Trustees pick newest member of board
Issue date: 3/13/08
The Board of Trustees has selected senior Michelle Brown as next year's Young Trustee.
They voted on the matter Monday, March 10 and plan to make a formal announcement soon.
"I want to help improve the life of students here at Johns Hopkins. I did my music minor at Peabody. I do my Woodrow Wilson Research at the Medical School. I want to provide the perspective of someone who has voyaged out and seen the things Hopkins has to offer," Brown said.
Every year, one Young Trustee position opens up, and the Board of Trustees elects one graduating senior from the Homewood campus to serve a four-year term as a Young Trustee. Starting next year, Brown will be one of four Young Trustees on the Board and will serve for the next four years.
"I am extremely excited," Brown said.
A neuroscience major with minors in music and theater arts, Brown has been heavily involved in the campus. She is involved with the Wind Ensemble, Barnstormers and Johns Hopkins University Theatre. She worked in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, was a student admissions representative for the last two years and served four years on the student admissions advisory board.
Though a daunting task, Brown is looking forward to the job.
"I think the Board receives the young trustees well. When you are in a room of 50 trustees and four of them are younger than the age of 26, we are definitely noticed. I think their [young trustee] perspective is really valued by the trustees especially those trustees who haven't gone to Hopkins. Your perspective is really taken into consideration by the Board."
The Young Trustee position is not a full-time post, and Brown plans to work for several years before she applies to graduate school.
They voted on the matter Monday, March 10 and plan to make a formal announcement soon.
"I want to help improve the life of students here at Johns Hopkins. I did my music minor at Peabody. I do my Woodrow Wilson Research at the Medical School. I want to provide the perspective of someone who has voyaged out and seen the things Hopkins has to offer," Brown said.
Every year, one Young Trustee position opens up, and the Board of Trustees elects one graduating senior from the Homewood campus to serve a four-year term as a Young Trustee. Starting next year, Brown will be one of four Young Trustees on the Board and will serve for the next four years.
"I am extremely excited," Brown said.
A neuroscience major with minors in music and theater arts, Brown has been heavily involved in the campus. She is involved with the Wind Ensemble, Barnstormers and Johns Hopkins University Theatre. She worked in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, was a student admissions representative for the last two years and served four years on the student admissions advisory board.
Though a daunting task, Brown is looking forward to the job.
"I think the Board receives the young trustees well. When you are in a room of 50 trustees and four of them are younger than the age of 26, we are definitely noticed. I think their [young trustee] perspective is really valued by the trustees especially those trustees who haven't gone to Hopkins. Your perspective is really taken into consideration by the Board."
The Young Trustee position is not a full-time post, and Brown plans to work for several years before she applies to graduate school.
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