By Rana Rastegari and Hannah Epstein

The email Willa Hollinger received from Tomiko Jenkins, the dean of Bryn Mawr’s undergraduate college, was as vague as it was alarming. 

“I am reaching out to request a brief, confidential meeting regarding an important college matter,” it read. “Given the sensitive nature of this matter, we ask that you handle this meeting and its content with discretion.” 

On June 1, a few weeks before Hollinger (BMC ’27) received the email, pro-Palestinian graffiti and vandalism had left a controversial mark on an otherwise successful reunion weekend. The incident came following a tumultuous year of campus activism: In April, campus organizations Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) faced interim suspension after disrupting an admitted students event in Goodhart Hall.

Jenkins’s email did not contain any specifics about what exactly the meeting would entail, simply stating that Hollinger’s perspective was “valuable” and that the school had “a few questions” they would like to discuss with her directly. When Hollinger asked for more information on whether she was facing disciplinary actions, Jenkins responded by saying that she was “unable to share details in advance, as the matter is highly sensitive and part of a confidential process.” 

Read the full piece at: https://bicollegenews.com/2025/12/01/private_investigators_bryn_mawr_college/