Steinberg |
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Bryn Mawr Film Co-Op Film is a multidisciplinary art that relies on writers, directors, camerawomen, audio technicians, musicians, editors, and actors to create motion pictures. The Film Co-op aspires to bring these artists together to produce student films. This club also sponsors events that provide training to students (by students) in areas of film production that they may not have experience with. Contact: Megan Pemberton |
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Bryn Mawr Trivia Club Bryn Mawr Trivia Club plays trivia games and hosts campus-wide trivia events. Contact: Lea Williams |
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Campus Girl Scouts Campus Girl Scouts is devoted to providing fun and informative activities for scouts of the Eastern Pennsylvania Council and raise awareness of scouting among the Bryn Mawr community. We want to help grow the next generation of strong scouts in our community! Contact: Sarah Depew |
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We are a group for students completing their Bryn Mawr education in a non-linear manner resulting in a change of class year and color. We wish to provide a monthly meeting in which students can safely share their experiences, concerns, or questions with other students in similar situations. Contact: Isobel Blanchard |
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Come to Life The purpose of this organization shall be to offer stress-reduction activities, fun off campus outings to local parks, museums, restaurants, and trails) and to support members in meeting their health, academic, financial, and personal long-term goals. The club is intended to be relaxed in structure and relaxing in nature. Contact: Kate Gold |
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Daocha Tea Club Daocha Tea Club is an organization that brings tea lovers together! We aim at celebrating the tea culture in China, east Asia and also around the world. We hold regular tea sessions and other special events like tea bags-making workshop. Every semester, we hold a mugs-making workshop in which our members can make their own mugs for tea. We hope to act as a place where students can enjoy and share the diverse cultures behind tea. Contact: Kaiying Wang, Cheyenne Zhang |
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Dialogue on Race Dialogue on Race is a program based in Baton Rouge Louisiana. We opened a chapter at BMC to continue these discussions of institutionalized racism, our role in this system, and how we can ultimately abolish it. Contact: Mercedes Aponte, Kamara Simms |
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Doublestar Doublestar brings together people with "nerdy" interests- be they comics, games, shows, movies, or anything else you can geek out about. We meet weekly to discuss different topics as they related to Sci-Fi/Fantasy/etc. or get together for club-hosted events. Event examples include movie marathons and the annual, campus-wide game of Humans vs. Zombies. Contact: Sarah Lew, Anne Schreck |
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The Bryn Mawr College Economic Policy Society's goal is to provide an outlet for students to delve into the realm of economics. We host weekly meetings to discuss everything from domestic and foreign policy to updates on academia to the state of financial markets. Students can also write for our blog which seeks to create a multidimensional platform that reports on all news econ-related. Contact: Janavi Janakiraman |
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Film Series Committee Bryn Mawr College Film Series Committee is an SGA appointed committee, charged with screening films weekly throughout the year. Contact: Miciah Foster, Eda Tse |
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First Go-ers The goal of First Go-ers is to provide a safe space for comfort, change, and growth for first generation upperclassmen here at BMC. Over the course of the 2017-2018 academic year, we'll be covering topics (easy and difficult) specific to the life and existence of a first generation college student. Our goal this year is to also expand what we've previously been doing as a group and include community volunteer opportunities to stimulate that growth in BMC students as well as in individuals within the community in similar circumstances. Contact: Aarionna Goodman, Ana Meta |
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Fit Buddies The purpose of this club is to help facilitate connections among peers to develop healthy lifestyle habits. We will match members to create workout partners/groups based on their fitness levels, availability, and the type of workouts they are interested in. Additionally, we will have a monthly meeting to discuss each other's progress and share eating and fitness tips. Lastly, in each monthly meeting, we will cover a health or fitness related topic to expand our knowledge of developing a healthy lifestyle. We welcome all students no matter their fitness level or healthy lifestyle knowledge! Contact: Beatriz Mondragon, Tiana Evelyn |
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Humans of Bryn Mawr College is a media organization that vividly captures the daily college life, unique traditions, and special occasions at Bryn Mawr College with photographs and captions, familiarizing and promoting Bryn Mawr College to prospective students and their parents in order to help them to become part of the Bryn Mawr family, therefore creating an increased sense of unity within the Bryn Mawr community for the current students and faculty. Contact: Rachel Bruce |
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J Street U Bryn Mawr is Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestinian, and Pro-Peace. We are part of a national movement of students working to establish a Two State Solution--Israel and Palestine--and end the Occupation. We follow a community organizing model in which we nurture relationships and develop leadership skills to build power around our politics. If you are passionate about upsetting the status quo, working for peace, or even just learning more about the issues, don’t hesitate to reach out! Find out more at http://jstreet.org/j-street-u/ Contact: Shirah Kraus |
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Knitting Club Knitting Club is a great place for people to get together and spend time working on their latest yarn project! We welcome anyone who knits, crochets, felts, does needlework, and will teach anyone who wants to learn! Contact: Alice Castillo, Sophie Mackay |
