A Calendar of Activities Occurring Across the Globe

August 30, 2025 Edition

Owls Fest
October 3-4, 2025

Join us on campus in October for the third annual Owls Fest, a weekend celebrating alumnae/i, families, volunteers, and friends! It is a weekend for all and not to be missed! 

Register Online

Upcoming Regional Club Events

All times listed are in the event's local time zone. 
See complete listing of all upcoming events online. 

Saturday, August 30, 2025
Houston Club - Mercury Chamber Orchestra at Miller Outdoor Theater
Marsha Bourque, Vassar College ‘74, invites fellow Seven Siblings alums to join her at the Mercury Chamber Orchestra’s performance.
8:00 PM CT
Miller Outdoor Theater, 6000 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX

Sunday, September 7, 2025 
Princeton Club - Walk in the Woods  
First Sunday of the Month Walk with the Princeton Club
1:00 PM ET
Billie Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, Princeton, NJ

Sunday, September 7, 2025 
Chicago Club - Chicago Stars FC vs. Orlando Pride
 Want to support women's professional sports AND hang out with BMC alums?
2:00 PM CT
Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, 2235 N Campus Dr, Evanston, IL

Monday, September 8, 2025 
New York City Club - Monthly Virtual Crafting Night
Join fellow Mawrters for a monthly night of crafting and conversation.
7:00 PM ET
Via Zoom

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 
Berlin Club - Virtual Meetup
A virtual meeting for any alums located in Germany.
7:00 PM CET
Via Google Meet

Saturday, September 13, 2025 
Southeast Florida Club - Hangout/Tea
High British Tea with fellow Bryn Mawr College alumnae/i from Southeast Florida!
1:30 PM ET
Vienna Cafe & Bistro, 5724 South Flamingo Road, Cooper City, FL

Saturday, September 13, 2025 
Welcome to the City - Houston
 Join local Bryn Mawr alums at POST Houston for conversation and to hear more about the club’s plans for the next year
6:30 PM CT
Houston, TX

Saturday, September 20, 2025 
Welcome to the City - Toronto
 Join the Bryn Mawr Club of Toronto for The 52: Stories of Women Who Transformed Toronto
12:30 PM
Toronto, ON, Canada

Saturday, September 27, 2025 
Welcome to the City - Research Triangle
 Alums who are new to the Triangle:  please come and meet your fellow Mawrters and make special connections across the years at Videri Chocolate Factory
 11:00 AM
Raleigh, NC

Alumnae/i Regional Book Groups

Saturday, September 6, 2025 
Colorado/Wyoming Club - Book-ISH Potluck
 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner '11
 3:00 PM MT
Erie, CO

Saturday, September 6, 2025 
Berkeley Book Group
I, Claudius (1934) OR Goodbye to All That (1929) OR any other novel by Robert Graves
 3:00 PM PT
At a member’s home in San Francisco

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 
Mawrtyr Memoir Book Club
Badass Grief by Jennifer E. Hassel '79
1:00 PM ET
Via Zoom

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 
DC Club - Monthly Book Discussion
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
7:30 PM ET
Via Zoom

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 
Mawrtyr Memoir Book Club
Badass Grief by Jennifer E. Hassel '79
8:15 PM ET
Via Zoom

Sunday, September 14, 2025 
Delaware Club - Virtual Book Chat
Optional Practical Training by Shubha Sunder '05 
4:30 PM ET
Via Zoom

Monday, September 15, 2025 
Seattle Club - Virtual Book Group
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America by Linda Lawrence Hunt
8:00 PM PT
Via Zoom

Saturday, September 20, 2025 
Seattle Club Eastside Book Group
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
9:30 AM PT
Top Pot Doughnuts, 10600 NE 9th Place, Bellevue, WA

Bryn Mawr in Asia

You are invited to join Vice President of Alumnae/i Relations and Development Bob Miller and Associate Vice President for Development Kate Morro for refreshments, conversation and all the latest news from the College during their upcoming travels.

Enjoy connecting with other Bryn Mawr alumnae/i and families in your area, and help inform our plans around the next in-person International Forum, which will be held in the region in 2027. 

Bob and Kate will be in the following cities on these dates:

Hong Kong – Wednesday, September 17 – evening
Seoul – Friday, September 19 – evening
Tokyo – Monday, September 22 – evening

These casual, social gatherings will be free to attend!

Details are still coming together, so please reach out to Kate at kmorro@brynmawr.edu for additional information, and if you’d like to help with event outreach or logistics. 

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research

Visit GSSWSR Center for Professional Development website for information on our continuing education (CEU) trainings.

Visit GSSWSR Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute website for information on our leadership development trainings. 

