We fill our academic year with a wide-range of educational events designed to create opportunities for scholarly dialogue and social interaction.

Community Service Day During orientation, incoming social work students spend a day volunteering at local St. Louis social service agencies. The event is a great way to get to know the St. Louis community and to meet fellow incoming students. The event is organized by Brown’s Student Coordinating Council.

Convocation We begin our school year with convocation, a school-wide lecture that highlights the scholarly work of one of our faculty or a thought leader in a particular field. All members of the Brown School community are encouraged to attend and participate in the discussion. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof spoke at our 2010 convocation.

Financial Freedom Seminar In honor of Dr. Martin Luthur King, each the Society for Black Student Social Workers, one of our student groups, organizes and hosts this annual seminar. The seminar, free and open to the public, is designed for St. Louis community youth and adults interested in building wealth, repairing and maintaining good credit, purchasing a home or starting and expanding a business.

Buder Center Pow-Wow For 16 years the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies and the American Indian Student Association have hosted a Pow-Wow to celebrate and share the Native American heritage and traidtions. Open to the public, this event features exhibits and native dances from many diverse tribes and regions.

International Festival A highlight of the academic year, the Brown School’s annual international festival celebrates diversity of our student community. Each year members of our student body share music, stories, and cuisine from their native homelands.                                               

International Institutes

We have partnered with leading international universities to create learning communities where students and faculty can share their perspectives on creating change through research, policy, and action.  Currently MSW and MPH students can take advantage of special institutes in China, India, and Chile. Learn more.

 

Lecture Series
Several times a semester the Brown School hosts speakers from around the world to discuss a range of social policy issues. Click here to listen to some of our recent lectures.  

 
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