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51-446: Hannah Shipley, Elizabeth Shipley, and Katharine Shipley, all sisters, founded The Shipley School in 1888 as a preparatory school for Bryn Mawr College , a women's college located directly across the street. The Shipley sisters were strong-willed, highly educated Quaker women who created the school to pass on their values to similarly minded young women. The school opened in the fall of 1894 with six students and nine faculty members. By

102-556: A PhD . Bryn Mawr College is a private women's liberal arts college founded in 1885. The phrase bryn mawr literally means 'large hill' in Welsh . The Graduate School is co-educational. It is named after the town of Bryn Mawr , in which the campus is located, which had been renamed by a representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Bryn Mawr was the name of an area estate granted to Rowland Ellis by William Penn in

153-644: A 2001 Award of Excellence for Library Architecture from the Library Administration and Management Association and the American Institute of Architects. Carpenter Library also houses the college's renowned collections in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, History of Art, and Classics. The Bryn Mawr College Deanery was the campus residence of the first Dean and second President of Bryn Mawr College, M. Carey Thomas, who maintained

204-551: A 600-foot (180 m) work that portrays people of different ethnicities who settled in Philadelphia over time. In 1984, artist Jane Golden approached Tim Spencer, who was head of the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network (PAGN), about adding a program named "Umbrella". Spencer had initially envisioned a program that would rehabilitate graffiti artists and lead them towards other art forms. In

255-480: A breakfast of strawberries and cream, a parade, dancing around the traditional Maypole , a feminist alternative called the Mayhole, and student performances. Dar Williams 's song "As Cool As I Am" has become part of May Day, as the song is played during the Mayhole celebration. The song is even called an "unofficial anthem" for the school. The traditions are organized and run by two Traditions Mistexes, elected by

306-536: A group walking through, or else those who “split the poles” will no longer be friends. Additional traditions and superstitions surround the college campus and its facilities and buildings. Bryn Mawr has signed the American College and University President's Climate Commitment, and in doing so, the school agreed to make all new buildings comply with a LEED silver standard or higher; to purchase Energy Star products whenever possible; and to provide and encourage

357-622: A home there from 1885 to 1933. Under the direction of Thomas, the Deanery was gradually enlarged and elaborately decorated with the assistance of the American artist Lockwood de Forest and furnished with art from Thomas' world travels. From 1933 until 1968, the Deanery served as the Alumnae Center and Inn for the college. The building was demolished in the spring of 1968 to make space for the construction of Canaday Library, which stands on

408-470: A large part in its construction. Today, it is a space for performances, readings, lectures, and public gatherings. Old Library encloses a large open courtyard called "The Cloisters". The cremated remains of M. Carey Thomas and Emmy Noether are located in the Cloisters. Georgiana Goddard King is also buried in the cloister. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991. The Great Hall

459-919: A local food bank. On the College Sustainability Report Card 2011, published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, Bryn Mawr received a B+. The school's highest category score was an A in Investment Priorities, since Bryn Mawr invests in renewable energy funds. Bryn Mawr plays in the Centennial Conference and fields intercollegiate teams in badminton, basketball, cross country, field hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. The badminton team won national intercollegiate championships in 1996 and 2008. The mascot of

510-1120: A pioneer in medical education and in public health; 1891 Fellow in Mathematics Ruth Gentry ; artist Anne Truitt (1943); author Ellen Kushner (attended); economist and founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office Alice Rivlin (1952); four-time Academy Award-winning actress Katharine Hepburn (1928); poet Jane Hess Flanders (1962); Carol Alonso , nuclear physicist; Mary Elizabeth Taylor , former aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Forbes 30 under 30; Carolyn Goodman , mayor of Las Vegas from 2011–; Betsy Hodges , mayor of Minneapolis from 2013 to 2017; Renata Adler , novelist and journalist; Dame A.S. Byatt , novelist and Booker Prize winner; Joan Slonczewski , biologist and science fiction novelist; Caroline Stevermer , fantasy novelist; Rachel Simon , author and memoirist; Maggie Siff , actor (1996). Neuroscientist Candace Pert (1970) helped discover opioid receptors . Ana Botín

