Announcements

• Information about the Jewish High Holidays
  Rosh Hashanah begins on September 4th, 2013, the first day of classes in the fall semester. Information regarding services and accommodations for Brown students wishing to observe the High Holidays and participate fully in academic life on campus can be found by clicking here.
• The Orientation schedule for 2013 incoming First-Year students is now available here.
  
  

Welcome

Congratulations on your admission to Brown University! Every part of our campus community—the faculty, the staff, and a legion of student peer advisors—looks forward to welcoming you on campus this coming fall.  We are busy planning orientation activities for next year. The schedule for new first-year students is now available below.

• 2013 Fall First-Year Student Orientation schedule
  

An updated schedule for fall incoming transfer, visiting, & RUE students will be available approximately July 1st. The schedule for incoming midyear students will be available by November 1st. In the meantime, click here for 2012-2013 schedules:

• 2012 Fall Transfer, Visiting & Resumed Undergraduate Education (RUE) Orientation schedule.
• 2013 Midyear Transfer, Visiting & Resumed Undergraduate Education (RUE) Orientation schedule

Orientation, which is required for all students, begins Saturday, August 31. If you are studying at Brown on an F-1 visa, you should arrive on Wednesday, August 28, to participate in international student orientation. Any student who identifies as international, regardless of citizenship or residency, is welcome to register for this special program.

We also offer free pre-Orientation programs that help students acclimate to Brown. These optional programs have limited space and require application or pre-registration. Whether you are a first-year student, a transfer or visiting student, or a Resumed Undergraduate Education student, Orientation will help you acclimate to Brown’s distinctive living and learning community.

We have planned Orientation with three primary goals in mind:

1. To welcome student to Brown and engage them with the history, traditions and values of our community.
2. To introduce students to the rigorous academic life of the university and the opportunities, responsibilites and resources of the Brown curriculum.
3. To assist students in connecting with the community of their peers and the larger campus and local communities.

International students move in	Wednesday, August 28, 2013
General move in for students	Saturday, August 31, 2013
Orientation begins for all new students	Saturday afternoon, August 31, 2013
Classes begin	Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Mid-Year Orientation begins for mid-year Transfer, Visiting & Resumed Undergraduate Education Students	Sunday, January 19th, 2014 at 2:00pm

During these beginning days, you have a unique chance to learn about the extraordinary academic and co-curricular opportunities here at Brown, and to come to understand the importance of community involvement and personal responsibility. We wish you all the best, and we look forward to meeting as many of you as possible throughout the fall.

Timothy Shiner Director of Student Activities and the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center	Carol Cohen '83 Coordinator of Orientation Associate Dean of the College
Maitrayee Bhatacharyya '91 Transfer, Visiting, and Resumed Undergraduates Associate Dean of the College	Besenia Rodriguez '00 Transfer, Visiting, and Resumed Undergraduates Associate Dean of the College

To request special services, accommodations, or assistance for move in or for any Orientation events, please contact Student and Employee Accessibility Services (SEAS) at SEAS@Brown.edu or 401.863.9588 as far in advance as possible.