1. Brow Univ sity
B wn U vers
Black Alum Reun
B k mni nion
Septe
S ember 24 - 26, 2
2010
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TABLE OF CON
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History of Brown Un
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Boldly Brown, the Campaign fo Academic Enrichmen
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Biograph of President Ruth J. Simmons…
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Inman Page Black Alumni Coun (IPC)………………………………………………...17
A ncil
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IPC Offic and Bo of Gove
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Panelists Speakers and Honor
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Student Group Perfo
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BROWN UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Box r86o . Providence, RI ozgrz . USA
Phone 4or 863-2234. Fax 4or 861-lZll
Ruth l. Simmons
September 14,2010
Dear Friends,
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you back to the Brown campus
for the 2010 Black Alumni Reunion, presented by the Inman Page
Black Alumni Council of Brown University. The theme of this special
reunion is "Black at Brown and Beyond - Careers, Communities, and
Challenges."
By returning to Brown for this milestone weekend, you are actively
participating in a process that will help Brown enhance a diverse
community of scholars. Alumni are an essential part of this
community when they are actively engaged with the life of the
University and committed to its success. Your participation in the
2010 Black Alumni Reunion at Brown is a clear demonstration of your
love for Brown and your desire to help improve the educational
experience for Brown's African American students and all students of
color.
Again, I want to welcome you to Brown and to thank the organizers of
this reunion, particularly the members of the Inman Page Alumni
Council, who worked diligently over the past year planning your
reunion with the goal of providing you a terrific opportunity to
reconnect with old friends and experience firsthand the many campus
transformations since you graduated.
I look forward to seeing you on Saturday morning.
#¿w
Sincerelv.
RISidms

4.
Dear Alum
m,
On behalf of the Inman Page Alumn Council, I would like to w
f n ni w welcome you to the
Black Alum Reunion (BAR) 2010 at Brown Univ
mni a versity. This re
eunion has be 18
een
months in the making and the Inma Page Alum Council ( IPC) is excite and
n an mni ed
honored th you could join us for this memorable weekend.
hat e
Throughout the BAR 2010 weeken you will see exciting p
2 nd s performances hear
s,
inspiring words from alumni, prof fessors, studdents and President Simmmons,
engage in provocative discussions on important issues and h
n uished
honor distingu
black alum for their service and contributions. BAR 2010 attendees wiill also
mni
have the option to par
rticipate in Allumni Fall an Homecomiing Weekend events, inclu
nd d uding Brown’’s first
night footb game.
ball
As you pr repare for the reunion activities, I want to make a p
e t personal requ to each of you to do three
uest
things by the end of the weekend:
e
Reengage with the University – During the BA 2010, find something o someone a Brown Univ
e D AR or at versity
that you can continue to support af the reunion. Whether it is mentor a student or student g
c fter r ring t group,
providing leadership to IPC or another alumni org
ganization or c
contributing to the Alumni o Color Initiat or
o of tive
other Brow giving cam
wn mpaigns, disco how Bro can beneffit from what you have to o and com to
over own offer mmit
providing it.
Engage with Alumni You Don’t Know - All class reunions allow you to see the peo who atte
w K s o ople ended
Brown wh you were a student. But the qualities and capa
hen e made you love and respect your
acities that m e
assmates also exist in the people who were present a Brown before or after you were on cam
Brown cla o p w at u mpus.
See the BAR 2010 as an opportunity to get to kno the Brown alumni you d
B a y ow don’t know.
Have Fun and Make Fun- BAR 20 is not a meeting or co
n F 010 m onference. It a reunion! The IPC Re
t’s eunion
Planning Committee crreated a weekend geared towards alum having fun But fun is what you ma it!
mni n. ake
We want you to not onlly participate in the good times, we ask you to take a active lead in making sure the
y an
good time roll!
es
Again, I want to thank you for attend the Black Alumni Reun 2010. He IPC show the University how
w y ding k nion elp y
we, as Bla Alumni, ca raise our visibility, raise our awarene ss, raise mon and raise the roof!!!
ack an v ney
In Peace,
Richard Gray, Jr ‘85
G
IPC Presid
dent
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5.
Dear Alum
m,
It’s my ple
easure to welcome you to the Black Alumni Reunio n 2010 hoste by the
ed
Inman Page Black Alum Council (IPC). As the chair of the re
mni c eunion commmittee and
the IPC secretary, I am very pleas that so many alumni made the de
s sed m ecision to
come bac to Brown fo this historic reunion week
ck or kend!
The idea to plan a sec cond reunion of all classes (the first on was in 200 came
s ne 06)
about as a result of th IPC “Yes We Did” even during inau
he W nt uguration weekend in
Washingto D.C. in Ja
on, anuary 2009. I was surprise and moved by the overw
ed d whelming
positive energy genera by having a few hund
ated dred Brown a alumni come ttogether.
Alumni sp panning four decades atten
d nded that eve and I witn
ent nessed the poower and
value of bringing the Brown community together. Because th event in D was
b B he D.C.
entirely too short - the brainstorming began to plan a reunion w
b weekend to br
ring
everyone together agaiin.
I became actively invo olved in IPC a few years ago. Althou gh I was not active for s
s several years after
s
graduation I felt inspire to do some
n, ed ething differen for my ten-y reunion. At my five-ye reunion, I had a
nt year ear
difficult tim connecting with other black alumni so I thought it would be a great idea t plan a fun event
me g b to
where eve eryone would see each ot
d ther. I reache out to the IPC leadersh at the time and organized a
ed hip
party at Rites and Rea
R ason with a DJ and free fo A seem ingly minor e
D ood. event has turn into an a
ned annual
party durin Commenc
ng cement Weeke with hund
end dreds of atten
ndees across a range of ag and ethniicities.
ges
Through that initial exp
t perience, I wa encouraged to pursue a more active role in IPC w
as d where I could assist
the organization in seeeking a variety of ways to connect alum ni with each o
y c other and wit current stud
th dents.