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Media Arabic and Middle Eastern Policy It is the intent of the club to acquire an extensive vocabulary through the reading, analysis, and crucially, discussion of media texts. Such discussions will have periods within which they will be carried out in the targeted language. In addition to this, it is desired to provide a heightened familiarity with common grammatical structures. Finally, to facilitate a broader knowledge of the Middle East through research and presentation on current policies and regimes. Contact: Orleana Peneff |
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Mindfulness Meditation Circle This is a space where students come together and practice mindful activities. You lean strategies and methods for daily practices! Contact: Anita Ntem, Michelle Fleuriot |
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Founded in 2014, the Haverford College Mock Trial team seeks to foster abilities in public speaking, critical thinking, and teamwork in order to provide students the opportunity to develop and use those skills. We compete in the AMTA's (American Mock Trial Association) annual tournament that starts at the regional level and progresses all the way to the national level. Our members portray attorneys and witnesses and compete in teams against other schools before a panel of judges. Mock Trial appeals to a broad range of individuals with a broad range of interests. Students who enjoy public speaking, performing, debating, acting, arguing, reading, writing, competing, and winning will find Mocking to be both an intellectually developing and fun experience. Contact: Liv Phillips |
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Nanowrimo Club This club is a place for writers of all experience levels to get help and support for their writing. We will be participating in Nanowrimo in November and Camp Nanowrimo in April. We will have write-ins, book swaps, workshops, and other fun reading and writing-related activities. All are welcome! Contact: Morgan Smith |
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No More Torpor! No More Torpor! is a club dedicated to turning everyday parts of campus into unusual experiences. Through creating interactive spaces, we encourage imagination, play, and adventure in the lives of the busy student body and staff at Bryn Mawr. We do a few projects every year, ending with a display that is up for all of finals week and focuses on relaxation. Help others escape the grind. Create a world of pure imagination. Come dream for a while. Contact: Justine Stiftel |
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One Wheelers Bryn Mawr's premier unicycling club! Unicycle riders of all experience levels (including beginners) are welcome. Contact: Calla Carter |
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POM (Point of Meditation) POM is a spiritual/support group where you can come for fellowship and meditate on the important questions in our lives. It's a safe space to share what's important to you, what you appreciate in life and what kind of worries you have. Dinner is usually provided and we meet every Friday evening from 4.30pm-7pm in Rock Common Room. (You can leave early if you need to) Contact: Esther Kim |
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Puzzle Club The puzzle club provides a fun, relaxing way to take a break from the stress of school by completing a wide variety of fun puzzles (crosswords, logic puzzles, sudoku, etc). The club meets once a week to complete and create puzzles of all kinds. Contact: Naomi Siegel, Carrie Sauder |
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Read China* Read China* is a book club that focuses on Chinese and Chinese diasporic literature. We will read and discuss books as a group focusing on diverse Chinese experiences. Members play an active role in nominating themes to explore and books to read. Books will be in English and we will make use of libraries to keep the club cost-free. Contact: Angela Zhang, Annabelle Kong |
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Rock Climbing Club A BMC club dedicated to Indoor Rock Climbing. We go the Philadelphia Rock Gym weekly and provide students with the opportunity to delve into the sport regardless of their rock climbing experience. Contact: Dina Benedetto, Codie Fiedler Kawaguchi |
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Russian Club Russian Club welcomes students to learn more about different facets of Russian culture through avenues, such as cooking, movie nights, cultural events, and more. No knowledge of Russian is required! Contact: Marie Mach, Sydney Millar |
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SisterHacks SisterHacks is the first hackathon for the Seven Sisters schools: Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley Colleges. Our goal is to empower women in tech by working together with other strong women*. We want to increase interest in computer science and technology at the Seven Sisters and connect the colleges more. Contact: Jocelyn Dunkley, Kellie Dinh |
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Spokes Bryn Mawr's spoken and written word community. We act as a space for workshop, a space for performance, and a space for conversation. Hinged on a love for the written word, this clb aims to create and hold our expressions, our stories, and our voices. Contact: Sanam Sheriff |
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Sudo Hoot Sudo Hoot was founded in spring 2014 by three first-year CS majors at Bryn Mawr College. It is Bryn Mawr's all-inclusive club for hackers, coders, makers, artists, writers, entrepreneurs, and everyone in between! We want to bring awareness of opportunities in computer science and other technical fields to Mawrters, and learn about opportunities in the tech industry while preserving our identities as liberal arts students. Contact: Rachel Xu, Mimi Benkoussa |
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The purpose of this organization shall be to bring an independent TED Organization talk to Bryn Mawr College. We hope to inspire a safe space for constructive discussions based around a single theme. Contact: Shelby Hoogland, Megan Pemberton |
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Unity Resource Center The Unity Resource Center is a space by students, for students; it's a central, community-oriented, collaborative space hosted by and for AMO groups and other often-marginalized students on campus.
