mawrginalia, may/june 2013

Mawrginalia

• May/June 2013 •Mawrginalia [mawr-juh-ney-lee-uh]: Latin, plural noun. Notes, commentary

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Contents

REGULARS4 | FROM THE ASSOCIATE HEADMISTRESS

5 | REMAWRKS

6 | PICTURES OF THE MONTH Gym Drill; Senior Bell Ringing; Little School Spring Sing; Little School Daisy Day; Farewell Celebration for Mrs. Bessent, Mrs. Himmelrich, Mrs. Shoemaker and Mrs. Weber; Fifth Grade Celebration; Eighth Grade Celebration

12 | TEACHERS’ CORNER

13 | MAWRTIAN MINUTES Three Faculty Members Transition to Leadership

Positions; Six Students Recognized for Achievements in Academics and Public Service; New to Bryn Mawr: The Dance School and American Kodaly Children’s Chorus

32 | SENIOR VOICES: THE CLASS OF 2013

PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION34 | THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR!

ALUMNAE37 | ALUMNAE PHOTO OF THE MONTH

38 | BRYN MAWR TREASURES By Dr. Judy Sullivan Palfrey ‘63

40 | REUNION GIVING AWARDS ANNOUNCED

41 | GIFTS FOR GRADS & DADS

41 | THE ALUMNAE APP IS HERE!

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FEATURES 16 | THE CLASS OF 2013

ON THE COVER

Graduates listen as retiring English and Latin teacher Mary Armstrong Shoemaker ’69 addresses the Class of 2013.

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• THE NEXT STEP: COLLEGE REPORT• THE CAPSTONE: SENIOR PROJECTS• CLASS DAY: CELEBRATING STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENTS• SENIOR GIFT RAISES OVER $115,000• GRADUATION: IN PICTURES• MARY ARMSTRONG SHOEMAKER ’69 GIVES

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

28 | SPRING SPORTS REPORT Spring athletes play hard, have fun and win big on the track, fields and courts

30 | CELEBRATING THE CAREY LEGACY Bryn Mawr dedicates the Carey Quadrangle in honor of founder M. Carey Thomas, the Carey Family and the W. P. Carey Foundation

Regulars

FROM THE ASSOCIATE HEADMISTRESS

Peggy BessentAssociate Headmistress

“As you take your leave,

may you use your gifts for

good as you are girls with conscience.”

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This year’s Class Day guest speaker was Associate Headmistress Peggy Bessent, who will be leaving Bryn Mawr after a career spanning 32 years. In the course of her career at Bryn Mawr, Mrs. Bessent has been a steady, thoughtful and important leader and has capably and naturally filled her roles as teacher, administrator, and mentor. An absolute champion for Bryn Mawr, she is a model of kindness and respect for students, faculty, and all who know her. Mrs. Bessent is, and always will be, a part of the fabric of the Bryn Mawr community.

Below are excerpts from Mrs. Bessent’s Class Day address. Please click here to view a video of the full speech.

After tomorrow, each of you will follow a different path. No two journeys will be the same. It will be up to you to decide just what you will do with the Bryn Mawr education you have worked so hard to achieve. What in the world needs to change and what part can you play in changing it? How will you use your bold voice? Evaluate your place were you to become a diplomat, a poet, a scientist, or stay at home to raise children…and take time to evaluate your place if you were to become a teacher. Today we sit among some of the finest, most devoted and clearly passionate educators, teachers who have challenged you to learn, encouraged you to be collaborative, and modeled how you became successful as you interacted with them and each other.

I have been at Bryn Mawr for a long time—long enough to have in theory gone from kindergarten to twelfth grade twice, in case I just didn’t get it the first time. And what a journey it has been.

I remain passionate about teaching and learning and I believe in the life lessons learned through dedication and hard work. I am grateful for the opportunity to do the work I love and love the work I do, and I am proud to have done so at Edith Hamilton’s school. My memories of many of you are especially vivid as I have known you since your Lower School days. I like to think of myself as the book ends of your Bryn Mawr career. I have loved watching you grow taller—wishing all the while I could have grown taller with you!

As this school year ends, you have one foot in one world and the other in another. You are starting to step away. As you prepare to engage more fully with the world, remember our founders’ optimism, courage and determination. Pack your bags with curiosity and compassion. Access the strength and confidence of your bold voice. Be healthy and honor your convictions. Embrace a wide range of possibilities. And smile when you hear the words “considered and consequential.”

Let these days be not about an ending but about a beginning. As you take your leave, may you use your gifts for good as you are girls with conscience. You believe in the environment. You embrace diversity. You care about social justice and sustainability. You believe in the goodness of each other and of mankind and we believe in you. Just having been at Bryn Mawr is no longer enough. You are equipped for the future. After all, you are young women with great minds, strong hearts and yes, oh so bold voices.

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REMAWRKS

Jennifer Galambos, Ed.DUpper School Director

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“While we cherish time-

honored Bryn Mawr

traditions, we are equally focused on

innovation. ”

The months of May and June are steeped with many traditions at Bryn Mawr. We come together as a community at our annual Gym Drill, taste delicious treats at the Fourth Grade International Bazaar, hear the seniors ring the school bell on their last official day of classes, watch the fifth and eighth grades participate in their “moving up" ceremonies, and celebrate our senior class at Graduation. We hear each year from our students how important these traditions are to them.

While we cherish these time-honored Bryn Mawr traditions, we are equally focused on innovation and providing the skills and curriculum that will enable our girls to be leaders in the workforce and in their communities in the years and decades to come. Student use of technology in their learning process is one example of our focus on innovation.

Through the iPad and MacBook programs in the Lower School, students have the opportunity to jump into the world of STEM through projects aimed at promoting systems-thinking, familiarity with programming logic, and an understanding of user-centric design, including Microworlds, Lego Mindstorms, Gamestar Mechanic, and Scratch.

The Middle School Science Department sponsored a "Tinkering Day" recently, giving students an opportunity to build "scribbling machines" in science class. Using a motor, a battery, recyclables and markers, students created robotic mechanisms capable of drawing as they wobbled across a sheet of paper. In Middle School music class, students are using Noteflight, an on-line composing program, to create their own music. One piece, created by an eighth-grader, was used recently by the sixth grade in their production of Aesop's Fables.

In the Upper School, students have jumped into the world of 3D printing! A group of girls participated in a 3D printing STEM competition last month, with one of our teams earning second place overall. Students have learned to create cell phone holders and other useful items during their 3D printing activity this winter and spring.

Also in the Upper School, Technology Integrator Emily Letras has created a pilot program for faculty called Teachers of the Future. In this program, faculty members work one-on-one with Mrs. Letras to redesign a curricular unit to incorporate student use of technology. English teacher Leslie Jansen and math teacher Jennifer Arrogancia were the first to embark on this project. Ms. Jansen's students will use a website called Scoop.it! to learn the history of Rhodesia in their study of the novel “Nervous Conditions,” which is set there. Ms. Arrogancia is incorporating a 3D printing project into her students’ study of lines and planes in geometry. This will provide girls with a rich understanding of the relationships involving points, lines and planes in two and three dimensions.

