The Brunswick Trust N E W S L E T T E R
Fall 2025
‘With All Thy Getting, Get Understanding’
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ack-to -school 2025 saw Brunswick boys invited to deepen their understanding of themselves and others through opportunities in arenas large and small: they accepted new challenges, met new people, considered thrilling mysteries of the world, listened to experts, stepped into leadership, and were even encouraged to try new food. Their outreach, grit, caring, thoughtful conversations, and hard work helped bring the language of The Brunswick Trust to life in every corner of the Brunswick community and beyond.
Community Trust
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ore than 400 Upper School boys wrote personal, handwritten thank-you notes to Susan Casey, a bestselling author whose books were the subject of the 2025 Brunswick Trust Summer Read and who gave a lively and popular talk to students in Baker Theater in September. Casey is The New York Times bestselling author of both The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogue, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean, and The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks. Casey also met with environmental science classes and hosted an evening discussion with parents; she told boys that she first became interested in ocean waves and especially rogue waves after learning that huge, 600-foot ships regularly and swiftly vanish in the global seas. She surprised everyone with a special Zoom call with Laird Hamilton, an American big-wave surfer whose exploits riding monster waves were detailed in The Wave. Hamilton said that giant surf reminds him to stay humble, which he believes “is the proper way to go about being in the universe.” He said if you approach surfing with a “puffy chest,” then you will quickly find out how “tough you are not.”
Brunswick Trust Coordinator Kate Duennebier said one emphasis of Casey’s talks was human connection in the age of Artificial Intelligence. continued on page 2