Alumni, students, and staff have long partnered to create opportunities where diverse perspectives and lived experiences inform Brown’s future.
Building on this tradition, alumni volunteers and student leaders from the Undergraduate Council of Students' Equity and Inclusion Committee developed expanded programming for admitted students that helped them see, firsthand, the breadth of community and support that exists on campus. These efforts recognize that what draws students and sustains them while here, is not only academic excellence but also the chance to connect around shared stories, challenges, and aspirations.
Launched in spring 2024, alumni and student leaders collaborated to offer a new dimension of A Day on College Hill (ADOCH). The new “Being at Brown” event series offered during ADOCH invited all prospective students and their families into authentic conversations with current students and alumni, creating new ways for them to explore the richness of life at Brown and how they could find resonance between their own life and their potential next chapter on College Hill.
These programs are part of the University’s ongoing commitment to providing an environment that is welcoming to students from all backgrounds. “Being at Brown” reflected a community-driven desire to center the experiences of Black, Latine, and Indigenous students and offered a visible way to extend Brown’s enduring message of welcome. These events created spaces for genuine connection and deep, personal conversations that helped prospective students imagine their own Brown journeys.