Tradition and innovation go hand-in-hand at Bryn Mawr. Through this pairing, we believe that all of our students, from kindergarten through twelfth grade, will gain the skills and confidence they need to lead in the 21st century.

PICTURES OF THE MONTH


The weather could not have been any better for this year’s Gym Drill. Under clear blue skies, girls in grades 6-12 showed off the cultural dances they have been working on all school year. They were led beautifully by School Captain Kirsten Adams ‘13.

gym drill 2013


Visit our Facebook page to see more great photos of Gym Drill, Bell Ringing and much, much more!

senior bell ringing

Each year, seniors ring the campus bell in late May, after they have concluded their classes and before they begin their senior projects. Each senior asks a few underclassmen friends to join her—a wonderful tradition that brings the Upper School together. Just as much fun as seeing the seniors ring the bell was watching the wonderment on the kindergartners’ faces as they watched the bell toll!

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little school spring sing

The Little School held their annual Spring Sing at the end of May, giving the children a chance to show off all the music and dance skills they've learned this year. It was an adorable event,

and all of the performers did a wonderful job!


little school daisy day

At the beginning of June the Little School celebrated Daisy Day, bidding farewell to those students who will be moving on to the Lower School or entering new schools in the fall. They also honored Ms. April, a Little School teacher who will be moving to a new school, and Mrs. Bessent, who has been a special friend of the Little School. The children loved singing songs and receiving their daisies. After the small ceremony was over, they enjoyed a special "indoor picnic" in the cafeteria!


a fond farewell

fifth grade celebration

At the beginning of June, Bryn Mawr hosted a reception to bid a fond farewell to Peggy Bessent, Barb Weber, Pam Himmelrich and Mary Armstrong Shoemaker '69. These incredible teachers and administrators have collectively given 128 years of service to Bryn Mawr (as many years as the school has existed!). They will be dearly missed next year.

On the last day of school, the fourth and fifth grades gathered for a special assembly celebrating the fifth grade’s contributions to the Lower School. Each girl shared a special memory from her time at the Lower

School, and then received a special Bryn Mawr charm from Mrs. Bessent and Mrs. Himmelrich.

Watch out, Middle School, here they come!


eighth grade celebration

“Our time in the Middle School has helped each of us develop long-term relationships with girls whose backgrounds and interests may be very different from our own. By learning to value the opinions and backgrounds of each classmate, we will overcome preconceived ideas, learn to truly respect each other, and build a strong community.

Just three years ago, the transition from Lower to Middle School brought many new and wonderful faces to our class. Today, we have reached a new transition point. In August, I look forward to welcoming new members to the Class of 2017 as we continue our journey in the Upper School.”

- Christine Blackshaw, Class of 2017

TEACHERS’ CORNEREach month we profile three teachers to give them a chance to share, in their own words, what brought them to Bryn Mawr, what their teaching philosophy is, and why they love working here.

Carol MartinKindergarten

Years at Bryn Mawr: 31Years Teaching: 37

What brought you to Bryn Mawr?

When I applied, I felt that it was a warm, inviting community. There was a strong sense of tradition and a clear philosophy in the school’s mission. I also liked the idea of being able to work in a place where the whole community is behind each child.

What is your teaching philosophy?

I want to create lifetime learners. I want to get children excited about reading, nature and the world around them. But most importantly, I want them to learn to be kind, compassionate and empathetic. My goal is to teach them how to have their own voice and to help them be the best they can be.

What is your favorite thing about working at Bryn Mawr?

The joy of the children, the joy of the faculty and the sense that we honor tradition, but are also always moving forward. We want to produce young women of substance, women who have their own voices and will make a difference. I think that at Bryn Mawr we are who we say we are—we are true to our core values. At the heart of the experience is the fact that we care deeply about each individual child. There is a lot of joy in that.

Leslie JansenUpper School English

Years at Bryn Mawr: 5Years Teaching: 14


I was teaching at the University of Maryland, and I wanted to be more involved with my students and be fully immersed in teaching. Bryn Mawr’s mission statement was what really drew me—the idea of empowering girls and being involved in girls’ education really fit with both my professional and personal values.


I want to give students the tools to learn and to be curious, and to eventually do that on their own, with the teacher removed from the process. That’s what a Harkness discussion is all about—teaching them how to have a discussion and engage in critical inquiry on their own, such that they don’t need us anymore.


The people—both my colleagues and the students. The girls are willing to get themselves out of their comfort zones, try new things, and they are just really driven. I feel like at Bryn Mawr teachers and students are partners in this process of education.

Karen CoyneLittle School

Years at Bryn Mawr: 22 Years Teaching: 30


I came to Bryn Mawr to work with the Lower School extended day program, and was there for four years before I joined the Little School. I loved everyone that I met at the Lower School, and once my daughters came to Bryn Mawr as students I knew this would be a good place for our whole family, which is not a conventional family. I also knew that the families and the faculty at Little School are diverse, and that meant a lot to me.


My job is to teach children to love to learn, and that is why I’m here. I want to encourage them to be inquisitive and hands-on, and I feel like if we send them away like that, it will stay with them.


There are a million things that I love about working here! I love that Little School has a play-based curriculum, and that everything we do revolves around these children learning everything they need to know to be prepared for kindergarten and pre-first. And what I love the most is that we get to know the children and the families so well.


In the Upper School, Jason George, Ph.D., will be the assistant director and academic dean of the Upper School. George received his undergraduate degree in history from the University of Massachusetts and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Ohio University, where he studied American history, Russian and Soviet history, American foreign relations, and Latin American history. He also earned a certificate in educational leadership in 2006 from the Johns Hopkins School for Professional Studies. George came to Bryn Mawr in 1999. He has served as the Upper School History Department Chair since 2005 and has been the driving force behind Bryn Mawr’s Summer Teaching Institute. George’s honors include Bryn Mawr’s Robert G. Merrick, Sr., Chair in History and the 2012 Broadus Award, Ohio University’s John and Catherine MacArthur Fellowship, and Indiana University’s Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship.

MAWRTIAN MINUTESNoteworthy news from around the school

Three Faculty Members Transition to Leadership PositionsBryn Mawr is pleased to announce that these three faculty members will transition to leadership positions, beginning this summer:

In the Lower School, Anne Eggleston Broadus ’88, M.A.T., will be the new assistant director of the Lower School. Broadus received her undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary studies, focused on education and communication, from Northwestern University and her master’s degree in elementary education from Goucher College. She began teaching in the Lower School in 1995, and since then she has been a homeroom teacher, a math coordinator, a science teacher, and is currently a math teacher. She has also served as faculty editor of the Lower School magazine and faculty advisor to the Lower School Student Council. In 2004, Broadus was the recipient of the Ella Speer Colhoun and Elizabeth Atkinson Reynolds Fund Award. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Broadus has served on Bryn Mawr’s Board of Trustees Buildings and Grounds Committee as well as the Association of Independent Maryland Schools Advisory Committee.