561-497: A separate entity. The Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates was founded as a nonprofit corporation to raise funds for the Mural Arts Program. In 1995, the Mural Arts Program commissioned Philadelphia artist Diane Keller to paint a multistory mural of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo at Ninth and Montrose Streets, near the city's Italian Market . Though some in the city's Italian-American community took pride in

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612-517: A vaulted auditorium designed by Arthur Ingersoll Meigs of Mellor, Meigs & Howe , two smaller spaces that are ideal for intimate performances by visiting artists, practice rooms for student musicians, and the Office for the Arts. The building's towers and gables , friezes , carvings and ornamental ironwork, designed by Samuel Yellin , were done in the gothic revival style. In the fall of 2009,

663-579: Is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania . Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges , a group of historically women's colleges in the United States. The college has an enrollment of about 1,350 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students . It was the first women's college to offer graduate education through

714-470: Is a small enclosure with two wall fountains, one with a small basin and the other with a sunken reflecting pool. The decorative wall tiles above the smaller wall fountain and basin were purchased from Syria . In 1960, architect Louis I. Kahn and Bryn Mawr College president, Katharine Elizabeth McBride , came together to create the Erdman Hall dormitory. The Marjorie Walter Goodhart Theater houses

765-781: Is chair of the Santander Group , one of the world's largest banking groups. Indie musician Michelle Zauner (who performs as Japanese Breakfast ) attended Bryn Mawr as well. The social reformer, Alice P. Gannett (1898), for whom the Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center is named, attended Bryn Mawr, as did Maya Ajmera , CEO of Society for Science & the Public . Jeannette Piccard , American balloonist, scientist, teacher and priest. Notable faculty include Woodrow Wilson , chemists Arthur C. Cope and Louis Fieser , Arthur Lindo Patterson of

816-533: The Mural Arts Program , the organization was renamed in 2016. Having ushered more than 4,000 murals into being, it calls itself "the nation’s largest public art program." As of 2024, the organization runs 50 to 100 public art projects each year, including new murals in neighborhoods such as Kensington, Northern Liberties, and the Gayborhood. It also works to maintain existing murals. The program

867-501: The Patterson function , Edmund Beecher Wilson , Geraldine Richmond , philologists Catherine Conybeare , Grace Frank and Louise Holland , archaeologists Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway , Leicester Bodine Holland , Thomas Hunt Morgan , historian Caroline Robbins , mathematician Emmy Noether , neurobiologist Paul Grobstein , and Lillian Rosanoff Lieber , Richmond Lattimore , Tenney Frank , Mabel Louise Lang , and Lily Ross Taylor ,

918-571: The social sciences , natural sciences (including lab skills) and humanities . In addition, they must complete one year of a foreign language and fulfill a quantitative skills requirement and an Emily Balch Seminar requirement. The Emily Balch Seminars are similar to courses in freshman composition at other institutions, though focus on a specific topic. The seminars stress development of critical thinking skills and are discussion-based, with "intensive reading and writing." Its most popular undergraduate majors, based on 2021 graduates, were: In 1972,

969-468: The 1680s. Ellis's former home, also called Bryn Mawr, was a house near Dolgellau , Merioneth , Gwynedd , Wales . The college was largely funded through the bequest of Joseph W. Taylor , and its first president was James Rhoads . Bryn Mawr was one of the first institutions of higher education in the United States to offer graduate degrees, including doctorates , to women. The first class included 36 undergraduate women and eight graduate students. Bryn Mawr

1020-518: The 1940s, Shipley had expanded the student body to 341 students. At this time, about half of all Upper School students were boarders hailing from all over the country and from Europe, Asia, Russia, the Middle East, and Latin America. During the 1970s and 1980s, Shipley discontinued its boarding department and began to admit male students. The last boarders graduated in 1982, and by 1984 the school

