News & Notes

Senior Babysitting Day: Bryn Mawr seniors are hosting a "Play Day" for children in grades K - 2 on Saturday, March 27, 2010, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Lower School Multipurpose Room. Please bring your children for a fun day of games, arts and crafts, dancing, karaoke, and a cupcake bar - and help support our Class of 2010. more...
Haiti Relief Fair and Empty Bowls Fundraisers Rescheduled: The Haiti Relief Fair and Empty Bowls fundraisers, which would have been held on Thursday, February 25, 2010, have been rescheduled in light of the forecast for snow. more...
New School Uniform Vendor: Bryn Mawr has a new school uniform vendor. Arthur’s Uniforms will be able to take your school uniform orders beginning on March 8, 2010. more...
The Tri-School Choral Concert Returns!: Sunday, March 7 at 4 PM Gilman School Auditorium

A program of choral music featuring Upper School choirs from Bryn Mawr, Roland Park Country and Gilman Schools. This the first time the three schools have joined forces in concert since December of 2005. more...
Giving News: Annual Fund contributions have reached 87% toward the goal of $1,250,000. So far, more than 1,650 donors have contributed $1,079,000. more...
An Interview with Nancy Ratcliffe Ferrell '75 125^th Anniversary Committee Chair, Trustee, Parent, and Alumna: There are many fun ways for adults and girls to celebrate the 125th! First of all, there is an art installation in the Glass Room that chronicles on large panels Bryn Mawr’s amazing history and school today. more...
Stacey Collins '09: Stacey Collins ’09 is carrying the Mawrtian spirit to her new athletic home at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. more...
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Carrie Fucile '95: Carrie Fucile ’95 recently was an artist-in-residence at Bryn Mawr and worked with art students in Ms. Margiotta’s classes in the Upper School. Carrie’s artwork is currently on display in the Mildred Natwick Lobby and gallery space in Centennial Hall. Carrie’s printmaking uses “primarily soft-ground etching” technique and “involves the application of a special ground to the plate.” more...
Greening Change Agent: On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, Bryn Mawr welcomed Harvard School of Public Health Visiting Scholar Leith Sharp as a scholar-in-residence at Bryn Mawr to share her knowledge and expertise in greening the campuses of universities all over the world. more...
Architectural Honors: The Bryn Mawr Lower School renovation team at Read & Company Architects, Inc. has submitted a winning entry – “The Bryn Mawr School – Lower School Renovation” – to the 2010 Exhibition of School Architecture at the National School Board Association’s 70th Annual Conference. more...
Hassanatu Blake '00 and Hussainatu Blake '00: Founders and Executive Directors of Focal Point Global Hassa and Hussa Blake will be working together with the Baltimore Educational Student Trust (B.E.S.T.) to pilot the US-Namibia HIV/AIDS Education Initiative. more...
125^th Anniversary Postcards: Renowned Baltimore artist Greg Otto has created two beautiful images of the Bryn Mawr campus in honor of the school's 125th Anniversary. more...
Headmistress's Note of Thanks to Donors: We wrapped up the first half of our 125th Anniversary year in a blanket of snow. The big snow has long since melted, but cold temperatures continue to greet us each morning as our school days begin. I am writing to you today, after yet another snowstorm, to thank you for your generosity to Bryn Mawr and to update you on our Annual Fund progress. more...
Save the Date!: Mark your calendar for an evening of celebration on Friday, April 30, 2010, as we commemorate Bryn Mawr’s 125th Anniversary and kick off Alumnae Weekend. Please plan to join us for this festive event! more...
Ex Solo, Ad Solum: Beginning February 1, 2010, Bryn Mawr students, faculty, and staff, will take an important step in the school’s ongoing “growing green” initiatives by adopting an exciting new composting plan. The benefits of composting are many and range from greatly reducing waste to producing a nutrient-rich top soil (“black gold”) that can be used in flower and vegetable gardens. more...
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"Were All in This Together" by Michael C. Obel-Omia: It is an honor for me to share with you my thoughts concerning Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his heroic, valiant life. When Dr. Galambos, a dear, professional colleague whom I have known for my entire 22 year teaching career, invited me to speak, I embraced the opportunity, for I knew that it would be a chance for me to express my admiration for my hero and my inspiration. more...
Deanna Boyd '05: Deanna Boyd ’05 is an AmeriCorp VISTA volunteer working in the Mayor’s Office of Community and Human Development in Baltimore City and is responsible for helping to educate residents in the “forty-hardest-to-count neighborhoods” about the value and importance of participating in the community census. more...
BMS License Plates: Looking for the perfect way to congratulate your soon-to-be-driving daughter? Thinking about just the right gift for your new graduate? more...
Olivia Judson '87 and Katie Pollard '91: Dr. Olivia Judson ’87 and Dr. Katie Pollard ’91 were two of the ten scientists featured on a recent Nova public television program about how DNA connects with evolution entitled “What Darwin Never Knew.” They were the only female scientists featured. more...
Our Suffragists: On January 11, 1910, Bryn Mawr School Headmistress Edith Hamilton spoke in the second of a series of parlor meetings of the Equal Suffrage League. She explained that since municipal government was directed by commercial interests, cities would fare better with the influence of the vote of women because they “are not prone to act through commercialism.” Many of the women present were inspired to sign a petition for municipal voting rights for Baltimore women. more...
Giving to Bryn Mawr: If you have already made your commitment to Bryn Mawr, thank you! If you have been thinking about making a gift and have been wondering how to best celebrate Bryn Mawr during its 125th Anniversary year, we hope you will consider a generous contribution to the school’s Annual Fund. more...
"Bold Voices" CD Debuts: In celebration of Bryn Mawr’s 125th Anniversary, Dayseye has just released a new CD, which brings together selections from their performances at Bryn Mawr during 2004 – 2009. more...
Inaugurating Bryn Mawr’s 125th Anniversary Year: Bryn Mawr’s 125th session and special anniversary year opened in grand style with festive balloon sculptures around the campus, a celebratory opening of the newly renovated Lower School and fifth-grade classroom buildings, the dedication of the Peggy Bessent Library in the Lower School, an all-school flyover with aerial photography of our campus, and a special Founders Day event welcoming alumna Margaret Mock Obrecht ’56, who gave the Founders Day address. more...
Report on Giving: The 2008 – 2009 Report on Giving recognizes the many donors who supported Bryn Mawr last year. Your commitment keeps Bryn Mawr strong. more...
Bryn Mawr Class of 2009 Matriculation List: more...