Over the last few yea this has been achieved by hostin face-to-fac events, lau
ars, ng ce unching a na ational
website, publishing a quarterly online newsletter, and growing tthe Facebook group to alm 500 mem
p e k most mbers.
In the futu I would lik to see mor alumni activ involved with IPC and Brown. Ther are critical areas
ure, ke re vely d re
where you support is needed such as recruitme of prospe
ur h ent ective student fundraising for the Alum of
ts, g mni
Color Initia
ative to endow the first sch
w holarship for a black studen and buildin a stronger bond that sup
nt, ng pports
current students and young alumni. I know that it is a challen to dedica time to another organiz
y nge ate zation,
but please consider the significance of sharing your knowledg and exper
e e e y ge rtise to streng
gthening IPC as an
alumni orgganization.
I want eac of you to enjoy the reunion weekend The comm
ch e d! mittee has spe several m
ent months plannin the
ng
various de
etails of this reunion. I truly believe tha there is so
at omething to ppique everyon interest – from
ne’s
receptions and parties to thought-p
s s provoking pan discussion Thank yo again for p
nel ns. ou participating in this
momentou occasion!
us
Warm reg
gards,
Tiffani Sco ‘98
ott
Black Alum Reunion Chair
mni C
IPC Secre etary
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6.
SCHED
DULE
Friday Septe
y, ember 24
4
3:00pm- Registtration
10:00pm Pick up your reunion schedule an souvenir ite
p n nd ems.
Maddo Alumni Ce
ock enter (corner of Brown & G
George Streets
s)
4:00pm- Happy Hour spons
y sored by Alpha Kappa Alp Sorority
pha y
6:00pm "Guys in Ties and Girls in Pearls"
G "
The NPHC Greeks at Brown invite you to enjjoy an open b happy hou from 4 p.m to 6
bar ur m.
p.m. Kick off the reu
K union weekend with current students and alumni!
d
VIVA Lounge, 230 Thayer Street (corner of An
L T t ngell Street)
Shuttle tr
ransportation will be pro
n ovided from downtown Providence to Faunce A
Arch beginning at
5:45pm.
6:00pm- Black Alumni Reun Kick-off Reception
nion f
11:00pm Mingle with old an new friend Complime
e nd ds. entary hors d
d’oeuvres and cocktails w be
d will
served Student pe
d. erformances by WORD!, s
b stepshow by Delta Sigma Theta and K Kappa
Alpha Psi. Featuring the following alumni and student:
g g
 Go ordon Chambers ‘90
 Dr Pedro Nogu ‘81, AM ‘8
r. uera 84
 Pr rofessor Elmo Terry-Morgan ‘74
 Tittilola Ogunsolla ‘12
Sponsorship provide by Black Entertainmentt Television.
ed E
Alumnae Hall (Meet Street between Brown & Thayer Str
ting reets)
-
11:00pm- Afterp
party
2:00am Enjoy complimentar refreshmen and mingle with fellow a
ry nts e alumni.
VIVA Lounge, 230 Thayer Street (corner of An
L T t ngell Street)
Shuttle tr
ransportation will be prov
n vided from Fa
aunce Arch b
back to down
ntown Provid
dence.
day, Sep
Saturd ptember 25
r
Shuttle tr
ransportation will be pro
n ovided from downtown P Providence t Faunce A
to Arch from 7:3
30am-
8:30am. Beginning at 8:30am, the shuttle will return to cam
B r mpus hourly.
8:00am- Contin
nental Breakf and Plen Session
fast nary n
9:30am Salomon Center for Teaching, Ro 101 (Ma in Green)
r oom
 Fe eaturing Ruth J. Simmons, President of BBrown Univer rsity
 Inttroduction by Dr. Augustus White ‘57, Prrofessor of Or
rthopaedic Su
urgery at
Ha
arvard Medica School
al
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7.
