Princeton University Month of Service

January 2018

The Pace Center for Civic Engagement invites Princeton University staff, faculty, students and alumni to come together for Month of Service 2018. Month of Service is designed to create space for all members of the Princeton University community to celebrate and showcase the many ways we work with communities to make a meaningful and positive impact. 

From January 2, 2018 through February 2, 2018, staff, faculty, students and alumni can serve in the community, build skills, knowledge and understanding, and reflect together about the impact of service and civic engagement. 

Learn more about the Month of Service on the Pace website, here

As part of the activities, PA3 will be organizing a used computer collection drive to support TDI Connect, which provides refurbished computers to students and adults in Trenton. See the community service tab on our website, linked here, for dropoff locations and to learn more about the drive and how you can get involved. PA3 is also organizing volunteers for multiple events with TDI Connect all month. Learn more about those here.  

The WACE calendar will allow alumni to schedule volunteer time. The alumni access is now up and running. Here is how to access it: 

1. Alumni should log into WASE using the following URL: https://wase.princeton.edu/alumni/views/pages/login.page.php
2. Once on the home screen they should click “LOGIN” (they should not login as a guest)
3, Clicking LOGIN should take them to the TigerNet CAS, where they should log in using their credentials.
4. Once logged in, they should search for “Month of Service 2018”
5. View the calendar and make appointments using the same instructions as other community members
    Click on “>” to the left of a given date to view service opportunities on that day
    Click on “+” to schedule appointment to participate in given activity

See some of the service experiences, workshops, or reflection opportunities below.

If you have trouble signing up for any of the opportunities or cannot access the WASE calendar, please email Elsie Sheidler of the PACE Center.  sheidler@Princeton.EDU

Some of the groups that are being supported by Princeton's Month of Service 2018 include:

Community House (link is external)

Habitat for Humanity of Burlington County and Greater Trenton-Princeton (link is external)

HomeFront (link is external)

Mercer Street Friends (link is external)

Princeton Nursery School (link is external)

Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (link is external)

Trenton Digital Initiative (link is external) - In addition, PA3 has organized a computer collection drive and volunteer opportunities for TDI.  Please check out the PA3 opportunities. 

***PA3 encourages support of these local groups year-round, as well!***

WILLIAMS THE FILM Movie Screening

Sunday, March 4, 2018

3:30 social, 4:00 movie start time

Colonial Club TV Room, 40 Prospect Ave., Princeton

Please plan to stay afterwards for dinner at Colonial (provided free by our very gracious club!)

RSVP requested (jandkepstein (at) hotmail.com)

Come join the Princeton Area Alumni Association Automobile Afficiandos (PA5) for a screening of Williams The Film.  The movie is a documentary from BAFTA-winning director Morgan Matthews about one of Formula One's most iconic teams. It is a great look into the inside of the world of international auto racing, based on the book, A Different Kind of Life, by Lady Virginia Williams. 

Please email John at jandkepstein (at) hotmail.com if you are interested.

http://www.williamsf1.com/racing/gallery/video/williams-the-film-trailer

 BOOK TALK - MINI CLUB TOUR - TRIVIA CONTEST

The Princeton Eating Clubs

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

6:00pm hors d'oeuvres, wine and soft drinks

6:30pm presentation by Clifford W. Zink, author of The Princeton Eating Clubs

followed by mini-tour of Cottage Club Library

7:00pm Princeton Eating Clubs Trivia Contest!

Cottage Club, 51 Prospect Avenue, Princeton NJ

Put what you know about the Eating Clubs to the test! 

Come take a walk down memory lane with fellow alumni, friends and Clifford Zink, who will present his new book, The Princeton Eating Clubs.

Signed books will be for sale at a discounted price.

Join in a lively Trivia Game about the Prospect Avenue Eating Clubs.

Walk-ins welcome, but help us manage food and drink by registering (via PayPal below) no later than Tuesday, January 30, 2018.

Contact Lydia '83 at activities@princetonaaa.org for information.

Answer questions like these (play along daily on our Facebook/Tweeter feeds!): 

Which club is home to Rudy the Elk, whose head has adorned a wall since 1997? (Colonial)

In 1967, which club became the first to switch from the selective bicker system to a nonselective lottery “sign-in” system? (Terrace)

A fire in this club caused $16,000 worth of damage in 1949 but the Club maintained its operations and was ready to go in time for 1950 Houseparties. Since then, the Club is often fondly called “The Indestructible.” Which club is it? (Charter)

Tiger Inn was the last all-male eating club to take steps toward admitting women despite a sex discrimination lawsuit filed against the club in 1979 by whom? (Sally Frank)

Which is the only club on the street that offers its members a hot tub? (Cloister) 

The university used this building to house the Office of Population Research and then the Freshman Writing Program. Today it is the home of which club that combines the name of four eating clubs?  (Cannon Dial Elm Club; the 4 are Cannon Club, Dial Lodge, Elm Club, DEC)

Gulick House on Olden Street was where many Eating Clubs got their start, serving as a first home until money was raised for land and a clubhouse. For this reason, Gulick House had what nickname? (“The Incubator”)

Ivy was the first Eating Club, but its first home was not on Prospect Ave, but in Ivy Hall on what street in Princeton? (Mercer. The building is now part of Trinity Church.) 