Set Your Sights on Organizational Leadership
No one hands you a rulebook on how to move from middle to senior management in the nonprofit and social sector. This certificate program will help you gain the tools you need to broaden your perspective to think and act systemically. Also, it'll provide concrete systems thinking tools you can apply to analyze complex situations and foster a culture of organizational learning.
Application Deadline: September 18, 2025
In-person and Virtual Classroom
Via Zoom 

CBT Certificate Series
In the CBT series, emphasis is placed on learning how to apply cognitive therapy techniques in both psychotherapy practice, as well as in other social work settings such as child welfare, schools, foster care, case management, aging and hospital social work. The series starts on September 12.
Fridays and Saturdays
9:30 am – 3 pm ET
Via Zoom  

Friday, September 5, 2025 
Clinical Application of Neuroscience for PTSD: Psychopharmacology and More
This course explores clinical interventions for Traumatic Exposure and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, focusing on a "bottom-up" approach including the use of psychopharmacology, EMDR, and vagal nerve stimulation, emphasizing practical applications of neuroscience in treatment.
9:00 AM ET
Via Zoom

Short Course in Mindful Self-Compassion 
The program includes conceptual learning, meditations, and informal self-compassion practices designed to be used in daily life. 
Saturdays, 9/20; 9/27; 10/4; 10/11; 10/18; 10/25
9:00 AM ET
Via Zoom

Alumnae/i Travel Program

For a PDF brochure or additional information on the trips you see below or any of our upcoming trips, please contact Taylor Manferdini

March 29- April 11, 2026
Africa's Wildlife

Experience unparalleled diversity and rich wildlife on this 14-day safari to Botswana’s Chobe National Park, where elephants preside; Zimbabwe’s dazzling Victoria Falls and its private game reserve; and Zambia’s exceptional South Luangwa National Park, a remote, unspoiled jewel.  

Alumni Learning Consortium Webinars

Visit Bryn Mawr's Upcoming Webinars page to register and access recordings of past programs. Contact cpd@brynmawr.edu with any questions.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 
How to Ignite Passion and Performance in Every Employee
We’re in the middle of the most significant transformation in work in over a century. However, a single factor remains the core driver of fulfilled, high-performing teams—their belief that their work has meaning.
12:00 PM ET
Via Webinar

Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Getting Unstuck: How to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty
Many of us fear the unknown and search obsessively for answers to avoid the feeling of ambiguity. Though this is human nature, it's a tendency that holds us back from living our richest lives.
12:00 PM ET
Via Webinar

Faculty and Staff In Memoriam

Alumnae/i Relations and Development will share in memoriam information for Bryn Mawr faculty and staff here when we are informed that there are opportunities for alumnae/i to participate in remembrances and celebrations of life on campus.

Visit the College website to see more information.

Yoga at Home - Live Zoom with Bryn Mawr

Join your fellow Mawrter alumnae/i and current athletes for a live weekly one hour yoga class on Zoom. Courtney Morris ’99, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach & Fitness Center Director at BMC, will lead the class.

Fridays on Zoom - LIVE Chill 

12:00 PM ET 
Via Zoom - Zoom Meeting ID: 897 646 881 and Password:7zDw73

Connections

Are you doing a book tour? Have you written a memoir? Performing at a local theater? Reading your poetry at a coffee shop?

Let us know! We want to share your non-Bryn Mawr related events with fellow Mawrters right here in Alumnae/i Connections.

Submit details at clubs@brynmawr.edu by the 10th and 25th of each month -- include date, time, location, and registration info.

Sunday, August 31, 2025 
Christine Ezzell Singer '08 is a Finalist for The Mike Resnick Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story by a New Author
The winner will be announced at The Dragon Awards ceremony held at Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA on Sunday, August 31, 2025. The award nominations have been covered by several outlets, including Locus Magazine. To attend the awards ceremony, tickets to Dragon Con (including one-day passes) are available for sale on their website.
Dragon Con, Atlanta, GA

Friday, September 19, 2025
Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities Catherine Conybeare at Harvard Book Store 
Harvard Book Store welcomes Catherine Conybeare—renowned classicist and the Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities at Bryn Mawr College—for a discussion of her new biography Augustine the African, about philosopher Augustine of Hippo, also known as Sain
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Sunday, October 5, 2025 
Join Robin Newman '89 as she launches her newest book, Trial and Error. 
The launch party for TRIAL AND ERROR will be at Books of Wonder.  There will be story time, crafts, a draw-along with Deborah Zemke, cookies, cupcakes, and ant-as-tic and lawyerly swag. The book is currently available for pre-order.
2:00 PM ET
Books of Wonder, 42 West 17th St. New York NY 

Alumnae/i Information Update

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Contact Us

Alumnae/i Connections is a bi-weekly event calendar published by Bryn Mawr Alumnae/i Relations and Development on the 15th and 30th of each month. Submit details at clubs@brynmawr.edu by the 10th and 25th of each month -- include date, time, location, and registration info.

Interested in hosting an event or starting a club in your area? Contact clubs@brynmawr.edu