10:00am- Comm
munity Panel Discussions
s
11:00am
Giving Back through Non-Profit Alumni Org
g ganizations
Salomon Center for Teaching, Ro 001 (Main Green)
r oom
 Ro oland Laird ‘82 CEO, Posr Media - Mo
2, ro oderator
 Te Williams Co
eri ohee ‘79, Pre
esident of One
eUnited Bank
 Sa andy Darity ‘74 Professor of African and African Ame
4, o d erican Studies Duke Unive
s, ersity
 Do onna Lambert ‘98, Six Sigm Consultantt, IBM
t ma
 Atiba Mbiwan ‘8 Associate Director, Zeis Foundation
82, st n
A New World Odys
w ssey: 40 Years of Rites an Reason T
nd Theatre
Church House, Rit and Reason Theatre, B
hill tes BASSPAS, 15 Angell Stre
55 eet
 Co Walker, Professor of Africana Studiies, Brown Un
orey P A niversity - Mod
derator
 Be enny Ambush ‘73, Professio SDC Sta Director
onal age
 Do onald King ‘93 Principal at King Commu
3, unications Gro
oup
 Liz Morgan ‘10, Graduate Stu
z udent at Brow
wn/Trinity Repp
 Ra affini, Actor an Teacher
nd
 Da Wideman ‘91, Author and Playwrig ht
aniel
Explor Intergen
ring nerational Pe erspectives o Being Blac at Brown
on ck
W. Duncan MacMilllan Hall, Room 117 (corner of Thayer & George Stree
m r ets)
 Eb bony Bridwell-
-Mitchell, Prof
fessor of Sociiology, Brown University - M
n Moderator
 Tricia Rose, Ch of Africana Studies, Bro Universit
hair a own ty
Gettin Blacks to Brown: Incre
ng B easing the Bl ack Student Matriculation
W. Duncan MacMilllan Hall, Room 115 (corner of Thayer & George Stree
m r ets)
 Eld dridge Gilbert ‘05, Director of YES Prep Public Schoo - Moderator
t ol r
 Ha arold Bailey ‘7 Vice Chair Alumni of C
70, r, Color Campaig Committee
gn e
 Su usan Farnum, Associate Director of Fina ancial Aid, Bro University
own y
 Jim Miller ‘73, Dean of Admis
m D ssions, Brown University
n
 Ju udith Sanford-Harris ‘74, Student Develo opment Couns selor
 Va alerie Petit Wilson, Associa Provost an Director of Institutional D
ate nd Diversity
11:15am Challe
enges Panel Discussions
12:15pm
Race in the Age of Obama
i f
Salomon Center for Teaching, Ro 001 (Main Green)
r oom
 Ka atrina Gamble Professor of Sociology, B
e, Brown Univers - Moderat
sity tor
 Jaames Bernard ‘87, Co-found of hip-hop magazines T Source a XXL
der p The and
 William “Sandy” Darity ‘74, Professor of Af
” P African-Americ Studies, D
can Duke University
 N. Jeremi Duru ‘95, Associat Professor o Law, Templle University
te of
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8.
Closin the Educa
ng ational Achiev
vement Gap
W. Duncan MacMilllan Hall, Room 117 (corner of Thayer & George Stree
m r ets)
 Richard Gray ‘85, Co-Direc of the Co
ctor ommunity Inv volvement Pro
ogram, Anne
enberg
stitute for Sch Reform - Moderator
Ins hool
 Pe Noguera ‘81, Professo of Educatio New York University
edro or on,
 Ad deola Oredola ‘02, Executiv Director, Y
a ve Youth in Action
n
 Warren Simmon Director of Annenberg Institute for S
ns, School Reform
m
Dispar in the Criminal Justic System
rity ce
W. Duncan MacMilllan Hall, Room 115 (corner of Thayer & George Stree
m r ets)
 Troy Wilson ‘83 Attorney, Lit
3, tigation – Mod
derator
 Wanda Moore ‘83, Assistant Attorney Gen neral, State of New Jersey
f
 Pr reston Tisdale ‘73, Director of Special Pu Defende State of C
e r ublic ers, Connecticut
12:30pm Career Panel Discu
ussions
1:30pm
Careers in Medicinne
Salomon Center for Teaching, Ro 001 (Main Green)
r oom
 Dr Brian Harp ‘83, Chief Operating O
r. per f Officer and M Medical Direcctor, Ralph L
Lauren
Ce
enter for Canc Care and Prevention in Harlem – Mo
cer oderator
 Dr Anne Beal ‘8 President, Aetna Found
r. 84, dation
 Dr Delane Casiano ‘98, Prof
r. fessor of Psyc
chiatry, Univeersity of Penns
sylvania
 Dr Myechia Minter-Jordan ‘8 Chief Med
r. 84, dical Officer, D
Dimock Comm munity Health Care
h
Ce
enter
 Dr Joan Reede ‘75, Dean fo Diversity a Community Partnership Harvard Medical
r. e or and p,
Sc
chool
Careers in Entertainment, Media and the Ar rts
-Buonanno Ha Room 106 (corner of Br
Smith- all, 6 rown & Cushiing Streets)
 Sc Poulson-B
cott Bryant ‘08, Journalist, Co-fo
ounder of VIB magazine – Moderator
BE
 Ma Downie ‘9 TV and Film Producer, R
ark 91, Ryamar Production
 Steve Hill ‘84, President of Programming ffor Music and Specials, BE
P P d ET
 Do orsey James ‘83, President L.A. Reid M
‘ t, Music Publishinng
 Ed Weeks ‘8 Dance artis Choreogra
disa 87, st, apher, Profess at Princeton University
sor
Careers in Law
W. Duncan MacMilllan Hall, Room 115 (corner of Thayer & George Stree
m r ets)
 Troy Wilson ‘83 Attorney, Lit
3, tigation – Mod
derator
 Ca arolyn Wade Blackett ‘79, Judge of Shelby County Co State of Tennessee
B J ourt,
 De ennis Coleman ‘75, Attorne Sports Law
ey, w
 Steven Hunter ‘99, Attorney, Business and Intellectual Property Disp
‘ d putes
 Rick Thigpen ‘81, Vice Pr resident of S State Govern
nmental Affairs, Public Se
ervice
En
nterprise Grou (PSEG)
up
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9.
Career Transitions
s
W. Duncan MacMilllan Hall, Room 117 (corner of Thayer & George Stree
m r ets)
 Tuuneen Chisolm ‘84, Attorn
m ney, Intellectu Property and Entertainment Litigat
ual tion –
Mooderator
 Brrickson Diamo ‘93, Senio Vice Presid
ond or dent, Capital G
Guardian Private Client Ser
rvices
 Jo Murchiso Hayes ‘95, Second Vice President of Diversity, Tra
oelle on avelers Companies
 Arrnold Lewis ‘83, Director of Customer Looyalty, Macy’ss
2:00pm Boldly Brown: The Alumni of Color Initiativ Celebratio
y e C ve on
4:00pm Join th Alumni of Color Campa Committtee, Brown’s multicultural affinity group and
he aign ps
Brown students to celebrate the diversity o Brown. Th event will include a f
of his faculty
uium, brief pro
colloqu ogram, and co
omplimentary international dinner buffet
y t.
