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Pre-Orientation

Pre-Orientation programs offer an early arrival and additional perspectives on college life!

Brown offers an array of Pre-Orientation programs that may help you further acclimate to college life. These free, optional programs have limited space and require application or pre-registration. Each pre-Orientation program listed below is open to all incoming undergraduate students. 

Pre-Orientation programs provide you with an opportunity to engage more deeply in conversations about the University experience, through a variety of perspectives. As a participant in these programs, you will learn how to access resources and networks that support particular interests, identities, and disciplines and connect with peers, staff and faculty around those topics. 

 

 

Summer Transition Engineering Program (STEP)

On-campus program begins :

The Brown Summer Transition Engineering Program (STEP) is an empowering, hybrid undergraduate pre-orientation program designed to foster inclusion, community, and inspiration needed to thrive in engineering. The online program will be held from Monday, July 7 - Friday, August 14. The in-person residency will follow from Monday August 18 - Friday, August 22. STEP students learn more about engineering, with an emphasis on inclusion and community. Students additionally engage with the various support resources available across the University and the School of Engineering. Students will engage in technical exercises and community building events. No prior engineering experience is required, and all incoming undergraduate students who are considering pursuing engineering as a concentration are encouraged to apply. 

Third World Transition Program

On-campus program begins :

The Third World Transition Program (TWTP) invites all participants to reconsider their history and aspects of their identity while discussing issues faced by communities of color within the United States. Through programs and workshops led by our student leaders, participants will unpack systems of oppression that exist in our society today, including racism, classism, sexism, religious discrimination, ableism, cisheterosexism, and environmentalism/imperialism. Through an examination of the problems that divide our society, we seek to break down the barriers that separate us in order to build understanding and community. We also call on all participants to reconsider their history and aspects of their identity to better understand themselves and the similarities and differences between themselves and their peers.

International Orientation

On-campus program begins :

International Orientation (IO) is a comprehensive support system powered by the International Mentoring Program (IMP). It serves as a vital prelude for undergraduate international students embarking on their journey at Brown University, ensuring a seamless transition for internationally identified students.

The Bonner Community Fellowship

On campus program begins :

The Bonner Community Fellowship (BCF) is a 4-year developmental program that provides students with opportunities to advance social justice through experiential learning opportunities and critical reflection. Students in the BCF will learn about ways to consider the intersections of power and privilege in community engagement while identifying paths to address the issues that matter most. Programming for the BCF Pre-Orientation may include cohort-building activities, workshops about civic engagement and positionality, and exploring different parts of Providence.