1071-469: The 1970s. In 2015, Perry House was relaunched by the college in the former French tower of Haffner, which had undergone renovations and reconstruction the previous year. Along with Perry, now known as the Enid Cook '31 Center, a new residence hall was built where the old Haffner Language and Culture House once stood. Glenmede (formerly graduate student housing) is an estate located about a half mile from

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1122-612: The Bryn Mawr community, regardless of current gender identity. The campus is in the municipality of Lower Merion Township . Most of the campus is in the Bryn Mawr census-designated place . The campus was designed in part by noted landscape designers Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted , and has subsequently been designated an arboretum (the Bryn Mawr Campus Arboretum ). The majority of Bryn Mawr students live on campus in residence halls. Many of

1173-589: The Donald Gensler mural Reading: A Journey , at 40th and Penns Grove Streets. The visit was intended to demonstrate how the murals have inspired regeneration in the West Philadelphia neighborhood. Prince Charles was interested in creating a similar project in London . In 2014 the Mural Arts Program celebrated its 30th anniversary with the book "Philadelphia Mural Arts @30" and an exhibition at

1224-542: The First Years Week, formerly known as Hell Week, takes place during the early part of the semester between February and March. It is a time where students complete silly tasks and attend special events created for them by an upperclassman (called a rose) who the freshman (called a bud) personally selects. May Day is held on the Sunday after the last day of classes, not on the traditional date of May 1. It includes

1275-558: The Rhys Carpenter Library was designed by Henry Myerberg of New York and opened in 1997. The space is connected to the rear of Old Library. The entrance is a four-story atrium. Names of art and archaeology faculty are displayed on the main wall of the atrium, along with a series of plaster casts of the metopes of the Parthenon . The roof comprises a wide grassy area used for outdoor concerts and picnics. The building won

1326-588: The Spanish philosopher José Ferrater Mora , Germanic philologist Agathe Lasch , Classical philologist Wilmer Cave Wright , Hispanist and medievalist Georgiana Goddard King , poet Karl Kirchwey , and historian and author Amy Kelly . Mural Arts Program Mural Arts Philadelphia is a non-profit organization that supports the creation of public murals in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. Founded in 1986 as

1377-591: The United States and around the world. Other festivities held for the anniversary year included publication of a commemorative book on 125 years of student life, and, in partnership with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program , the creation of a mural in West Philadelphia highlighting advances in women's education. On February 9, 2015, the college's board of trustees announced approval of a working group recommendation to expand

1428-502: The amount of grief it has caused”) and painted over it in the early hours of June 7, 2020. Since 2001 the Mural Arts Program has been headquartered in the former home and studio of the painter Thomas Eakins at 1727-29 Mount Vernon Street in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia. During the 2001–2004 Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, the Mural Arts Program painted more than 600 murals around Philadelphia. In 2004,

1479-502: The college completed a renovation of Goodhart. Previously named after Bryn Mawr's first Dean and second president, Old Library was used as the primary campus library until 1970, when Mariam Coffin Canaday Library opened. The Great Hall (formerly the reading room of the library) was designed by Walter Cope (of Cope and Stewardson ) in 1901 and built by Stewardson and Jamieson several years later, although M. Carey Thomas played

1530-457: The college founded a year-long post baccalaureate pre-medical program for career changers. The program remains one of the oldest, most prestigious, and successful in the country — with an over 98% medical school acceptance rate. For the Class of 2023 (enrolling fall 2019), Bryn Mawr received 3,332 applications, admitted 1,102 (30%), and enrolled 374 students. For the freshmen who enrolled,