Salomon Center for Teaching, Lo
r obby and Roo 001 (Main Green)
om
4:00pm IPC Re eception, Awwards Ceremo and Indu
ony uction Cerem mony
5:30pm The foollowing alum will be re
mni ecognized by the Inman Page Alumn Council for their
y ni r
outstannding contrib
butions and service to the Black Com
s e mmunity at Br rown and Be eyond.
Each has made a significant, pos
h sitive impact iin their comm
munity and/or t
their professio In
on.
additio the newly elected IPC officers will be inducted in a ceremony. Complime
on, entary
hors d’oeuvres an cocktails will be serv
d nd ved. Sponso orship provided by the Aetna
Foundation.
Alumnae Hall (Meet Street between Brown & Thayer Str
ting reets)
Award Honorees
 Ge eorge Lima ‘48, Tuskegee Airman
 Dr Joan Reede ‘75, Dean fo Diversity a Community Partnership Harvard Medical
r. e or and p,
Sc
chool
 Ly Nottage ‘8
ynn 86
 Jaacques Louis ‘95
‘
 Ke Ellison ‘05
ezia
 Gr ormer employ at Brown Food Service (posthumou
race Briggs, fo yee es usly)
Shuttle tr
ransportation will be pro
n ovided continuously from Faunce Arch to the g
m game and ba to
ack
campus.
6:00pm Football Game, Brown vs. Harv vard
10:00pm Dr. Auugustus White ‘57, P ‘98 will be honored by the Ivy F
e w d Football Asso
ociation during half-
g
time.
Brown Football Stad
dium, 400 Elmmgrove Avenu (at the corn of Session Street)
ue ner n
8:00pm Screen of the Documentary "Soundtrack for a Revol
ning D y lution"
10:00pm follow by Q&A Session
wed S
This documentary executive pro
e oduced by Ma Downie ‘9 and Dann Glover, tellls the
ark 91 ny
story of the America civil rights movement through its pow
o an werful music - the freedom s
songs
protesters sang on picket lines, in mass mee etings, in pad wagons, and in jail ce as
ddy ells
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10.
they foought for just and equa
tice ality. The film features new performanc of the fre
w ces eedom
songs by top artists, including John Legend, Joss Stone, Wyclef Jean, and The R
J Roots;
riveting archival footage; and inte
g erviews with c rights foo soldiers and leaders, including
civil ot d
Congre essman John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Ju
y ulian Bond, an Ambassad Andrew Yo
nd dor oung.
Salomon Center for Teaching, Ro 101 (Main Green)
r oom
Shuttle tr
ransportation will be prov
n vided from Fa
aunce Arch t downtown Providence
to n e.
10:00pm Funk Night
N
12:30am Sponsored by the Alumni of Collor Initiative. Music will be provided by DJ Garfield "Garf
A e y
Digga" Davidson ‘00 Complime
" 0. entary beer an wine will b served. Sh
nd be huttle transpor
rtation
will be provided con
ntinuously from campus to d
m downtown Pro ovidence.
Alumnae Hall (Meet Street between Brown & Thayer Str
ting reets)
Sunda Sept
ay, tember 26
2
ransportation will be prov
Shuttle tr n vided from do
owntown Pro
ovidence to F
Faunce Arch and back.
h
10:30am Continnental Breakf
fast
11:30am Third World Center, 68 Brown St
W treet (corner o Waterman a Brown St
of and treets)
12:00pm Reflecctions: A Spirritual Walk - Brown and BBeyond
1:30pm A celebration in sha
aring and son as Brown alums involve in ministry will share insights
ng ed y
and peerspectives fr their pers
rom sonal journey Rev. Teresa Fernandes ‘85 will be a
y. among
the alu
umni sharing, and Psalmist Katani Eaton Sumner ‘85 will minister in song.
n
Mannin Chapel (co
ng orner of Waterman & Prosp Streets)
pect
Please tak advantage of the walking tours and in
ke nformation se ssions available on campu
us.
CAMPUS WALKING TOURST
Friday, Se
eptember 24 - 9:00am, 11:0
00am, 1:00pm & 3:00pm
m,
Saturday, September 25 - 10:00am, 11:00am & 12:00pm
2
The one- -hour tour or
riginates from the Stephe Robert C
m en Campus Cent (Faunce House, corn of
ter ner
Waterman Street and Brown Street). Please use the new entra
n B t ance leading t
through the ar
rch.
INFORMA ATION SESSI IONS (ADMIS SSIONS)
Friday, Se
eptember 24 - 10:00am, 2:000pm
Saturday, September 25 - 10:00am, 11:00am
2
The inform
mation sessio are held in a building within a five minute walk of the Campu Center (Fa
ons i us aunce
House, co erman Street and Brown Street). Please plan to ar
orner of Wate rrive at the C
Campus Cent 15
ter
minutes before the sch
b heduled start of the sessio where ou r Admission Office repres
on, sentative can direct
you to the site.
e
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11.
HISTO
ORY OF BROWN UNIVERS
B U SITY
Brown’s cliimate of openn and coope
ness eration can be traced back to its founding ov two centuries ago.
ver
As the thir oldest colleg in New Eng
rd ge gland and the seventh oldes in America, Brown was th Baptist answ to
st he wer
Congregationalist Yale and Harvard; Presbyterian Pr
a P rinceton; and EEpiscopalian P Penn and Colu
umbia. At the t
time, it
was the on one that we
nly elcomed studen of all religio persuasion (following th example of Roger Williams who
nts ous ns he s,
founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the same principle). Brown has lo since shed its Baptist affilliation, but it re
ong emains
dedicated to diversity and intellectual fre
t d eedom.
