General Information
Orientation Meal Hours
- Saturday Brunch: 10:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
- Sunday Brunch: 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
- Dinner: 5:00–8:00 p.m.
Orientation meals in the residential colleges begin with brunch on Saturday, September 6, and end with dinner on Sunday, September 7. Kosher meals will be served at the Center for Jewish Life (70 Washington Road) starting with dinner on Friday, September 5, and ending Sunday, September 7. Meals in the residential colleges will begin for all undergraduate students with breakfast on Monday, September 8.
Freshman Sign-in
Saturday, September 6, from 12:30–3:30 p.m. in Dillon Gym. This is a mandatory event because all new students are required to complete an I-9 form for payroll purposes.* In addition to Student Employment, the following departments will also have representatives available: Campus Recreation (Athletics), Career Services, Princeton University Library, University Health Services, Office of Information Technology, Religious Life, Honor Committee, and Voter Registration (Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students).
*During the summer you received an I-9 form with instructions. Remember that you must bring acceptable forms of identification that prove both your identity and your eligibility to work. (A U.S. passport — expired or unexpired — satisfies both requirements.) If you do not have or do not plan to bring your passport, carefully review the acceptable documents list included with the instructions. In particular, note that you must bring ORIGINAL documents. Contact the Student Employment Office (609-258-3334 or seoffice@princeton.edu) if you have any question about what forms of identification are acceptable.
Online Academic Year Registration
Online academic year registration (verification of your address and personal information) for all students will be conducted via the SCORE website, www.princeton.edu/SCORE, beginning at 7:00 a.m. Monday, September 8, through 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 10 (there is a $75 penalty for late registration!).
Dillon Gym Schedule for Orientation Week
Dillon Gym will be open September 8–14 as follows:
- Monday–Friday, 6:30 a.m.–10:45 p.m.
- Saturday, 8:00 a.m.–7:45 p.m.
- Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–10:45 p.m.
University TigerCard (ID)
Students may pick up their TigerCard at Baker Rink on move-in day. In addition to serving as Princeton University’s official ID card (don’t forget to provide the photo!), the TigerCard is the all-in-one campus card. With the TigerCard, students can enjoy their meal plan at dining halls around campus, have access to dorm buildings, check out books at libraries, buy class books, use athletic facilities, make copies, attend athletic events, and much more.
The TigerCard can be used as a budget tool, too. Add cash to your card (Paw Points) to use to purchase tickets, apparel, supplies, and late night snacks! The TigerCard Office is located on the A Floor in the New South Building. For more information about the TigerCard, visit www.princeton.edu/tigercard.
University Store
The Princeton University Store (U-Store) is one of the oldest independent co-ops in the country. It is governed by a board of trustees consisting of students, faculty, alumni, and administrators. Members of the co-op receive a discount on most purchases in the campus store at 36 University Place, in the insignia store at 114 Nassau Street, and online at www.pustore.com. Memberships may be opened at any U-Store register or online.
The U-Store on University Place offers everything a student needs to live and study on campus including school supplies, dorm-approved appliances and dorm furnishings, computer software and tech gear, as well as grocery and convenience items. There is also an ATM, a full-service pharmacy, printing and copying shop, and Clinique and Vera Bradley shops. The University Place store is open 24/7 when classes are in session. The insignia store on Nassau Street contains a large assortment of Princeton apparel, gifts, and other Princeton merchandise. The Nassau Street store is open Monday–Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For additional information, please visit the U-Store website at www.pustore.com, e-mail mailorder@pustore.com, or call 921-8500 ext. 242.
Labyrinth Books @ Princeton
Labyrinth Books, located at 122 Nassau Street, is an independent bookstore that serves both the University and the local Princeton communities. The store provides faculty and students with all course book needs and sells new releases, discounted remainder-titles, and used books. Labyrinth specializes in academic as well as general-interest books across diverse fields of interest from the humanities, sciences and social sciences, literature, art, architecture, and photography to foreign language and children’s books. It also offers a full program of author events. For hours, events and programs, and other information, please visit www.labyrinthbooks.com or e-mail info-pr@labyrinthbooks.com.
Transportation and Parking Services
Freshmen and sophomores are not permitted to have a vehicle on campus. For bus schedules and route information, visit www.gmtma.org/prides.htm.
Frist Campus Center
The Frist Campus Center is open daily during the academic year. The campus center operates approximately 20 hours a day, 7 days a week, with 24 hours of operation during mid-term, reading period, and finals weeks.
Frist Campus Center is a place where graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni can come together and build campus community. The center is named for the Frist family, including Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr., Princeton Parent ’91 and ’93, and Senator William H. Frist, Princeton Class of ’74. Designed by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, the center features meeting rooms, a large lecture hall with projection capacity, a film and performance theater, a variety of retail dining spaces, Café Vivian, Convenience Store, Witherspoon’s coffee and ice cream shop, lounges, common areas, a multipurpose room for large conferences and social gatherings, and an outdoor plaza. Frist also houses the Center Stage Program Board, the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis ’30 International Center, the Women’s Center, the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, the LGBT Center, the Student Agencies Office, the Community-Based Learning Initiative (CBLI), the Office of Disability Services, the Pace Center, classrooms, and the Departments of East Asian Studies and Near Eastern Studies. It also provides office space for graduate and undergraduate student governments as well as student organizations.