1581-923: The college is the owl , the symbol of Athena , Greek goddess of wisdom. A large number of Bryn Mawr alumnae and former attendees are notable in their respective fields. The list includes Drew Gilpin Faust (class of 1968), the first woman president of Harvard University ; Hanna Holborn Gray (1950), the first woman president of a major research university ( University of Chicago ); modernist poets Hilda "H.D." Doolittle (attended), and Marianne Moore (1909); classics scholar Edith Hamilton (M.A. 1894); author, social activist and feminist Grace Lee Boggs (Ph.D. 1940); Nobel Peace Prize winner Emily Greene Balch (1889); geneticist Nettie Stevens (Ph.D. 1903); physicist Elizabeth Laird (Ph.D. 1901); physicist and astronomer Frances Lowater (Ph.D. 1904); mathematician Ada Isabel Maddison (Ph.D. 1896); Physician Martha Tracy (1898)

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1632-485: The creation of murals around Philadelphia. In 2006, the program had 36 former graffiti artists on permanent payroll. It works with community groups to educate and children in the arts and involve them in the creation of the murals; in 2006, it involved more than 300 children a year. The Mural Arts Program is responsible for the creation of the largest mural in Philadelphia: History of Immigration,

1683-528: The depiction of Rizzo, the mural was frequently defaced in protest of his rough treatment of the city’s Black and gay communities. In 2010, the MAP had Keller repaint the mural at a cost of $ 20,000. After the mural was again defaced during the George Floyd protests , the Mural Arts Program issued a statement ("We know that the removal of this mural does not erase painful memories and are deeply apologetic for

1734-764: The end, Golden's proposal won. In 1986, Mural Arts Project, led by Golden, was founded as a division of PAGN. In 1991, the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation awarded the Innovation in American Government Award to Philadelphia for the success of the Mural Arts Project. At some point, the Philadelphia Recreation Department absorbed PAGN and elevated the Mural Arts Program to

1785-551: The main campus which at one point was available housing for undergraduate students. In 2007, it was sold to a conservation buyer as the annual costs of upkeep were too great for the college. In 1908, John C. Olmsted designed a private garden for M. Carey Thomas adjoining the Deanery . The garden was later modified and renamed as the Blanca Noel Taft Memorial Garden. In its current form, the garden

1836-462: The middle 50% range of SAT scores was 640–740 for evidence-based reading and writing, and 650–770 for math, while the middle 50% ACT composite score range was 29–33. Students celebrate four major traditions throughout the year, along with other minor traditions. Parade Night, which happens on the Friday of the first week of classes, is a tradition where the freshman class runs to Taylor Hall, while

1887-418: The murals painted by the program were on average the height of a three-story row house and 35 feet (11 m) wide. The average cost of each mural was $ 10,000–$ 15,000, including artists' commissions and supplies. In February 2006, the city of Watertown , New York , asked Jane Golden to speak in hopes of creating a similar program in their community. In 2007, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited

1938-546: The older residence halls were designed by Cope & Stewardson (same architects who designed a large part of Washington University in St. Louis and Princeton University ) and are known for their Collegiate Gothic architecture, modeled after Cambridge University . Each is named after a county town in Wales : Brecon , Denbigh (1891), Merion (1885) , and Radnor (1887), and Pembroke East and West (1892). Rhoads North and South

1989-518: The site today. At the time of its demolition, many of the Deanery's furnishings were re-located to Wyndham, an 18th-century farmhouse (with several modern additions) which became the college's new Alumnae Center. Bryn Mawr is a small, four year, residential baccalaureate college. Although the college offers several graduate programs, the majority of enrollments are from students enrolled in the undergraduate arts and sciences program. Students at Bryn Mawr are required to complete divisional requirements in

2040-575: The student body. In addition to major traditions, there are a number of minor traditions. These include offerings to a statue of Athena for luck or thanks, using a set of stairs leading up to Taylor Hall called the Senior Steps or down Senior Row, a row of trees in the center of campus unless a student is a senior. The Friendship Poles, a set of two vertical poles located under the main arch of the Pembroke Dorms, are not supposed to be split by

