PrincetonUniversity
 

Chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey -- the name by which it was known for 150 years -- Princeton University was British North America's fourth college.
     Located in Elizabeth for one year and then in Newark for nine, the College of New Jersey moved to Princeton in 1756. It was housed in Nassau Hall, which was newly built on land donated by Nathaniel FitzRandolph. Nassau Hall contained the entire College for nearly half a century.
    In 1896, when expanded program offerings brought the College university status, the College of New Jersey was officially renamed Princeton University in honor of its host community of Princeton. Four years later, in 1900, the Graduate School was established.
     Fully coeducational since 1969, Princeton during the academic year 2000-01 enrolled 6,438 students: 4,554 undergraduates and 1,884 graduate students. The ratio of full-time students to faculty members (in full-time equivalents) is approximately 7:1.
     More facts and figures about Princeton can be found on a facts page.

Robert Durkee, Vice President for Public Affairs, presents Mariel Jenkins, grade 5 at Stuart Country Day School, Princeton, with a T-shirt and an honorable mention for her poster contest entry. For more photos and excerpts of students' essays, visit the event's Web site.

The entire community was invited to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 21, in Alexander Hall. Here, DeForest Soaries, former New Jersey Secretary of State, chats with Angelica Richardson, a seventh-grader at Joyce Kilmer Middle School, Trenton. Angelica received an honorable mention for her entry in the essay contest.

photos: Denise Applewhite