Eric Elton, Ph.D., will be the director of STEM. Elton earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Houston, where he majored in biology and geology with chemistry and physics minors. He earned his doctoral degree in environmental sciences with concentrations in ecology and atmospheric sciences from the University of Virginia. Elton joined Bryn Mawr’s Upper School in 2011 as a biology and chemistry teacher and has recently taken on the position of director of community service learning in addition to his teaching responsibilities. His grants and awards include the Julia Clayton Baker Chair in Environmental Stewardship, ASM Foundation Teaching Grant, BP American Fellowship, Robert J. Huskey Travel Fellowship, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation, Blandy Experimental Farm Fellowship, UVA Dean’s Fellowship, Michael Garstang Award, Fred Holmsley Award, and UVA’s Exploratory Award.

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Six Students Recognized for Achievements in Academics and Public Service

Paige Michaud ‘14 earned the Presidential Service Award for her work at Oak Crest Village. A dedicated and tireless volunteer, Michaud has compiled more than 200 hours at the retirement community over the last four years. She was honored by Oak Crest residents, staff, and state elected officials as the Student Volunteer of the Year at a luncheon hosted by WMAR ABC News anchor Jamie Costello. Michaud plans to continue her work at Oak Crest into her senior year.

Congratulations to the six Middle and Upper School students who have earned special recognition for their academic and public service achievements:

< Paige Michaud ’14, center, with fellow honorees and Maryland elected officials.

Aidan Lorch-Liebel '13 was awarded the Platinum Level Achievement by the United States Figure Skating Association. This award recognizes graduating seniors who have competed at the highest levels in figure skating while pursuing their academic studies.

Bozhena Kulchyckyj ’18 took first place for Grades 7-9 in the annual “Color Maryland Green” art and poetry contest. Hosted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the contest is designed to inspire students to enjoy and respect the state’s outdoors and natural resources. Kulchyckyj’s piece is entitled “Coincidence in Nature.”

Three Middle School students have advanced to the national level in history competitions. Anabelle Franks ’18 and Alice Ball ’18 are finalists in the National History Day competition for their original movie, “Sputnik.” The competition, which challenges students to conduct historical research and present their work in the form of original papers, websites, exhibits, performances and documentaries, will announce winners in mid-June. Serena Thaw-Poon ’18 made it to national finals in the History Bee, a history quiz challenge, held in early June.

Features

The Class of

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The Class of 2013

The 73 talented and motivated students of The Bryn Mawr School Class of 2013 will attend 60 colleges and universities in 20 states across the U.S. as well as one foreign country. Eighty-seven percent will study out of state. Ivy League, “Ivy Plus” and other top-tier institutions are well represented on the Bryn Mawr Class of 2013 college list.

Director of College Counseling Patti Whalen has guided Bryn Mawr girls through this process for 12 years. She leads a team of three—College Counselors Jerry Brown and Bill Waters, and Administra-tive Assistant Courtney Watkins—and together they work to help girls figure out what they value in an education and what kind of school would fit them best. “We know they are all going to get into col-lege,” Whalen says. “That’s a given. What we want to help them do is figure out who they are, what their values are, and how to articulate that to the world.”

The ultimate goal of the college counseling process at Bryn Mawr is for each girl to find the right “fit”—a program that will be both challenging and fulfilling.

THE NEXT STEP

Lucy Roland

2013 College Report

Prospective major: Engineering

Why USC: “I knew that I wanted a big school, somewhere with a

lot of school spirit, and a warm climate. I ended up applying to 14 schools—the number climbed up really quickly. In the end I was deciding between two schools, and visiting USC was what re-ally helped me choose.”

> Read Lucy’s story

University of Southern California

The Class of 2013 cast a wide net, applying to schools across the country and around the world. And they had their pick of institu-tions to attend—as a whole, the students received a total of 268 acceptances to 144 different col-leges and universities.

Senior Lucy Roland knew exactly what she was looking for: a big, spirited school in a warm climate. “I love Spirit Day here, and I really wanted to go to a college where everyone will know who won the football game, or will want to go to the game,” Roland says. “It was just something that seemed like a neces-sary part of the school experience.”


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Tate DeWeeseMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Prospective Major: Engineering (Biomedical focus)

Why MIT: “When I met girls on the field hockey team, I liked how fun and quirky they were. Also, there are so many options for engineering—I can do anything, in-cluding biomedical engineering, which is what I think I’m interested in.”

> Read Tate’s story

Jahaan AminLoyola Marymount University

Roland will attend the University of Southern California, where she will major in engineer-ing. She’s not sure which type of engineering she is interested in yet—”At the moment I’m ‘engineering-undecided,’” she notes wryly—but she’s confident that she has the prepara-tion that she needs to do well in the program. “Bryn Mawr has really set me up well so that I can do my best in college,” Roland says.

For Jahaan Amin ’13, the college search process was about finding the right balance between her passion for dance and her desire to get a well rounded education. “I’ve always had the plan of dancing professionally, be-cause it’s something that I just have to do,” Amin explains. “But I wasn’t quite sure how it would work because I knew that college was in the picture, so it’s just been about piecing together the best way to make it happen.”

The answer for Amin was a gap year, during which she will be dancing professionally for a talent agency based in Los Angeles. After-ward, Amin will head to Loyola Marymount University in LA, where she plans to study psy-chology. “Dance is my passion, but I cannot be a dancer forever,” Amin notes. “And I do have other interests, like psychology. Eventu-ally, I’d like to be a forensic psychologist.”

For 19 members of the Class of 2013, the col-lege experience will include playing a com-petitive sport. Among them is Ellie DeGarmo, who will play lacrosse for Princeton University. “I knew that I wanted a school where playing a sport would not compromise my academ-ics,” DeGarmo says. “When I visited Princ-eton they told me that there was a three-hour chunk of time during the day when there weren’t any classes, only athletics. That was really appealing to me.”

DeGarmo says that although she’s excited for the next step in her education, leaving Bryn Mawr is bittersweet. “I’ll miss the close-knit community and the sisterhood that we have,” she reflects. “There’s a special bond that we have here with all the girls at our school, and we’re all really close with our teachers. I’ll definitely miss both of those things.”


Prospective Major: Psychology

Plans for next year: “I’m deferring college for a year because I love to dance so much, and I want to devote my full atten-tion to it for a year. I’ve always had the plan of dancing profession-ally, because it’s something that I just have to do.”