The history of Brown tells of a univers undergoing constant cha
y sity g ange. Founded in 1764 as th College of R
d he Rhode
Island in Warren, Rhode Island, the school register its first stu
W e s red udents in 1765 It moved in 1770 to its p
5. present
location on College Hill, overlooking th capital city of Providence In 1804, in r
n he e. recognition of a gift from Nicholas
Brown, the College of Rh
e hode Island wa renamed Bro University The first wom were admiitted in 1891 w the
as own y. men with
establishm
ment of the Women’s Colleg in Brown University. Th is marked the beginning o eighty years of a
W ge e of s
coordinate structure for educating wom within the University. La known as Pembroke College, the wo
men e ater s omen’s
college was merged with Brown in 1971 1.
Graduate study at Brow University began in 1850 when
wn b 0,
provision was made for the awarding of the master’s degree
w t o s
upon succ cessful completion of one ye of academ work
ear mic
beyond the bachelor’s de
e egree. This sysstem was disco
ontinued
in 1857. The more mod
T dern tradition of graduate study at
s
Brown beg in 1887, when the facult and Fellows agreed
gan w ty s
to publish in the followwing year’s catalog rules for the
c
awarding of both the master’s and the Ph.D. in regular
m
programs of advanced wo The first master’s degree under
o ork. m es
the new plan were gran nted in 1888 and the first Ph.D.s in
a
1889.
Brown first organized a medical program in 1811. The school wa suspended by President W
t T as Wayland in 18827. In
1975, the first M.D. degre of the mod era were awarded to a graduating cla of 58 stude
f ees dern ass ents. In 1984–8 the
85,
Brown Cor rporation apprroved an eightt-year medical continuum caalled the Prog
gram in Libera Medical Edu
al ucation
(PLME). The majority of openings for the first-year medical clas are reserve for student who receive their
T r ss ed ts e
undergradu degrees th
uate hrough the PLM Today Bro awards ap proximately 80 M.D. degrees each year.
ME. own 0 s
Brown’s distinctive underrgraduate curriculum dates to 1969–70. Co
o onceived by un ndergraduate s students particiipating
in a Group Independent Study Progr ram and ratifie by the facu after muc University-w
ed ulty ch wide discussio the
on,
curriculum harks back to a philosophy shaped by Brow President F
s wn Francis Waylan in the mid-19th century. In 1850,
nd
he wrote: “The various co
“ ourses should be so arranged that, insofar a practicable, every student might study w he
b d as what
chose, all that he chose and nothing but what he chose.” The New Curriculum, instituted in 1969, elim
e, g e minated
distribution requirements and allows any course to be taken on a sattisfactory/no cr
n y redit basis. In a
addition, there are no
pluses or minuses in the letter grading system. The school has the o
m oldest undergrraduate engine eering program in the
m
Ivy League (1847). Pemb
e broke College, Brown’s wome college, me
en’s erged with the university in 1971.
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Brown’s main campus is located on Co ollege Hill on th East Side o Providence. The university 37 varsity a
he of y’s athletic
teams are known as the Brown Bears. The school colors are seal b brown, cardinall red, and white Brown’s mascot is
e.
the bear, which dates back to 1904. The costumed mascot named "
w "Bruno" frequently makes app pearances at a
athletic
games. Pe eople associate with the Univ
ed versity are known as Brunoni ans.
Since 2001, Brown’s 18 president has been Rut J. Simmon s, the first pe
8th th ermanent fema president of the
ale
university. She is also the first African American and second female president of an Ivy League in
e A s n nstitution.
BOLDL BROW A CA
LY WN, AMPAIGN FOR A
N ACADEMI ENRIC
IC CHMENT
T
Unnder Presidentt Ruth Simmon the Univer
ns, rsity has launc
ched a
Caampaign for Ac cademic Enricchment. This c campaign cons sists of
re--evaluating the existing curr
e riculum and ra aising $1.4 billiion for
greeater academic ambition. The money will b used for aca
c e be ademic
proograms, rese earch, new f facilities, biolo
ogy and med dicine,
stuudents who n need financial assistance, and expandin the ng
facculty and stafff. In June 20 009, it was a announced that the
campaign had m its goal nine
met eteen months ahead of targe with
et,
reccord levels of giving despite the global eco onomic crises of the
fiscal year. The ttotal sum raised currently stan at $1.415 b
d nds billion.
Beginning in 2002, Brown embarked on an ambitious program of ac
n n cademic enrichm that was designed to bu on
ment uild
its strength and achieve new levels of excellence in research, educ
hs r cation, and pub leadership. Since then, the Plan
blic
for Academ Enrichmen (PAE) has guided Brown efforts to provide excelllent undergrad
mic nt n’s duate, graduat and
te
medical ed ducation and to position the University for continued su
t e uccess. Since 2002 they ha made sign
ave nificant
progress tooward the goa outlined in the Plan, including increasin g the size of t faculty; est
als t the tablishing need
d-blind
admission for undergrad duates and strrengthening fin
nancial aid for all students; providing essential resourc to
r ; ces
advance scholarship, re
s esearch and teeaching; and investing in th campus in
he nfrastructure. T momentum and
The m
accomplish hments achieved during this time have been due to the hard work of many faculty, students, staf and ff,
alumni voluunteers and the generous sup
e pport of alumnii, parents, and other friends o the Universit
of ty.
It is essential that the Pllan evolve ove time if it is to
er o
remain relevant in an ever-changing environment
g t.
