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Grant Hall and Childs Hall are each managed by a residence hall director who is assisted by four student resident assistants (RAs). The Residence Suites and Residence Cottages are staffed by a residence director and an RA for each suite or cottage. Our Director of Student Housing oversees all student housing, assisting residence directors as needed.

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  Bryntesson, Fredrik, Director of Childs Hall

  BA, Bryn Athyn College, BSc University of Greenwich, PhD University of London

  A native Swede, Dr. Bryntesson completed his military service in Sweden before enrolling at Bryn Athyn College in 1990. As a college student he served as an RA in Childs Hall while majoring in biology and history. After graduating from Bryn Athyn College, he lived in the UK where he earned a doctoral degree in molecular biology. In 2001 he returned to teach biology at Bryn Athyn College, fulfilling an ambition inspired by his college days. While his main field is molecular biology, he also teaches microbiology, physiology, and introductory biology. He loves working in a New Church environment, both in the classroom and in Childs Hall, where he applies the religion he loves to his subject and to his life. Dr. Bryntesson has served as director of Childs Hall since 2004 after serving as the assistant director from 2001 to 2003.

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  Cooper, Cheryl B., Director of Residence Cottages

  BA Bryn Athyn College, MEd, Arcadia University

  After growing up in Bryn Athyn, Cheryl earned her undergraduate degree in English and then moved to California to teach in an elementary school and to experience life on the West Coast. In 2006 she returned to teach at the ANC Secondary Schools while completing her masters in Literacy Studies. In addition to loving teaching, Cheryl also enjoys coaching high school volleyball and lacrosse. In 2010 she is new to the Cottages as well as to motherhood. She and her husband, Bryn Athyn professor Robin Cooper, are excited for the upcoming year in the beautiful Residence Cottages.

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  Dewees, Nina Cooper, Director of Grant Hall

  AA, Bryn Athyn College, BS, College of New Jersey, MS, Saint Joseph's University

  After being a full time faculty member at Bryn Athyn College for several years, Nina "retired" to be a full time mother of her two little girls. After less than a year, she returned to the campus in the capacity of assistant Director of Grant Hall in 2001, a position she held until she stepped up as Director of Grant Hall in 2010. She just couldn't stay away from college students! She enjoys staying connected with students in this essential time of change and growth in their lives. Nina has recently returned to coaching the BAC women's volleyball team, and she also serves the College in many capacities as a member of the student life staff. She and her husband Niles and their now four young children appreciate the opportunity to get to know so many varied young women from across the globe in the residence hall setting.

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  Lindsay, Jennifer G., Director of Residence Suites

  BA Roanoke College

  Jenny Lindsay serves as the Director of the Resident Suites at Bryn Athyn College, the new apartment-style buildings on campus that will house mostly sophomores. Jenny works in the Admissions Office as an Assistant Director of Admissions and as Campus Visit Coordinator. She grew up in the Bryn Athyn community and attended Bryn Athyn College. Of her experience at Bryn Athyn she says, "I found that living in the residence halls while I was a student was one of the most rewarding experiences in my college career, and I’m glad to be involved in residence life again as a member of the staff." After two years at Bryn Athyn, Jenny went on to graduate from Roanoke College in Salem, VA with a BA in Psychology. She returned to Bryn Athyn College, "to give back to the community that was so meaningful to me, and I have loved the experience."

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  van Zyverden, Edith, Director of Student Housing

  BA, Bryn Athyn College, MS, Chestnut Hill College

  Edith served as the Director of Grant Hall for 14 years, while she was raising her three high school and college-age children and completing a masters degree in Psychology. Now that her children are grown and raising their own families, she enjoys the opportunity to focus her energies on a variety of interests. Along with supervising student housing on campus, she enjoys living on campus and being a part of the lives of the women in Grant Hall. She is a private practice therapist.

Resident Assistants

Each residence hall on campus has Resident Assistants (RAs) on site as additional support for residence life. Grant and Childs Halls each have at least one RA per floor, and each Residence Cottage and Residence Suite has an individual RA.