> Read Jahaan’s story

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Tufts UniversityUnited States Naval AcademyUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of DenverUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at WilmingtonUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of St. Andrews, ScotlandUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonVanderbilt UniversityWake Forest UniversityWashington and Lee UniversityWashington CollegeWellesley CollegeWesleyan UniversityWidener University

A full matriculation list for Bryn Mawr’s Class of 2013 appears below. A school name listed in bold signifies that more than one student is attending.

Bard CollegeBarnard CollegeBelmont UniversityBrown UniversityBucknell UniversityCase Western Reserve UniversityCoastal Carolina UniversityColby CollegeColgate UniversityCollege of CharlestonCollege of William and MaryColumbia UniversityDavidson CollegeDenison UniversityDickinson CollegeDuke UniversityFranklin and Marshall CollegeGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGoucher CollegeHarvard University

Ithaca CollegeJohns Hopkins UniversityKenyon CollegeLoyola Marymount UniversityMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMount Holyoke CollegeNorth Carolina State UniversityNortheastern UniversityOxford College of Emory UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityPratt InstitutePrinceton UniversityRoger Williams UniversityRutgers UniversitySouthern Methodist UniversityStevenson UniversityThe University of GeorgiaThe University of Texas, AustinTowson UniversityTrinity College

Ellie DegarmoPrinceton University

Tessa BabcockBelmont University

Prospective major: Pre-Medicine

Why Princeton: “I knew that I wanted a school where

playing lacrosse would not compromise my academics. At

Princeton I can take any classes that I want to

and there is a three-hour period dur-ing the day when there are only ath-letics. That was really appealing to me.”

> Read Ellie’s story

Prospective major: Music busi-ness and entrepreneurship

Why Belmont: “I really like music but don’t want to be a professional singer, so I’ve been looking for something similar. By double majoring in music business and entrepreneurship, I’ll be able to start a business. My goal is to have my own record company.”

> Read Tessa’s story

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When Tyra Hooper ’13 began looking for a place to do her senior project, she knew that she wanted to do something that would make a difference in her community. She soon found the Park Heights Family Center, a branch of the Fam-

ily and Children’s Center of Maryland. “It offers young parents and single mothers services like GED classes, parenting classes,

mental health classes, and so on,” Hooper explains. “While the parents are there we watch the children, but we also exercise with

them, help them with reading and writing—it’s like a mini-daycare.”

Although she only spent two weeks at the Center, Hooper says that the ex-perience has had a big impact on her. “It was humbling, because I didn’t expect to see such young moth-ers. They really need help finding a job, getting a GED,” she reflects. “I’m grateful that I was able to come to a place like Bryn Mawr, finish my education here and go to college.”

Senior projects are the final rite of passage for Bryn Mawr students, taking place in the two weeks after classes have finished and before Graduation. Girls are responsible for finding their own projects, though proposals are approved by the Dean of Students. Projects range from volunteer work like Hooper’s to internships at design firms, university laboratories, and the Baltimore Sun.

Senior Stuart Ferrell found her project through a source very close to the Bryn Mawr community—Susan Solberg, retired Upper School director. Solberg now heads Mesh Baltimore, a service that offers classes, known as “SkillShares,”on a variety of topics. “I really love the idea that Mesh Baltimore is about bringing people together,” Ferrell says. “My favorite part of my project was being able to attend the SkillShare and see complete strangers interact and bond over similar interests. Not only did I learn a variety of new and fun skills, but I met many people who I otherwise would never have met.”

During her time at Mesh, Ferrell learned about all of the work that goes into running a small business and helped to get the word out about up-coming SkillShares. “It was a great experience,” Ferrell enthuses. “I can’t wait to see what is in store for Mesh Baltimore as it continues to grow.”

Elsewhere in Baltimore, Jordan Bayer ’13 spent her two weeks learning the ropes at a heavy-hitter in the financial industry—investment firm T. Rowe Price. Bayer’s mentor was Cheryl Mickel, Vice President and Portfolio Man-ager for T. Rowe and a proud Bryn Mawr parent.

Bayer went into the experience with a goal. “I wanted to see if this was the type of business I really wanted to go into for college and in the future,” she says.

During her time at T. Rowe, Bayer went to meetings, sat alongside trad-ers, and got a taste of what life is like in the financial industry. Her verdict: “My senior project was an amazing experience that opened my eyes to the business world in ways I never thought of looking at business before,” Bayer notes. “I would love to work for T. Rowe Price someday.”

The Capstone: Senior Projects


Top: Tyra Hooper ’13 playing with a child at the Park Heights Family Center. Below: Jordan Bayer '13 with mentor Cheryl Mickel.


Class DayCELEBRATING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

On Monday, June 10, the Upper School Community gathered to celebrate the student achievements of the 2012-2013 school year, as well as to recognize the hard work and dedication of the senior class. Although the soggy weather kept the festivities confined to Centennial Hall, the rain could not dilute the jubilant atmosphere.

Associate Headmistress Peggy Bessent, the Class Day speaker, gave a wonderful speech exhorting the girls to make their bold voices heard as they continue their educational and career journeys. Seniors Bre Heriot and Tate Jordan kept the audience laughing with their comedic reflection on what their Middle and Upper School experiences taught them, while fellow senior Maddie Mutscheller praised the “lucky” Class of 2013 for supporting and loving one another throughout their years at Bryn Mawr. Afterward, the graduating leaders of the Student Government Association, the Athletic Association, Arts Council, Community Service Learning and Community Alliance for Everyone passed their gavels, and the mantle of leadership, on to the incoming presidents. Once the ceremony concluded, seniors were formally welcomed into the alumnae community with cupcakes and t-shirts.

Congratulations to all of the award winners, and to the Class of 2013!

Julia McHenry Howard AwardAlex McComas ’17

Frances Virginia Wentz Turner PrizeMelda Gurakar ’13

Community Service PrizeKatie Liu ’13

Class of 1953 PrizeCarlie Hruban ’13

Parents’ Association AwardAnnie Sadler ’13

The Wurtzburger CupEllie Knott ’13

Bryn Mawr College PrizeLindsay Hexter ’14

Edith Hamilton AwardAlexa Philippou ’14

Class of 1943 CupsArts Council—Claire Edelman ’13Athletic Association—Quichey Johnson ’15Community Alliance for Everyone—Zipporah Diamond ’16Community Service Learning—Julia Cardwell ’15Student Government Association—Maddie Saiontz ’16

The Bryn Mawr School Scholarship (awarded at Graduation)Sophie Ranen ’13


Caryatid AwardKaren Chen ’13

The Agnes Whiting Memorial AwardChinyere Amanze ’13

Alumnae AwardsKirsten Adams ’13Brooke Baader ’13Maddie Crowell ’13Julia Leff ’13

Public Speaking AwardAmber Singh ’13

State of Maryland Scholastic AwardsKaren Chen ’13Katie Liu ’13Kanika Kamal ’13Sophie Ranen ’13

Senior Gift Raises Over $115,000The 2013 Senior Gift effort was a huge success, with more than 75% of senior families contributing to the Annual Fund in support and honor of Bryn Mawr’s wonderful faculty! Thank you to all of the donors, and congratula-tions to the Class of 2013 Senior Gift Chairs Jay Snouffer and Jennifer Ghingher Snouffer ’74 (pictured at left with daughter Kate ’13) and their committee members: Greg Bacon, Dave Bayer, Lee and Daniel Broh-Kahn, Carmen Del Guercio, Anne and David deMuth, Alan Edelman, Sarah Finlayson, Debbie Finnerty, Cathy Hirsch, Ralph Hruban, Michelle Leff, Tom Liebel, Jacque Lyles-Harris, Kari Mutscheller, Debbie Pawlik, and Faye Shaya.


