From yoga on the Quiet Green to a lecture with actress and author Gwyneth Paltrow P’28, this year’s Family Weekend offers parents and family members a variety of unique experiences. But one of the weekend’s most anticipated traditions — the Brown-sponsored Family Weekend WaterFire — will not be returning this year.
The change is due to “ongoing expense reductions at the University,” Director of Parent and Family Engagement Mikele St-Germain wrote in an email to The Herald.
“While we’ve been delighted to sponsor WaterFire in some recent years, this requires a significant financial investment,” St-Germain wrote. “In a year in which the impacts of federal actions on Brown’s budget have prompted measures as significant as layoffs and position eliminations, departments across campus are needing to make difficult but necessary decisions to help prioritize our core mission of education and research.”…