Student Life at Bryn Athyn

Small size translates into big opportunities.

Opportunities to lead and be involved in student government, clubs, the arts, and athletics are all available to make your Bryn Athyn experience complete. Our students may be few in number, but they’re gutsy. Just listen to the number of events announced during the weekly town hall meetings and you’ll understand.

Campus life, though, is about more than just opportunities to get involved. It's the comfortable feeling that students say makes this college feel like an extended family. It's comfortable because you know that other students share your core values and priorities about life. And you know you can hang out in any group because everyone is welcoming.

It's also a sense of community that's obvious when you attend the weekly open meeting the deans hold in the coffee shop just to connect with students, or the annual community service day that might have you painting houses in Philly alongside your favorite professor.

We’re a global village. Every year our community is blessed with students from other countries—15 percent of the student body. Flags of their home countries decorate the Pendleton Hall Commons—a favorite spot for students to hang out or study with friends.

Student life integrates religion into everyday life - listen in on a campus conversation at any given time and you’re just as likely to hear students talking about their spiritual life as about what movie they saw last weekend. Spirituality is also about community. Barbeques at the student-built gazebo, fire pit gatherings, outdoor basketball and sand volleyball tournaments bring a livelihood and familiarity to the campus that students frequently describe as the best part of their college experience..

On our campus, you'll also feel a sense of history and culture with our proximity to Glencairn Museum, Cairnwood Estate, and the Bryn Athyn Cathedral.

Contact:

Hilary Bryntesson, Associate Dean of Student Affairs
267-502-4819, hilary.bryntesson@brynathyn.edu

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