GraduationThe sun smiled on the lucky Class of 2013 as they gathered with friends and family to celebrate the culmination of their time at Bryn Mawr. It was a wonderful day, and we

congratulate all of the graduates and their families!


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The sun smiled on the lucky Class of 2013 as they gathered with friends and family to celebrate the culmination of their time at Bryn Mawr. It was a wonderful day, and we

congratulate all of the graduates and their families!

View more Graduation photos on our Facebook Page:

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This year’s Commencement speaker was retiring English and Latin teacher Mary Armstrong Shoe-maker, Bryn Mawr Class of 1969. Shoemaker has been teaching at Bryn Mawr for 37 years, and has made it possible for generations of young women to delve into exceptionally challenging material, to form enduring bonds with their teachers, and to experience life as both astute observer and avid participant. Below are excerpts from her Commencement address.

Not for one day in the past 37 years have I had to question the value of what I’ve been doing. I have been part of a community that joins together to help girls measure the size of their wingspan and take to the skies. For all its flaws and faults, it is a place where we try every day to bring out the best in one another, an exhausting and exhilarating task.

What I would like you to remember, when the time comes for you to choose what path to take, is that doing what your parents think you ought to do, or making pots of money, will not be the right choice unless you love what you will be doing every day. Driving a Porsche to work will give you little joy if you don’t like what you do once you get there, and you will never do your best work if your whole mind and heart are not engaged. In the end, you will find happiness not in what you own, but in what you are.

Every day—every day—I have loved being part of this “world of thought” that Edith Hamilton called education. I have loved what I’ve taught, I have loved the girls I have taught, and I have loved the people with whom I have taught. Those are riches, girls. Those are riches.

To view a video of Mrs. Shoemaker’s full convocation address, please click here.

Mary Armstrong Shoemaker '69 Gives Commencement Address


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SPRING SPORTS REPORT

SoftballCoaches: James Brown,

Emani Evans

Captains Zoe Bilis ’13, Tate DeWeese ’13 and Auburn Stephenson ’15 provided exemplary leadership both on and off the field for the 2013 softball team. High-lights of the season included two standout performances versus league foes Garrison Forest and Maryvale Prep. Facing a talented pitcher on the Garrison team, Bryn Mawr athletes hit well, with Emily Maranto ’15 batting a triple and Bilis ringing in a home run. On the defensive side of the plate, Bryn Mawr had several all-star moments, getting multiple outs on a single play. And on Spirit Day the script couldn’t have been better for a 15-12 win over Maryvale Prep. All of the team members were a batting force that day, led by Bilis’ 5-5 performance and Stephenson’s triple to help bring home the win.

Track & FieldCoaches: Jim Lan-

caster, Neil Weijer, Joan Casey, Lauren Tanz

The 2013 spring track team had a great season, earning numerous medals at the invitationals they attended and enjoying great team chemistry. Three school re-cords were set in the spring, two by senior Kyle Stewart in the 100-

and 200-meter dashes and one by senior Lucy Roland in the pole vault. Junior Amy Chong also placed second in the conference in the triple jump. “Everyone was peaking just at the right time, at Championships,” says Head Coach Jim Lancaster. “It was a fun and exciting year for everyone on the team.”


The 2013 lacrosse team had an exciting season, finishing with an 11-5 record. Although they gradu-ated eight starting seniors in 2012 and had a relatively inexperienced team, this group of 20 girls found ways to "win ugly" and come

together as a team when it mattered the most. Though they came up short in the final game in the semi-finals of the IAAM tourna-ment, the team showed great resolve and grit, battling back from an 8-2 deficit to tie the game before ultimately running out

of time. Two of the most exciting team wins came at the end of the season, with a thrilling overtime victory against John Carroll on Senior Day and a wild 10-9 win against Notre Dame Prep in the first round of the playoffs. A terrific team with an impressive group of nine dedicated seniors made 2013 a memorable sea-son.

V. LacrosseCoaches: Wendy Kridel,

Kim Simons, Flannery Gallagher, Karen Coyne

J.V. LacrosseCoaches: Ali Jacobs,

Matt Mitchell

Nora Leitch ’14, Megan Kastner ’14, and Linnea Sei-bel ’14, the 2013 J.V. lacrosse captains, worked ex-tremely hard to maintain a balance between focus and fun for this year’s squad. They were positive, devoted, and set a great example for the younger players. The J.V. lacrosse team had several highlights throughout the season. One was the win against a strong Garrison Forest team; it was great to secure that first victory, and it really lifted the team’s spirits. Another particularly memorable moment of the season was the game against Maryvale. The team played with poise and aggression, coming together to beat a really talented team.

BadmintonCoaches: Clair Miller,

Jasmine Harrison

GolfCoaches: Cassie Andrze-

jewski, Jamie Watson

This was a fun sea-son for the badmin-ton team, and even through some tough losses, everyone kept their spirits up. Cap-tains Isabel LaBonte-Clark ’14, Katie Liu ’13 and Nia Ebrahim ’14 provided great leadership and won-derful support for the team throughout the season. They assisted in communication between the team and the coaches, and provided helpful and fun practice and game

ideas. The team grew together and found ways to improve play while still having fun. Play really started to come together towards the end of the season, leading to some fairly successful runs in the tournament.

The highlight of the 2013 golf season was going undefeated for the first time in the his-tory of Bryn Mawr golf. Truly, beating Roland Park Country School was awesome, especially considering their six straight championships. This team had great chemistry, led by senior captains Katie Song and Brooke Baader, and each mem-ber worked for the good of all, which is inspiring to see in any group of diverse people!

CELEBRATING THE CAREY LEGACYBryn Mawr dedicates the Carey Quadrangle in honor of founder M. Carey Thomas,

the Carey Family and the W. P. Carey Foundation


OOn a balmy evening in mid-May, The Bryn Mawr School held a very special re-ception to celebrate the dedication of the Carey Quadrangle, formerly known as the Academic Quadrangle, on Bryn Mawr’s campus. The quadrangle is named in honor of the Carey Family and the W. P. Carey Foundation, recognizing their outstanding multi-generational leadership as well as their recent $1.5 million gift to Bryn Mawr’s endowment.

