Last summer PA3 teamed up with the Alumni Association's Princetoniana Committee to conduct interviews with alums from the 1940s. Those interviews, focused on the alums' experiences at Princeton, form a part of a larger body of oral history of our beloved alma mater housed in the University Archives at Mudd Library. Of the old guard interviews conducted thus far, a common thread is recurring mention of a few professors, fondly remembered even after many decades, as truly outstanding scholars and teachers. The existing oral history transcript library includes interviews with several venerable professors, and the PA3 and Princetoniana Committee are very interested in adding to it by identifying and interviewing those professors that truly stand out in the memories of alumni, both undergraduate and graduate.
Consequently, you could do us a great service by giving some thought to your Princeton experience and replying with the names of any cherished professors, including a short explanation of what subject they taught and why they stand out so plainly in memory. We will use this input to help guide us in the selection of professors emeriti to interview. Please respond to Tom Swift '76 or call him at 908-369-1601. Thank you.
Princeton AlumniCorps invites you to volunteer your time and talent at a local nonprofit organization through the Community Volunteers program.
Community Volunteers connects alumni with significant career experience to nonprofits with critical needs. Alumni volunteer their professional skills to fill these needs through short-term, well-defined projects. Gain new professional experience and expand your network while helping the community. Our nonprofit partner organizations have strong Princeton ties and are doing amazing work- providing innovative environmental education, engaging college students to educate prisoners and empowering disadvantaged children.
For more information about each of these opportunities, please visit our Opportunities page. To apply, please complete your Volunteer Profile.
**All of these projects can be done remotely after an initial on-site meeting.
The Delaware River Steamboat Floating Classroom, Inc. (SPLASH) is an educational non-profit foundation, in the greater Princeton area, which provides adventures in learning environmental science and history aboard a real paddlewheel steamboat and is offering three fun opportunities. SPLASH was started by the late Princeton professor and renowned psychologist, Bart Hoebel. Open projects include Marketing Specialist , Website Consultant and Funding Researcher.
The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is one of the most respected and recognized residential environmental education centers in the northeastern United States and is headed by Princeton graduate Jeff Rosalsky ’85. The mission of PEEC is to advance environmental education, sustainable living, and appreciation for nature through hands-on experience in a national park. PEEC’s innovative EcoZone includes a life-sized bald eagle’s nest and bat cave. Opportunities include Translator and Sustainability Energy Technology Coordinator.
The Petey Greene Prisoner Assistance Program in the greater Princeton area recruits and trains undergraduates, graduate students and local residents to be effective tutors and teachers in nearby prisons. They also raise awareness of the need for reform in the prison system. Princeton alumnus Jim Farrin ’58 co-founded Petey Greene and is looking to fill the following position: Expansion Plan Program Manager
The Westminster Community Life Center serves neighborhood families in the greater Trenton area through supplemental educational services such as after school programming and early literacy intervention. Their GetSET afterschool program has strong ties to the PACE Center. Opportunities include Fiscal Support Specialist, Human Resources Strategist and Grant Research Specialist
Contact Rachel Benevento, the Community Volunteers Program Manager, with questions by clicking here.
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The Princeton University Archives is hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon on the theme of Women at Princeton!
She roars. We record.
WHO: Interested University community members (students, graduate students, professors, staff, community). Limited to 15 participants; please RSVP before Wednesday, 16 May 2012.
WHAT: Creating and expanding existing Wikipedia pages about the history of women at Princeton as faculty members, wives, visitors, and students; and on the history of coeducation at Princeton. Participants will set up individual Wikipedia accounts, learn how to write an article, and then use University Archives resources to write and edit articles.
WHEN: Saturday, 19 May 2012, 12:30 P.M.-4:00 P.M. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
WHERE: Wiess Lounge, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library (next to Sherrerd Hall and across from the Friend Center).
WHY: To increase the number of pages on Wikipedia about the history and roles of women at Princeton and to help close the Wikipedia Gender Gap.
OTHER: Please bring your laptop since you will be asked to create a Wikipedia account (if you do not already have one; you are not required to have an account before participating).
IMPORTANT: Please RSVP by emailing mudd@princeton.edu AND adding your name to the list on the Wikipedia Meetup page before Wednesday, 16 May 2012 because space is limited.June 9, 2012: For a third straight year, PA3 sent a group of volunteers to the Special Olympics of New Jersey. Our team had the privilege of assisting with the Long Jump event. We all enjoyed an afternoon of taking meticulous measurements, preparing the athletes for their giant leaps, and enjoying awards ceremonies alongside athletes and coaches. Special thanks to our volunteers Haiyan Bian, Arlen Hastings ’80, Andrew Lieu ’06, Rachael Edelson, Elizabeth Jacobson k10, and Zhijun Wu p09(pictured left to right).
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