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‘The value of persistence’: Princeton Class of 2022 celebrates Commencement .
The University awarded 1,234 undergraduate degrees and 655 graduate degrees during a Commencement ceremony held in Princeton Stadium on Tuesday, May 24.
2022 Commencement Salutatio by Frances Mangina (Latin and English) .
Frances Mangina, the Class of 2022 salutatorian and a philosophy concentrator from Toronto, delivered the salutatory address.
2022 Valedictory remarks by Natalia Orlovsky .
Natalia Orlovsky, the Class of 2022 valedictorian and a molecular biology concentrator from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, delivered the valedictory address at Princeton's Commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Princeton's History
- 1746College of New Jersey founded in Elizabeth, New Jersey, by the Presbyterian Synod
- 1896Name officially changed to Princeton University
- 1900Graduate School established
- 1969Trustees vote to admit women undergraduates
- 2001Financial aid policy changes, replacing loans with grants that do not need to be repaid

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