Several members of the Carey Family and the W. P. Carey Foundation joined guests to dedicate the quadrangle and to honor the legacy of M. Carey Thomas, one of the five founders of Bryn Mawr and a forebear of the Carey Family. Thom-as was a pioneer in the area of women’s education, and it was her revolutionary view that girls deserved the same educational opportunities as boys that shaped the vision and mission of Bryn Mawr, the first school of its kind to offer college-preparatory courses to girls in Baltimore.

“The education of women was Carey Thomas’ fundamental goal in life from a young age,” Headmistress Maureen E. Walsh noted in her remarks. At the age of 14, Thomas boldly said, “...how utterly incomprehensible to deny that women ought to be educated and worse than all to deny that they have equal powers of mind…my one aim and concentrated purpose shall be…to show that a woman can learn, can reason, can compete with men in the grand fields of literature and science and conjecture…”

With the founding of Bryn Mawr, Thomas and her co-founders ensured that bright girls in Baltimore would always have access to an innovative, rigorous






and inspiring education—and gifts like this one play a large part in continuing Bryn Mawr’s mission. “The W. P. Carey Foundation is proud to partner with The Bryn Mawr School once again to honor the legacy of Carey leadership and to help strengthen the future of a truly outstanding girls’ school in Baltimore,” said Francis J. Carey, Esq., Chairman of the W. P. Carey Foundation, in a statement.

The Bryn Mawr School was originally founded to serve as a feeder school for Bryn Mawr College; both institutions opened their doors in September of 1885. Thomas was named a dean at Bryn Mawr College, making her the first woman in America to serve in such a position. She was also a professor of literature. She went on to become the second president of Bryn Mawr College, as well as serving as the first female trustee of Cornell University and the first president of the National College Women’s Equal Suffrage League. Throughout her life, Thomas was relentless in her pursuit of advancing the role of women in the world, educationally, socially, eco-nomically and politically. This vision certainly extended to her own family—since its founding, four generations of Carey women have attended Bryn Mawr.

“It seems especially fitting that this quadrangle be named in honor of M. Carey Thomas, her legacy, and the generosity of the W. P. Carey Foundation, the Hon. Julie R. Rubin ’91, Chair of Bryn Mawr’s Board of Trustees, reflected in her remarks. “We are surrounded by her vision come to life, the permanence of girls’ education.”

This gift is one of six of $1 million or more received by The Bryn Mawr School. The contribution to the endowment will enable Bryn Mawr to continue to pursue critical initiatives and provide leadership in girls’ education.




SENIOR VOICES: THE CLASS OF 2013Each year, seniors have the opportunity to present issues that matter to them to their classmates. Most do this in the form of a Senior Convocation—a twenty-minute speech on any topic. In every issue, we highlight excerpts from convocations given that month. Occasionally, we will also highlight other senior speeches given at special occasions, letting members of the Class of 2013 share, in their own words, what matters to them.

In this issue, we are featuring the five Edith Hamilton Scholars from the Class of 2013. Every year, the Edith Hamilton Scholars Program gives several seniors the chance to do a yearlong independent study project on a topic of their choice. Projects are ungraded, and each girl presents her work to the Upper School student body in a convocation near the end of the year. Below, the Class of 2013 Scholars detail the interesting and diverse topics they tackled this year.

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For my Edith Hamilton project, I analyzed T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” through the lens of examining the symptoms of a society in ruin. In addi-tion to writing a ten-page analytical essay, I wrote my own poem, “Dusk ‘Til Dawn,” in response to Eliot. My poem discusses the realities of life in the urban city of Baltimore, as well as life in general.

I wanted to do this project because I love literature and I love humanity. I believe that words have tremendous power in terms of expression, and that was made so much clearer through my in-depth study of “The Waste Land” as well as my own creative process. There are so many issues in our world, and my poem attempts to convey difficult issues such as suicide through abstract emotional scenery. In writing this poem, I learned that there is strength in perseverance. It was a very difficult process, but I am so glad that I pushed through time and time again. In the future, I might study English in college. And as long as I find inspiration, I will definitely be writ-ing more poems.

Liza has received a full-ride scholarship to college through the Questbridge Scholarship Program. She will be attending the University of Pennsylvania. To read an excerpt of “Dusk ‘Til Dawn, click here.

LIZA DAVIS

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CHINYERE AMANZE


For my Edith Hamilton Scholars project I created a Public Service An-nouncement campaign called “You Go Girl.” The goal of my campaign was to remind girls in the Bryn Mawr community that they don’t have to be superhuman, that they are always good enough just as they are, and to enjoy each moment. I dedicated my project to my cousin, Ugo, who passed away two years ago and who inspired the name of my campaign.

I first became interested in media psychology when I took a course on the subject during the summer of 2010. This interest sparked the idea for my Edith project, but there were a couple of other reasons that I wanted to make a PSA campaign. For one, I really like PSAs. I admire how a 30-sec-ond video can change, inspire, and encourage a person. I also wanted to send a message to my classmates in the Bryn Mawr community where I see many cases of the so-called “SuperGirl Syndrome.” This syndrome, simply put, is the feeling that you have to be and do everything possible. If you don’t, then you are not do-

ing enough, being enough. You are not good enough. SuperGirl Syndrome is a common affliction among teenage girls today, and I wanted to remind my Bryn Mawr girls that just because you can do anything doesn’t mean you have to do everything. As I learned about the SuperGirl Syndrome through my research, I realized that this feeling is prevalent in our society, and I feel that it is an issue that should be addressed. It’s essential to understand what the messages we get from the media are and how these affect the way

we treat one another and how we see the world. I plan to pursue this research by taking more classes on the subject when I enter college.

Chinyere is the recipient of the prestigious Rob-ertson Scholars Leadership Program scholarship, which will provide her with full four-year sup-port to attend Duke University. To learn more about the You Go Girl campaign and to watch Chinyere’s PSA video, visit ugogirlcampaign.weebly.com.

STEPHANIE MURPHY

For my Edith Hamilton project, my final piece was an animated short film created using computer generated imagery (CGI) with the program Cin-ema 4d. It tells the brief story of a balloon floating up from Earth onto the moon where a robot begins to interact with it. This short took about three months to animate, requiring me to work carefully on each movement. A few months before that were required to create plot lines, story boards, and character models with the help of my mentor, Lydia Gregg, a medical

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animator. I learned each different step in the process of creating an animation from the idea to post production. I now have a greater appreciation for long animations such as Pixar movies because I understand the effort it takes to create a single second of movement.

I chose to study animation because I have always loved watching animated movies. My favorite class junior year was the animation class taught by Mrs. Letras, so I wanted to explore this subject in greater depth. This project has given me a small taste of animation, and furthered my hope of some-day working as a Pixar animator.

Stephanie will attend the University of Denver in the fall. To view the full video of her final animation, please click here.

STEPHANIE MURPHY CON’T.


