Student Resources

Academic & Professional Resources

Sheridan Center for Learning

Tutoring 

• The Sheridan Center is offering free peer tutoring for select courses throughout the 2020-21 academic year. Tutoring has already begun for the Fall semester, and time slots are available every day from 8 AM to midnight EDT.

Writing

• The Writer Center will be open to help students craft, organize, and polish writing pieces, from essays to stories to research papers. Appointments will be offered Sunday through Thursday from 8-11am and 3-6pm, conducted by Zoom. 

Conversation Partners Program

• Pairs members of the Brown community with diverse language backgrounds for regular conversation in English and cultural exchange. Registration for the Fall 2020 semester is now open! Please email english-support@brown.edu if you are interested!

BROWN CareerLAB

• Schedule an appointment with a Career Counselor in Handshake

• CareerLAB Events Calendar: 

  • View upcoming events this semester, including Effective Interviewing, CS/Engineering Resume Writing, Economic Consulting Presentation, Choosing a Career to Become a Clinical Psychologist

CareerLAB resources for COVID-19, answering questions ranging from open hours to canceled or remote internships to funding and research opportunities at home.

Community Resources

Sarah Doyle Women’s Center

The Sarah Doyle Center is a site for research into and exploration of gender issues pertinent to the classroom and beyond.

• Radical Roots Virtual Blog

  • A virtual blog covering the Women’s History Series theme “Radial Roots” transitioned to online! If you’re interested in contributing a post, please reach out to felicia_salinas@brown.edu (Senior Assistant Director, Sarah Doyle Center) 

• Remote Open Hours with Attorney Peter Cerilli

  • Attorney Peter J. Cerilli provides legal advice to Brown undergraduate, graduate, and medical students

You can also sign up for our bi-weekly Sarah Doyle Center e-newsletter at this link.

Brown Center for Students of Color (BCSC)

• BCSC staff are available virtually to provide support! (Email, Zoom, Skype, and phone from 8:00AM - 4:00 PM EST, Monday to Friday)

• Services include but are not limited to: Crisis support, safety planning, holistic student development, social justice education, culturally relevant community building and programming.

Consider connecting with BCSC on Instagram (@YourBCSC), on Facebook (Brown Center for Students of Color), and their FB Group (BCSC Care Group).

CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services)

• Finding Care Off-Campus

  • If you interested in finding a mental health provider geographically near you, or in Providence but outside the university, click here.

• Virtual Coffee with CAPS

  • CAPS will be offering their popular meet & greet program virtually on a recurring basis throughout the fall. Please email counseling@health.brown.edu to RSVP! The full schedule is online here. 

• Gender Diversity Support Group 

  • Every Thursday at 3pm, reach out to laura_sobik@brown.edu for more information!

• Scheduling a Session

Access the new Appointment Request Form 

Healthy at Brown

• Access the latest updates at https://healthy.brown.edu/updates 

• Campus Activity Level

  • This page provides members of the Brown University community with a guide for complying with current health protocols and required prevention measures while engaged in study, work and living at Brown.

  • See Campus Safety Policy

• Academics

  • This page includes Revised Academic Calendars, Academic Policies for Fall 2020, Safety in Instruction, Teaching & Learning.

• Frequently Asked Questions