That relevvance demands continuous evaluation and d
adjustment of their goa priorities and underlying
t als, a g
assumption in the face of the broa
ns e ader context in
which high education operates. Refle
her o ecting the need d
for ongoing evaluation, the University undertook an
y
extensive review of the Plan in the spring of 2007
s 7,
engaging faculty, studen staff and alumni in the
nts,
process. The results of the review, called Phase II,
T c
reaffirmed the core goa of the plan and focused
als d
future em mphasis on several areas: continued d
enhancement of undergraduate
e education n,
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13.
internationalizing the University, and further improvem of academ departmen and program The Corpo
ment mic nts ms. oration
endorsed these recomme
t endations in Fe ebruary 2008, and they are n fully integr
now rated into all elements of Univ
versity
planning.
These aspirations require significant inv
e vestments. All those who car about Brown have an opportunity to con
re n ntribute
to these go over the ne several dec
oals ext cades-and beyond.
Constructio projects recently complete in progress, and in prepara
on ed, , ation:
 Construction of the Sidney E. Frank Hall fo Life Science (169,000 sq
or es quare feet, $95 million, commpleted
auutumn 2006)
 Relocation and renovation of Peter Green Ho
R r P ouse, the histor department (completed spring 2008)
ry
 Conversion of Pembroke Hall, the original Pe
P embroke Colleg classroom b
ge building, to hou the Cogut C
use Center
fo the Humanit and the Pe
or ties embroke Cente for Teachin g and Resear on Women (completed a
er rch n autumn
20008)
 Conversion of J. Walter Wilso laboratories to house the Student Reso
J on s e ources Building with campus post
g,
of and Unive
ffice ersity offices (co
ompleted autum 2008)
mn
 Conversion of Rhode Island Hall to house the Artemis A
R A.W. and Mart Sharp Jou
rtha ukowsky Institu for
ute
Archaeology and the Ancient World (complet September 2009)
d W ted r
 Construction of The Walk thro ough five city blocks from Lin
b ncoln Field to th Pembroke Campus (comp
he pletion
of the section in front of the Granoff Center by Decembe 2010, completion of Phase 5 after 2011 date
f n G er 1,
coontingent on re
emoval of Asha Dance Stu and the gre
amu udio eenhouse)
 Conversion of Faunce House to house the Stephen Robe ‘62 Campus Center ($20.8 million, comp
F S ert s 8 pletion
August 2010)
 Construction of the Perry and Marty Granoff Center for th e Creative Arts (35,000 squa feet, $40 m
f are million,
coompletion Dece ember 2010)
 Conversion of the Metcalf lab
t boratories on Thayer Street to the Depart
T rtment of Cogn nitive, Linguistic and
Psychological Sciences (74,00 square feet, $42 million, c
S 00 completion aut umn 2011, lab boratories comp pletion
winter 2012)
w
 Construction of the Katherin Moran Co
f ne oleman
Aquatics Center, the Nelson Fitness Cente the er,
David Zuccon ‘55 Vars
ni sity Strength and
Conditioning Ce enter, and the Ittleson Quad drangle
(7
72,000 square feet, $46.6 million, comp
e pletion
Jaanuary 2012)
 Conversion of an art deco bu
a uilding on Richhmond
Sttreet in the Jewelry Distr to the Medical
rict M
Education Build ding of the Alp Medical School
pert S
($ million, com
$45 mpletion autum 2011)
mn
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14.
FACTS AND FI
S IGURES ABOUT BROWN U
A B UNIVERSITY
Academ Life
mic
The Colllege employs 679 full-time f
faculty members and
133 adj unct and visitin professors. Brown’s student-to-
ng
faculty r
ratio is 9:1. Eve Brown facu member te
ery ulty eaches
undergr raduates.
The adm mission rate fo the undergra
or aduate class of 2014
f
was 9.3 percent. 96 p
3 percent of acceepted students were
s
in the to 10 percent of their high s
op school class, a 38
and
percent were either valedictorian or salutatorian. Brown
r
began u using the Comm Applicatio in the Fall of 2008.
mon on f
The Gra aduate Schoo is also high competitive with
ol hly e,
graduate programs accep
p pting 18% of th 7,283 stude who applie in 2008. Th Warren Alpe Medical Sch of
he ents ed he ert hool
Brown Univversity accepte less than 2% of its 5,000+ applicants.
ed %
Tuition an Fees
nd
Undergraduate tuition for the academic year 2010-11 is $39,928, a room, boar and fees ar $14,442. Th total
r c and rd, re he
4,370.
cost is $54
Financial Aid
A
Brown pro strated financial need for a aided stude
ovides 100% of the demons
o all ents who matr riculate, 41% of the
undergradu student body receives need-based fin
uate b n nancial aid. Th average fina
he ancial-aid pack
kage for the cllass of
2013 was $33,290.
$
Brown Univ versity is comm
mitted to assisting families in meeting their d
demonstrated ffinancial need. Several financ aid
cial
initiatives, unique to Brow have been developed in order to better assist our fam
wn, o owing is an overview
milies. The follo
of these iniitiatives.
 Undergraduate financial aid applicants wit total parentt incomes les than $100,0
th ss 000, at the time of
ad
dmission, do not have a loan component in their awards Students wit family earnin above $10
n n s. th ngs 00,000
ha moderate loans dependin on family tot income leve
ave l ng tal el.
 Fa amilies with to parent earnings less than $60,000 and assets less t
otal d than $100,000 are not required to
0
make a contribution toward the cost of educa
m e ation.
 Fa amilies with tot parent earn
tal nings less than $60,000 and a assets greater than $100,000 have a signif
0 ficantly
re
educed contribu ution.