JACQUELINE BETZ

For my Edith Hamilton Scholars project, I studied the physiological and psychological effects of music on human brains, then created a website to display the results of my research. I was drawn to this topic because I know how incredibly important music is to me and to everyone I know, and I wanted to understand how it could affect us so uniquely and pro-foundly. I also wanted to incorporate my interest in computer science into my project, and I believed that a website would allow me to present my research in the varied and dynamic form that I felt the subject deserved.

The research that I did on this topic showed me how incredible the entire process of hearing, understanding and reacting to music really is. Having the opportunity to code my website independently taught me a lot about working through problems and teaching myself outside of a classroom. Computer science is something that I definitely plan to continue studying in college, and I also hope to eventually have the opportunity to research music even more in depth. I am so glad that I was given the opportunity to take on this project, and I really appreciate all of the help and support that my mentor and my teachers at Bryn Mawr gave me throughout this process.

Jacqueline will attend Colby College in the fall. To read more about her research, visit her website, Music and the Mind.

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For my Edith Hamilton project, I set out to construct a day dress from the Edwardian era, or approxi-mately the year 1904 (coincidentally also the first year that Gym Drill took place at Bryn Mawr). I had originally fallen in love with the Edward-ian era while looking up pre-war dresses on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website. In prepara-tion for my project, I researched the fashion of the time period by combing through books and websites

and visiting the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see some actual historical pieces of clothing.

I began by sewing my own Edwardian underthings—corset, drawers, camisole, petticoats—before moving on to the dress itself. I used construction and techniques to mimic the sewing done in the Edward-ian era. To achieve an authentic look, I copied stitches, tried to match my materials as best I could, and incorporated many different aesthetic components that were present in Edwardian clothing (use of lace and velvet, sleeve style, hat decorations, and so on). I’d done a number of elaborate sewing projects before, and I thought that having the time to work on an Edith as well as the space to present it would be incredibly beneficial for my skills as a seamstress.

During the process of making the garments I learned a good deal, mostly about patience and perseverance. I’m usually the kind of person who will take on many projects and finish only about half of them, giving up in frustration on many paintings, sewing projects, and sudoku puzzles. But in my Edith, as many times as I got frustrated with a seam or wanted to give up on a sleeve, I had to keep working on it. I gave myself space, tak-ing breaks from working on certain things, but I always came back to it. In the end, it was completely worth it. I had a whole lot of fun as well. I’m sure costuming will follow me wherever I go in the future, and the skills I developed here will be very helpful. I was incredibly lucky to have this opportunity to work on something that I love, and I know the things I learned (even some simple sewing tricks) will not be soon forgotten.

Carlie will attend the University of Chicago in the fall. To view more photos of Carlie’s handmade garments, visit the Bryn Mawr Arts Facebook page.


CARLIE HRUBAN

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THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR!

Parents’ Association


Under the incredible leadership of Parents’ Association President Monica Tucker and President-Elect Rachel Rubin, the Parents’ Association Executive Board, the Class Parents and more than 200 parent volunteers, the 2012-2013 Parents’ Association supported and promoted many programs and events at Bryn Mawr. These included the Bazaar, After Prom, parent socials, spirit days, recycled uniform sales, the Lower School Read-A-Thon, Wellness Committee Coffees, Faculty/Staff Appreciation, pic-ture days, Middle School mixers, CAFE events...the list goes on and on! Each program is chaired by parent volunteers, and these programs are a big part of what makes Bryn Mawr an incredible aca-demic and social environment for your daughters. Thank you, parents, for another terrific year!

Alumnae

The alumnae “class” of 2013: There are currently 18 alumnae who are faculty or staff mem-bers at Bryn Mawr! Back row: Kim Long Riley ’79, Georgia Summers ’01, Suzy Feldman Rosenthal ’72, Courtney Jenkins Feldheim ’99. Third Row: Julie Smith Marshall ’89, Kathie Guben Wachs ’90, Julia Bielefeld ’02, Midge Feiss Menton ’66, Kris Schaffner ‘93. Second Row: Francie Hicks Apollony ’74, Genie Arnot Titus ’93, Mary Armstrong Shoemaker ’69, Deanna Berchtenbreiter ’02. Front row: Patti Gerhardt Wit ’94, Becky Morris ’94. Not pic-tured: Anne Eggleston Broadus ’88, Ann Bruggman Stieff ’76, Virginia White ’70.


BRYN MAWR TREASURES

Each year on Alumnae Weekend, the Senior Alumnae Award is given to an alumna who graduated 40 or more years ago and who has made a significant contribution to the community as a dedicated volunteer or as a career profes-sional. This year’s recipient is Dr. Judy Sullivan Palfrey, Class of 1963.

After graduating from Bryn Mawr, Palfrey completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard University before attending medical school at Columbia University. Her focus for over 30 years has been pediatrics, including com-munity child health and global medicine programs. She has held many highly regarded positions, including that of Division Chief for general pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital, President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative to combat childhood obesity.

Palfrey returned to Bryn Mawr on Alumnae Weekend to celebrate her 50th reunion. She delivered this speech to alumnae and the Upper School commu-nity at the Alumnae Weekend convocation.

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When people ask me about The Bryn Mawr School, I tell them that Bryn Mawr is a place where girls learn to think and to speak their minds—their informed minds. And how is this? It is this stage, these opportunities that Bryn Mawr gives to girls to recite poems from age four on, to read compositions and to give Senior Convoca-tion talks. Whenever I have to speak in front of a big group of doctors, parents, congressional committees, mayors, governors or the First Lady, it is the experience that I got here years ago (and that you are getting here now) that was the best preparation.

The other thing about Bryn Mawr is the people. The people who are sitting next to you here, those on ei-ther side in English or math class, your teachers, the kitchen staff and all the people you meet through this school—these are the ones that are forming you and your world. They are becoming part of you. They will be with the person you take to college, who you are beyond college, and who you will be when you come back here for your 25th and your 50th reunions. Let me just tell you about three such people in my life.

One is Rosita Canevaro Pesenti. Rosita and I have a friendship that started in the fourth grade when her family moved to Baltimore so that her father could serve as the Italian Consul. We immediately bonded over our love of adventure, climbing trees and riding our bikes all around Roland Park. Legend has it that we set up two tin cans and a very long string to make a “telephone” across Elwood Road so we could talk between 8 Midvale Road and 207 Longwood. We spent countless hours together and became part of one another’s families. I loved the words ‘casa mangiare,’ because that meant that Rosita was asking her mother if I could stay at her house and delight in an amazingly delicious Italian three-course meal.

But the day came when Rosita’s father was called back to Italy. The day that I waved her off on the big ocean liner with streamers and horns tooting and flags flying was wrenching. I gave a speech entitled “Leaving” on this stage about that day. At age 12 it was a loss that I didn’t know how to handle. But then, letters started coming every week, faithfully. Those light blue international envelopes kept our friendship alive, and one day, one came with an invitation that changed my life. Would I come to Italy for the summer? Would I ever!