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*Bi-Co Gymnastics Club We are a Bi-Co group of students that work out at Upper Merion Dance & Gymnastics Academy in King of Prussia, PA. The group is comprised of former competitive gymnasts, enthusiastic newcomers, and just about everything in between. The goal of the organization is to bring the health benefits of gymnastics to a wider and more mature audience. The purpose of this organization shall be to provide the opportunity for Bryn Mawr and Haverford Students to exercise using gymnastics equipment, and to instruct members at any level to progress their gymnastics skills by increasing flexibility, strength, courage and element level. Contact: Kennedy Ellison, Liana Thomason |
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Judo is a Japanese martial art that has been practiced for nearly 130 years. Judo is a defensive art, which relies on suppleness and manipulating an opponent's strength against them. Its methodology was designed to not only be used in combat, but as a way of life; Judo literally translated means "the gentle way". At the BI-CO Judo Club, we not only learn the technique of Judo, but its history and applicability to every day life. Contact: Ino Chough |
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Our goal is to provide a non-varsity, any level of experience, club for anyone interested in learning or playing volleyball. We host a casual game for 1-2 hours every week. Our club is a great way to meet new people and to work in a little exercise into your week! Contact: Lily Meyer |
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Bryn Mawr Badminton Team The Bryn Mawr Badminton Team practices badminton together and plays against teams from other colleges. Contact: Blossom Jeung, Maham Haider |
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Bryn Mawr Batters Club In this club we will play pick up games of baseball, wiffle ball, and softball on Sunday afternoons when the weather allows, most likely at the grass soccer field or Breton field depending on availability. Come for a fun time! No experience necessary! Bring ya friends and let’s play ball! Contact: Grace Toner, Nachary Clemente |
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The Bi-Co Equestrian Club caters to Bryn Mawr and Haverford students interested in the sport of horseback riding. Students are able to become familiar with this sport through a commitment of 8 weekly hour long lessons over a semester at Willow May Farm, a local barn. The goal of the club is to provide affordable access to horseback riding, which otherwise may be difficult to participate in on a typical college student budget. Contact: Kalaina Thorne, Olivia Phillips |
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The Bryn Mawr College Fencing Club is open to all students of Bryn Mawr College and seeks to teach and practice the sport of fencing in a safe, supportive, and fun environment. We offer instruction in all three weapons: foil, epee, and sabre. We welcome both students with previous fencing experience and those completely new to the sport! We have a professional coach who teaches three practices a week, and we attend several competitive tournaments over the course of the year. Students are provided with P.E. credit for participation. Contact: Emily Kampmeyer, Beckie Bull |
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Ping Pong Club The purpose of Ping Pong Club is to create a place for experienced and new players to meet, hang out as well as strengthen physical endurance. Contact: Nam Nguyen |
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The Horned Toads rugby team is a club-varsity sport comprised of members from Haverford and Bryn Mawr. No prior experience of the great sport of rugby is required. Contact: Toby Makowski, Sydney Huff |
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*Sneetches Ultimate Frisbee Team We are the official women's Ultimate Frisbee team for both Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges! We're a fun loving, spirited group looking for new players to join us! Any experience level at all is welcome! Whether you have never touched a frisbee before in your life or have been playing since you were in the womb, come join us!! Contact: Molly Strange |
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Swim Club Swim club meets a few times a week from the beginning of March until the end of the Spring semester. It provides a space for Bryn Mawr and Haverford students to participate in swim practices with one another. It is a great place to make friends, socialize, and get some exercise! People of all levels are welcomed to come swim! It is not necessary to attend all practices. Contact: Becca Adlai-Gail, Sophie Goldstein |
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Tai Chi and Yangsheng Method Club Tai Chi is known as one of Chinese Martial Arts. It emphasizes utilizing softness in movement to solve hard force. The club is committed to practising Tai Chi in its self-defense application, and meditating by Yangsheng theories, which pursue health by inner peace and tolerance. Contact: Zichu Zhao |