Reunion Check-In

noon – 9 p.m. | Wriston Quadrangle

Start your Reunion by officially checking in! All Reunion classes will check in under the tent on Wriston Quad. Receive all your purchased event tickets, along with your name tag and class button. Step into the Reunion Shop to browse a wide array of Reunion keepsakes and mementos.

Pre-Campus Dance Class Events

7 – 9 p.m. | various locations

Celebrate with the group that made your time at Brown unique at various class events happening around campus.

Campus Dance

9 p.m. – 1 a.m. | College Green and Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle

One of Brown’s best-loved Reunion and Commencement traditions, Campus Dance brings people to Brown to dance the night away under a sky lit with over 600 paper lanterns on College Green. The evening joins together alumni of all ages, graduating seniors and their families, and Brown faculty and staff.

Reunion & Commencement Weekend Breakfast

7 – 9:30 a.m. | Sharpe Refectory

Get energized for the day with a hot breakfast buffet including pancakes, eggs, home fries, fruit, muffins, cereal, coffee, juice, and more.

Reunion Check-In

8 a.m. – 1  p.m. | Wriston Quadrangle

Start your Reunion by officially checking in! All Reunion classes will check in under the tent on Wriston Quad. Receive all your purchased event tickets, along with your name tag and class button. Step into the Reunion Shop to browse a wide array of Reunion keepsakes and mementos.

Weekend Forums

various times and locations

Led by faculty, alumni and distinguished guests, these academic and topical colloquia are an integral part of Reunion Weekend.

Bruno’s Block Party

noon – 2:30 p.m. 

Alumni in their 5th–40th Reunions and recent grads (Classes of 2021–2024) are invited to ring in the unofficial start of summer like true Rhode Islanders at this year’s new Ocean State-themed block party.

Reunion Community Lunch

noon – 2 p.m. 

Alumni celebrating 45th, 55th, and 60th Reunions are invited to enjoy a Reunion Community Lunch at the Sharpe Refectory. Special reserved seating for each class will allow classmates to be together while having the opportunity to have engaging conversations with alumni from other classes. This customized wide-ranging buffet will have plenty of selections, including many of the “Ratty” favorites from over the decades you enjoyed as undergrads.

Class Events / Class Dinners

various times and locations

Celebrate with the group that made your time at Brown unique at various class events happening around campus.

Unity Funk Nite

9:30 p.m. | Brook Street Lot

Groove to the best music of the ’70s through today at this revival of an old Brown tradition with a multicultural twist.

Pre-Commencement Procession Breakfast

7 – 9 a.m. | Sharpe Refectory

Get energized for the day with a hot breakfast buffet including pancakes, eggs, home fries, fruit, muffins, cereal, coffee, juice, and more.

Commencement Procession 

9:15 a.m. formation (approximate) | 9:45 a.m. step off (approximate)

One of Brown’s oldest and greatest traditions, the Procession brings together the entire Brown community. Don’t miss the opportunity to march with your classmates! Each class has a special place in the Procession, which travels from Waterman and George streets—passing by University Hall—through the Van Wickle Gates, and down College Hill.