In This Side of Paradise, first published in 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald described this club as “an impressive melange of brilliant adventurers and well-dressed philanderers.”
(Cottage)

In 1917, five sophomores issued a manifesto in the Princetonian arguing that the eating clubs were against the best interests of the University. The spokesman of this revolt was the son of which US president? (Grover Cleveland)

 In 1968, these two eating clubs were disbanded, and their clubhouses were converted into the nonselective Stevenson Hall, which later introduced the first Kosher dining facility in any Ivy League school. Name either or both of these defunct clubs. (Key and Seal; Court Club) 

This eating club’s notable alumni include architect Robert Venturi, political heavyweights Adlai Stevenson and George P. Schultz and an uberwealthy tech and retail entrepreneur who started his business out of a garage in Seattle in 1994. (Quadrangle Club)

Win these great prizes: 

Grand Prize: The Princeton Eating Clubs book ($75 value!), signed by author Clifford W. Zink

Runner-Up Prize: The Princeton Eating Clubs calendar

The Princeton Eating Clubs

One of Princeton University’s most storied hallmarks is its eating club system which thrives along a row of magnificent mansions on Prospect Avenue and around the corner on Washington Road. Princeton’s unique eating clubs have been the soul of the University’s undergraduate social life since the late 19^th century, and they continue to provide homes away from home for tens of thousands of alumni when they return to campus. Now, for the first time, the evolution and architectural grandeur of the eating clubs are described in a captivating manner and with many displays of wonderful archival images and exclusive new photos in a new publication, The Princeton Eating Clubs. Researched and created by Princeton-based author and historic preservation consultant Clifford W. Zink, this book portrays not just the eleven extant eating clubs but also those whose buildings are now owned and used by the University and continue to bring character and aesthetic appeal to Prospect Avenue.

About the Author

Clifford W. Zink has authored six other books that have received five awards, including the 2012 New Jersey Author’s Award in popular non-fiction from the NJ Studies Academic Alliance for The Roebling Legacy. He has served as consulting curator at the Roebling Museum, and wrote and directed its orientation film, Roebling Stories. Mr. Zink also received the 2011 John A. Roebling Award from the Society for Industrial Archeology’s Roebling Chapter for an outstanding contribution to documenting or preserving the industrial heritage of the greater New York-New Jersey area. He has a M.S. in Historic Preservation from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

The release of The Princeton Eating Clubs was initiated and supported by Princeton Prospect Foundation, a charitable entity that receives tax deductible donations from alumni directed to their eating clubs to specifically support their architectural and historic significance.

PA3 is grateful to Cottage Club for welcoming us to its treasured home!

Cottage Club, which was founded in 1886, built its current majestic clubhouse on Prospect Avenue in 1905. It was designed by Charles Follen McKim, one of the most prominent architects in America at the time and the leading authority on club architecture. In 1999, Cottage Club was entered onto the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places based on the architectural structure of the building and its high degree of historic integrity and significant cultural contributions to the community.

Dec. 26, 2017 - The book club will meet on Thursday, January 25, from 7-8:30 pm, in East Pyne 111. Our January selection is:

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic, by Daniel Mendelsohn *94.

The PA3 book club meets on the last Thursday of each month (except July, August & December) from 7-8:30 at a location on campus. Selections alternate between fiction and non-fiction, and the authors or books typically have a Princeton connection.

On February 22, we'll discuss a fiction book to be decided.

On March 29, we will be joined by Professor Yiyun Li for a discussion of her memoir, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to you in Your Life.

A list of all books the club has discussed can be found here.

To be added to the book club email list, please contact bookclub.admin@princetonaaa.org.

Join us for First Fridays, a monthly recurring event for undergraduate and graduate Princeton alumni, graduate students, and parents.  On the first Friday of each month, area alumni and their guests will meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton University PhD candidate will present his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!  Have a look at our impressive roster of previous luncheons.



DongWon Oh, a PhD candidate in the Psychology Department and part of the Social Perception Lab, will join PA3 on Friday January 12th.  We know that impressions from faces are consequential, shaping important social outcomes.  DongWon's recent empirical studies and computational models show that women are at a disadvantage because of gender biases in impressions. 

Please join us.  As always, there is sure to be a lively discussion!

Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes three courses, a complementary soft drink and coffee/tea. [**Wine/beer offered a la carte**] 
Pre-registration is preferred.

>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<

Date: Friday, January 12, 2018
Time: 12 noon - 2 pm
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ
Nassau Club membership is not necessary to attend this event.
Dress is business casual.