2091-534: The undergraduate applicant pool allowing transgender women and intersex individuals identifying as women to apply for admission. This decision made Bryn Mawr the fourth women's college in the United States to accept trans women. Bryn Mawr "recognizes that gender is fluid and that traditional notions of gender identity and expression can be limiting", and has the official policy of accepting nonbinary students who were assigned female at birth as well. All current, past, and future students are fully recognized as members of

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2142-711: The undergraduate level. From 1921 to 1938 the Bryn Mawr campus was home to the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry , which was founded as part of the labor education movement and the women's labor movement. The school taught political economy, science, and literature. The college celebrated its 125th anniversary of "bold vision, for women, for the world" during the 2010–2011 academic year. In September 2010, Bryn Mawr hosted an international conference on issues of educational access, equity, and opportunity in secondary schools and universities in

2193-474: The upperclassmen throw confetti. Following this, the first of the three “Step Sings” takes place, during which the student body sing various traditional and pop songs. The second is Lantern Night, which takes place in late October or early November, where first year students receive a lantern which symbolizes the passing down of knowledge, during a traditional ceremony with songs in Ancient Greek. Welcome

2244-407: The use of public transportation. The school's dining halls strive to be environmentally sustainable by working to expand their local and organic offerings, recycling in all dining areas, and recycling used fry oil as bio-diesel fuel. The dining halls previously offered biodegradable takeout containers, but reverted to Styrofoam in the 2009/10 academic year. Additionally, all leftover food is donated to

2295-409: Was a virulent eugenicist, antisemite and racist who strongly opposed the admission of students who were not elite white women. Today, the building houses a plaque explaining the controversy of the former name and affirming the college's current dedication to equity and inclusion, which was unveiled during the 2019 Community Day of Learning. Named for Bryn Mawr's late professor of Classical Archaeology,

2346-407: Was formerly known as "Thomas Hall" after Bryn Mawr's second president, M. Carey Thomas. The building was informally known as "College Hall" for a year before being officially renamed to "Old Library" in 2018. This renaming was in response to student protests, which claimed that many of M. Carey Thomas's views did not represent the values of the college. Student protesters identified that M. Carey Thomas

2397-554: Was founded under the direction of local artist Jane Golden as part of the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network to facilitate collaboration between professional artists and prosecuted graffiti writers to create new murals in the city. The program, which employs more than 300 artists at least part-time, is one of the largest employers of artists in Philadelphia. The program also hires more than 100 prosecuted graffiti writers every year and involves them in

2448-681: Was fully coeducational with equal numbers of girls and boys. The Shipley School has three divisions: Lower School (pre-kindergarten through grade 5), Middle School (grades 6 through 8), and Upper School (grades 9 through 12). Members Abington Friends School • The Academy of the New Church • Friends Central School • Friends Select School • George School • Germantown Friends School • Moorestown Friends School • The Shipley School • Westtown School Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( / ˌ b r ɪ n ˈ m ɑː r / brin- MAR ; Welsh : [ˌbɾɨ̞nˈmau̯ɾ] )

2499-546: Was named after the college's first president, James E. Rhoads; Rockefeller is named after its donor, John D. Rockefeller . Erdman was opened in 1965, designed by architect Louis Kahn . In addition, students may choose to live in Batten House (an environmentally friendly co-op). Perry House, which was originally established as the Spanish language house in 1962, was redefined as the Black Cultural Center in

2550-549: Was once the home of an Athena Lemnia statue (damaged in 1997) that is now located in a high alcove in the Rhys Carpenter Art and Archaeology Library. A plaster cast of that Athena now stands in her place at the Great Hall. Students often leave offerings to this statue in the hope that she will intervene on their behalf. In 2018, the board of trustees formalized the use of the name "The Old Library". Old Library

2601-645: Was originally affiliated with the Quakers (Religious Society of Friends), but by 1893 had become non-denominational. In 1912, Bryn Mawr became the first college in the United States to offer doctorates in social work , through the Department of Social Economy and Social Research. This department became the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research in 1970. In 1931, Bryn Mawr began accepting men as graduate students, while remaining women-focused at

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