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Tiger ice hockey player Lisa Rasmussen '04 (left) was among the student-athletes who led interactive activities with children of faculty and staff at the Spring Sports Festival April 21 near Weaver Track and Jadwin Gymnasium. The event, sponsored by the Varsity Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, gave the children a chance to meet the student-athletes and learn about teamwork, sportsmanship and athletics.

Photo: Denise Applewhite

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 2001-02 enrolled 6,537 students: 4,613 undergraduates and 1,924 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.