Brown College at Monroe Hill : Ask Biography

University information

Name

Brown College At Monroe Hill

Established

1986

Type

Residential college

President

Jenny Geddes
Charles Mathewes

Faculty

Under graduates

288

Post graduates

City

Charlottesville

State

Va.

Country

USA

Campus

12 Portals located at former President James Monroe's Hill House

Athletic nickname

Brownies

Affiliations

University of Virginia

Website

virginia.edu/browncollege

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Brown College at Monroe Hill is a residential college at the University of Virginia, United States.

Originally named Monroe Hill College, Brown opened in 1986 as the first modern residential college at the University of Virginia. It was renamed Brown College at Monroe Hill in recognition of the endowment donated by the Brown family (of the Brown-Forman Corporation) in 1994. The college is led by a Principal of the College and a Director of Studies. About fifty faculty fellows from many departments and schools of the university maintain close ties to the college.

The college is arranged by buildings called portals (the portals are as follows: Davis, Smith, Mallet, Long, Venable, Gildersleeve, McGuffey, Harrison, Tucker, Holmes, Rogers, and Peters). Each houses approximately 24 students and are interconnected by tunnels.