More than 2,500 families attended outdoor events on campus for #BrownFamilyWeekend, while another 216 families participated remotely. Looking ahead to the weekend, here’s how three students with visitors planned to spend their time together:
First-year student Sam Latzman ’25 (photos 1 and 2) wasn’t sure exactly how he and his parents and younger brother would spend the weekend, but he did have one place in mind.
“One thing I wanted to show them was where I do all my studying. I go to the Rockefeller Library on the fourth floor all the way in the corner on one of the sides and I just sit there and study. I find it peaceful,” said Latzman, a Cranston, R.I., native who intends to concentrate in neuroscience.
Latzman said his interest in brain science comes in part from having a mother who is a psychologist. “From an early age I was exposed to how people act and behave and what causes us to do that,” he said.
Junior Brehan Brady ’23 (photos 3 and 4) spent Saturday morning coordinating a @habitatforhumanity build in his hometown of Westerly, R.I. but planned to take in a few events later in the day, including @waterfireprov, with his wife and daughter, a freshman in high school.
“For my daughter, it’s a chance to open her eyes to the possibilities of what’s out there,” said Brady, a veteran of the @usarmy who served two tours in Iraq. “Hopefully my education has had a knock-on effect with the way she approaches school.”
Senior Elvia Perez ’22 (photos 5 and 6) was looking forward to taking her dad — who flew in from Los Angeles — to his first college football game and to the @nelson_center_entrepreneurship, where she is a peer entrepreneur in residence.
“It is challenging coming from a first-generation, disadvantaged background, where oftentimes the barrier is just being able to afford a plane ticket. So being able to have him here is a blessing,” said Perez, who is studying business economics and entrepreneurship.
Perez took her dad and others on tours of Nelson Center and showed him her co-lab space, where she is working on her ed-tech startup EmpowerU, which helps other students gain access to higher education.
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