Dear Brown Parents,
Do you remember the day you learned your daughter or son was accepted to Brown? Almost 29,000 extraordinary, amazing young adults applied to Brown this year making it one of the most challenging admission years ever.
We believe deeply in the unique alchemy of a Brown education. Brown offers four years in a passionate academic environment with world-class faculty devoted to our undergraduates. They soak up all we have and give back, going on to do exceptional work in the world. Our alumni are leaders, entrepreneurs, and confident independent thinkers. They apply exciting inventiveness and creativity to their fields of endeavor.
Spring has arrived in Providence and the electric current of anticipation and excitement of Commencement Weekend is in the air. Brown’s famed Campus Dance is for all to attend in conjunction with celebrating alumni classes.
Warmest regards,
Anne L. Carlson
Executive Director, Parents Program
P.S. Please help Brown remain on the cutting-edge, grow, and become more accessible. Think about making your gift to Brown today. A gift of any amount to the Brown Parents Annual Fund is critical and important.
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Campus News
Brown admits Class of 2017
Brown University admitted 2,649 students from across the country and around the world to the Class of 2017. This group represents 9.2 percent of a 28,919-applicant pool and boasts the most diverse admitted undergrad class in University history.
Who is the Class of 2017? |
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Brown to celebrate its 250th Anniversary
Next year marks the beginning of Brown’s 250th Anniversary. Join us in making this a special time of celebration.
Celebrate Brown’s history! |
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Brown’s newest Royce Fellows
A talented group of undergraduates was inducted into the Society of Royce Fellows at President Christina H. Paxson’s home earlier this month. These research fellowships enable students to carry out independent research projects of their own design, regularly engage with their peers, and share their new-found knowledge with the wider world.
Find out more about what this year’s Royce Fellows are focusing on! |
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Commencement 2013
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Commencement is May 24th – 26th! The campus will be buzzing with seniors and their families and hundreds of alumni back for their reunion.
Brown announces a list of six honorary degrees to be part of this year’s commencement. The list includes Benjamin Affleck, Junot Díaz, Stanley Falkow, Beverly Wade Hogan, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Eduardo J. Padrón. |
Be sure all of your arrangements are made so that you can enjoy this time of celebration. Brown’s Commencement website includes all of the information you need about the weekend including key events and times as well as frequently asked questions.
Unsure what to give your graduating senior or their friends? Take a look at these keepsakes to honor their experience:
- M.LaHart & Co. has official Brown graduation gifts.
- Inscribe your child’s or family’s name on College Hill – purchase a brick on the Alumni Walkway today!
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Faculty and Research
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Brown launches TRI-Lab community initiative
A new initiative will bring together students, faculty and community organizations to tackle pressing social issues.
Learn more about this initiative. |
Public health is in focus at Brown
Brown has created a School of Public Health, its third professional school following the Alpert Medical School and the School of Engineering. The Corporation of Brown approved the school, beginning July 1, 2013.
Read more about Brown’s School of Public Health. |
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School of Engineering Update
Innovation for an Interconnected World
The undergraduate engineering experience at Brown is both rigorous and interdisciplinary. A modern engineering curriculum provides ample opportunity for design thinking at all levels of instruction and engages with the entire University community. Brown provides its students with tools to take responsibility for their own careers, and develop successful ventures that power and give back to the local and global community. As Brown looks to become a leading engineering education facility, new focus is being drawn to the necessities of this initiative including faculty, undergraduate and facility support. |
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Brown Parents Program
Volunteers Needed – Please contact Janet Neff to get started.
- Send-off Receptions: host a send-off reception for new students and their parents in your area in late August – before the start of the school year.
- Move-in Weekend: parent volunteers needed to staff two welcome tables outside freshman dorms. We provide Del’s lemonade – you offer information and good cheer!
- Brown Parent Partner Committee: parent volunteers needed for our new parent council. This group works to build and engage the Brown parent community. Become a parent ambassador in your area and help welcome and assist new Brown parents.
- Parents Leadership Council (PLC): volunteers needed to help this group of dedicated Brown parents educate, welcome and engage the Brown parent community through philanthropy. Philanthropists at heart, Council members often give generously to several University priorities.
- Parent Athletic Leadership Council (PAL): parents of student-athletes work together on this council to raise funds for Brown athletics and their child’s team specifically. Get involved today to make a direct impact on Brown’s athletic programs.
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Please Give to Brown Today
Make your gift in support of Brown before the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 2013. |
Parents Annual Fund
- The Brown Parents Annual Fund provides essential resources that help fund scholarships and an array of programs that directly impact students. Our goal this year is $7.25M. Please support us today.
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Parents Athletics Fund
- The Brown Sports Foundation (BUSF) directly supports student-athletes; these funds help our students compete at the highest level and have the best possible experience by supporting recreational and intramural teams, and facilities. Our goal this year for the Brown Parents Athletic Fund is $2.1M. Your gift directly impacts student-athletes today.
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The Brown academic year is coming to a close –
have a wonderful summer! |
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