The campus center has many convenience services, such as computer clusters, ATM machines, all student mailboxes, a billiards room, copy and fax machines, as well as wireless Internet. Frist provides a mix of social and academic activities, extensive late-night programming, and a variety of dining options. Through its diverse array of quality programs, services, and facilities, the center is the place for all members of the Princeton community to become involved in campus life and to interact and learn from one another. For more information, please visit www.princeton.edu/frist.
The McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning
Don’t just study at Princeton — study smarter and excel. Located at 328 Frist Campus Center, the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning provides a range of opportunities for students to enhance their productivity and to develop as learners. Through our workshops and ACE study-skills conferences, students at all levels learn how to manage their time effectively, problem-solve successfully, take effective notes and create study tools, craft and present effective public presentations, prepare for precepts and exams, overcome test anxiety and procrastination, and identify learning preferences. Through Study Hall @Frist, the Center also offers free tutoring for students in introductory chemistry, economics, mathematics, physics, integrated science, and logic. For a schedule of workshops and presentations, or to make a free, one-on-one appointment with an ACE Fellow, please go to www.princeton.edu/ mcgraw/excel.html or drop in Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please stop by our open house on Tuesday, September 9, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. to learn more about us and what we do.
Firestone Library Open House
What has more than 70 miles of shelves, 6.6 million volumes, more than 42,000 subscriptions, nearly 13,000 electronic journals, nearly 6,000 videos and DVD’s, 200 student and 355 non-student workers, and is much easier to use than you think?
The Princeton University Library invites the Class of ’12 to informal open houses at Firestone Library. Have a snack, meet some of the friendly library staff, find out about jobs at the library, and learn how to make the library work for you for the next four years.
Open house hours are Tuesday and Wednesday, September 9 and 10, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thirty-minute tours will leave continuously. Be sure to bring your Princeton TigerCard. For additional library information, check the library’s New Student Orientation page at library.princeton.edu/ about/ newstudents.php.
Beginning September 8, the Main Gallery in Firestone Library will be featuring the exhibition “The Greek Book from Papyrus to Printing.” The exhibition featured in the Mudd Manuscript Library will be “Honoring Secretary of State John Foster Dulles: The Centennial of His Princeton Graduation.”
Historical Campus Tours
What every Tiger needs to know! The tour will take you around campus in the footsteps of generations of Princetonians, and give you the low-down on obscure facts, famous pranks and hoaxes, campus myths, architecture secrets, and the many time-honored traditions of Princeton University. These historical tours are sponsored by the Orange Key Guide Service and the Princetoniana Committee of the Alumni Council and will take place on Tuesday, September 9, at 11:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tours meet at the Frist Campus Center welcome desk.
Office of Information Technology (OIT)
Whether you are interested in English literature or engineering, you will find yourself using technology services on the Princeton campus. The Office of Information Technology (OIT) provides a variety of resources to assist you with discovering and using these services; visit www.princeton.edu/oitstudentservices for details.
For assistance connecting to the campus network or configuring your computer for Princeton’s environment, please contact the OIT Help Desk at 258-HELP, e-mail helpdesk@princeton.edu, or visit the OIT KnowledgeBase of answers at www.princeton.edu/kb. For IT assistance in your room, contact one of the Residential Computing Consultants (RCCs) living in your residential college. A list of the RCCs in your college can be found on the RCC Web page at www.princeton.edu/rcc. For information about buying a Princeton-selected and configured laptop computer visit www.princeton.edu/sci. Information about telephone services can be found at www.princeton.edu/telecom.
The OIT Solutions Center in the Frist Campus Center is a full-service facility that can help you with all of your computing and telephone needs, including diagnosis of hardware and software problems, software installation, hardware repair, etc. You may also pick up your Tiger TV cable, purchase student-priced software and get assistance with your University telephone and voice mail service. The Solutions Center is normally open Monday–Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Additionally, the Solutions Center will have extended hours during Orientation Week; please see the technology pages of the Class of 2012 website www.princeton.edu/tigers12/infotech for the schedule.
Auditions, Private Instrumental and Vocal Lessons, Metropolitan Opera Tickets
As early as possible during orientation, come to the music department, located at the Woolworth Center, and pick up information sheets concerning private instrumental and vocal lessons, and a schedule of drawings for free Metropolitan Opera tickets. Audition schedules for the Princeton University Glee Club, Jazz Ensemble, and Orchestra are also available. The office is located on the third floor in Room 310, Woolworth Center. Our website is www.music.princeton.edu.