 St tudents are ab to use out
ble tside scholarsh to elimina all of the student-effort components in their
hips ate n
aw
wards including the summer savings expect
g s tation.
Facilities
The main campus of Brow occupies 14 acres on the East Side of Providence. In
c wn 43 e ncluded within t main camp are
the pus
235 buildin Of the Uniiversity’s 4.8 million usable square feet of ffloor space, ap
ngs. m pproximately 2.9 million square feet
are used fo academic sp
or pace and resideence halls.
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15.
There are more than 6 million items in Brown’s 6 libra
m aries: the John D. Rockefelle Library, the S
n er Sciences Library, the
John Hay Library, the Orw Music Libra the Annma Brown Mem
L wig ary, ary morial Library, a the John C
and Carter Brown Library.
The Studeents
Brown University has rec
cently been ran nked #1 for Am merica’s Happie College St
est tudents, accord to the Prin
ding nceton
Review 2010 rankings. Brown was also named "the most fashionab school in th Ivy League" by the fashion trade
B o m ble he n
journal Wo
omen’s Wear Daily on the ba that stude on campus seem to hav the stronges sense of pe
D asis ents s ve st ersonal
style.
 Brown currently enrolls approx ximately 5,900 undergraduate from all 50 s
es states and 93 ccountries.
 52 of undergra
2% aduates are fem male, 48% malle.
 About 29% of un ndergrads are people of color r.
 10 hail from ab
0% broad.
 Th graduation rate within 6 ye is 95%.
he ears
 80 of all under
0% rgraduates live in residence halls.
e h
 9% of students belong to frater
% b rnities or sororiities; there are 12 fraternities, and 5 sororities.
 15 graduates in the Class of 2008:
542 f
o 1196 A.B. recipients
A
o 312 Sc recipients
c.B.
o 22 Com mbined A.B./Sc c.B.
Life After Brown
 35 of undergra
5% aduates pursue graduate or professional stu immediately.
e p udy
 60 of undergra
0% aduates pursue graduate or professional stu within 5 ye
e p udy ears.
 Brown consistently ranks among the top five colleges in the nation in the percenta of its applicants
n n age
acccepted to med school, an these impressive records a similar in o
dical nd are other areas of ggraduate study.
 Of those who ap to law sch
O pply hool, 92 to 95 percent are ac
ccepted to one of their top th choices; a
e hree among
buusiness school applicants, the figure is near 100 percentt.
e rly
 Within 10 years of graduation 80% of all students have pursued furth education through gradu or
W s n, s her uate
prrofessional stud
dy.
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16.
RUTH J. SIMMONS, PR
RESIDENT OF BRO
T OWN UN
NIVERSIT
TY
Ruth J. Simmons wa sworn in a the 18th president of Brown Univers on
as as sity
July 3, 2001. Under her leaders ship, Brown is making ne investmen to
ew nts
secure its standing as one of the w
a world’s finest research univ
versities.
Ruth J. Simmons wa sworn in a the 18th president of Brown Univers on
as as sity
July 3, 2001. She als holds an ap
2 so ppointment as professor in the Departm of
s n ment
Compar rative Literatu and the Department of Africana Studies. She was
ure e
president of Smith College from 1995 until t time of h appointme at
C the her ent
Brown.
A native of Texas an a 1967 gr
e nd raduate of Dilllard Universit in New Orleans,
ty
Simmon received her Ph.D. in Romance languages an literatures from
ns n nd s
Harvard University in 1973. She is fluent in French and has written o the
d on
works of David Diop and Aime Ce
o esaire.
In 1983, after serving as associate dean of the graduate sch at the University of S
a hool Southern Califfornia,
Simmons joined the Princeton University administration. Sh remained at Princeton for seven y
P he n years,
leaving in 1990 for two years to ser as provos at Spelman College. Re
o rve st n eturning to Prrinceton in 19 as
992
vice provo she rema
ost, ained at the university unt June 30, 1 995. As vice provost she was deputy to the
u til
provost and executive secretary of the Priorities Committee, the universit budget co
s ty’s ommittee. In 1993,
invited by the presiden to review th state of ra relations on the Prince campus, Simmons wrote a
y nt he ace eton ,
report tha resulted in a number of initiatives th received widespread a
at hat attention. In 1995 she be ecame
president of Smith Co ollege, the largest women college in the United States, wher she launch a
n’s re hed
number of strategic initiatives to st
o trengthen the college’s ac
e cademic prog
grams and ina augurated the first
engineerin program at a U.S. wome college.
ng t en’s
Simmons is a Fellow of the Americ Academy of Arts and Sciences, a a membe of the Ame
can y d and er erican
Philosoph Society, and the Coun on Foreign Relations. S is a curre officer and past President of
hical ncil She ent d
the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, a Honorary Fellow at S
d an Selwyn College at
Cambridge University, and she serv on a num
ves mber of board including t Howard U
ds, the University Boa of
ard
Trustees and the Boa of Directo of Texas Instruments.. She was re
ard ors ecently appoiinted by Pres sident
Obama as a member of the Presiden Commiss on White House Fellow
s o nt’s sion wships. Active in a wide ran of
e nge
educational, charitable and civic endeavors, sh holds hono
e, e he orary degree from nume
es erous colleges and
universitie including Amherst Colllege, Bard College, How
es, C ward Universit Dillard Un
ty, niversity, Prin
nceton
University Lake Fores College, University of Massachusettts at Amher Dartmouth College, B
y, st U rst, Boston
University Northeastern University New York University, U
y, y, University of Pennsylvania, Mount Ho olyoke
College, Washington University in St. Louis, Re
W U ensselaer Poolytechnic Institute, The G
George Washiington
University Columbia University, Harvard Unive
y, H ersity, Ewha Womens C College, Univeersity of Sou uthern
California, Tougaloo College, Jewis Theologica Seminary, University o Toronto, Pr
C sh al of rovidence Co ollege,
University of Vermont, Morehouse College, Spelm College, Union Colleg and The A
y C man ge, American Colle of
ege
Greece.
