Summer Events
Making your summer plans? The Alumnae Association is offering alumnae/i, parents, and friends a wide range of programs for personal and professional enrichment. From finance to fine arts, there’s something for all interests, schedules, and budgets.
Networking in the Bay Area
San Francisco, California
June 4
Network and connect with other Mawrters at a reception hosted by Cheryl Holland ’80, Bryn Mawr trustee and Investment Subcommittee chair. Gear up for the evening’s festivities at a brown-bag lunch discussion on entrepreneurship featuring John Griffith, treasurer and chief financial officer at Bryn Mawr.
Bryn Mawr Summer Career Institute
Shifting Gears: Women Returning to Work
Bryn Mawr Campus
July 13-15
Women are often called upon to take breaks in their careers to care for family, children, the elderly, or others requiring additional support. If this describes your situation or one you may face in the future, then this two-day workshop is for you. Designed to foster reflection and planning, the Summer Career Institute will help you prepare for a strong return to the work world. Cindy Golub, principal at the financial planning firm G-Squared Advisory LLC, is the keynote speaker.
The Bryn Mawr in the Berkshires itinerary includes a performance by the renowned Hong Kong Ballet. Photo by Gordon Wong.
Bryn Mawr in the Berkshires: A Cultural Interlude
The Berkshires, Massachusetts
July 20-22
Tap into your creative self through writing, sketching, dance, music, and theater in the company of fellow alumnae/i and friends. Enjoy bucolic surroundings as well as programming like a hike up Monument Mountain and electrifying performances at Shakespeare and Company, Tanglewood Music Center, and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Your hosts are Daniel Torday, director of Bryn Mawr’s Creative Writing Program; Jaye Fox ’91, artist and co-director of studio21south art gallery in North Adams, Massachusetts; and Alumnae Association Executive Director Wendy Greenfield.
Bryn Mawr College Today: Innovating and Enhancing
Santa Fe, New Mexico
July 28
Learn about what’s new at Bryn Mawr and gain insight into current student life at this reception with Michele Rasmussen, dean of the Undergraduate College. Our venue is the world-renowned LewAllen Galleries, one of the oldest and largest galleries of national stature in Santa Fe.
Summer at Brush Hill Gardens. Photo by Barbara Paul Robinson.
Garden Party at Brush Hill Gardens
Washington, Connecticut
August 4
Enjoy a respite from the dog days of late summer at Brush Hill Gardens, home of Barbara Paul Robinson ’62, special representative to Bryn Mawr’s Board of Trustees, and Charles Raskob Robinson. Robinson and her husband designed and planted this lovely spot, dubbed the “perfect country garden” in Country Gardens magazine. In addition to touring the grounds, you’ll hear Robinson discuss the research for her new book, Rosemary Verey: The Life and Lessons of a Legendary Gardener.