After four Commencements, the Brown Alumni Association's
Bring a Book to Brown program has distributed more than 7,000 books to Providence children....The education department celebrated a
century of teacher training at Brown with a panel discussion at a Saturday forum titled "Teacher Education for the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past, Direction for the Future." Moderated by Professor of Education
Carl Kaestle, the discussion included honorary-degree recipient
Theodore R. Sizer;
Sonia Nieto, a professor of education at the University of Massachusetts; and
David Tyack, professor education at Stanford....A portrait of former president
Vartan Gregorian was unveiled in Sayles Hall....
Artemis A.W. Joukowsky '55 celebrated his final Commencement as chancellor;
Stephen Robert '62 assumed the position on June 30, when Joukowsky became the University's first ambassador.