More than 50 years later, I see where the experiences of that summer have led. I am now directing the Glob-al Pediatrics Initiative at Children’s Hospital in Boston, working with my colleagues at Partners in Health and

As you meet people in your various extracurricular ac-tivities, whether it be art, sport or service, these are determining events. Enjoy them and live them fully. And then there was Katherine Van Bibber—teacher extraordinaire, superb headmistress and also a friend in the way that all Bryn Mawr teachers are. No one would say that Miss Van Bibber was warm and fuzzy. She was, in fact, a little scary. She stood ramrod tall, took no nonsense and insisted in class that she was giving us nearly insoluble extra credit math proofs so that she wouldn’t “insult our intelligence.” To this day, I still remember all my failures on those proofs…hours and hours and never getting the answer.

But Miss Van Bibber was a friend and she was an amaz-ing role model. She loved this school from the curricu-lum to the neatness of the grounds. If she saw a stray paper or food wrapper on the ground she would bend that ramrod frame to pick it up, and deviate from her path to throw it in the waste bin. That always seemed a bit trivial of an act for a head-mistress, but now that soci-ologists have taught us how a small bit of graffiti or trash attracts more, and how little local interventions can have profound effects, her “role

modeling” lesson is crystal clear. At Adams House, my husband Sean and I now find ourselves playing that same role, and the students and staff notice and thank us for keeping up our Adams Pride.

Miss Van Bibber and many of the other teachers at Bryn Mawr instilled in us as students a number of prin-ciples. Intellect was for using. Learning was fun but also had a purpose, and fairness was tantamount. In my junior year, I wrote to the board of trustees asking that they consider integrating The Bryn Mawr School. Though I don’t remember the exact words I used, I know that the principle of fairness that I was trying to express with that letter came from Miss Van Bibber and so many of the other wonderful teachers here.

The Bryn Mawr School is filled with treasures: the op-portunities to learn to think and to speak one’s mind, friendships that open the world to new adventures and principles that keep the adventures focused on fairness. I wish you all the very best in discovering and enjoying these treasures.


in the ministries of health in countries like Chile and Rwanda. As a pediatrician, the fact that over six mil-lion children in the world are dying of preventable ill-ness, and that so many children with disabilities have no services, compels me to work toward solutions. At Bryn Mawr we were taught that it was not enough to see problems—it was important to look for answers. From Rosita and her remarkable family I learned the joy of moving out of my comfort zone and exploring new languages, new customs, new culture and rich history. In Adams House at Harvard University, where I have been the Housemaster for the past 14 years, we have opened a process of discernment about what it means to be a “global citizen.” In this 21st centu-ry, with the globe shrinking, you will have more and more reason to consider this question—and Bryn Mawr, with its grounding in his-tory and analytic thinking, will prepare you to make the most of the opportunities available to you and to take on the challenges that come with that new global citizen-ship.

The second person I want to tell you about is a woman whose name I do not re-member, but who inspired me and whose memory sticks with me, especially at Christmas time. In Upper School, I participated in the Candy Striper program at Keswick Home. Ev-ery Thursday we went to Keswick and served dinner to the residents who were either quite elderly or se-verely disabled. I became very friendly with a num-ber of the people there and looked forward to see-ing them each week—but none more so than the younger woman whom I would always be assigned to actually feed. She had a severe muscular ailment and could not bring a spoon to her mouth herself, so she needed even the most basic things done for her by someone else. Nonetheless, she was cheery and kind, and she could sing beautifully. Her rendition of “O Holy Night” was so moving. She would hit those high notes and beam as the Keswick residents and guests cheered loudly.

I have ended up devoting much of my career to im-proving healthcare and other services for children and youth with disabilities. The roots of that decision are firmly planted in the time I spent at Keswick and the great chance I had to be a Bryn Mawr Candy Striper.

”“BRYN MAWR IS FILLED WITH TREASURES, LIKE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK ONE’S MIND AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT OPEN THE WORLD.

REUNION GIVING AWARDS ANNOUNCED


THANK YOU 3’s and 8’s!

Reunion giving is the cornerstone of alumnae giving to the Annual Fund, and this year’s reunion classes supported Bryn Mawr with strong reunion gift efforts. Following are the winners of the reunion giving awards, presented on Alum-nae Weekend and based on pledges and gifts received by May 3, 2013.

The Reunion Participation Prize goes to the class with the most outstanding participation in its reunion gift effort. Thanks to the hard work of committee members Barbara Johnson Bonnell, Lawrie Perkins deMuth, and Kitty Ridgely Stierhoff, the Class of 1948 achieved a school record of 100% participation in their 65th reunion gift effort! The following classes also had noteworthy participation: the Class of 1963–94%, the Class of 1958–88% and the Class of 1953–86%. A terrific show of support for Bryn Mawr!

In the 50 to 60% range were the Classes of 1938, 1968, 1973, 1983, 1988, 1993, and 2003. Special kudos to Ellett George, Lindsay Moore, and the committee for the Class of 2003 for rallying unusually high 10th reunion class participation.

The Reunion Gift Award goes to the class that raises the most money for the Annual Fund in its reunion year. The Class of 1988 won this award for raising nearly $51,000 for Bryn Mawr’s Annual Fund! Thanks to the committee of Anne Eggleston Broadus, Sara Riedner Brown, Sara Backstrom Hollands, Merritt DiLeonardi Miller, Jennie Ness and Mara Rubin for achieving this grand total.

The Overall Reunion Gift Award goes to the reunion class that raises the most money overall for Bryn Mawr. Annual Fund gifts as well as all other kinds of contri-butions, such as those to capital projects and to the endowment, are included. This year’s Overall Reunion Gift Award went to the remarkable Class of 1988 for its VERY grand total of $126,000.

Thank you for your support of Bryn Mawr!

The Class of 1948 achieved 100% participa-tion, earning the reunion participation prize.

The Class of 1988 won both the Reunion Gift Award and the Overall Reunion Gift Award, raising a total of $126,000 for Bryn Mawr.


THE ALUMNAE APP IS HERE!

We are excited to introduce a new app for Bryn Mawr alumnae. Now it’s even easier for alumnae to stay con-nected to Bryn Mawr and to each other! With the new Bryn Mawr Alumnae App you can:

• Access the alumnae directory• Update your profile• Submit and read class notes• Customize your privacy settings• Network with other alumnae• Find info on recent and upcoming events• Access all of Bryn Mawr’s social media feeds• Find alumnae near you

Visit the Alumnae App webpage to learn more, view a video tutorial, and get the app now:

www.brynmawrschool.org/alumnaeapp

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Why not give a Bryn Mawr Scout Bag or Vineyard Vines tie! These spirited pieces are available at the Bryn Mawrket. Ties are $65; Scout Bag prices vary.

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