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17.
Simmons is the recipiient of a num mber of prize and fellow
es wships, includ
ding the Germ DAAD a a
man and
Fulbright Fellowship to France. In 19 she was awarded the Centennial M
F 997 a Medal from Ha arvard Univers in
sity,
1999 the Teachers Co ollege Medal for Distinguis
shed Service from Columb University and in 200 the
bia y, 01
President’’s Award from the United Negro Colleg Fund. She has been h
m ge e honored with the 2002 Fullbright
Lifetime Achievement Medal and the 2002 “Dr
A t rum Major fo Justice” education awa from Sou
or ard uthern
Christian Leadership Conference/WO
C OMEN. In 200 she receiv the ROBIE Humanitaria Award, giv by
04 ved E an ven
the Jackie Robinson Foundation; th Eleanor Ro
e F he oosevelt Val- Medal; an the chairm
-Kill nd man’s award of the
Congressional Black Caucus Found
C dation. She was selected a a Newswe “person t watch” and as a
w as eek to d
Ms. Woman of the Yea in 2002. In 2001 Time magazine nam her Ame
ar n m med erica’s best co
ollege preside In
ent.
2007, she was named one of U. S. News & World Report’s top U.S. leaders and — for th second time — a
e o N d p s he e
Glamour magazine Wo
m oman of the Year.
In recent years Simmons, an artic culate spokes sperson and writer, has w written and de elivered pape or
ers
presentatiions on a wid array of ed
de ducational an public polic issues, inc
nd cy cluding institu
utional govern
nance,
foreign la
anguage stud diversity, liberal arts, science edu
dy, ucation, lead
dership, and women in h higher
education. Among num merous educat tional institutio and natio forums, s has been a featured sp
ons onal she peaker
at the Wh House, th World Eco
hite he onomic Forum the Nation Press Clu the Assoc
m, nal ub, ciation of Ameerican
Universitie and the American Council on Educa
es, A ation. In Septtember 2001 ABC News ta apped her to serve
as a respoondent during its live teleca following President Bus address t Congress.
g ast P sh’s to
During he tenure at Brown Univers Simmons has created an ambitiou set of initiiatives design to
er B sity, d us ned
expand an strengthen the faculty; increase financial support and resource for underg
nd n es graduate, grad
duate,
and medic students; improve facilit
cal i ties; renew a broad commitment to shar governanc and ensur that
red ce; re
diversity in
nforms every dimension of the universit These initia
f ty. atives have le to a major investment o new
ed of
resources in Brown’s educational mission.
s
As an acaademic leader Simmons be
r, elieves in the power of edu ucation to trannsform lives. S champion the
She ns
university as a haven of reasoned debate with the responsib bility to challe
enge students intellectually and
s
prepare thhem to beco ome informed, conscientious citizens. S has spe her caree advocating for a
She ent er
leadership role for higher education in the arena of national and global affair
p o d rs.
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18.
INMAN PAGE BLACK ALUMNI COUNC (IPC)
A I CIL
Philosoph hy:
The Brow experienc should be optimal for its Black
wn ce e r
communit at all levels and in all as
ty s spects. IPC is dedicated
s
to proac ctively making that ex xperience prosperous,
p
nurturing, enriching and healthy.
d
The Coun is formed in honor of In
ncil nman Page and George
Washingto Milford, th first known Black undergraduates
on he n
of Brown University in the class of 1877, Ethel T. Robinson,
t
the first known Black undergraduat of Pembrok College
k u te ke
in the Clas of 1905, an all of the Black students who have
ss nd B s
followed in the path that they clea
i t ared. The Coouncil was
establishe on April 14 2000 at a retreat held in Newport,
ed 4, r n
Rhode Island, attended by Black alu
d umni, other members of
m
the Black community of Brown University, and the Brown
o
University Alumni Relat
y tions Office.
Mission of the Council:
o
The mission of the Inm Page Bla Alumni Co
man ack ouncil is to
strengthen Brown University by directly addre
n d essing the
needs and concerns of its Black alu
d umni and estaablishing a
productive interaction among Bla
e ack alumni, students,
faculty and staff. Memb of IPC sh endeavor to channel th energies t
bers hall heir toward broade ening opportu
unities
for the Black community of Brown University an maximizing Black alumn participatio in the life of the
nd g ni on
University In addition, the membe shall wor with organ
y. ers rk nizations that further the interest of B
t Brown
University including bu not limited to the Brown Alumni Assoc
y, ut t A ciation.
Dr. Inman Edward Page and George Washington Milford, the ffirst known Af
n e frican-America graduates of the
an
class of 1877, paved the way for an impressive history of bla graduate to follow. S
t a ack es Such individua as
als
John Hope, a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Soc ciety of the cla of 1894; a Ethel Tre
ass and emaine Robins a
son,
member of Alpha Kapp Alpha Sor
o pa rority Inc. She was the firs black gradu of the W
e st uate Women’s Colle in
ege
1905 and went on to teach English at Howard University. In 1932, Samu M. Nabrit was the first black
t h U uel
gradateto receive a Ph from Bro
h.D. own. From 1967 to 1972,, he served a the Brown Corporation’’s first
as
black Trus
stee.
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