Following the midpoint of the 10-year strategic plan “Building on Distinction,” President Christina Paxson P ’19 and Provost Richard Locke P ’18 discussed the plan’s accomplishments and steps the University must take in the next five years to reach the outlined goals.

In an effort to strengthen ties to the Rhode Island community and promote dynamic economic growth, the University partnered with the government, industry and other universities to launch the Brown and the Innovation Economy initiative June 28.

“I started college in 2008 … (when) there was a tent city in Providence,” said Beth Caldwell ’12.

As shopping period draws to a close, enrollment in some of the seven sophomore seminars being offered this semester remains low.

“I love talking to students; so do my two poodles. So please stop and say hello,” President Christina Paxson said in her address to first-years and parents.

Undergrads are divided on Paxson’s proposal to increase the total student and faculty population by approximately 1 percent each year over the next decade.