Join the Swearer Center at the following Commencement events:
Celebration of Fellowships and the Society of Royce Fellows Reunion
Swearer Center Commencement Celebration and Reunion
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For 13 years, Brown University has partnered with William D’Abate Elementary School in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood to bring after-school programming, in-class tutoring, and summer camps to students there. While the programs are a learning experience for everyone involved, the hope is that some lessons will have effects that last long after graduation. Read more here.
Interested in pursuing an internship focused on issues in public education? Apply for the the Messing Family Public Service Fellowship. Applications for fall 2012 internships are due Tuesday, July 31, 2012. For more information visit here.
Congratulations to Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment (BRYTE), which has received a MacJannet Prize honorable mention -- a global competition recognizing outstanding student led community engagement! They were one of only 3 honorable mentions (and the only U.S. honoree) from applications that were submitted from 21 countries around the world.
Middle and high school students recently got the opportunity to present ideas for improving Providence to officials at the State House. The presentations were a result of a partnership between city schools and the Generation Citizen program founded in 2008 by Scott Warren, then a senior at Brown University. The middle and high school students worked with Brown students to them to analyze a problem in their community and figure out what they wanted to do about it. Read more.
Alan Flam, Director of Advising and Community Collaborations, received the Outstanding Advisor Award from the Undergraduate Council of Students at Brown University. Flam received more than thirty nominations from students representing a wide array of Brown experiences: first-year advisees, UCAAP participants, community program fellows, international fellowship recipients, and social justice activists. Huge congratulations to Alan on a very well deserved award!!!
